Homicides of Napa County. Pages 143-157

Source:
History of Napa and Lake Counties
San Francisco, Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1881

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper 2011

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
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Killing of John B. See.—On Wednesday, May 1, 1872, at 4 p. M., at Monticello, Berryessa Valley, John B. 
See was killed under the following circumstances : The See brothers, three in number, were standing 
in the street at Monticello, when Le Grande Thompson passed by. Some hard words passed between 
them, growing out of an old feud, when they agreed to fight it out there and then. Thompson and 
John B. See clinched, and after scuffling for awhile Thompson drew a dirk knife and cut See twice with 
it. Just then Granville Thompson, a brother of the one in the fight, rushed up and drew a pistol and 
shot, the ball taking effect in See's breast. See only lived a short time.