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IIMS VDr. Morrison and Judge Davis RelReturn From the Scene of the MurderCFur-clad, mittened, overshoeil and capped far the arctic frigidity of northern ‘Washoe, Coroner Lee J, Davis and County Physician S; K. Morrison came in from Little High Rock canyon last night at midnight and their bearded faces showed that far once they had been far from civilization.The appearance of the men was a story ill Itself, but the'details of the trip were the most absorbing, coming from the Ups of those who had traveled and seen. They were the first details brought back from the country of the murder and were vivid as the pages of ony of Jack London s novels.With practically ten days of constant travel, constant privation and constant revelation of , the savagry that was thought to be gone from the human race, the two ■ men had lived nn epoch and showed It. They had traveled IS si miles on n train—thes O. 25 miles In sleighs, IS milesin stage coaches a,nd 2- miles on horseback. They were travel-stained, saddle-sore nnd famished for the food of civilization. -\v4iey they got to Deniu'x ranch the party found they must proceed three miles further and they arrived at the scene of the murder at dark—away up at the top of Monument njountlan There by Uirttern light the inuuest was had. with the thermometer 1.2 bel1Irtdl stoc Ik 'o JouhldiMoiLastJudbot51fedThere iurn 4 0 men In camp, the firsi night and it was a hard matter to find a place to sleep where they would not. freeze. -Nine of the party ■ie.pt in one little room 10x12 feet ed the*W;SU.ml the cnmp Sh°The luul bwn'-Tte'®.11'1' Mgtifn’ nir-ks hi:ir;r lmtlt; ’HIV,', , works, and ramparts, «htle in an ad-'J' varieed position, commamUng a view1 •if I lie approach below thete v conning tower or lookout that showed1 signs of occupancy; This tower was connected vwith the main J'ort and euro had been taken to spread strips of bark over the ground so that, the sentry in running back to the fort i’diiKo the inmates could not be heaul. out.-drb. Portholes were placed regular Intervals and the place would have withstood a determined siege a much larger body of menOf the condition of the victims the officers would speak but !i tie. They confirmed the de serif tioT given of the wounds in The Journal and described many unether evidence of the fiendish nature of theOne of the peculiar circumstances is the discovery of the bodies of the hon-‘es left behind. Five of them were found dead from starvation but accidentally two other bodies of horses, were found—buried. Who buried the horses nnd what was the motive is a ■=ter;\ It is not known that either Indians nr white men ever have followed the custom, t.nil it Is thought that there must have been some pm— ro«c of concealment. ■ .Puth the coroner, and thu county physician seemed in good health and invigorated rather thun -exhausted, but they were glad to bo back again and eager to hear repnrts from thePOSSES CLQSINa IKOft BAND OF INDIANS(Continued from page one}reservation anil keep u sharp lookqut «trangers coming in. If they- coine' hey cun be marked nnd ultimately r capture will be prattivally impossible,: is about 48 miles from Quinn rlv-frousing to Antelope, pretty near! hree days’ march with reconnoI*, ter lug. Sheriff Lamb will be at, lea^-t' two days ahe.ul of Donnelly on th*» south taij).W in lie mucca’s Old Guugis believed by some of the old-timers that the hand of Indians may be Jim Winn cm ucca’s band. Jim wan a nephew of old Chief Winneroucca, for w hom the town was named, and biit lie “vforded universally a very bad reputation. Another nephew of old V innemuppo., Jerry Winnemticca. Is, considered a good Indian, except that; in war time he forsakes his peaceful life and fights until^ the \var is .oveiv At Carson l:.ist night there were* pit- preparations to send out i another V2 slt;;L,ia(l ^tuloy. This detachment will probably accompany Inspector C'nhlant ti^ Pyramid.Dr. . Morrison ajul Coroner Davis arrived in 1‘teno on the X. C. O. at a kite himr last night but they could add nothing new to the story of the movements of the posse. From the' story of the killing, however, it was universally conceded that the murder-must have been don** by Indians. : From the Quantity of provisions! taken by the outlaws n is believed*
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Nevada State Journal
Reno, Nevada, US
Tue, Feb 21, 1911
Page 6
Full Page
Clipped by
Christopher B.
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