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Johnny Hunter, now inenrcerated in the county jail at Winnemmva for the confessed assassination of Spanish Frank and Frank Jones, evidently lias t hoine wild Indian friends in the vicinity 1 of MirprUe Valley w ho want to lie bad lt;men. The story has gained circulation * on the Pyramid Lake Reservation that e these had men have vowed if Ruster a dies with a hempen necktie on Ids ear- 11 cuss'they will proceed to visit this sec- 0 tion of the country and annihilate in true injtin fashion Captain Dave Nti-maiia, Lee Winnenmcea and HwrnMdt Nat lies, leading lights of the Piute n tribe, for the part they h*»k in ferreting out the crime. Rome days ago Calico Johnny had occasion to leave his wicki- * Up ill the middle of the night and saw a 1 wild 1 ndiun around the reservation ata- r hies. Me watched the ft ranger walk a- x round the barn and the trader's store c and fiilently disapi ear without making * himself or tin* object of his vi-ii known.In the morning the tracks showed that the visit or w ore moccasins of foreign make, distinguishable because of straps 1 or thongs passing under the hollow of *■ t u* fiH»t. Cap'ain Dave discredits the v story that Hosier's friends are after his v Hcalp-lock, nevertheless he has sent 1 them word by Frank Spencer that he I would like to hold a palaver with them, and last week he visited Duster in the Wb neniucca jail \i\ starch of infornui- * tioli relating to the matter. lie says • I uster feels fine now but was quite sick 1 last Spring. Busier does not euro what ' the outcome of ii- trcu hle may Is- and 1 General Buckner told Cap ain Dave that * Hunter would have a new hearing j I “about nine days in January. i1
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Wadsworth Dispatch
Wadsworth, Nevada, US
Sat, Dec 19, 1896
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