The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-07-21

at Spencer's hotel in Lodi; defendant
came to this country to show me sui
phur mine; told me in Lodi he had $40
acres of sulphur land located about
twelve miles from the Humboldt House,
in this county; had some fine specimens
with him in Lodi; sometime after we
left Lodi in company, and after deal
of evasion we went down into the val
| ley together, and an Indian showed me
the mine which located. and which is
now known as McWorthy's sulphur
mine; told him he had no interest in
that mine; l employed him to work in
the mine as an ordinary hired hand i;
had no personal knowledge that Rover
claimed an interest in my mine.
Counsel for defendant objected to all
the testimony illustrative of the trip of
McWorthy and Rover from Lodi to the
sulphur mine, to make location, and
after repeated arguments on the part of
counsel, the court ordered that the tes-
timony be stricken ont.
The witness continued The parties
present on Sunday when the Sheriff
returned with me to the mine, beside
ourselves, were Mr.. Spencer and Mr..
Knapp; on arriving at the spring,
about four miles from the mine,
Messrs. Nash and Spencer and Mr..
Knapp were with Mr.. Rover asked
Rover if he had seen anything of
Sharp he said no asked if he had
looked for him ; he said, by God /
have something else to do beside look
for Sharp" he said when he last saw
Sharp they started out to find horse |;
Sharp went over the hill and disap-
peared he (kover) found the horse
and returned to the camp; the next
morning Spencer found coat, bloody
and cut in places, which I recognized
as Sharp's; soon after some new-turned
earth was found and we dug into it and
found portions of the body; Rover was
an interested spectator, and he handled
portion of the remains with an exas-
peratipg curiosity.
Witness here detailed the circum-
stances of the search after the
dismembered remains. The story
was about the same as that al
ready published.
The cuts were smooth and clean
cut; the body or limbs showed
no wounds; the left side of the
head above the ear was crushed
in; the features of the deceased were
recognizable, and quite natural.
The witness here, in answer to re-
quest of counsel for the prosecution.
again related what occurred when he
returned to the mine the day after
Sharp and he parted at the spring.
Several days after, while at Clark q
Osborn's ranch. l asked if they had
seen Sharp; Mrs. Osborn was present.
and when I received a negative reply
and expressed my surprise at his dis
appearance, Mrs. Osborn said +" That
man Rover has murdered him." said
/ guess not; she insisted that she was
right, saying that she had heard
enough before to assure her that there
would be trouble at the mine; when
| the defendant met me at the spring,
on the morning after / parted with
Sharp, he wore white shirt; while
searching for the remains, saw boot
found pieces of suspenders; from this
place we found tracks leading to the
several places where the remains were
/ found; noticed the tracks; know the
kind of boots Rover wore when we
we're searching for the body. and when
he met me at the spring; bought the
boots for him upon his order; saw the
Sheriff fit Rover's foot into the track;
the boot fitted perfectly; other tracks
were measured; all the tracks were of
the kind which have described;
Rover had double barreled shotgun
in the camp, which he brought with
him from Lodi; when Sharp came
there he had a six-shooting revolver;
never had any weapons myself; Sharp
and the defendant were together in
the mine probably seven or eight days /;
the camp is about nine hundred yards
from the mine in q southerly direction;
there is q ridge between the mine and
the camp and neither is visible to q
person looking from either toward the
other; was in the camp every day,
and slept with the defendant every
night during eight days subsequent to
the disappearance of Sharp. and prior
to the arrest of Rover; often ex-
pressed surprise at the contin-
ued absence of Sharp Rover's
answers were always about the same;
during the time that was with Rover,
after Sharp disappeared, he (Rover)
went several times to the springs, with
the horse. for water; the day after