Amador weekly ledger., 1857-11-14
with Mr.. Griswold.
Il A. McMARTIN.

and reside in jackson, Amador Co. Cal;
came here this evening" Nov. Sth 1891, al
tor hearing that Mr. Griswold had been kill
I'd. the first | saw of the body was after it
had been laid upon the table for examination; !;
found a cord about his neck, drawn sutfi-
cicntly tight to produce straugulation and
death cnt the rope or cord off and on
further examination found two wounds on
the back part of the head, one about four
inches in length and the other about three,
and about an inch apart; on examination OF
the skull found it fractured; the portion OF
the skull fractured and depressed was about
three 10y five inches; the fracture included
both parietal aud the occipiial bone;
the skull was depressed about three quarters
of an inch on the occipital portioni there
were two wounds in the forehead, each about
two inches in length, running horizontally
across the forehead; there was no injury TO
the front part of the skull; either blow upon
the back part of the head would produce
death instantly, or fifty deaths; the slung-
shot exhibited would produce or might pro-
6uce wounds similar to those upon the head
of the deceased; from tie diScoored appear
ance of the body, the cord must have been
drawn tightly about his neck before life was
extinct, aud probably Immediately after he
was struck upon the head, or may have
bC en- before he was struck. | think the
body had been dead about thirty six hours
prior to the examination. / knew the de-
ceased and recognize the body as that of
Mr. Griswo!d.
f. B. HARRIS, NJ D.
II. L Loreridgc, S,eorn-I came here this
evening about sunset, in company with Mr..
McMartin Mr. kilham asked me where |
was yesterday; | told him McMartin and
myself were down on the claim at work; when
| asked him why he wanted to know, he
said that Mr. Griswold had not been seen
since Yesterday about 10 o'clock, and that
the Chinaman was also gone, and that he
didn't know what to think of it--thought
there was something wrong; he said he was
last seen by Dutcbman going up the ditch,
but that his shovel was at the house; he said
that the safe had been unlocked and all the
money taken out, and the key left under or
about the safe; / then told him that believ
ed there had been foul play; he said he didn't
know what to think Of IT. asked him if they
had made any search for Mr. Griswold, and
he replied that they had searched abont the
premises aud even in the well; Mr. Kilhnm
then started towards Jackson and came into
this (Kilham's) house. saw Mr.. KeiSer
here and proposed to institute search; while
| was about making an examination under
the floor, Mr.. McMartn went into the bed
room next to the kitchen, to search, and short
ly called to us to help him raise the bed; we
raised the bed and found the body OF deceas-
ed under the same. | recognized the body |
as that of Mr. Grswold The reason why !
the bed was hard to raise was because it fit |
ted tight at the head and foot between the |
two walls, and both ends had to be raised ut
the same time to prevent it from binding; the |
bed was about twelve or fifteen inches from
the floor; / think it must have taken more
than one man to raise the bed and put the
body under.
H. l.. LOVERIDGE.
ElsoR Short, s1cora-At about o'clock
yesterday morning, (Nov 7th, 1850 was
hauling some sluice-boxes and when on the
hill near Mr. Scott'S, and about in front of
his house, | met Mr.. Griswold; | drove on
and came by the house of Mr.. Kiham where
| saw two Cinnamon standing under the
stoop, and the China cook standing inside OF
the door. The two Cinnamon standing under
the stoop were rather shabby or roughly
dressed; they were small-sized Cinnamon; the
cook was rather fair-skinned Chinaman |
pass Mr.. Kilhams house frequently, aud had
recognized the Chnaman standing inside of
the door as the cook at the house for some
two weeks Last Thursday, or about that
day, ground spade on Mr. Kilhams grind
stone, and noticed that there was lead on it,
The Chinese cook was then at the house, and
was employed about the kitchen
ELSON SHORT.
Horace Kiiadm, sirorn.-I left home for
Sacramento last Tuesday morning, and re-
turned Yesterday afternoon Nov Tth 1851 /
about O'clock: when ! came into the house.
through the back door, found the front door
locked on the inside and the curtains down:
after | had been about the house, aud stable, /
(where found the mule, some fifteen min
utes, then went to the safe and opened It. /
and found that it had been opened before
and that the money that should have been in
it was not there: there should have been
from two thousand TO five thousand dollars
in gold dust and coin in it; there were two
KEYS TO the safe one of which | carried and
MIR. Griswold the other; the key that Mr.
Griswod carried has not yet been found
when | discovered that the safe had been rob
bed, and just as | came out of the room
where it was, Mr. Keiser came into the horse:
! told him the safe had been robbed and in.
quired for Mr.. Grswold He told me that
he had met Mr. Grswod about 8 or 9 |
o'clock that morning on the ditch. about
three uuarters of mile from the bonse and