Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-11
THE EVENING NEWS.

ONVA kANehAN SANANS@
of the murdered body of Mr.. Hill yes
terday morning, down at Spring 'aiiey.
Four persons are under arrest, charged
with the murder. The latest theory OF
the manner of the murder Is, 'nat tne
nerne,rators of the heartless, ~diaoolical
crime, knew Mr.. Hills business up to
Gold Hill and Virginia was to get money
to pay off his worSmen-anu moving
abou; the time he would return, and the
road he usually travelled, they seereted
themselves in the unoecupied frame
bpiIdipr bv the roadside, which was
formerly used as the Spring Valley
Laundry: and that when Mr.. Hill APP
proached, they enticed him in under
pre,ence OF having discovered some
stolen amalgam-Mr. Hill having had a
detective" employed for some time
past TO look out for losses in this line.
Appearances indicated at the place of
the murder, that the buggy-team was
hitched to the building, and'a board in
the floor Of . back room had been raised
up, and the pretended friends Of Mr..
Hill indicating to him that under the
floor could be seen the treaSure-and
that when he stopped down to see for
himself, the knife was applied to his
throat, and the awful deed perpetrated,
and his life-bloodwas discharged through
the floor where the board had been re-
moved; and that the deed IA done by
persons known to Mr.. Hill. OF course
these suggestions are only Theoretical
but the circumstance of the crime, as
far as examined into, lead q great many
persons TO believe that this really was
the way in which the crime was accom-
plished. The household of Mr.. Hill,
and all his many friends, have been in
dire distress At the sad calamity. As
we 20 to press, the funeral is taking
place from his late home, and is very
largely attended.
At noon yesterday, 7. II. Laverty, Of
Dayton, Coroner, proceeded to the scene
of the murder and held an inquest on
the body, the following gentlemen COM
posing the jury II. S~weetapple, VIM.
4. Seaton, \. F. Mckay, c. n. Blake,
J. G. Williams and NJ. D. Wickham.
A tull examination Of the premises and
everything calculated to throw light on
the subject was made. DR.. Kirby, of
Silver City made a post norton exami-
nation of the body, eliciting the follow
ing facts: There were two wounds,
one produced by a small double-edged
dirk, Just below4the sixth iu]tercostral,
striking the rib and glancing downward
towards the abdominal cavity, not suth-
Gent to produce death. Death was
produced by a wound in the throat four
inches in length, completely severing
the trachea and right jugular vein and
penetrating the ma1illan process
between the first and second vertebre,
which wound was sufficient TO produce
death in a very few seconds.
THE verdict OF the jury was TO the eff
feet that the deceased was named Cor
nelius \. B. Hill, q Canadian by birth,
aged about 80 years, and that he came
10 his death on the evening Of April 9Th
1867, BY = wound in the throat produced
BY some sharp instrument, severing the
tracea, and the right jugular vein, the
wound being four inches long; aid
wound being inflicted by some person or
persons to the jury unknown. The body
of Mr.. Hill was taken home 10 Ophir
Fla, and will be buried from his late
residence at 3 o'clock P. N. to-day. he
was a much esteemed citizen, and was
not known TO possess au enemy IN the
world. Robbery was the evident object
of the murder, and it is probable the
villains knew he had been to Virginia
for money to pay off the hands at the
mills, which he superintendent. Com
petent and active detectives are out,
and arrests have already been made OF
suspected persons. 1t is certainly TO De
hoped the real murderers may be caught
and meet with their just deserts.
OPERA HousE.-The attendance at
the Opera House last evening, was not
near so large as il should have been,
considering that the Pearl OF Savoy was
Reproduced. And is the chief among
all the pieces yet played by the present
troupe. This evening Fanchon will be
repeated, it is a good piece and is well
received. Among those who have not
been mentioned, and who we deem
worthy of q notice, is Edwin Melville, a
young man Of q great deal Of promise,
he is blessed with an excellent voice
and will be a great fayorite as a singer,
and doubtless will make a mark as an
actor.
RICH ORE.-The Yellow Jacket, Crown
Point and Kentuck mines continue to
take out very rich ore from their lower
levels, with good prospects of the same
continuing for a long time TO come. The
character of the ore now taken out is
composed principally of white quartz,
filed with black sulphurets Of silver,
and II soft soapy ore which is rich In
chlorides. There are no claims on the
Comstock which have better prospects
ahead thar these three. The Gold Hill
mines are just beginning to pan out in
earnest.
WATER CARr.-Some one who has
lost all computations of conscience,
night before last, stole from back Of the
Opera House, a water cart. What the
person wants with it is more than we
know, unless he wishes to remove the
barrel and rig the institution for a Sill
YER Bend craft. The officers have look
ed in vain for the thief and cart, but
they have heard nor seen nothing OF
either.
PRosPEcroRs.-A great many persons
are now preparing to go prospecting.
We notice James Flack, one of the old
pioneers of Washoe, making prepara-
tons to take a Jour through the coun-
try, and "bring up" at Silver Bend: He
zoe with a pack-train of two jacks, to
carry the "grub" and tools. jim is a
good prospector, and will doubtless
make a osstrike" before he returns. We
wish you luck, Jim.
REcovrRED.-We are pleased to see
that Thomas Carroll, one OF the men
who were wounded in the Gold Hill
Foundry, by the explosion of the boiler,
has almost entirely recovered; he Is
able to be around, and will go to WORK
again in a few days. We believe al
the others who were wounded oy tnis
explosion have nearly recoyered.
ouIrr.-This morning we went 70 the
90, tho renOrt OF the