Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-01-17
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Horrible Murders by n Bioodthirsty
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Horrible Murders by n Bioodthirsty
Fiend.
MuwAUKEE, Jan. lion the 9th oi
December. Bob Turner Of Potosi.
Grant county, Wisconsin, was arrest
cd for the murder Of hls brother Al
bert. The inquest which has been had
reveals = bloodthirsty crime riyallng
the Bender family. The murdered
man was killed with III AZ, the head
being nearly severed from the body.
as he was coming out OF a mineral
hole In which he was at work. He
fell back SPECIFICS and never moved
more. The murderer then called to an
other brother, Newton, who was In an
adjoining shaft, to come, and Newton
commenced to climb, but when Ito
reached the surface lie perceived the
body Of the murdered Albert aud was
about to run, when Bob seized him
aud showing him the bloody Ak,
threatened to kill him Instantly unless
he swore to assist In putting the body
away aud to preserve silence.
This Newton assented to, but on
the first opportunity he escaped
to Potosi, where he gave the alarm,
aud the murderer fed to Lancaster.
lie was pursued, arrested and lodged
In prison, where he soon attempted to
take the life Of Ills keeper. The Sec
ond murder, which has just como to
light. Is that OF Olney Medley, ayouth
OF the town OF Ellenboro. Bob Turn.
ner was then cutting ~hoop-poles for
Sir. Bell. On December %, the boy
Medley started for Bells to visit his
mother, who resides In New Cal.
ifornla. His road lay through timber
belonging to Bailey, where Turner
was at work. That was tho last seen
Of young Medley until the 9th Of jan
uary, when the people residing In the
neighborhood having heard OF Turner's
murderous %propensities aud knowing
that young Nesley had to pass near
where he was ut work, turned out on
last to hunt for his remains.
Eight men started from Bells aud
tho ground on each slde Of
the road ; when they arrived upon the
premises where Turner had been chop
ping they found the body, which lay
as II had fallen six weeks before. The
indications showed that Turner had
to cut down a sapling. hav.
lug struck two blows OIL the left side
and one OH the right the second blow
evidently was the u that Killed the
boy. The position In which the body
and tho course Of the blow from
tie axe had taken, all Indicate this.
The boys head was nearly cut from
the body, only hanging by a small
piece Of skin on the front aud back OF
tho neck, the axe having gone clear
through the neck. When found,
young Medley had a small paper
parcel under his arm, just as le was
carrying 1t. The body was taken care
Of and a jury lmpanneled to hold an
inquest, and the verdict was that Olney
Neelcy, aged fourteen, came to Ills
death from a blow with M AZ In the
hands OF Robert Turner. Several other
mysterious murders having occurred
In tho locality In which Turner lad
been seen, Marshal Bennett visited the
prisoner aud asked him to confess u
no had q hand In them. lie finally
that he remembered killing
TWO men, strangers, one OF whom he
had encountered In a deep ravine back
IF the poor farm, and thereupon
attacked and murdered him, hiding
The body. The other mar lie met on
he road to Muscado, where no was
going. The latter made threatening
gestures, aud he thought he was going
take his life, SO he closed with him.
md with 4 four.pound weight which
,e carried In his pocket struck him
.wo blows over the eyes, smsshing In
Ne skull and killing him Instantly.
10 dragged the body Into the bushes
md secretsd 1t there. Now that he
las confessed, he delights to talk Of
he many persons he has killed. He
,loats over the skill with which lie
las concealed the bodies, aud declares
can find them but himself, aud
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