Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-04-20
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UsloSyiLLr, NEVADA, /
April l6,s lsss.
EDlros GoLp HILL News III have
waited for something to turn upAout 10
this s~agebrush land, thatI might have at
least owe item TO spice my letter with,
until l suppose you think l am dead,
runaway, or have forgotten you. l
guess l had better not say anything un-
less l have something TO say.
MuRpER.
IL seems q stho1ghthis poor country
hos struck an uulssAy streak just now.
Hardly had we sscased to congratulate
ourselves on being rid of Mclaughlin
whom tie news comesito, US o. another
cold-blooded murder and robbery. |
have endeayored to get stthe facts for
your readers, pnd what | write can be
relied upon as the truth. The victim
or this crime was a lad Of about eigh-
teen, Ebon J. Cooper. This boy kept o
small 'sstation '',about tvsnty miles be-
low Oreana, and lived alone. He was
very small for his ageaud sickly, in fact
unable to perform any hard labor. He
wal last seen alive at his house last
Friday. On Sunday afternoon, u man
on his way to tho Truckee from 0reana
stopped at the house, went in, and found
young Elliot dead, in n half sitting po-
sition near q small recess in the side Of
the house, used as q closet. The body
q with the legs drawn up under
it, and the head resting against tho
wall. The hut he wore was blackened
with powder, also q cloth that was
spread on a little shelf just over the
boys head. The boy evidently was
shot while no had his hand in o soap
box in which his friends say he kept his
money. There was a bullet hole in the
head, from the forward aud upper part
OF the skull, on the right side to the
cheek on the left. He was also shot in
the side, the person who fired the shots
apparently standing alta greater dis
lance when he fred the second shot.
The boy was known to have had at
least ninety dollars In the soap box,
also two six shooters hanging on the
wall. The money was all gone. also
the pistols. There were two guns and
plenty Of clothes and provisions in the
house, neitherof which were disturbed.
This first bore the idea that the foul
deed was the work Of Indians, for moth
ing excites the cupidity Of a Pluto like
guns and grub. Tho body was brought
to Oreaua, on Tuesday, and an inquest
held the following day. Many facts
were brought to light and strong sus-
picion has attached to u party Of three
men who arc supposed to have stopped
at the house on the night of the murder.
Sheriff Woodwork and q brother of
young Cooper are now after the suspec-
ted persons, and 10 doubt have como up
with Thorn, rs Hill Bcechey's driver
reports seeing the three men on the
road and the Sheriff only three miles
behind. This Is tho most %atrocious
murder ever committed in Humboldt.
The sole motive was the few dollars the
poor boy'had saved-these tho fiends
could have easily had, but they acted
on the principle that E" dead men tell no
tales" Our people ore highly iudig-
nant, and many q wish to see "'em
hung" passes from mouth to mouth. l
would advise the gentry on the cut or
shoot to give these parts a wide berth.
Trees are scarce, but a couple Of wagon
tongues can be made to answer the
purpose. P. S.-The three men above
alluded to were caught, examined be-
fore a Justice, and discharged.
N'LAUGHLIN.
The trial Of this man for the murder
Of Gallagher vas again attempted last
week, but the Court found it impossible
to get a jury. A change Of venue was
granted to Storey county, so you will
hayeran opportunity to see the prisoner.
PROSPECTING. m
With the mild weather we have been
blessed with for the past two weeks, tho
prospectors have thawcd out like bears
and begin to look up all sorts of Span
isb plugs, old saddles, brides, pots,
pans, etc., that takes to make up tho
outfit Of "ye honest miner" None Of
our people have any idea Of going
"North," or to Sweetwater. Just wait
until the railroad comes and wen show
you, not one minc or ono lode, but hun
dreds Of them pouring a steady stream
of silver, gold, copper, lead, anthony
and sulphur through that great national
artery. Our people nre satisfied to
| stick to Humboldt.
ORE BUYERS WANTED.
Not q day passes but l hear mon ask
ing each other, will there be a market
for ores at tho dump or on the railroad,
when it shall come? What are ores CON
tanning twenty per cent. Of copper and
City dollars per ton in silver worth 2
We know nothing about these things,
but this we do kaoto, that II persons who
understand buying ores will give our
miners any assurance that o fair price
| will be paid for all the ores that they
| will dig, q million Of tons will be
brought to the surface within the next
eighteen months. Last week I visited
q lode of copper and silver ore, that was
moro metal than quartz, from Eve to ten
feet wide, and can be followed for three
miles. Standing at q little cut that had
been dug by some hardy prospector in
the bright days of '63, and picking up
lump after lump of the rich ore with
which the cut was half filled, ! said,
Here is q chance to 60 to taking out
ore tomorrow" "And after IL is out,
what will you do with i'll" said my
practical "pard." That was q poser.
What would I do with itT" l could
not tell, and sadly turned away from
what will at some future day be a for
tune to some coming nan SQuEED.
A SSAxs SroRY.-A lad in Ohio, re-
Gently, went out to a potato mound to
get some potatoes. After clearing
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