Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-08-22
OFF THE SCENT.
Suspicious of the Murder of White
Man in Chinatown Ccnfirmed-A
Thorough but Fruitless Search for
the Remaius-The Officers OF the
Law Temporarily IsafiieG.

made the disclosure in Winnie & David $
stable that white man had been muir
dered in those quarters. They stated
that the man murdered was from the
mountains and lad large sum Of money
about him-between seven and eight
hundred dollars. Their representations
of the supposed victim, in other res
poets, also, incuced the officers OF the
law in Carson to presume that it was
probably
LAYTON CHILDERS
Who disappeared in such a remarkable
manner from Lake Tahoe about = month
ago. Any other man, they thought,
mush have left somebody to miss him
and search for him where it was proba-
bic he might have been murdered.
ChiIders has been hunted for in every
hole and corner Of San Francisco. Sac
ramento, and the Grass Valley regions,
without success. This rendered the no.
ton possible that although he boaght a
ticket from Verdi, that he may not have
used il, but have been induced by some
unaccountable turn il his affairs to re-
turn home via Carson where his partner
in the Lake store, Jas. Eigby, lives and
coming he re fell into the hands OF the
Cinnamon and was murdered
FOR HIS MONEY.
Those who knew Chilaers would never
allow that he could have betaken him
self under any circumstances to such 4
den. Yet stranger things were argued:
and the Sheriff, Swift, and Constables
Stern and Newhouse feeling sure, at any
rate, that some white man lad been
butchered in Chinatown, pushed on
their investigation slowly, up 70 We'd
nesday night, when they proceeded to
the China quarters accompanied by the
two Cinnamon who had made the first |
revelations, and who upon reaching the |
ground stopped at All kia's Lonse and !
said
THAT'S THE House,
Yesterday morning, attended by the
and several right hand men,
Sheriff Swift repaired to the brothel
hus designated. jim Saclet was taken
along, and did lusty work with pick and
shovel. Loose dirt was discovered near
he chicken coop, which was removed
md the soil underneath thoroughly
ried. The other parts of the indescri-
'ably nasty China back yard underwent
he same ordeal, but all to no effect.
The well was examined, and the privy
I'D not escape the probe Of the indie
atigable Sackett.
STAINS on THE FLOOR
f a Chinawoman' bed room were dis
overed and they were taken for blood
rhich she had swabbed over with water
} hide from sight. The same little wo-
IAN. about as big as Stems fist, had
ried from the time tho search began | I
ntil it was ended. Nov, it had been
old by the informan;s that woman
al shot the white man; and the cir
lmstance of her crying, the bloody
Dpearance Of her chamber floor, etc,
rought her under the suspicion of being
le woman who committed the outrage
SUSPICIOUS THINGS
ere found in this woman's room.
mong the rest q buckskin coin o.
49, which Cinnamon never use, f,
pair OF Caucasian suspenders,
ID an odd glove. Judge Wells
lthered these in, and viii retain =
em for the case OF prosecution in pros I
sct. In word, everything was done
get the bones of the lost white man or
C-uc ~ tAGI WHEREABOUTS, tne uOOIlN8 4
another woman's room that seemed
have been tempered with, was ripped
, and the ground examined, but moth
: was found. That the body
HAS BEEN CHARTERED
Id buried out Of the town was the final r
nviction, and all hands gave up the Il
arch for the present, at least, as u bad h
which some even say those two
outside Chinamen may have put up
the other ones.
. HEAVY" BET.-Two old pards, Dr.. Y
lcott and Glover (of Mint renown), tt
n waxed warm, last Wednesday, in 80 ~
;cussing the merits Of their respective
tches-a pair Of $40 turnips, a Ros-
d.; l.. a L