Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-09-14
THE KILLING OF roLAND.

Toland, who went out from here on a
prospecting expedition with AL. Leath-
ers. A gentleman who left C~leavland's
ranch last Friday gives us some de-
tails not before made public. Among
other things, he tells us that there is
not a shade of suspicion against Leath-
ers, nor is it true that he or his partner
had refused to pay the Indian for in
formation furnished concerning the
whereabouts of a mine. The facts are
these: The prospectors were encamped
in a rugged, out-of-the-way place in
the Snake range of mountains, when
the Indian who murdered Toland, &C.
companied by a squaw, came into
camp. The p~rospectors gave them
something to eat, and We blieve, kept
them over night. When asked if he
knew anything about quartz, the In
dian professed to understand all about
the subject, and agreed to lead the
prospectors to a mammoth ledge near
by. Toland had a revolver, while
feathers had no weapons Of any kind.
The Indian carried an old fashioned
muZzle loading rifle. The prospec-
tors having been induced to believe
that 1t was only a short distance up the
rugged mountain to the promised boz
nanza, concluded to leave their horses
and all of their equipments at the
camp. Accordingly, all hands started
out aioot. Leathers being a little in the
rear of Toland and the Indian. They
had not proceeded more than a quar-.
ter of a mile when the Indian sudden
ly fired upon Toland, the ball taking
effect in his back and passing out
through his breast. feathers hast
ened up, and the Indian, taking refuge
behind a reef oil rock, close at hand,
began to reload. Toland, noticing
this, said 10 Leathers: ~ am killed !
Take my pistol and shoot him before
he reloads!" feathers promptly
complied, and fired two shots, but
without effect, the savage MUIR
derer being almost wholly con-
cealed behind the rocks. At about
this time, there vas q great yell
or outcry set up, and feathers, con-
Guiding that there were a large num-
Der of Indians in the immediate vi.
entity, sought to save his own life by
flight. Owing to the position of the
Indians he could not retrace his steps
with safety to the camp where tie
horses had been left, and for this rea-
son he started on foot for Cleavland's
ranch, reaching that place at 2 O'Clock
in the afternoon. in a fainting
condition and greatly alarmed. The
murder was committed early Thursday
day morning september I'd, and OF
the Sunday following a party,
panied by Leathers, went out and re-
covered and buried the body. 70 all
appearances nothing had been dis
turbed, though feathers is of the opin-
ion that two or three dollars in silver
had been taken from n of Toland's
pockets. lie says he is certain that
Toland had that amount in silver, be-
cause they had compared notes before
leaving with reference to change with
which to pay the Indian in case he
took them to a mine. There was
found on the body S45 in gold, but no
silver. The horses and camp fixtures
were also found all right. All of the
circumstances considered, there can be
no question that the Indian meditated
the murder of both Of The prospectors,
aud no doubt would have succeeded had
Leathers remand, longer within range
Of his rifle. The object was doubtless
plumber, the Indian calculating on the
isolated and unfrequented nature OF
the place to conceal the crime. When
feathers had succeeded in eluding him
he. of course, expected that a force Of
white men would soon be after him
and he, too, decamped, leaving every
thing belonging to the prospectors be-
hind him. This Is the correct version
OF the whole affair, and the one univer-
sally accepted by the settlers in Spring
valley, who arc familiar with the facts.
The Indian who did the killing is a
VIGOROUSLY bad man, a renegade and
outlaw from his " tribe, and the
chief and all of his people admit that
he was the murderer. The excite
ment having died out, mutual expla-
nations TRANSFERRED between h settlers
and the Indians of the valleys ami all
arc again friendly and on the best pos
| sible terms. The Indians have sent
out a party of their " number to
capture the murderer of Toland and
insist that the whites shall hang him.
They were expected to bring him into
Cleayland's ranch last Saturday. when
the execution would Immediately take
place. The Eureka troops, 1t was
thought, would be there to see it.
We are indebted to John Burning,
a heavy cattle man of Spring valley,
for the above facts. Mr.. Burning was
in the valley during the recent ex-
element aud knows much concerning
the events of the last ten days in That