Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-09-19
WESTERN DISPATCHES.
MURDER WILL OUT.
After Being Five Tears Buried at
the Bottom OF . Well, the Truth
Is Brought TO Light-The hur.
derer Arrested.

SAN FRANCISCO. September l0.-A dis
patch from Sacramento says: In 1877 .
wsli-known citizen Of Lincoln. Placer
county. named Singleton disappeared.
A farmer named Niles. . respected citi.
izsn now resident Of this city, owed
Singleton $4,000. Singleton visited
Niles to collect the money. Niles and
Singleton visited Sheridan, In the same
county, and were last seen together dur
ing the visit Of Singleton to Niles' house.
From that day Singleton has not been
seen. The men were old friends. hav.
ing crossed the plains together. Niles
statement that Singleton went to Arr
roma was accepted and believed by the
community. Shortly after the disap-
p~ssrance Of Singleton Niles allied mp an
abandoned well near his house.
Latterly some property belonging to
Singleton has been seen 10 Niles' pos
session. especially q gold watch known
to have belonged to the missing man.
A few nsighbors. who remembered the
circumstances Of Singleton's disappear.
anee and the filing OF the we'll. con.
nected the two circumstances together.
Niles had meanwhile sold the farm. and
the new proprietor consented that the
we'll should be sxcavated to its old
depth. This Was done last Thursday.
although the work was not completed
until Friday. when the body OF Single
ton was found ut the bottom Of the
well. The high respectsbility OF Niles,
the popularity OF Singleton, and the
prominent relations sustained by both
to the community. invests the case with
the most exciting interest.
w~HxArLAsD. CAL. September ~
Deputy Sheriff Bsvan and this reporter
returned from Lincoln last evening.
after delivering Jack Niles to the officers
Of that county. The excitement At Lin
coin IL intense. People from miles
around are In town discussing the mur.
der. On the road to Lincoln Niles made
the following confession: lie says that
about Eve years ago he and the murdered
man John Singleton went to Sheridan
for Q load Of ground barley. When
there, they drank some. and on the road
homo they commenced arguing about
religion. They had hot words. when II
came to blows. They both fell from the
wagon. which ran across Singleton.
breaking his arm and stunning Niles.
When Niles came to. he looked around
for Singleton and found he was dead.
Not knowing what to do, he put him 10
Q well In his (Nilss) field and told the
nsiehbors that Singleton had gone away.
The reporter found that the story OF
Niles did not hold good. for. on exsmin-
alton OF tina remains Of Singleton at
Lincoln, which Is only his bones, the
arms are both sound. From Coroner
Redfurn I learn that the skull 10 broken
IN. and II 10 supposed that the cause OF
dsath was from Q blow on the head by
Niles with some blunt instrument. Niles
Is Q man about forty eight years old. an
American. married. aud has . family
living 10 Sacramento. He was formerly
q farmer. but for the last four years has
been In the patent bed business. There
10 great rejoicing over the speedy arrest
Of Miles. AL are we'll pleased, and hope
that the mystery will bs cleared up.