Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-06-25
WESTERN DISPATCHES.
r.r.cr.L TO TN soIo m. VI x.ws.I
Wheatlandb Bloody Mystery.

whcatland's Bloody MyStery.
wurIrLASp. Cal. June 2l.-Ths mys-
terry on the Roddan ranch ID ~ dense .
ever. It seems to bs hard work for the
detectives to fastsn any clue to any per-
son. Three small blank books have
been picked up on the ranch. about half
q mile from the scene OF the Outrage.
Nobody around here knows anything
about them. One Of them Il an ordi-
nary pass book. from which soms name
has been erased. Another 10 also . pass
book, the Ant leaf being gone. and the
stub showing that an order In favor OF
Sam Long was drawn on May 9TH Tor
Sll AZ. The third one, on which the
most importance IL placed. 10 grocery
store pass book. In which 10 written on
the last page, with pencil : "Mr. Rine-
hsrt-Your team II In the Ohio stable,
Marysvills."
Yesterday morning Miss Hezlsp was
informed for the hrst time Of the cause OF
her supposed sickness BY DR.. Melton.
The young lady declared that somsthing
different from brain fever was the mat
ter with her, and insisted % vshsmsntly
on knowing the truth that . partial ex-
PLANTATION was made BY the attending
physician. She replied: 81 an not
frightened ct all. II must have bsen
some crazy fool or . robber that did 1t.
The last that I remember was that ! was
looking at the pictures In some fashion
papers ON that Monday evening. and that
one OF them fell on the door and 1
stopped to pick Il up. / can reoollect
nothing more until Wednesday morning.
I do not know whether the light was put
out or not. Three times ! have dreamed
Of seeing two persons In the room.
Il may be Q dream. but sometimes I
think Il may DO . recollection. always
dream 1t the Same way. One Of them 10
man wearing broad-brimmsd
white hat. Ny recollection OF
the other IL indistinct. I only
know that another person seemed to
be present. This fellow hit me on the
head with q club, and a. I attempted TO
rise he placed his hand on my bosom
and pushed me back apon the bed. You
know Just a. well a. ! do whether this
was O dream or not. II seems to come
to me when I am asleep. think that
when my mind becomes stronger ! will
be able to recollect something about the
matter" In confederation OF what she
calls her dream there are marks on her
bosom made by three fingers and .
thumb, precisely a. though shs had been
pushed back In the manner described.
At ten minutes past 8 last evening Ida
Dunn arrived ct the house OF her pa
rents in wheatland. She vas brought
into town in o carriage. proppsd mp with
pillows. with several ladies TO support
her. No demonstration wa made and
the streets were noisslsss. She Was
quite weak for the journey. The people
gathered on the sidewalks "a the carriage
drove slowly along, but no n I'D.
dressed the occupants, and NO visitors
will at present be allowed 10 communi.
cate with her. Great reticencs prevails.
Mrs. Roddsn, the mother OF William
Roddan says "The suspicious which
have been cast upon my family BY vari.
Gus newspaper dispatches have wound.
ed my feelings exceedingly. Where We
are known It matters little but
these intimations have been scat
tered throughout the country. and they
will cause people who do not know us
to draw erroneous conclusions. Every
person yet suspected has bssn virtually
sxonerated by the newspapers except
tho Roddan family. Strangers may
infer that We are another edition OF the
Bender family Of Kansas. This II q.
trsmely disagrseable.