Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-07-13
WHERE rs HARRISON
SEARCHING OLD SHAFTS FOR THE
BODY OF A MISSING MAN.


On the 5th Of last April, Thomas Har-
rison, tho partner Of the somewhat noto-
rious jackson, the tin roofer, disappeared
quite mysteriously. and his friends sus-
pected foul play. On the night Of his dis
appearance no had given a dance at his
house, which IS or 80 couples attended.
The admission being 81, he must have had
at least $50 in his pockets at the time. He
was seen to go out. leaving his hat hanging
in the hall, and that was the last seen Of
him. The residents in the neighborhood
organized slvcraI searching parties. who
visited all the mining shafts and ravines in
the eastern part Of the city, but no trace
was found Of the missing man. The ex-
citement attending the affair died out un-
till about three weeks ago, when Mrs.
Bowers, the .'washoc Secress." declared
that while in trance sbe saw the body Of
man in the bottom Of shaft with MARKS
u violence ON his head; few
days afterwards, o man. told q Cib'oa-
icle reporter that he knew that
Harrison had been murdered. and named
the party whom he suspected. He said
that Harrison had 5000 in his pocket the
night he disappeared, and that the man
lie suspected knew it and followed him
when he left the house. The next morn
ing this man had plenty Of money, quite
an unusuai circumstance. Since then the
reporter has noticed the suspected man on
tho street. and during the past two months
hc has fallen of in flesh and presents a
z worn and haygard appearance. This in
formation was farnished the Cfiicf Of Po-
lice. and the County Commissioners ap-
propriated $50 for the purpose Of examin-
ing the shaft.
ANOTHER MAN SUSPECTED.
In the meantime the Chief Of Police
investigated the ease and found several
parties who suspected an entirely different
man from the one whose name was given
him by the reporter. 1t appears that the
morning after the dance q man who had
been with Harrison the night before re-
marked to his iandlady at breakfast, Have
you heard Of Harrisons disappearance ?"
She said she had not. The man then said,
~ lost q slung-shot last night, and Harri-
aon Ii missing. II the police find the
slung-shot they may think l had some
thing to do with his disappearance" Af-
forwards the same man was found with q
bunch of keys belonging to Harrison In
his possession. lie soon after went East.
SEARCHING tue SHAFTS.
G. n. Borman and J. Linslcy were en-
pioyed by Chief Mccourt to search the
shafts. They make the following report :
June 2s. 1873 Searched tlic Roman
Capitol shaft and also a tunnel Of the Ro-
man Capitol.
June 29-searched the Senator shaft
and Mint shaft; also tunnel west OF the
Senator mine.
juno 30--Scarclicti the Mint shaft and
also the Columbia mine.
July 1--Scarchcd the shaft Of the Red
and White Cross aud another mine. lying
s,uthwcxt of the Rcd and White Cross.
July 2--Searchesl Knapp's shaft and also
Elliott's shaft and tunnel.
July 3-Scarched the tar reservoir, be-
low the gas works.
Jnly 5--Scarched the shaft Of the Joe
Scates mine, and also tunnel below Alex
ander's milk ranch. aud various other
places too numerous to mention.
Up 70 date have found no clue to the
missing man, Thos. Harrison.
In one shaft they lowered bucket to
ascertain II there was water below. 1t
brought up what was supposed to be hu-
man hair, but II turned out to have come
from goat which had fallen into tho
shsft.
There are still no traces Of tho missing
man.