The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-04-26


this was on Friday before noon; that
evening received reply that he was
not: next morning / came tn Winnie
mucca, swore ont warrant for Rover,
and went with the Sheriff to the sni>
nbnr mine: we ronnd Rover at the
sprinc near the mine; I asked him if
Sharp had made his appearance; he
answered "No;" asked if he had
searched for him; he said no. he had
something else to think ahont hes DIES
Sharp; the Sheriff and party went 10
the camp that evening. next morning
while Rover and myself were getting
breakfast. the Sheriff and a hired man
that 7 have Mt the mine now took
stroll mp the side hin. most of the time
in sight of camp; they found coat with
considerable blood on it. and place
where something was buried, and came
back to camp; Sheriff arrested Rover
and ironed him; bnt little breakfast was
eaten, owing to the excitement, no one
had an appetite; we then went to get
the remains, the first we dug mp was
,he right thigh, from knee 70 hip; next
found the left arm, next the entire
chest. with arms cut off Mt the shout
ders and the legs Mt the hips, the head
was also missing; next we found the
head; this was all We fonnd that day.
except the clothing that recognized as
Sharp's; one piece of his snspe'iders
was found ffty feet from campS the
other p0rtious of his clothing were
found busie d near the heads that con-
clnded our search; arrived that night at
Clark s ranch, that is all until the Cor
oner's inquest.
The following was eltciteSl in reply to
questions of counsel for the prosecu-
ton:
HID found no additional evidence at
the inqnest except tracks or footprints,
which we followed from the cabin to
where the remains were found. The
tracks correspouded exactly with the
boots Rover wore. Tbos- boots pur-
chased ut GouId's for him two days be-
tore. A ravine comes down from the
mine to camp: cannot see man work
ing in the mine from camp; had been
at the mine aud camp all the time be-
tween the 9th and l4th of April. We
stopped at the camp every night;
worked at the mine NEST of the time;
Spoke Of Sharp's disappearance often;
Rover manifested indifference every
time Sharp's name was mentioned;
when / came after II team on he l4th
told Rover | would be back IN three
days; he seemed to be anxious to have
me come back with the team; no one
ut camp bnt Rover and | between the
Sth and 14th except Egbert and another
man, who came aud left on Sunday;
there was an Indian there one night; |
know that Sharp went to camp on the
night of the 7th, ms articles taken by
him from the spring were there next
day; Sharp had silver watch and
chain; identified the watch found by the
Sheriff us his; he also had revolver.
Sharp told me before leaving Oakland
that he would take with him about
$500; never saw him have gold notes;
the side of the head when dug mp, was
broken in "a if il had been struck with
some heavy instrument; saw no other
mark on body except where it had been
cut up; on the morning of the 9Th
Rover had on clean white shirt when
he came to the springs.
cRoss-ExAMINATIoN.
The witness, Mcworthy, was put
through rigid cross examination by
the counsel for defense. All the inge-
nui,y of the lawyer failed, however, to
corner the witness. or get him to con-
tradict in any material respect his di-
rect testimony. In reply to questions
he answered in substance AS follows:
have lived in Oakland two years;
have been in the business of purchas-
ing cattle and sheep; resided in San
Francisco before going to Oakland;
have been milling and mining, dealing
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