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Published by The History Press

Charleston, SC

www.historypress.net

Copyright 2018 by Tobin Gilman

All rights reserved

Cover images: Front cover top row and top photo, as well as inset on back, courtesy Campbell Historical Museum. Front cover bottom photo.

First published 2018

e-book edition 2018

ISBN 978.1.43966.385.1

Library of Congress Control Number: 2017955897

print edition ISBN 978.1.46713.843.7

Notice: The information in this book is true and complete to the best of our knowledge. It is offered without guarantee on the part of the author or The History Press. The author and The History Press disclaim all liability in connection with the use of this book.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form whatsoever without prior written permission from the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

In 2013, I attended a talk hosted by the California Pioneers of Santa Clara County and delivered by Santa Clara County Superior Court judge Paul Bernal. Judge Bernals talk, entitled The McGlincy Massacre, vividly recounted the people, places and events associated with the infamous Campbell mass murder of 1896 and inspired me to write this book.

History San Jose assisted me in securing images for the book, and Im especially grateful to Cate Mills, who uncovered rare crime scene photos from the HSJ digital archives. Anna Rosenbluth and Kerry Perkins of the Campbell Historical Museum provided invaluable assistance and support in my research of turn-of-the-century Campbell history and in securing historic images of the town where the crime occurred. Likewise, Erin Herzog of the San Jose Public Library California Room was amazing in helping me navigate the librarys vast archives and securing rare historic photos of the Santa Clara Valley.

Georgia Wade, a longtime San Jose resident who grew up in the east foothills of San Jose, where the killer initially fled, read the first draft of my manuscript and gave me the encouragement I desperately needed to continue with the project. Pete Shivers, a volunteer docent colleague of mine at the New Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum, read a later version of the manuscript and provided detailed edits, comments and suggestions that profoundly improved the flow and clarity of the book. Sprint car racing legend Howard Kaeding, a resident of Campbell since 1938, was raised near the McGlincy property and had a childhood friend who lived in the home where the murders occurred. Howard was kind enough to spend several hours sharing memories and showing me exactly where the McGlincy home had been located prior to its demolition in the 1950s.

Finally, special thanks to our family dogs, Keiki and Goose. Those boys were with me through thick and thin, every step of the way.

INNOCENCE LOST IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY

THE ORCHARD CITY

The township of Campbell, California, nestled in the Santa Clara Valley and adjoining the city of San Jose, was bustling in the spring of 1896. More than twenty years had passed since Benjamin and Mary Campbell, along with other ranchers, had granted the South Pacific Coast Railroad a right-of-way through their land to facilitate the transport of locally grown agricultural products to consumers back east. Following the construction of a small depot a decade earlier called Campbell Station, the Campbells started to subdivide their 160-acre ranch, eventually forming downtown Campbell. The township, largely settled by prosperous easterners, had the distinction of being the only community in Santa Clara County under prohibition.

By the 1890s, Campbell had become known as Orchard City. Many local orchardists began banding together in cooperatives, the most notable of which was the Campbell Fruit Growers Union, formed in 1892. The convenience of rail transport provided a strong incentive for major canneries and fruit drying ventures to locate by the tracks, with the Ainsley and Hyde canneries emerging as centers for packing and shipping fruit. To serve the hundreds of workers employed in the fruit orchards and canneries, churches and grocery stores opened, and in 1895, the Bank of Campbell was established.

Ben and Mary Campbell orchard and residence, circa 1876. Courtesy History San Jose.

Campbell Avenue, circa 19001910. Photo from the Campbell Weekly News. Courtesy Campbell Historical Museum.

Campbell Avenue looking west, circa 19001910. On the left is the Central Santa Clara Fruit Company. Photo from the Campbell Weekly News. Courtesy Campbell Historical Museum.

Willetts Store in downtown Campbell, circa 188994. Courtesy Campbell Historical Museum.

Campbell Avenue, circa 188994. Courtesy Campbell Historical Museum.

May 26 was a typical day in Campbell. The San Jose Evening News was brimming with attention-grabbing stories of local interest:

A spiritual medium and self-proclaimed psychographist named Fred Evens testified in a local court case about how he helped the dead communicate with the living using two slates and a piece of pencil lead.

A San Jose resident named Fred A. Misippo was granted citizenship.

The trustees of the Agnews State Hospital were under fire for placing advertisements that called their political leanings into question.

The Christian Endeavor and the Epworth League Society met and agreed to help raise funds for the YMCA.

The low price of horses, caused by over-breeding and the growing popularity of bicycles, was resulting in many unwanted animals being sent to the slaughterhouse, where they were killed, canned and sold as food.

Dairy Inspector Spencer was keeping busy examining cows throughout the county. A day earlier, he had killed a cow in east San Jose, and an autopsy was performed confirming tests of the cows milk indicating the animal had been sick.

During the previous week, 72,000 pounds of cherries, 184,770 pounds of dried prunes, 167,830 pounds of wine, 24,150 pounds of grape juice and 49,050 pounds of hops had been shipped back east.

Nineteenth-century cherry pickers on a ranch in Campbell. In 1893, Campbell canner J.C. Ainsley began marketing a product called fruit salad under the Golden Morn label.

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