Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-03-24
LEE,s VICTIMS.
rhe Families Murdered ~ Aes.es'.
Meadows-0ne OF she Party sses
vsneiaeo Polfcomans

rA- w.uinssa MurderDd nt
Ar she ara . Sen
r,s.s,.ee Pei,csna..
cs~,,.,.. March al
IRON mo ran A.. i've. Al saw.
Inc MoimoI h% s 10 he ili.f.lsd
enteen miami y. tSss ware not capa-
smisrsn' pa. .nx recollection Of
v = ,r;his cane. and thereafter ap-
ss.Ina In evidence against tho slayers
49, warrants. With the exception Of
49, or sueh Of them a. survive. four
ssrsons are still alive who set out with
,hs train from the Arkansas line, and
wboss lives were saved through q quar-
rel which seemed 10 have occurred prov
identially In their behalf. and which re-
suited In their separation from the main
party a few days previous to the massa-
Gre. These four are Ephraim Matthias,
now residing In Nevada /; Joseph Ware,
believed to DO somewhere In this State ;
Mrs. Duck, widow Of w. b. Duck, the
leader OF the little party which aban.
doned the train, nov residing at Fort
Wayne. Indiana; and p. X. Jacoby.
brother Of Mrs. Duck and q member Of
the police force Of this city. To Mr..
Jscoby the Chronicle Ia indebted for
rnrsr
Concerning The Inflated train and its
h,.torv nm IN a fsv dsvs nrecading h.
da.t,nc,;n,' Tha train was o,oan;,.d
a. EsjrsviIls Irkan,aa and .ts,tsd an
In lopg iournsy aoross tbs nlsin, In
I857. II WAS The riohsst and HAT.
equipped train that over set ont across
the continent, numbering l4O souls
men. women and children-vith 900
head Of cattle In q herd, and 100 work.
inc oxen drawing the sixteen wagons.
Tine leading families Of The marty vsro
ths Bakers of Arkansas. consIstino AZ
Inc eldsr Baksr. vitb bis wife anil lam.
iIv .nd two m,,,;sj sona with fsn,Iis. f.
an. Wonch family from ArL.n,as AMI
The Rasds from Missouri. comprisipo
Read s.nior and his family and bis son
ond family Mr. Duok and lila marty.
;nsIrS;no na,cs, .Jscobv ioinaa n train
,rom Ohio Tbs Raj. AMI Ratsrs vsrs
ths -nr;nc;ns, owner of M stoek. md
NAV siao hal In tbsi, nosssssion a con.
s;d.,shls amsunt ~ snscis. Jssionino
iarcs in-ysstmsnt. In land I'm the soutb.
arm nart of tbIs Stats. There were aiso
baIf a Jo,sn other families. vhoss
names are NOT now remembered by Mr..
Jscobv' A laros numLe Of hlred man
sccomnanied tbe train "A "bull.
-hscLe,s" and stock hsrlers. and tbs
marty Included
n,-r,vv,v emmy 49,, vo,rv cur n,,v.
p.no;nn tim ;r,a,oU = sararai
tsn;S;.s ,o;nsJ ,ha tan NJ. staiion In
~. Iu5;rn T.rri,or. -h,oh wss tha
i.., no;n, ~ dsn.lr,s tom c;v,ii-s.
.;on M ,on,a 49, vas mn m
49,. -. >" ~. S;o,n;,. oib,L..s
p..s ~ co,os.So an5 rom ,S,s ,ocaii,S
M go, s,rroI yhas vas Lrovn M ~
'a,,s,a .n..n la 40 Eo,, p,;Jcsr
.h;oh no;ns SSss ,sacheJ .hout ibs he.
a;nn;nI - S.n,smh.r DARING INA
o,rneY tins far tbs emiorsnts wers
ys.ans1,,v mo,.s,.d Inv tbo Indians vbo
- 49, ,ho IovJs n; ,hs Main, On
an. onsas;nn .ho,,jx hofore rsocbinc
Eor, Rr;Jasr ths Who'll. 900 bsad 81
L.. .a,tis wera stomns5sJ and n off
IN An. NIGHT A strong Attachment was
corn,.J oG from The irain. Mr.. Jacoby
-. ;n.,,a.,I I'm an. number and
ssasss, H.
r,,sr,r nv THY ,xn,,xs. =
r,,.. .am,".na -, nn,.J ni-.;,.u.n
snS i,om Missduri Tba
- mas aen,;nrsS ,or ,h,a. =, torr
,IaSs IN hitch lima ,bs nsTtv cantursd
an ird;ar AMI nrssssd him intn chair
ss,x;cs ~ . orida To says Ria own M.