Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-08-27

| Eureka on the morning OF the l4th IN
slant. The main facts given by the SEN
tinel are A week ago the officers were
| pnt in possession of some facts relating
to the sudden disappearance Of c. b.
Green, a stock man, from the vicinity of
where he was grazing band of horses
which he had brought to this market
from Oregon. to SELL The first days
developments led TO the suspicion that a
young man in the employ of Green knew
something of the affair. and measures
were taken for his arrest; but he had
taken his departure the night before. ana
all the efforts to find him were futile.
The Sheriff Immediately engaged the
telegraph for at least all hour, in send
ing dispatches to all quarters of the
State with a full description of the fugi-
tive, AMI requesting that officers be on
the alert for his apprehension. This
action WIS awarded with success. The
young man heard that search was being
made for his employer. and concluded
that his only safety WAS in getting away.
He started eat.v on the morning OF Sun
day for Elkc. on horseback, taking
breakfast at Diamond Station, and
reached his destination the same night.
Officers at the latter place. being OH the
lockout. nabhed him the next morning,
aud held him in jail subject to instruc-
tons from Sheriff Suiii-an.
The confession OF the Young man
states that Green had been murdered by
himself and man by the name of Fin
ney. that he had assisted in the disposal
he I, I.
the fatal blow; that the deed was done
early III the morning, and the victim
buried a short distance from the tent in
which he a.li Green were sleeping. de-
scribinS The exact locality Of the burial |
place; that h and Fiuney had arranged i
several days before to murder Green, |
and had borrowed a shovel from L neigh |
Dor close by, ana dag tn. grave the night |
previous, returning the shovel as soon as !
the digging was done; that by an under |
between them, Finney came to
the tent where he and the Old man were
sleeping, in the same bed, when lie arose, |
waking his bedfellow as he did SO
that the Old man asked him what he was
rising SO early for, and he told him it |
was time to make a fire. The old man
then handed him some matches, and |
turned over to sleep. Finney, whose
presence outside he was made aware OF
BY an understood signal, came quietly in,
or unheard by TIE man il
he bed, took one of the heavier axes
aid ready for the occasion, and struck
Green one blow on the head, as he lay
IN his side. No more blows were given,
he first terminating life in a few minutes.
The man never spoke or uttered sound
after he was struck. A culver Of the
whole body was followed by few con-
and lifeless form, instead of a
healthy man, in the prime Of life, lay be-
ore them.
After having killed their victim, the
,ext part of the hellish work, was the
disposition of the body. No time was
ost in getting about this. as daylight
would soon dawn upon the scene that
'lutonian darkness had reigned over. A
'arley sack enveloped the mangled head,
piece of half-inch rope drew the extre-
nities Of the body together, a blanket
oyered tLA whole, and, without chant
ne of hymns or drorning tear, the
lood-stained hands that prepared hls
rave while he was yet living, dragged
be body to its final resting place. The
pot selected lOI Tue l0teiAilsut 10 SlVSc W ,
stream where the horses roaming there
bout come to drink, and is soft, wet,
nd boggy The lifeless form was thrown
ato the hole dug for it the night before,
nj was covered by the hands of the
lurderers, no implement being had con-
enient for the purpose After the
Ioody work had been completed, the
ernoniac twain repaired to the dead
lan's camp, cooked their breakfast, ate :
with the relish and unconcern of souls
rec from sin, and then rode in to Eu-
eka.
As soon as his story was told, Deputy
Walsh proceeded to ares. the party made
1r.iceps cria,iais by it. i'inney denies t
Il knowledge of the murder, and says
hat the boy has sprung the charge on
i'm to clear himself.
The motive for the killing OF Green,
s given by the boy. and corroborated by
abseGUent occurrences, seems to have
cen to get possession Of lis stock, sell
5 many of them as could bs sold before
nything wrong was suspected. pocket
re money and leave. In this Matheny
lcceeded as far as the disposal of three t
nimals, and the realization of about one 3
undred and twenty-five dollars. Sew
Of thu, na lal II, hJs |