Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-21
THE GREEN MURDER.

NSi'p'htHlS III the case
OF the horrible murder of'old man
CIR en came to light Yesterday. 1t
seems that the boy Mathency has
made another confession. admit ny
that his | st story as told while in iall
here was false in every particular.
and that the first version of the affair
as given 20 Deputy Sheriff ', alsh was
true tn the letter. lie now rc.asser,s
that tlnnev was rot only an
piice, but the prime mover in the ter
rihle, bloody job. We believe, firmly
believe, and always have, that tie
boy 5 first story was the true one. He
was greatly excited when he com
munlcated the facts to officer WalSh-a
condition 81 mind uutdvOrable 10 the
framing OF Il false statement. lie had
not sern tinuev since his arrest. ara
believing that the Officers were fully
posted, hc made ii clean breast of The
whole affair, just as 1t trauspired.
Ills story, rel lied under these cIrclifl
stances must Ina, e been true. SaerIIr
Sulilv il was satisfied when he Ii,
Matthew i'll tue Hamilton iail the
other day, that FInnev had also par
tlclpated in the murder. Indeed, the
officers have been Swallowing Finnev
ever since his DISCHARGE 10y the Grand
jury. They developed many su>pi-
cIpliS circumstances. hut did not sue
coed III finding positive proof. Since
his release tlnuev has talked Il great
deal about the affair. and in several
Instances told contradictory stories.
1t o tranSuireS that he got more
than half of all the money realized
from tne sale OF old man Green's
horses after tho murd +. The boy
says that on the DIV succeeding the
murder Fancy wanted to bfiue
twelve horses To town fr sale, Tut he
objected. ana they finally came in
with three. which they disposed of,
Finuey getting the iioh's share of the
morey. He further says that Green
had refused 10 allow Finnev
to sell any more horses for
him. and that the whole of Fin.
nev's story about having IL clntract
with Green to this effect, is utterly
false. 1t is true that Gleen had bar
gained with liuney to S il certain
horses, but aft, rward he became dis
satisfied with him and abro.ated the
contract. This seemed TO diSplease
tinney very much and from that
time forward he began to cOncuc the
plot to m"urderGreen. lie visited the
ranch frequently and hal numerous
private conversations with the boy.
II Gems to have taken sometime to
enlist the services of the boy in the
murd ruuS enterprise. Such are some
of the latest revelations made hv Ma
thenev, and as we have before re-
marked, they seem conclusive of Fin
news guilt. Whether ne d,alt the
fatal blow, ~ silullV planned the
murder. is a matter about which we
are not fully advised. Tha boy hav-
ing told so MANY stories " i'll of course
he discredited by many persons, still
there is sufficient proof relative TO
Finnev'S rartici atiun in the sale of
horses after the murder, To make him
cut AN accessory after the Fact, If
nothing moIe. 1t is true that FInucv
established an ali5i before tie
Grand Jury, lut there is IA grave queS.
ton as to the credihilitv CT his Wit
ne>seS. 1t is reported, 4 q we PIE
sumo correctly, that Ross Moor. his
main witness, has He'd the country.
Some of the Off 'trS even go so far as
to give the opIniOnthat persons, other
than tinnev and Mathenev know all
about the murder, and perhaps Il a
hand in il. The whole case Wall
doubtless come to light before long.
fjnney was re-arreSt"d and lodged III
iail Yesterday, and Will he taken Il"
Hamilton to-day or tomorrow. We
give below a Srecial dispatch from
Hamilton. which furnishes full par
~ticularS of MatEenev'S last confession.
II IL, ,,ntn>t f,,. '.ODIhtr hack ON ms
first statement is, to say the least.
quite re isOnaIle and natural. But
How the prisoners communicated
with each other in arranging tiers
is "A question which we cannot eN
ulain. The Sheriff SAWS they were III
separate cells ard a> tarrem We from
each other As was possible, during the
whole time. they were IN 1All. fln-
news counsel was admitted, but all
on Insiders We're expressly pr"hll tied
from talking with the prisoners. Fol
lowing is the account teIegrapDed Us
from Hamilton:
Young Ma henev. the s~clEconfeSScd
murderer OF Green at Eureka, Who
was brought here for trial "A few days
ago, has been acting STRANGELY ever
since his arrival ; bursting into tears
the Sheriff or his dr@utN
entered his cell. and seemed TO have
something on his mind which he
wished to confess. To-day Shcrlli
Patterson questioned him about his
case. when he nude another c%oi,ieS-
sion. saving that his first con'eN>i"h'
in which he inn licttel tinneN' was
true. lie saws that Finney was the
| prinriiai actor in the murder thht
after his first confession, FInneY t"ia
him if he would shoulder the whole
thing upon himself, he Quincy
woull assist him to break jail, and
would have Il horse waiting for INN
near the i,il to facilitate his escape
| and thus prevailed upon him to make
his second confession eN~oneratln-
Finnev. Since coming here, he mas
given up all hopes OF escaping rom
iail. and concluded that his only
chance was to make Il full confession
and place the blame where II belongs
upor, Finuev. who is g~enrfallv sup
posed to he the prime mover IN tiie
murder. FinneY was arrested III ~
reka to d~av,uion i warrant Telegraph