Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-08
The Marin County Mysiery-NO Traces of
the Body of the Missing Man-ThcOries
Regarding the Murder,

Regarding the Murder.
SAN RAFAEL, April 7th.-Thus far the i'm
penetrable mystery which envelops the Sew
erance tragedy remains undissipated and
unexplained. Quite posse of men worked
at the ranch to-day to discover any traces Of
the body of the missing man, but all in vain.
The creek was diverted from its natural
course the marsh was thoroughly researched,
and the former bed of the stream dragged
from top to bottom without avail. The opin-
ion was freely expressed that the body will
never be found. The theory that All Lung
was aided in the murder of his master by
highbinders is rendered the more probable
by the fact that early on Saturday morning
two Misunderstanding Cinnamon took passage
from Saucelito on the Petaluma for San
Francisco.
Some of the ranchers advance the theory
that the consplrators rowed up the creek in a
skiff, and carried the body of the
murdered man to the place where they
the creek. and weighing the body with a
chain, dropped it into the bay.
Some people attach considerable Importance
to the fact that on Friday evening, when
Charles Severance stopped at Victor's, the
vayside inn referred to in former dispatch.
he took drink there with sailor connected
with a schooner belonging to Lemuel Es-
pinosa, which lay anchored near the mouth
of the creek, and the same night she was
seized by the United States Marshal. She
is now in San Francisco.
Sheriff Mason went to the ranch this after
noon, and while there met Mr.. Throckmor-
ton, who came with him to San Rafael, and
futilely endeavored to extract any additional
information from the Chinaman, who was
placed in jail here this morning.
It seems that the Monaghan domestic who
was employed on the Severance ranch during
All Lungs supposed absence in China stated
that he was discharged on All Lungs return
that the latter had not been in China at all,
but was in San Francisco, where he associated
with Chinese criminals of the worst type.
Since All Lungs arrival here the Sheriff
has been besieged by Cinnamon who desire to
converse with the Monaghan prisoner. All
Wy, the Chinaman who was arrested and
subsequently released, returned from San
Francisco this afternoon.
A detective in the employ of Harry Morse
reached the scene of the tragedy this after
noon. He expressed some dissatisfaction with
the way in which all evidences and clues had
been removed, and said that nothing could be
done In the case until the body was discov-
cred. Until that event took place he could
not be positive that Severance was killed.
The first move of the detective was to search
the kitchen stove, where he found small
lump of lead, coated with brass, which he
thought was the filling of a button such as is
commonly worn by the Chinese, and which
might indicate that All Lang had destroyed
the clothes he wore on Friday night by burn.
ing hem.
Ex-Sheriff Tunstead, who was interviewed
by your correspondent this evening, expresses
his disbelief in the Chlnaman's story, and says
that his probable motive in telling it is TO re-
move suspicion from himself and fasten it on
the shoulders of the Portuguese. He also
states that Mr.. Throckmorton, in consequence
of a suggestion of his, announced his inten-
ton of offering reward of $500 for the dis
covery of the body of Severance. and an aG-
ditional reward of $500 for the conviction of
his murderer.
Sheriff Wason exhibited the suspicious ak
to your correspondent this evening. It is
clotted with blood on both back and sides
Short bits of hair are mixed with the blood,
and altogether the weapons appearance is a
sinister and significant evidence of some dark
deed of violence. Mr.. Moore, a gentleman
possessing considerable chemical knowledge,
who resides here, examined the ak this even
ing and said that it would be quite an easy
matter to determine whether the stains on
the metal were those of a chicken or human
blood.
The investigation of the past few days
seems only to intensity the dark mystery OF
the tragic affair. The tracks which might
have enabled skilled detectives to fasten the
guilt where it belongs have been removed,
and present appearances seem to indicate that
this strange affair will long remain an I'M
solved mystery. A full confession of All
Lung now appears to be the only thing which
viii explain the affair, and one of the chief
mistakes of those who have thus far been
managing the case has been their carelessness
in permitting the Chinaman, who under
stands English perfectly, to overhear their
plans and theories. As it is, he is thoroughly
familiar with every feature of the case and
viii not be likely to criminate himself when
he knows that there is no danger of his con-
viction.