Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-18
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Yesterday ;rHrui'lg rs an .a,:y t,9uai
party rerc sppr"achlrG 1he p"5lic
cemetery nor!n o: ,ne lily, th'- ,';: II 4
man was seen suspended iron th. .,romg
cross beam Of the gateway opening rpon
the esyrisge- road OF that city Of III dead.
The .anrraI party came To = halt. the
! botEifying truth THAI a man fasl been
! hanged from tina; eros beam during the
stall hours OF the usslst before, flashed
upon th-,u, AMI turning back from the
! course o. their fnopInful errtnd, they
! returned 10 town ana told v!iat they had
seen. The news spread like prarit
| fire, and men huatat! themselves 10 leart
the facts OF tlags startling mystery In =
lis.is while pe2tses had gone and Re
tirned and sr-ee,t the fact farther and
viGisr Vita taess snora general reports
the fac. was also stated that on the dead
man IS sIrs as -;as pinned = paper a'eariaS
the mysiefsoUs legend Of DO SIX har3Ee'i
and One" Larry u the day ous re
I porter visi.st the saene. There, in the
bright cold ;a1snins al hung. suspend
cd by the ,eat, a roughly dressed man
whom We recognised rs one We had seen
lounging .Aou: tire streets and in tn
saloons She deaa mans head, which
leaned 70 the let. was within eighteen
inches %: .u.s fatal Cr35s-;.s&n; MS iect
wi n were still covered WITH h,s boots,
were within t9-o or three feet OF the
ground as ;.rn-s were p.nionel behind
him; mis- ,lgS were tied together; his
eyes - closed; h was fully dressed
save tina. he was without hat;
and across his breast was pinned shee.
of whi.s letter paper with the A57res
"60l traced upon it. His face was
toward the north ard j! looked calm and
like the face ot nan who re sleeping.
All that told TIE story O. Lis fate was
the paper badge that his body wore.
Men stood Crie;iy in the crowd who had
gathered there and said the dead mans
name vas Bari aud that he had turned
States evidence against Dettling. the
| man lately convicted in oar District
Court, Of arsop.
A, one clock in the afternoon Coro-
ner Meder held an inquest upon the
body. The following named citizens
comprised the jury: ". Z. IL. Cobb.
L. 3. Sharp, /. Anderson. H. c. Nc
Laughlin. Trennor Coffin, and q.
Radzinsky.
| Jonathan Saffeli being sworn deposed
nd said: l have lived in Carson since
! April 1868. l knew Thomas Burt.
| first knew him about the time Of the
burning of Moore l. Parker's Hall. l
saw him on Thursday night about sun
doEn. He had been staying round the
| Curry Engine house and sleeping there
sometimes. l do not know that he slept
there last night I went to bed about
half past 8 clock. At that time there
was a lot of youpg men sitting round
the stove. These we're mainly persons |
who frequent the dance house opposite. !
Ii was dark round the stove and l did |
not see plainly enough to swear that |
Burt was there. 1 have slept in the |
engine house foy two years. l believe |
Burt was there when l went to bed. |
Bur: began coming to the engine house |
about the time that the fire was set i'll |
Chin-to~n-sboutt the middle of Noyem-
Der. In the night was aroused By the
sound of footsteps. l turned in bed |
and noticed that the light which usually
shone brightly through a crack between
the partition OF my bedroom and the
stone vail Of the building was unusually
DIM. l opened the door of my room
and looked out. ] saw a man standing
at the door. He seemed to have very
long beard. then heard a voice which
seemed to say, " Pete. get up, We wart
YOU The voice was disguised or
untitled. Ny impression was that it Was
one Of those hoodlums bringing in some
of their It'd bits. I opened the door a
little way and looked out. l saw that
the lamp was turned down low. The
man at the front door was looking out
Presently he stepped outside. I then
put my head entirely out of IN,
room. saw = man by the hose
car. and at the rear OF the room were