Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-24
Murder WIZ Ont.
Yesterday afternoon. .sys the San

1CStCiOay eAsokhS0ds S
Francisco Alta Of Saturday, . sensation,
was created by the men who were en-
ployed on board the steamer Express
dredging the dock at Commercial
street wharf, In recovering a body ola
murdered man by means Of graphing
irons. The men on board were ems
ployedin dredging, for the purpose OF
recovering pieces Of hauser and chain
cable lost In that vicinity. The work
was conducted With little difficulty,
and q large portion Of the lost prop
erty was recovered. In the afternoon
the heavy graphing iron encountered
some weighty object, which Temporal
rily interrupted the work and COM
PEELED the dredgers to increase their
force. The hull In the work brought a
large crowd Of idlers to the spot, eager
to ascertain what the trouble was. AT
last they began raising the weight.
Nearer and nearsr came the irons,
clinxing tenaciously to the substance
they had grappled and soon the 30
cret was told. Lying athwart the
grapple, with his throat cut, was the
body of a man, the slime oozlng from
his clothing and the water pouring
from his boots, making a sight OF .
most CHASTITY character. The effect up
on the crowd was easily noticed. They
shrunk back at once, and then rushed
forward and earnestly scanned the
features Of the deceased, but none knew
him. The body was attired In q dark
suit Of clothing, the pants were OF doe
skin, the vest Of a similar material but
brown In color, while the coat was
somewhat heavy and OF o dress cut.
The shirt was made Of chequered WOOL
| en- material. The man was Of medium
| size, the face of all intellectual cast,
and a reddish brown moustache and
whiskers the latter full and about five
inches In length. It Is quite evident
that a scuffie ensued between the de-
ceased and those who committed the
murder, as a large cut Is upon his right
hand. The cash In the neck Is below
the ear. and Is about two inches and a
half In length, and from appearances
| the knife or Instrument used must
have been thrust In aud chen gashed
along previous to being drawn out.
Great care was taken to sink the body,
as a weight Of pig iron, about fourteen
inctes long BY seven thick, was las
tened by means Of cords around tho
same.
The Chronicle of Sunday contains a
detailed account of this matter, which
concludes as follows:
Last night Henry s. Hubbard, a for
mer partner OF the deceased, came to
the Morgue and identified him as HI.
ram NJ. Jones, q farmer, who lived
about seven miles from Stockton with
his son-in.law. Charles Mosher. He
based his Identification upon the pecu-
liar shape OF the mans nose, which
was crooked ; also judged by his boots,
and the general appearance OF the
head and face. ,.r-. - /.
J. H. Hilton, the present partner OF
| II. S. Hubbard, aud James Adams, Of
Adams, Butler It Co., hay dealers,
both recognized him as Hiram Jones.
The last they saw Of Jones was on Fri
day, the 3lst of January, at which time
he had been attending J. A. Fletcher,
q lawyer. who vas lying sick at the
house Of Mrs. Warren, on Market
street, between Third and Fourth. He
made arrangements to 60 to Stockton
on Saturday, and his friends supposed
that he did 60. intending to return Ia
a few days and settle permanently In
San Francisco. He was very we'll cit
uated financially, and was a widower
with three children. He did not gen.
orally carry much money about his
person, but usually left 1t with Thomas
Newell, (who resides at No. 9lS Bush
street, and drew 1t In installnents
when needed. There was an adver.
tised letter for Jones taken from the
P~ostoflce yesterday from bis mother
In Iowa, dated January 26, 1873. His
friends say that had he known Of the
death Of Fletcher, his friend, he would
have been In San Francisco withou,
fall to attend his funeral II alive.
Fletcher died on Thursday, the 10th
instant, and the non-appearance In the
city of Jones gives his friends addi-
tional reason to suppose that the body
found ON Thursday last was no othel
than his. Charles Mosher, his son-in.
law, was t%elegraphed to last night, bul
up:to 2 o'clock this morning no answer
had been received.