Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-06-14
A MURDERER ARRESTED.
From Tuesdays Reese River ReveIle.l

FEOu L utslus , Nttst " VNelhCs
Las, night at about IL o'clock, ". H.
Knerr, City Marshal, arrested, At the
White House, twelve miles southwest Of
Austin, S. B. Vail, charged with the
murder of Robert Knox, near Pahrana-
CAT, about the lst Of April last. About
the lst Of April, Vail and Knox, having
a small band of horses, passed through
P~ahranagat Valley and entered a canon
about twenty miles south Of Hike. Vail
said they would stop and recruit their
stock. Vail was often seen in the val
ley, but Knox Was never more seen alive
after entering the canon The latter
was said 10 have about $500 in coin and
a check for $4,000 on the Bank of Cali
foruia, and is believed to be a relative
of H. C. Lille, Of Virginia city. Upon
inquiries being made of Vail as to the
whereabouts of Knox, he made different
replies, stating al one time that he was
out hunting his stock, again that he had
gone TO the Mormon settlements on the
Muddy, again that he had gone to Ari-
IONA, and also that he had gone 10 the
States. A few weeks since, Vail left
his camp and drove his stock westward.
Il was then noticed that he had Knox's
stock and some Of his clothes. Foul
play was suspected, but no investigation
was made at the time. Shortly after
ward people from southern Utah came
in search Of stolen horses and mules,
and followed Vail and another named
Wood Harrington 10 this city. Here
getting the services Of Mr.. Knerr and
B. F. Marshall, they pursued the thieves,
oyertakingth them On Wednesday last, and
after a severe skirmish, recovered the
animals, excepting the n rode BY Vail.
Vail being better mounted than the Off
Ger pursuing him, escaped. He was not
then suspected of murder, but yesterday
Sheriff Mathews arrived in town having
a warrant for his arrest, on the charge
Of numbering Robert Knox, aud the SER
vices Of Knerr were again called in
requisition, and Vail Wal arrested as
stated. That Knox had been murdered
was a~scertained about the lst of June.
Some Indians passing the spot where
the two men had encamped discovered a
saddle which had been buried and had
been partly exhumed by the coyotes.
Pulling it put Of the ground they carried
i. to a settlement a few miles from the
spot, and related the circumstance.
Upon returning and ~excavating, the body
of the murdered man IA soon brought
TO light. He had been killed by a blow
on the head, above the left ear, the in
s.rument apparently having been an az,
and the skull broken in. The victim
vas undoubtedly asleep at the time of
the murder. The body was buried where
the bed Of the two men was made, and
for upwards of a month the heartless,
constituencies murderer made his bed
on the grave of his victim. An inquest
was held, the body recognized as thatof
Robert Knox, and Vail charged with the
killing, and upon this a warrant was
made out for his arrest, and the Sherin
sent in pursuit. The murder was ev-
for the property of the deceased,
Of horses, money aud the
check for So, 1000. What has become of
the check is not yet ascertained, but
dispatches have been sent to Virginia,
the facts, and its discovery 10
expected.