Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-03-29

quest.
Tho Coroner today held an inquest
over the remains Of Michael Hassstt,
who was found dead yesterday morning
In q pool Of water near the Yellow Jacket
tunnel. The inquest was not concluded
when the News reporter withdrew. but
the evidence printed below Is sufficient
to settle the mode Of Hsssstt's death.
The fact IL established beyond . doubt
that be was murdered. Let the proper
authorities take prompt action and do
al in their power to ferret ont the assas-
sins.
BLOW ON TIE HEAD.
Dr.. webbsr. being duly sworn. de-
poses and says: I Am . practicipg ply.
stefan and surgeon; I made . post
morton examination Of Mike Wilson
Hsssett, the deceased; upon examination
Of the body could not fnd any marks or
evidences Of injury externally. but from
further examination OF the brain. after
removing the scalp and opening the
skull, l found on the right lobe OF the
brain an injury indicating that he re-
csived . stroke OF sufficient magnitude
to produce concussion Of the brain.
though not sufficient OF itself to produce
death, but might have produced Q great
shock or even insensibilty. and In my
opinion the injury was ante.mortem.
DR.. Hall, who assisted In making the
autopsy, was called, and oonourrsd In
the statement OF DR.. Weber. In an.
swer to questions by jurors he said the
blood vessels on the side OF the head
were injected, and that they were fuller
on the right side Of the head than on the
other. He also stated that an injury
from q sand.bag would not leave any e.
ternal mark Of injuries; that . blow SUI.
fcient to render Q man inssnsible would
not cause an abrasion or confusion OF
the skin.
OTHER EVIDENCE OF MURDER.
Amos Merritt testified 10 having been
called to assist In taking the body out OF
OF the pool Of water; he examined the
snow bank leading direct from the rail.
road track to the pool. and found no
marks upon II; there was Q trail In the
snow leading from the railroad track to
within twenty feet OF the pool; there the
snow was melted of; that . ssgebrush
on the edge OF the water and . board DO.
low Il In the water were mashed down a.
II q body had been thrown upon them.
Mr.. Taylor, the wstohman at the Vel.
low Jacket, testified to finding tho lam
tern OF deceased on . spot about forty
feet distant from the pool. he said:
About three days before hs died l was
talking with Mr.. Hassstt about suicide.
and he said be could not see why q man
should commit suicide. as We would all
die quick enough. The occasion was
the suicide OF MI. Hoffman.
A WIRE GAUGE FOUND.
W. E. Copeland saw deceased on tho
night Of the 9th five or ten minutes
past 0 o'clock, after be came from the
lodge; be was then In his usual cheerful
temperament and was not under the In
Ausncs OF liquor; q wire gauge was
brought into the Office OF Justice Elan
nipgham and thrown upon the table
yesterday afternoon BY Q man named
Thomas, / bslieve;.Shsehan and Elan.
ningham were present; Thomas stated
he had picked Il up In the morning on
the railroad track near the tunnel; his
frst idea when hs saw II was that II Wal
Q washer, but examined II and found 1t
was . wire gauge; he put 1t In his pocket
and thought no more about II; think he
said he went 10 the Utah mine to see
William Gambler; on returning to town
heard that . man had been murdered
near the Jacket tunnel; said he had been
showing the gauge to parties In Virginia
and telling them that he found II near
the tunnel; that hs went from Virginia
to the Yellow Jacket mine and showed
the gauge to Mr.. Cole, Chief Engineer
at the Jacket, who identified 1t % Mr..
Hassstt's; Mr.. Cole gave as Q reason
for knowing that 1t was Mr.. Hassstt's
that he had one similar to II. with the
exception that the hole through the
center OF the gauge was q little larger.
After making this statement no turned
and talked to Sheehan about the two
having met about $50 o'clock In the
morning. Mr.. Sheehan suggested that
Thomas would be wanted at the inquest
and the latter had said he could not DO
there as hs was going to leave town In
the morning. i
The Coronsr's Jury was In session and
Mr.. Copeland still testiiying when the
News reporter withdrew.