Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-10-06
Arrivals.
THAT BLOODY MYSTERY
STILL MYaTIFlRD.
The Missing Man Tarns Up-Txc 10
Ne Corpse.

The sensational mystery Of the last
few days Is at last partially cleared up,
the supposed murdered man having
turned mp safe and comparatively
sound. A Laigneau, the ground coffee
dealer, whose place Of business Is on
south C street, Virginia, 1t will be rec
objected. was found to be missing last
Monday morning, and an. examination
Of his premises revealed numerous
marks Of blood and other indications
that he had been foully dealt with dur
ing the night previous, by some UNI
known parties. Search was made for
his body In shafts, tunnels, and all
other likely places. but nothing more
was heard or seen Of him till yesterday
afternoon. He Is 20 at Virginia, and
this morning We interviewed him at
the station house. He tells rather Of a
strange story-quite romantic In some
respects
He 10 Captured by BriEnnds.
Sunday evening he was enjoying
himself playing cards at a saloon on
G. street, with some friends, and they
all agree that when he went home to
his shop, at half past II o'clock. he
was In his usual health and spirits.
He passed through to his little bed
room. at the rear of his shop, took of
his coat In the dark and threw it on
the bed. aud directly was seized by
somebody. He struggled and fought.
using q couple Of bottles which were
handy, smashing them both and cutting
one OF his two asSailants IN the arm.
he thinks. They ovcrpowerod him
directly, however. pulled a big sack
or something similar down over his
head and arms. and bound ropes
around him so that lie could fight no
longer, and also prevented all further
noise OH his part. In fact they gave
him neither time o opportunity for
making much Of an cutlery. They
then took him out through the back
window and made him walk or be led
up the steps and the steep bank to b
street, where they put him OH n horse
or mule, and away they went with
him.
They Take Him to the Mountains.
One Of these bold kidnappers mount
ed behind him, while the other rode a
second animal. According to Laig-
neau's account, we judge they took up
their line of march directly up the side
Of old Mount Davidson, In a zigzag
course, bearing finally away to the
north. crossing the Geiger Grade near
the Summit, and In the morning they
stopped ut n camping place In the hills
beyond. Here they unbagged him and
he saw his captors for the first time.
Both were masked, and he judged from
their limited conversation-which was
altogether In Spanish, a language he
does not understandable n was a
Mexican /; the other he could not make
out.
whsso Portraits Are Thesef
They now showed him a photograph
and asked him In English If he recog-
nized it. It resembled himself very
much, but 1t was not his portrait, and
he told them so. Then they showed
him the picture Of a girl, aud asked
him II he knew that. This was 4
strange face to him. and he so stated
to them. They asked him several
times If he really did not know that
face, II he did not remember 1t, ETC.,
and finally ended by saying: "Ah,
well, you will know 1t before two
more days"
One Brigand Leaves.
Shortly after this strange examina-
tlon they bagged him again, and one
Of the brlgands left, Laigneau knew
not whittier, but perhaps to bring that
girl to confront him. Before he LEFT.
however, they tore of his shirt, and
he heard them tear 1t into strips, and
they seemed to be binding up some
wound-he thought the he had
given with that bottle. All that day
-Monday-he lay OH the ground, his
legs and wrists being so bound that he
was principally oil his back.
Anothsr Might Ride.
That night his remaining captor
made him mount the horse. and then
rot up behind, and they rode OF
through the hills for some hours
When daylight peeped through the
covering Of his eyes and face the!
again camped.
He 10 Left Alone.
Laigneau tried to talk with TIL
man, and find out what this all meant
but he would not answer a word. l
was the evening Of this second day
Tuesday when I.aigneau came u
the conclusion that this remaining brig
and had also LEFT, for he heard no NOR
of him, 50 lie concluded to try and un
loose himself. The rope binding hi
wrists had a stick passed through 1t II
such a manner that he could not tear
loose with his teeth. so he rolled abou
TIL he found the camp fire, poEed GU
a brand and held the cord against
till he burnt It of. s~corching his hand
little in doing so. He soon got en-
tireiy free, and thinks 1t was abou
midnight.
He Eseapes.