Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-06-16
The whsauand Horror.


Special di.pdteh to &e s. r. C1romicie.
wuEArLASp. June 14.-Anosher day has
passed without furnishing any certain clue
10 the Roddan mystery. Sheriff Mccoy,
assisted by detectives Harrison, Of Sacrs-
mento, and Singleton, Of Ban Jose, are
working hard and are said to have some
intimation which, with the insertion Of q
missing link or two, may lead 10 the
speedy detection Of the guilty. They give
no hint Is TO the nature Of their informa-
ton. but promise 10 disclose everything at
the earliest possible moment. The press,
they claim, has already damaged their
WORK BY indiscreet revelations. Tho health
Of both Miss Heslip and Miss Dunn Is said
10 be improving. DR.. Melton. who has
bean In constant attendance sinoe the first,
informs your correspondent that the dan
ger 10 substantially passed II no untowsrd
accident ocurs They recognize their rel.
atives and answer questions, and have par
taken Of food with some slight show Of ap.
petite. but their lucid intervals are not
continuous. They have not the slightest
knowledge Of what has befallen them, but
think themselves suffering from some sort
Of illness. Conversation on their injuries
10 forbidden, and all excitement avoided.
Only tho fewest possible number Of visit.
ors are admitted 70 the sick chamber. II
Ii hoped that the agreeable change 10 cooler
weather will have . favorable efeot on the
patients. as they have hitherto suffered
ssverely" from the intense heat. The house
stands In an open and unprotected place
with not . sheltering tree OF shrub within
an eighth Of . mile. An effort has been
made TO protect II from the sun by stretch
ing Q hugo canvas over II on the sunniest
side.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Roddan arc cheer
full. Xr. Roddsn, who 10 . young man Of
frank and Ingenious manners. read the
dispatch in which u was stated that suspi-
cion pointed ct his wife aloud 10 her and
to some friends. and laughed heartily at IL.
Mrs. Roddsn smiled when she heard Il,
but not so openly. Public belief does not
incline toward her guilt. Ills not thought
possible that she, . small, slender woman,
could have welded the bar Of iron weigh
ing fifteen pounds with which the terrible
wounds were inflicted. There arc many
persons in whsatland who nevertheless do
not soruple 10 say that suspicion points In
nor uIcctiOus tuouSu uOt - yot NcIy
strongly. and her past life IL being re-
viewed with some bitterness.
II has not been proved that the girls
have had . single enemy who could desire
their murder. nor has either OF them. In
her incoherent rawlings, ever mentioned
the name Of any q from whom they
feared violence. a. would have likely been
natural. Every ono who has ever been
intimate with either Of them has fallen In
some degree under suspicion. and then
under . kind Of surveillance. The bar Of
iron has not been traced. The nearest
point from which II could have come 10
three-quarters Of . mile, and IL may have
been taken from any n Of dozen places.
Governor Irwin has telegraphed to w.
w. Holland that he has offered 9 reward Of
$1,000 for the arrest and conviction Of the
william or villains concerned in tho recent
murderous assault. This proclamation Of
the Governor. together with the large re-
ward offered by the citizens OF Marysvills.
Whsatland and Sheridan. has greatly slim
ulated tho search for the perpetrator Of
the outrage, and will NO doubt result In
his or her speedy detection.