Title:
Adolph Weber murder case document, 1904
Weber
Creator/Contributor:
Tabor & Tabor, creator
Abstract:
Letter dated December 26, 1904 from the law firm of Tabor and Tabor to J. G. Maithes, and his response on verso. Tabor and
Tabor write to Maithes of Butcher's Ranch asking his opinion of the Adolph Weber murder case to see if pre-trial publicity
had ruined Weber's chance for a fair trial. Maithes responds that his neighbors think that Weber is guilty.
Date:
1904 (issued)
Subject:
n-us-ca
Weber, Adolph
Murders -- California -- Auburn
Note:
Adolph Weber of Auburn, California, son of a brewer, had a normal childhood until the close of his sixteenth year when his
personality took a sudden change (attributed later by the Weber family physician to paranoia). On May 26, 1904, almost twenty
years old and in disguise, he robbed the Bank of Placer County in Auburn of $5000, which he buried in his backyard. Weber
bought a gun in San Francisco the following July to replace the one dropped in the robbery. On November 10, 1904, by which
time suspicion had mounted that Adolph had robbed the bank, he killed his father, mother, sister, and brother, and burned
the family home. He was arrested after an incriminating remark made to his great aunt. On November 23, 1904, officers found
the $5000 buried in the yard, and on February 6, 1905 Adolph Weber was brought to trial for murdering his mother. He was found
guilty and sentenced to death. After several appeals and an insanity hearing, Adolph Weber was hanged on September 22, 1906.
Weber.
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.
Physical Description:
print
1 file folder; 14 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.
Language:
English
Identifier:
Origin:
California
Copyright Note:
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.