The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-04-26
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE
the SULPHUR MINE MURDER.
rxe Termination of j. w. Rover.
the Alleged Murderer Of >. NJ
sharp Circumstant ial Evidence.

charged with the nlsarder of j. n. Sharp.
mt the Rabbit HE sulphur mine. on
Auril Sth, w gar, before Justice Davis
last Saturday. in fbe Courtroom. The
murder. which for atrocity, has never
been surpassed by Write man or
Indian, has been THE general theme OF
conversation here since the finding of
che mntilatea remains and the return
uf the Sheriff with he murderer. The
large Courtroom was filled with spec
tators, and at z o'clock p. ~. the pris
oner was bronght into Court by the
Sheriff, and all eyes were turned to
look Mt him He is small man. appa-
rently over 40 years OF age. lie took
seat nenr his counsel. and with pencil
and paper prepared TO take notes of the
evidence He displayed no emotions
whatever. and nothing in his actions
or appearance denoted the hardened
wretch or depraved criminal.
+. ]. McWor,by was the first witness
introduced on the part of the prosecn-
ton, and being sworn. testified in sub
stance az follows on the direct txami.i.
alton:
reside in Oakland. California;;
know defendant ms J w. Rover: knew
person named Isaac or J. n Sharp;
Sharp left Oakland on the oath of
March, 1875. and came to Mill City;
his object in coming was to superin-
tend the sulphur mine; was intimately
acquainted With him for 20 odd years;
last saw him alive al a spring three and
a half or four miles in an easteriy di-
rection from the sulphur mine on the
evening of April s. The mine belongs
to me, aud is in Humboldt county.
There is camp near the mine; camped
at the spring April Z with s. Osborn;
Sharp went to the mine with horse
packed with water aud provisions; he
had orders from me to tell Rover, the
defendant, TO come to the spring early
next morning with the horse, and TINT
Iwould stay to helm him pack wheel
harrow and other things; next morning
Osborn left for home and Rover did
not arrive ut the spring until about IL
o'clock; asked him why he was so late;
he said he could not find the horse; ]
always hobblcd when at the camp;
we packed the horse and went to the
camp near the mine, got dinner and
went TO work sticking sulphur; seeing
nothing of Sham asked Rover where
be was. to which he replied in an in
different way that he did not know
that he last saw him about o'clock in
the morning going toward the desert.
as he (Rover) was going toward the
mountain looking for the horse; we
worked along for while, perhaps an
hour, then thinking Sharp had met
with an accident or that he had gone In
another sulphur mine, which lay in the
direction pointed ont by Rover. ]
saddled my horse and searched for him
about three hours. bnt fonnd no tracks
or trace of him; went to work when ]
got back. and worked until nearly
night; expressed surprise Mt Sharp's
absence, and said had conversation
with him the dav before about mine
located by Wright and Egbert, and had
told him Wright wanted to sell out;
Rover said Sharp had said something
about that mine the night before; this
led me to believe that Sharp had gone
to see Wright, and thought he would
be back by Sunday or Monday; Egbert
came to my camp on Sunday; told him
had man missing, and was getting
along very slow with my work; inquired
II he had seen Sharp on his travels; he
spoke Of the probabilities of his going
10 see Wright; said / was in hurry
to get car load of sulphur sacked by
the 14th; on the l4th of April left the
samp without any suspicion that Sharp
lad been murdered, aud went to Os-
orn's ranch on the river that day and
emained all night; asked if Sharp had
cen there since we parted at the spring;
told Osborn had not seen Sharp
a. e Al IL