The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-04-20
HORRIBLE BUTCHERx.
Man Beheaded and Chartered
The Supposed Murderer Arrested.

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Yesterday the SILVER STATE alluded
to the mysterious disappearance of a
man named Sharp from Rabbit Hole
sulphur mine, and that there were
strong suspicious that he had been
foully dealt with, and that the Sheriff
had left for the mine to investigate the
matter. To-day Sheriff Nash arrived
In town with Rover, the suspected
murderer, and from him we leaIn the
following particulars relative to the
affair: *H
Last Saturday evening the Sheriff,
accompanied by FL. McWorthy, owner
OF the sulphur mine, William Spencer
and James Knapp, left Mill City
for the mine. They arrived at a
spring within five miles of the mine on
Sunday afternoon, where they found
j. W. Rover, who was employed at the
mine with Sharp. McWorthy asked
him if he had seen Sharp since he
(McWorthy) bad left the camp, to
which he sullenly replied,
"No, BY GOD, HAVE HAD OTHER BUsI-
NESS TO ATTEND TO-
The party remained at the springs all
night, and kept close watch of Rover,
without letting him know that he was
suspected, and next morning started to
the mine, taking Rover along with
them. Upon arriving at the camp, the
Sheriff examined an ak which was w.
ing there and noticed that it was bloody,
but whether the blood was that of q
human being or from quarter of beef
at the camp there were no means of as
certaining. Search was then CON-
menced in the vicinity of the camp for
anything that might give clew to the
murder, if one had been committed.
About $50 yards from the camp the
Sheriff discovered where the earth had
been recently removed, and upon dig
ging unearthed portion of pair OF
pantaloons. Further search was reward
ed by finding a leg, an arm, the head
and trunk of the murdered man in diff
ferent places from $50 to 500 yards
from the camp, each having been.
CONCEALED IN BADGER HOLE,
which was marked by dirt thrown on
the sagebrush in the vicinity, which
conveyed the idea that the murderer
evidently intended to remove the pieces
at some future time. A coat was also
found with the collar cut off, which is
supposed to have been done at the time
the head was severed from the body.
The body was horribly mutilated; the
right leg was cut off at the hip, the left
below the knee. the right arm near the
shoulder, and the head from the trunk
The right arm, left thigh and both
legs below the knee have not been
found. The head, trunk and other
pieces were collected and wrapped in
o blanket, and |
DEPOSITED IN SHALLOW GRAVE
To await the action of the Coroner.
J. N. Sharp, the murdered man. re-
sided in Oakland, California, where he
kept the Parker Hotel for number of
years. His watch was found in the
camp, but no other valuables of any
kind. though he was known to have
several hundred dollars on his person
when he left Oakland three weeks ago
for the mines. Letters of an affection
ate character signed kate" were found
in his coat pocket.
Rover is a small man, apparently
about 40 years of age. He is very
reticent, and refuses to give any infor-
nation about the matter. He was
brought here heavily ironed by Sheriff
Nash, and is now in Jail.
PERSONAL. Gov. Fall. of Union