Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-08-30
UPON THE BODY or ~
LATE Mr.. RAlST0h.

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RE Prsssmpsssa Or Rsieids tkn-
phssieAliy Msgativsd Apep by
shs Probable Caass-AdJssrnk sas
% she Hnqssss tiil re-nsrrs1.
We have condensed the iOlloy (ng re-
port Of the Coronsr's inquest hd(d over
Nr. Rslston's body from the SIN Fran.
,iseo papers Of yesterday. Th} inquest
win bs concluded tomorrow. The evi-
icncs thus far very strongly negatives
he theory Of suicide advanced by inter
sstsd p~arties.
TIE JURORS nr
]. R. Garniss. O. L. Weller. II.
Williams. A. A. Cohen. r. F. Nor
row, J. r. Ksene. W. II. l.. Barnes and
o. L. wadsworth. Tho inquest began
At I p. n. on Saturday. Tho first wit
ness examined wal the proprietor Of tho
Joseph Dunkley. who
said: n It .It
Nm. p~uxxLKY's TESTIMONY.
ti;x. IN ,bs N.utune hath house. nj
R,act Paint of which I am the propris-
Ton. + vac mot Acquainted with Mr..
Ralston. though I knew him by. sight,
NJ he frequently came there during tho
last three or four months to battle;
he would come twice q week.
apd ,Oain he would DO there oftsnsr,
ond Sometimes not at all; he used to
some about hall. past six or seven o'clock
In the morning; I think I last saw him
alive Yesterday afternoon. about half
past three, when he was getting his
bathing clothes at the house; was sit
ting there reading the paper, and he
nodded TO me o. he passed. my son.in-
law served him with towels and trunks;
I didn't see him 20 into the water; I had
no conversation with him; after he had
gone out several young men who had
received their bathing suits at the same
timo he got his, came In. and
said: "There 10 something the mat
ter about that man," and / said:
uOu AhSus Nv 6ooe
swimmer. ana Always tumble II the
water; when no swiins OUT no Is IN the
habit OF turning over; ne Always turns
somersanits In INC wafer; tncy sad ne
has gone down, SAID, me Is IN .ns
habit OF gong down anu coming up n
going down AGAIN. wen, tney
said, "ont ne diunt come out 0 inc
water This time ana Win that we
for b ooat q oil was excite
msnt, and ! said. 81 guess no will swim
to those piles wc could NOT see him
then; We were getting the boats down;
We didn't look Tor him to come
up because we rushsd ior Ne ooasi We
thought something was the mattei' 4
didn't assist IN the boat; my son.in'iaw
went out; when nrst saw MI. isaiston
yesterday afternoon he appeared ~ 10
flushed and ovorheated from exercise;
he was perspiring pretty hard and my
son-in-lsw checked him from going in,
and he got an extra towel and said he
would take a shower bath before he
went in.
CLARENCE RICHARDS.
A son.in.lav Of tho last witness. and
MANAGER NJ the hath. bouse. testified: I
liz. q, tbs Nsntpns D,tb Uonse. and
rent n from M. Dunk,rly. I know Mr..
RaIs,o, h,,;n, heen nysvionslv told
- =. 80. ha va In *. hshi, ~ com.
inc there snd c.ms there Yesterday bo.
Issn ,h,ss an nv o.c,ocl. he came
- an. Joo, snd lnocLsJ. 7 ws;,.J nm
Nh ~ re- III, M. ~, ,;ma N dsv
s.,;,;... 60 h;r a. rsr.n. Ia
Pr..;an TO-, anJ Ia ..k,s, ma h, an.
o,hss ,oroh ,nv.I .a o..s Min sh,es.
49, hs "cows n,t .n5tsLa NV cin,hc,
wSsn T,.ts ,hs,s an. 7 have .ot son,s
rainahi.s IN nv nocl.,." 7 ,ol5 him ba'
iore WIN, Ina c,ps ,hsre. n ba bad any
v.inohi.. to i.a,. ,hsm ;nsiJ.. tha, i
nj. 81 ,hs hons. vent ont anil
oot Me c,oibes and to,k tbem into Inc
ho,s.. ne mani, anil coal 7 am certain
- ,horah \ conid moi sav certain shoni
N. ,s.t for 7 laid tbem ON the table'
nj J;dr., iook A thsm. hnt The VEST
~ss siso .,nonc TIA clothino' 7 belisye.
In, hsnJ.'S ma Nh. ciots.s. thsn I
~ him an sItrs c.rnet, a iittIa bett.r
mi cleaner ,han va %nsnsllv mao mar,
and i took n ont and Iaid n IN Inc fioor
ma .noha N him. 7 aid ..You are
nrs,,S VAIN NJ, rals,on" ssy. he
III Ill mi mxss,f ami ,alo a sIo~s,
nth hoto,. 7 no IN Th., Il ,ha lss, I
~ :" Mn ih,r, ns,s.n ~ ,wan,.
nite, ,bs two yonnc man came
and LnocLed AZ the window and s.iJ
was 4 nan ont tLsr. about tbst
.tssmer thgt they tbourht thero vas
.omsthipc wrong with |: / believe those
ira nm. vords =, tbsy AHA ,,out Al tho
.tsamsr ;" I ran into tho batb.room and
ioolsd around nnd looked into RAJ.
ION. ,oom and ssy. IN, co. n, q.
Rsls,on. I rap and unlocksd M Loci
nm ,hs hoat anil vent ont 10 him . hsro,a
,o;nc ont I ran md toid INV fa,bsr.in.
tiat Ral.ton was drowning. and I
told those near me 10 "take tho boat
lovn wbils I oct ont tho oars !" ono
vounr man asked TO 90 along. and I
,old him The boat WINS hard 10 MANAGE
vitb two in: I roved AZ fast "A I could
the place, and there were some
neu ON seiby's wharf pointing down
md halloing ; I could not tell what they
wsrs saying /; the water WAS quite rough
md rifiy; and by tho time I got down
MsigSs' wharf there WA n man had