Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-07
WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
The Recent Mysterious Murders-Addi.
tiOnal Particulars - Reward offered
Suspected Parties Described.

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WALLA WALLA. April 5th-A further re-
ward of $500 is offered by Colfax county and
citizens for the arrest Of the murderers of the
woman found dead. This is in addition to
the $500 offered by Walla Walla county, but
both will go together, as it is positively GER
tain that both murders were committed by
the same parties. They have been traced up
from the day they arrived here, on 2Sth of
January, down to the date, Monday, March
14th, when they left Wallula, buying tickets
for Portland under the name of Fox. They
registered their names here at the Columbia
Hotel as Brumfeld and Thomas, and the
murdered parties told the night watchman
there that they came from Kansas City. The
watchman came from there also, and is GER
tain now that the man who was brought In
murdered some weeks since was Thomas
and several parties have identified the
portrait of the woman more recently
killed as his wife. The party of four left here
on the Saturday following their advent.
They bought team ard left with the avowed
intention OF going north Of Snake river to
hunt land. Both men and women arrived
there and left the women at ranch and
went land hunting. After few DAYS Brum-
field returned and told around that Thomas
would meet them at Deep creek, and the two
women, with him, went to meet him. Then
Brumfeld pretended that he had received a
letter from Thomas, stating that he had gone
to Celfax to enter his claim. and the larty
returned back. That night Thomas wife was
killed, and Brum6eld sold his team to Bas-
sett, who brought them to this city, and
without stopping took them to the railroad
depot, and that is the last of them, so far.
The greatest indignation prevails here, and
any amount of money will be given il the
murderers are captured. The parties when
they arrived here represented themselves as
uncle and nephew.
SECOND DIsPATCH.l
WALLA WALLA, April 6th.-Folowing is
the description of John Brumfeld and wife,
the supposed murderers of the woman re-
Gently found four miles south Of Big Lake,
in Whitman county: Brumfeld is feet z
or inches in hight, very slim. will weigh
about 135 or 40 pounds small mustache,
light and slightly sandy 20 or 26 years Of
age has darll-brown hair, very chin long
scar in center Of forehead, pink birth-mark
around it; left ear clipped dark scar on
right side of head, well up and back-no hair
on it; when he is sitting he holds his head
down and chews his mustache ; when last
seen was dressed in dark suit of yellowish
brown color; wore striped blue and brown
shirt, and answers to the name Of John
Brum6eld. His wife's description Hight,
3 feet 8 or four inches; very straight and
slender; medium wasted a brunette ; dark
hazel eyes, and rather small teeth, short and
clese together; wears about number II
shoe instep very high natural dent in
forehead, well up brown hair of medium
length, banged claims to have come from
Kansas City.
The murdered woman's age was between
20 and 25 years dark hair, rather short
very small hands right arm tattooed with
India ink, the characters being a spatula
with the letters NJ Il. directly under, and a
line still under them that could not be dis
tipeuished; answered to the name of Lizzie
Thomas. Her fathers name was Ware. He
lives near Kansas City. She claimed to have
come from there six or seven months ago.
A reward of 1900 will be paid for the
arrest ana conviction of the guilty parties.