Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-03

introduced himself On tho evening %
sunday. June i7th. lie was no stranger.
having been employed by Arscs as q shsp-
herd some time last Winter. Du Mond
told the women he hal just come IRON the
Sierra Novadss. that his boss hal gone In
the cars IN Holli.tsr and that he had 10
follow him there 10 get his money. lie
said he hal q horse. but IL got away from
him. aud having walked some distance he
felt tired and hungry. lie was Hospitality
fed and after resting all night. took break.
away. The lunch wa provided and he
left. About half-past 4 on Monday even.
Ing he returned and reported that he had
found io0 or $40 sheep on the top VI = hill
some miles away. They had
AsEEs' BRAND
Upon them anil he had driven them within
two miles of the house, where 10 had to
iea~c them. being disabled in falling down
and hurting his knee. He told Mrs. Ba-
that she had better 60 after them.
A. they might get away. She started with
the younger boy in the direction pointed
out and hunted In vain for the sheep about
ono hour. In the meantime the depraved
savage performed his bloody work.
Mr.. smith. q settler in Los Dznos valley.
was within n quarter u . mile vi tho
house. when le heard several gunshot re-
ports. lie noticed q iluttcr among the
chickens near the house, and supposed Joe
Was shooting some chickens for supper.
In q short time after the firing Smith saw
Du Mond come out of the house with gun
In hand. advancing towards him. They
met and he told Smith that he hal been
KILLING
Smith asked where the women were.
anil he replied "they have gone after
some sheep" lie was then going in the
direction taken by the m AMI boy.
and II IL believed he intended to kill them.
Smith then went 10 the house aud found
the door locked. lie then started after
the woman AMI met Mrs. BarcillAs. He
asked her where tho other was, and
she told him she hal left her at the house
with the other boy and little girl. On
reaching the house they found all the
doors locked and went through the win
dow. The three bodies were lying on the
tioor in pool. 10 blood. Mrs. Ar-es was
deal. q gun shot wound 10 in her right
breast and q pistol shot hal passed through
her law. one side Of tho boys face WAS
blown away and he was l~ifeless. The girl
still alive. She was shot in the right
breast and the ball had passed through
tho back. The picked her up and
asked. " what Is the matterp" Sho faint
" replied. /" Joe has stabbed me aud shot
mamma twice. and shot my brother once"
The child died shortly after In the wo-
mans arms. The bodies were conveyed
to Gilroy and were buried in the Catholic
cemetery.
pu MoxD III
For parts unknown. and his whereabouts
eonld not lie ascertained. A reward Of
$1,000 was offered for tho arrest Of Du
Mond. dead OF alive. Mr.. Long. who Is
an oil Chicago detective, determined to
AID in arrcsting the murderer. whether he
the reward or not. A descrip-
ton anal photograph Of Du Mond were fur
ni-hed him and ho commenced his opera
tons. On the evening % the 10th 81 Au-
Gust, said Mr.. Long. word came 10 iue that
the man Tor whom was huh,ins wAsu up
Ia what u known a. smi'h .t,eA canyon'
lie Was seen by thrce men VINO were Gu
gagei IN making aroad up tne hioun,Ain
side. Mr.. Long, who as We hav. saiu,
a Justice Of the Peace, authorized ms IN
to arrestDu Mond. atthe same uns
employing. the other men 10 assist IN the
The next day they ssw MIN near
their camp on the mountain sue ana uh-
iertook to arrest him: calling MN py
name. Joseph Du Moni. iie puii.i ms
pistol aud said, Don't follow me- ne
then went Ia the camp, where Tue men nau
left q shotgun and a needle fine. Inese
he took. together with all the amniuniton
In the camp. When W. undred yaius
from camp he discharged ,he sno.s"n ,ha
inns following hack that he would
,,H,r NAN
v,,o ,,,emp,ed To follow him. I Was i'm
melia,ely Informed Of the fact and &C.
c~ompanicd by these three men nha AV o"r
forty Inulans 49, -ua,n,sIn where We
pan s,,a'I ~ ind The man, AMI taking i've
with me I took his foot track.
After following this for q mile anil q half
or two miles we discovered him. called
10 him 10 surrender. In answer he raised
his ritl. AMI fired. lie Was then about
i51 y,pl. away. lie started to run
AL 4 shot Al him, the ball taking
,n,ct In the left side Of his back
AMI %Iolcine against the breast-bone. Ne
M, ran something ike 100 yards and got
nnier a elm 81 rocks which formed . sort
y, ave and which conli only DO reached
~ .,,iins Josn about 100 feet almost per-
n:ndicnIar. The place where We found
him h. close To where the Modoc Indians
tonight 80 long and Ia almost Inaccessible.
4 go, mn ON Ton OF another ledge so I could
zee ,lown into the cave, AMI again demand.
Il M. surrender. assuring him that l
wa,II mo, hnrt him any more II he would
wv
he made "" anss
The captain OF 'he i"uiA"
lilo made ahie on
for the rest oil the party u close up "i'e'
they hal come wA'enins "
the cave. aud finally saw dArk oplec,
which 4 thought Was Du Mofid. IeN'i'u