Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1880-04-16
MURDERED FOR MONEY.
The Murderers Identified. A Key to
the Touchet Mystery.

On Sunday, Marchthe 2Sth, Messrs.
Joseph Brown and Edwin Carrico
while hunting lands in the Cow Creek
about five miles from the foot
of Big Lake, passed through small
valley where they were Mortified at
the nude body of q woman lying face
and partly covered with
bunch grass. As soon as possible after
finding the body, they dispatched a
runner to this city for the coroner.
The messenger arrived about nine
o'clock on Monday evening, and start
ed on his return, accompanied by the
coroner, the next morning. When the
officer arrived at the place where the
body was lying he Immediately sum-
moned jury, who, after making all
possible inquiries, rendered the follow.
ing verdict:
1--WE, the undersigned jurors agree
that the deceased is not known to us,
and that she came to her death about
ten days ago by being shot in the left
temple 10y some person to us unknown.
g. G. White, Edwin Carrico, G. w.
Ashworth, Peter jacobson, Manuel
Franseos, J. Clarke"
The coroner then had the body
brought to this city for Identification,
arriving with it about six o'clock last
Friday afternoon.
On Saturday morning after the
corpse had been properly clothed, it
was lain on the tablein the court house
where the public were admitted, and
the dead woman recognized by several
persons, among others was Mr.. James
Rounds who furnishes the following:
He first saw deceased in company
with another woman and two men, on
the oath of last January, at the Nor
ton House in Portland, and on the
morning of the 2Gth again met them
on the boat bound for Walla Walla
He saw them frequently Oh the trir
aud became tolerably well acquainted
with them. He describes the old mar
OF the party as apparently about thirty
five years old, Eve feet eight or nine
inches high, and weighing about one
hundred and sixty pounds, had dark
sandy hair and beard, and in MIR
Rounds opinion, is the man who wa
recently found in the Touchet. HI
describes the other people as hereinaf
ter described by Mrs. Schafer. HI
also says that the young man woul'
; sit for hours, with his head down, en-
gagged IN deep study. The party al
; rived in Walla Walla on the Afternoon
r of the 2Sth of January, Mr.. Round
, putting up at the Stine House and tn
t others at the Star Hotel. Rounds an
the old man had some conversation
3 about lands; the latter expressing
! desire to engage in the stock business
/ wheraupon Rounds rscommaed tn
n Four Lakes country. The old ma
y also inquired about hank an
n young Sharpsiein informed him tha
! there were two in the city, and upo
! his learning that one was q nations
1t bank, he remarked in the hearing {
= Rounds, "that's the kind Of bank
;; want" The next day they tol
Rounds they had bought pair {
d horses, harness and wagon. They lei
Z Walla Walla, bound for Snake rive
s. on the 30th of January, since wlie
time Mr.. Rounds saw none CT the pa
ty until he recognized the murdere
e woman in this city. ltr Rounds So.
he believed th2 dead person to he Il
=, =. wife Of tha youns ra.n, 1at was IL
certain. Tie 4 50 says Che Old ms
20 told him that they we're original
be from Texas aud had heen III Arkans
and Tennessee and that they car
~ from Missouri to Coalieofnia AID th'
er tn this country. He further says tn
, the old mans eyes were defective.
Robert Heudren, a sheep herd'
- says hat he saw this same party min
I'd the old man at i,oodoo Biily's, ne
ns Big Lake, soma twomonths ago, viii
Ter woull about give them time to ma
ne the ti-iY f.o,a Walla Walla to I'll
oS os PLACE. He describes two women a
Is the man about the same as Mrs. Sch
fer. He says their conveyance was
o., cid spring wagon. covered with h
an canvass, the cover being full, aad iai
nd for thewagon. The horsrs he descri'
I'VE I'VE as small dark bays. g'he party stay
Ter over night at Hoeloa's, during viii
oy time The man told ,iru,.cen tiat
oa came from faliic"1ia aud vas going
S>o5ane F.in :" lc;,ve the siri@ g
-er their f.tii~e w',o was Pa,tiaa ~
'Se house ~ jist i'ls-e art t'.-ti he y
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