The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-22
THAT CALIFORNIA CRIME.
FULLER DETdILS or THE MOST sINGU-
Lar MURDER or THE TINE
The Kinipg Of 4. VI. Tuiiis or Grand Island,
Cal. the Public Administrator. In Order
10 get Hold OF hi. Fortune Of $50 900.

SACRAMENTO. Aug. 13.-Latc last night the
ch,,i, ,,r,.,.., .rrI,. nro phIio Ad,,i,ts,r,.
Sherll "rl'@Np Troy '|"' iu"ilc hu"'h.S''"
tor Of the County on u charge Of the murder Of
Tullis. ON Grand Island CLARK n mariner Of
y" - W" ,, 49,,
Dye in tho saloon business was arrested nj mo
same time On the morning OF the 81 inst, A.
M Iullls' run grower on "rahu i''"nu !"
TINS County was found dcad III MS or'hatu
The might before two unknown mon wcro seen
~ I'm u'"m wv nv III ,'.,,i", ,,,, a',
built boat Thoy went 10 Iunlss rah'h "hu
landed ono # tho men asked the Chinese ser
Na,' ior u' "oss n'o ""S 49,. to,.,
fired. and tho shouting Il men and tho barking
NJ n Jng T1fi,s was found next morning ON
OF u"E' ." ",'7 '''''' ~ ~ NV, '''"t V"
tho ground dead II was evident lie ma boon
running wien shot and he must have been
s,on',in'. 'r.r whom hi, fnr ,hc mur,,.rrr's
btoop'HE 'N'I WI" ""' W. '"v "'"'"c'ci
tracks w'r" iracu 10 thc river cdgc'
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app"'"''t ''"' W. ,''"9 r''' III " 'o""'''"
duck boat w'rc seen in tho river. One Of the
mon pullcd his hat over his eyes when passing
,oonle pa MON c,ro sa,r nonr Tuiis,s
p I, - MI "I IN. a1",,
z in the evening The body had four gunshot
n,,,,,. -. =, ,,,,.,,,,,,, o,,.
onternd anon' the irst false rth on the left side.
anu passeI ohiluiS upWArni IoaritnE away
aud passc through tho right lung Tho lung
wv ,nJ,'r,u iS 'N,I. ,NhnS Wn uoI', cnu7vu
the third verinlrp. AMI lodged jusi over tho
tHi,n t w. rNs1inR ,l,r',usn tne orhin tn,tu
ing under the right ear This ball mndc two
.upVniinFs' NJ uc'rhss',u' Wlrh luuhu ayup9n
hand Under his frc and his i'm hand stretched
ont f,lIi 81 dirt rs II he had rrn-nnd n Lnndfui
oi uir' lnSt O,tivl' qyinH. NJ neai WaH tow,ru
whore tho ball entered the back. There were
10 weapons ON nj rgrs1nn n, n,S ua nn5 ird
ward the north. These tracks appeared for
about 900 wards from where the body was found
Ho tocd out grca, deal and his tracks were
oasily dis nGuishable There were also tracks
made nv a 50. or . boot aud the other by
not over 30 4 boot. These tracks followed be-
the body Wa found. Right around the body
was a confusion of tracks, IA il several porsons
had been waking around il. The tracks were
they went from the body to the river.
The boat referred To- WINS proven to be sharp
at both ends and To- have in It two persons ON
the morning II fia murder nt early dawn two
men were seen 10 launch n rnde bont from the
old mouth u tho American liver Two cients
sand which au uffi srr found To- CORES pnud with
Tie dcsiiit,1n ~ the c,"nts given By a innn
who saw lie boat The day after the murder
two strange mon were seen footing II up the
road from Grand Island 'o Sacramento II is
Rnid they ran hy houses and avoided oh-cr,a-
the mur,iercr- t'ha- tran-pired tia, on The way
Coroihrf'- ran IN and sought nails and a ham
NOR and -'rit = u. wood o. II their rowlork.
L.
Rtarr -fy- that ,.censea wrote 10 him that ho
hal di0ieu'ty with two Portuguese who lad
been driven from the ranch Drcen~ed wa a
bachelor. oi Very close and retired habits He
was known Z, he severe on tramuS md inyn-
rably drove them from the house Some have
thought tramI- in 1T OF anger killed him.
Tulls LETT an estate valued at $50. 900. on this
estate Troy Dy" rs Public Administrator. has
filed his uupllsatton that letters OF almiuistra-
ton hc issued To him
Last night at / / o'clock Troy Dye was ar
rested and charged with completely in the MUIR
der. The arrest WIS Effected by Sheriff Drew
and several deputies. Deputy Sheriff Harrison.
who has been working ny the Tuliis case.
makes the following statement: He says he ar
rived here on the sunday succeeding the muir
der. and read over the testimony taken at the
Coroner's Inquest. He asked the Coroner II the
Administretor had come yet and was told that
he had not, H. asked i he had telcsrarhcd.
but found he had not Hnrrisons theory Wa,
other thnf the relatives that came here Killed
Tullis to r"uli2. ON the estate which they could
not otherwise get. or that parties here killed
him in order to got the estate. Harrisons theory
was that The men VINO killed. him lived in Sue
rnmcnto. H. got buggy. and he and the
Sheriff. Y NJ. Drew. went t. Corothers ranch.
Just below Clarksyille and there they got an
accurate 4 seription If the men In the mys-
al. 81, Ind 4