The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-04-18

looking Majors house. about $50
P. NJ. Without coming down he
cal ed to the inmates. Majors and
James came out.
els your sister there?"
"She is not" was the answer Of
his son.
."Have you seen herp"
81 have not seen her to-day"
We can imagine the fear which
was then awakened in, her fathers
heart.
"She is lost" he cr;ed.
"Come down and have supper
said Mr.. Majors, "then I'll helI
you search !"
"No," responded Coates, "She
may be at home by this time .
And he left for his house.
1t was between 6 and 7 when he
came home. He sat down to the
meal Mary had prepared, but he
barely tasted one dish, arose alb
rnptly and said, 81 must find 'Vina.' -
Then the father and daughter
went out upon
THE SEARCH.
They took different routes and
called aloud from all the surround
ing hills "Vina," "Viua," "Oh
'Vina," but echo alone gave answer,
as the name died in vocal waves
upon the darkening hill sides. The
young moon sauk in deep night,
but no response.
AT 10 o'clock, the daughter Mary
no longer hearing her fathers voice,
and concluding he had found Elvi.
ia, groped her way to the house to
find no one there but her baby
brother. The night wore away,
and the next morning Charles Vim
cent, a neighbor, going up the trail
from Coates house toward Majors,
found Coates, about 800 yards from
his house, lying stark and dead.
Upon his lips ''the spEler had set
the seal OF silence" I1S lay upon
his face, his right hand beneath his
forehead, his left outstretehed upon
the ground. A few inches from his
head was a stone as large as a mans
fist, but it is a country where such
stones abound, and no bruise or
mark on the body shows that Coates
fell upon it in any way. No sign
Of violence was found upon the
body; a slight scratch upon the
neck, just below and back Of the
left ear, was visible, but amounted
to nothing. The 500 was on his
person. Justice Clough held an
inquest, and a verdict OF death by
heart disease was rendered, ht
NO POST MoRTEM
Examination was had, and here we
mark the first error on the part Of
the officers. Monday, the 10th,
the old man was buried at Gold
Hill A young Italian, who sat up
and watched with tie corpse on
Sunday night, took cold by reason,
became i'll, and in a few days he
was dead. Now all the country
was up in search Of the missing girl,
and for eighteen days it continued.
Regular bands Of men formed with
leaders and secured every ravine,
every bush aid canyon. The chief
oftle>e searcherS were as IL lows,
for a$ they numbered hundreds we
eau name but a few. From Au-
burn there was Sheriff Durham aud
a company, nounted and on foot,
and Under Sheriff lImtley alrl a
company; Constable Walker aud a
company from lsucklin; Constable
Hearts and q compaay from Ophir;
Constable liotchkisS and band
from Lincoln. Besides these, scores
ofprivate citizens were ont lpon
the search. Among these were
citizens OF Newcastle, DistricA At
toney FulweSter Of Auburn, w.
B. Lyons oftle Placer .iry,ss, ID.
Perkins of Kuckhn, and MANY 9TH
ers. All the officers aud citizens
were mlremitting, and thongh the
numbers elwindled as time wore ON
aud no tracc was found, ,SStill was
THE SEARCH KEPT rr.
At this time suspicion attaced to
many parties, and mNtteringS VI