The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-09-07

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On the evening Of June Bird, 1875,
Miss Jennie Martin, a young girl well
and fayolably known in this city, was
shot down In cold blood on a crowded
thoroughfare In this city. Daylight
had not faded when the awful deed was
keommitted, and not less than a hundred
people were on the streets within sight
of the spot where she fell Other hum
dreds heard the pistol shot, all eyes
were then turned to the scene, yet by
some strange and inexplicable circum-
stance it seems that no one saw the
murderer do his bloody work-at least
the person who saw the wicked arm
stretched out, pistol in hand, to do the
dastardly deed, has not appeared to
testify thereto.
Following the murder came the in
vestigation Of the coroner's jury,
which body consumed several days in
a vain attempt to find some clue
which would lead 10 the discovery of
Miss Martins assassin, but the jury
was finally discharged after failing to
trace the mystery TO any satisfactory
solution. aIeae
The authorities then offered a liberal
reward for the discovery and arrest of
the murderer and the offer was held out
until all hope of its being productive of
the desired result was given up Keen
detectives were summoned from abroad
to work up the case, and they too failed.
Within a very few minutes after the
deed was committed, two or three
ladies who were walking north along
Ferguson street, between 10th and
nth, met a rough looking man, who,
with a revolver in his hand, was running
rapidly toward the depot, from which a
train wal at that moment departing.
About the same time another man, also
armed, was seen to run north along
Eddy street a block or two beyond the
spot where Miss Martin was killed.
This. man turned into an alley, was
soon lost to sight, and has not been
heard from since. THE LEADER called
attention to these circumstances at the
time, but they were not Investigated.
The murder occurred on Saturday
evening. It is the custom of our city
editor to close his labors and leave the
Office at about 2 O'Clock a. m. The
foreman remains an hour or two later
than this. On the morning of Wed
nesday following the murder, during
the interval which elapsed between the
departure from the Office of the editor
and the departure of the foreman, an
envelope containing a,brief note was left
on the stairway Of THE LEADER Office.
The note said: "--k killed Jennie
Martin. The name mentioned (which
we omit for good reasons) was that of a
man who was thoroughly investigated
by the coroner's jury, and to whose
door the crime could not be traced.
The case As stated takes rank high
above the celebrated Nathan mystery,
which has bafied the best detectives OF
the world for so many years. 1t is ouI
belief, however, that the murderer was
seen and is known, and that the person
or persons who a convict him viii dc
it at some future day. Meanwhile we
suggest to the leading detectives of the
country that they have here a splendid
opportunity to distinguish themselves;
and that ever if they cannot make a
fortune out of the case, they can at
least prove that they are entitled to the
name Of detective, a title now SO often
unworthily conferred.
"Murder will out'' and THE LEADER
believes that the murderer Of Jennie
Martin will be discovered and receive
just punishment