The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1873-08-30
DIABoLIcAL MURDER AT EUREKA.

DIAB0LIoM MURDER AT EUREKA.
The Eurela Sentinel of the 24th inst
contains a lengthy account of one of tn
most deliberate and horrible cases O
murder ever heard of in the annals o
history. We cannot give the subjec
matter in tll, but condense the mail
points for tie benefit OF our readers.
A young nan named Matheney, in tbs
employ of c b. Green. stock man, as
sisted by an'ther called Finney, prompted
by desire b steal a band of horses be.
longing TO Green, committed the horrible
crime Of murder by striking their victim
while sleeping with an AK, killing him
instantly. Alter the deed was committed
the pair ret.ned to Eureka, but becom-
ing alarmed Iatheney proceeded to Elko,
where he VS. captured The Sentinel
gives great raise to Sheriff Sullivan and
his deputiesfor their efforts in bringing
to light the circumstances attending the
murder, of 1hich the following is the
confession Matheney:
lie was laded in cell No. 5 of the
comfy Jail. about ten O'Clock night be-
fore last, hsing been brought TO that
point by Gcuitous route through the
town, in orer to elnde, as the officers
told him, "A igilanoe committee waiting
his arrival. Deputy Sheriff Walsh re-
manned in te jail during the night, to
carry out IL original plan OF itimldation
and confess1n. At two O'Clock yester.
day mornin he had so far worked up
his feelingshat he made the confession
so diligentl worked for. The prisoner
put the had of the officer IN his, and
With tremhng limbs and tears in his
eyes. beggt protection from the sum-
Rnry puishment Of an infnriated
populace. This was assured, in terms
syInpathing, yet stern, If he would tell
the place uere his victim was buried,
and point at his associates in the crime,
il he had ny. He hesiiated, dropped
his head, mplored further protection,
and begm He said that Green had
been mursted by himself and man by
the name Finney, the party whom the
officers hasuspicioned that he had as
sisted in IL disposal OF the body, but
that his eopanion dealt the fatal blow !;
that the dd was done early in the
morning, n the victim buried short
distance frn the tent in which he and
Green we sleeping, describing the
exact localt of the burial place that he
and Finne, had arranged several days
before to nrder Green, and had bor-
rowed a shel from neighbor close by,
and dug thgraye the night previous, re-
turning tl shovel As soon as the Dig
ging was die that by an understanding
between tm, Finney came to the cent
where he ID the old man were sleeping
in the sac bed-when he arose, wax
ing his befellow as he did SO that the
old man aed him what he was rising
so early fl and he told him it was time
to make fire. The old man then
handed hi some matches, aud turned
over to sip. Finney, whose presence
outside hgas made aware of by an un-
derstood gnal, came quietly in, unob-
served oinheard by the man in the bed,
took ond the heavier axes laid ready
for the oasIon. and struck Green one
blow ONE head, as he lay ON his side.
No mor,lows were given, the first ter
minatinlife in few minutes. The
man me- spoke or uttered a sound after
he was nck. qniver of the whole
body wfollowed by few commissions,
and Hess form, instead of healthy
man, 1.-THE prime of life. lay before
them.
After,ving killed their victim, the
pext pa of the hellish work was the
disposih of the body. No time was
lost in ttiug about this, AS daylight
would sn dawn upon the scene that
Plutoni darkness had reigned over
A barli sack enveloped the mangled
head, aeee of half-inch rope drew the
.extrems of the body together,
blanketyered the whole, and, without
chantilof hymns or dropping OF tears,
the bl%stained hands that prepared
his granville he was yet living, dragged
the boto its final resting place. The
spot seted for the enterment is close
to stan where the horses roaming
thereah come to drink, and is soft,
wet anoggy. The lifeless form was
throwito the hole dug for it the night
beforeld was covered by the hands of
the mRrers, no implement being had
convent for the purpose. After the
bloodyork had been completed, the
demon twain repaired to the dead
man'snp. cooked their breakfast, ate
it witlrelish and unconcern of souls
free fr sin, and then rode into Eureka.