Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-11
''Nine o'clock this morning-ex.

ssThe news came through her hus-
band. He rushed excitedly into a
saloon, on the edge of the town, say
ing that his wife was dead, and some
one had killed her. They had lately
come from the mines, and were living
in a tent of their own, a quarter of q
mile out of town. We will conduct
you to it by-and-by."
"a physician has made an examin-
ation;'
"Yes; a skillful one. He says it is
clear that the woman was murdered
stranghd to death by pair of coarse
hands, the marks of which he found
on her throat"
"Did he say how long she had been
dead?|
"Yes many hours
"yyhat does Wolf say!'
"That he did not sleep at home.
He says he was drunk last night,
which / found to be true, and that be-
ing unable to reach home, he lay down
under tree, between here and his
home, and slept soudly. When he
awoke, according to his story, it was
nearly nine o'clock. Then he got up,
fastened to his tent, found his wife
dead, and gave the alarm. Everybody
believes he murdered her himself, and
we have some fear that an attempt
will be made to lynch him. In fact,
there's little doubt of his guilt, but
there is no positive evidence, and
the case needs working up"
''What makes you think he did IT,"
"Various suspicious circumstances.
His unlikely story of having slept out
all night, when within few hundred
yards of his temporary home, and not
waking before nine
Had they quarreled!"
1T is not known that they had, but
well, they were man and wife, and
we might safely presume that they
| had"
Were no traces of a stranger
left2'
No"
Not a thread-a shirt button--s
hairY'
No"
Tracks" ?"
mo. The ground is so dry and
hard, you know"
HAS any stranger been seen lurk-
ing in that neighborhood?'
No"
Has any stranger been in town.
! ''We1. " Lavn -unnors av,.- ,,e,4
from the mountain every day-but il
was none of them."
Detective Black, who wore red
shirt, was conducted to the scene oi
the murder. He saw the body at the
office of the coroner; he saw the
| physician; he saw everybody in Ma
rysville; he saw and talked with Wolf
three-quarters Of an hour. Then he
said to the Sheriff:
"ITe didn't do it,
The Sheriff was fairly thunderstruck.
But" said William Black, keep
him in custody till you hear from
me. Don't let the people get hold OF
him, though; for, I suppose, they
would lynch him at a venture"
"They would"
"You might arrest and detain any
suspicious looking person found in
the neighborhood--a always remember
ing that he's innocent.
Il will"
The conference thus ended.
Next morning fresh miner made
his appearance at Pine Camp, about
fifteen miles north of Marysville. He
was very lazy-looliing nan. He
lounged about from point to point,
gossiling with the miners, botherlng
them at their work. Some thought
he wa, half-idiot. He stopped and
talked with groups here and there,
and asking questions about the best
place TO locate claim. He was green.
Then he told them a piece of terrible
news. A woman had been foully
murdered in Marysville. Her name
was Wolf. Her husband did it, it was
thought--in fact, there was no doubt
of it. The simpleton! That was no
news. 1t had been the talk of the
camp for twenty-four hours.
''On, then you knowed it yester-
day.
"Of course!"
He went from claim to claim; spoke
to everybody; asked particularly
about the mining prospects; men
TONED the murder.
"Tht fellow won't do much. He's
too lanlooking," was remarked more
than olce.
The forenoon was wearing away.
The mn of unsound mind stopped for
the 20h time and talked to q group
of fom who were working claim.
He sat IN large stone. He spoke of
lthe Enthusiastically informed them
of it as new.
"Wht, old fellow said one,
"you've been asleep. You're day
behind he age
/ The SOW creature was little net
led.
"Oh, 10; not day." said he.
"Wa'a4 yes, now" retortcd one of
H. 1,,a /.