Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-06-20

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wHEArLkxD. June 1s.-Yssterdsy .
man named Frank Choquetts approach
cd Sheriff Mccoy and told him that be
desired TO confess to him . great crime.
but that be would not say anything fur
thsr until he was safely inside the walls
Of the County Jail. It soon after trans
pirsd that Choqustts had svinoed symp-
toms Of dependency during the past
few days. BE is q French Canadian. So
years OF age. and has been employed as
o farm hand most OF the time during
the past three years on the ranch Of DR..
D. P. burst. who gives him an excellent
character for temperance and honesty.
and - being . faithful and industrious
man. In stature hs IL about the mo-
dunn hight. broad shouldsrsd and
smooth shaven. His personal descrip-
ton talliss with that given BY William
Roddan OF the man he saw peering into
the window after he had arisen from his
bed on the night OF the outrage. On
Monday. the evening Of which day the
outrage was committed, he decided 10
leave the employ Of Dr.. burst, but re-
tired to bed % usual at about 8 o'clock.
His roommate. Richard Smith, states
that be was In his room when hs awoks
the following morning, but admits that
he might have gotten up and been
about most Of the night without his
knowledge, a. the Don 10 o largo q
and they slept In different beds. Smith
says hs IL q sound sleeper. Choquetts
has been in the habit Of visiting Q French
friend who works upon the Roddan
ranch; beyond this be 10 not known to
have been intimate with the inmates OF
William Roddan's house. Since the
outrage he has appeared TO Be down
hearted about something, and. approach.
Ing . knot OF persons In the street . few
days since, who were talking on the all
absorbing topic. remarked: II did not
harm those girls, but everybody seems
TO think I did" At another time he
said: 81 did not hurt the girls, but I
know four men with knives"-and then
stopped. While in his room ct the hotel
here he has been heard to moan and sob
% though in great distress OF mind. Its
believed he will talk by tomorrow. The
man Is undoubtedly crazy, and at the
time the crime was committed many
thought II bore about It the sar.msrks
OF insanity. II he oonfesses he will
undoubtedly tell whore he obtained the
tool with which the assault was COM
mittsd, and whore the bloody clothing 10
concealed. When Choqustts reached the
Marysville jail he was overpowersd with
emotion, and. falling on the floor,
dropped Of into o stupor. he was then
looked up In . cell. He answers the de-
scription Of the man Roddm saw In the
garden the night OF the tragedy. Ida
Dunn IL rational, but 10 not allowed TO
talk.
II IL now divulged that the next day
after the tragedy o bar Of iron was found
sticking upright in the ground where Ida
Dunn was picked up. II has not been
mentioned heretofore. II 10 over o foot
long, with q strong cord attached, 30 Al
to be used something In tho manner OF
Q slung.shot. In the hope OF getting
some information about 1t, two China.
who work on the Roddan ranch
have been arrested and taken to the
Marysville Jail. Roddan's father has
six other Cinnamon In his employ, who
arc oampsd about half q mile from the
sosns Of the tragedy. A DIGESTIVE who
arrived from Sacramento states that no
report has yet been made by the chem.
ist who IL examining the supposed blood
spots on the clothing OF the negro VIII
liams.
MEANWHILE, juno 20.-The French
Canadian lodged in Jail here, on suspi-
oion aroused by his own language that
he committed the Wheatland outrage,
proved to DO afflicted with q mild type
OF insanity, and probably had nothing to
do with the affair and has becn dis
charged from custody.