Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-04
The murderer, Blo.dy Trail.

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From the Inyo Independent, September Soth.]
/. As is usual with fleeing criminals, q
number of the heinous murderers who
escaped from the Nevada Prison have
made our Isolated territory the line Of
their flight. We are fortunate In being
able to present, out of the many rumors
afloat, q pretty straight story Of the
actual facts connected with the move.
ments of different pursuing parties and
the details of the fatal affair In Monte
Diablo Canyon. These details we have
from the Junior of this paper, he being
one of the party that went from this
Mace, all but one of whom are yet In
the field.
A letter from Aurora states that on
"wednesday. tine Goth instant, four of
The conyicts passed In sight of that
place. Il was soon ascertained that
Bulv Poor. the pony rider, had been
cantnred by them and forced to accom-
nopv them. A marty consisting of
Hor,,tv Sheriff Palmer. J. s. Mooney,
D EeiIy Ned Barker Horace Poor,
Lewis. ,Jobn McCue and some
balfa dozen others whose names we
did not ascertain, started In pursuit
about 8 o'clock the same evening.
After a long detour toward Mono Lake
thew eventually struck the trail Of the
fleeing conyicts In or near the Adobe
Meadows. They soon found conclusive
evidence that young Poor was yet
alive, and making mute appeals for
help destined never to reach him-his
gIoves we're found at different points,
and further on, his collar!
The following day an Indian in
formed them That the conyicts were
annomrsd in n canyon some five miles
Distant near Dsxter's. It is stated,
md M doubt was the case, that the
nnrsners were much fatigued and their
animals worn out : but here seems to
have been a bad break In not pushing
ont. Mr.. Poor. the poor bows brother,
bsSoed tham, for Coda sake. to make
the effort. but one, save Mr.. Mooney,
we're willing to 90. Sheriff Palmer,
of Esmeralda, then addressed a note,
dated Adobe Meadows, September 22d,
to Deputy Sheriff Hightower, at Hot
Springs, to the following effect:
Four or five escaped conyIcts from
tho Novoda state Prison are now coll
cao,oT in tho hills hack of this Mace.
and thew are undoubtedly striking for
ono Valley. IF O can raise a posse
and Co thare Won will surely intercept
aL r ,binI thov will travel IN.
uioht We have trocked them beyond
niSn w. th,s niaca Thsv nave T
sh Iou0 fo Sv animal. which must be
uanrSv n,ven ont They have taken
With Them BilIy poor. the pony rider,
for Their own %nrotection : should Won
%. bo careful not to injure him. My
men ara yery much fatigued, and some
toten sick or 7 would be riding to-
njobt There "a n reward of $500 for
"ash 5s,5 or n1;re Send me nm an
oavn' u. maa;ataiv "a exn.ct to start
s"Sr ~ NC moryn% II pon tb,nE II
.a..y ad,.is,hIo 20 3o;n me here. use
more own S;.crot;oy hnt If Won do
yut,;rm not q momsnt is n he lost"
anysnins' No' 49,
Upon the receptlon Oh tIis noSe,
Henry DeVine ana MT. Mcl.auehit
started almost immediateiy i0r Adoos
Meadows, leaving MI Morrisoh uI,H
George hightower 10 come on wsit.
their party IN the morning, tne nrs
" taxing Ill the arallauIo "nS
In the place. upon nlaIiy gasnerH"s
at Hightower's miil, tne parry o9n
ed OF Morrison, digheo"er, DeS.iIe, "
z. Calhoun, d. d. pms WI. ntoo.e'
James Dougherty, George DousHeIty'
|. Majors, MIR. NeSOltt, james Tele-
CRIME. Alter taxing dinner, the ps.ty
waited two hours lot tine arrival Oh Tue
Aurora party; finding tnat Chariey
Jones, ono OF the conVicts, hau oesh
to their mill the day previous anu oO-
tained some bread, meat ana SAT-.
About two O'Clock In the morning
the party, mounted, went up the can
yon about two miles, where they struSs
the trail. This they loiloweu some 10
miles SOUTHWARK ihto Long .a.,oy'
where they caught signt OF the men,
Mr.. Morrison himself Oeihg the nrst 10
see them. 1t now oelng nignt, the
party went to the house OF Alr; MCGEE,
and remained TIL morning. wnen tney
proceeded TO the canyon, JOINT SIX
miles distant. Following tue canyoi
about a mile, they came upon Ihe lei
ons, and then quickly ensued scene,
the heartrcnding details OF which we
write with a sorrowtul heart'
We give them In the exact wolos OF
q Of the participants II tns terriTle
AFFAIR: some hundred ya,Es up ,mo
canyon a man was seen ,u,..Iis uoma
a hillsiae' ana We lmueuIate,y sPu',uo
forward our horses suuuesly we
found ourselves directly In 'front.' Oh
their camp, not NOR nan iorty Ieet
distant-we directly In n canyon anu
they on the hillside, IN a ciear spos
among the willows. Ihey all three OF
them retreated to q large tree, and
lodged behind it. AT the same mo
ment one OF their NUMBER came aowh
to them from a short distance a9ove.
Just as the first two had reached the
tree they fired on US, while we shot
almost simultaneously at the man
going up. Their shots struck Tour OF
our horses, killing outright tnose
ridden by Majors ana glamour anu
woundlng those OF Nesoith and AlDeI
son. Our party fell back to the VIII
lows for shelter, some OF us directly
under them and the rest n little down
the canyon. For twenty minutes shots
were exchanged ; Morrison Y nave