Killing of Peter Guadalupe (Indian)
Killing of Peter Guadalupe (Indian) - He was shot and killed by Jesse Walters in Pope Valley, May 21, 1871. Walters was arrested and brought before Justice L. N. Duvall for preliminary examination, when the following testimony was adduced:---James Ingels, sworn: "Have heard threats; the Indian told me about three or four months ago that Jesse Walters had to leave the country or he would kill him; also told me about four weeks ago that he intended to kill him, and showed me the pistol that he was going to do it with; Pete, the Indian, said that he would kill him on sight." William Clark Ralston, sworn: "I was present and saw a part of the shooting; there were three shots fired; at the time the first shot was fired the Indian was running from Jesse; at the second he was still running; at the third the Indian was on his knees, when he fell and shortly after expired; * * * about two weeks ago the same Indian came down to the store and wanted to fight Jesse, who did not want to have anything to do with him; the Indian was then armed with two pistols and Jesse had none." A true bill was found against Walters by the Grand Jury, June 21, 1871, and the case came up for trial October 4th of that year. The following named gentlemen were on the trial jury: J. A. Johnson, D. O. Hunt, Wm. Owsley, N. E. Stewart, A. Stafford, D. C. Squibb, E. True, J. N. Bennett, S. W. Jacks, Alex. Korns, S. Winter and J. McCoombs. They returned a verdict of not guilty.
Source: [Lyman L. Palmer], History of Napa and Lake Counties, California (San Francisco: Slocum, Bowen & Co., 1881), page 151.
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