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Havilah Weekly Courier.A. E. ,IONF.«. • EDITOR.llaTilA, liar 1, iNrOUR A0IKTN'-asar-W. M. RAINS.........................HavilahonbnirbeTlRIMAl HOiCR, ............A** FraimHaco I 04iW. H. LAKE.whiutufrhiIIii«wArnoctora Mrnnv.n. — Bazil Dennis was murdered in hi* cabin un Little P..aey Creek. in ibis county, nn nr about .SundayJ9tli May. The My waa found on Tuesday, the Slat., but it it not known with rertaint when the deed waa done. An ! *'inqtu;«t waa held on tka 23d, by Am W. I r Finley, Justice of the Peaoe, when it tranaplfed that the deceased waa named llazil Deanis, aged 44 yanra, and a native of France, and that he came to bia death hy a blow- upon the bead with a hammer,••r other instrument in the hand- of a per-eon unknown, Suspicion ranted for a tinio upon • Mexican who had baeo in the cm-ploy of deeeaaed, but inveatigation re-mored the auapiciou entirely. It is now belie red that a Chinaman reoenty work-ing for Dent*, murdered bimfor bia money. Denis bad been living in this county ninenr ten years, and, although a man oltneana. It is not beliered tbot bia murderer obtained ucb money, as deceased oJy/a few dar* before paid out several heavy amounts.
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Havilah Weekly Courier
Havilah, California, US
Sat, Jun 01, 1867
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