Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-03-31
THE HAssErr MURDER MYSTERY.
RoEr THOMAS CHAReED wIrH
THE KILLING.
His Arrest Near Carse.-Ths Exam.
iaaston To 10 Held In virgfnis-
Pieces Of . watch Pound.

Pieces Of . watch POUND.
Constable Ferguson Of virginia' as'
compsnisd by Joe McLaip, who was
made a Deputy Constable for the occa'
sion, went to Carson yesterday for the
purpose Of arresting Robert Thomas.
the man who said he found the wire
gauge belonging to Hsssstt. Circum-
stances have arisen which cast suspicion
upon this man. among which are q mum.
Der OF contradictory stories he tells him.
self OF his Whereabouts and doings. As
yet he 10 not definitely connected with
the murder. and It may turn out that bis
actions are but . repetition OF those OF
Coup. who was arrested for the Pollock
murder. 1t will be remembered that
Coup imagined he was Q detective. and
while under the influence OF liquor
talked Wild and acted 80 strangely as to
bring suspicion upon himself. oil the
while believing he was acting like o keen
and shrswd detective.
THE ARREST.
The officers from Virginia. accompa'
MED by Constable Spurseon Of Carson.
went to . ranch on Kings canyon. about
four miles above Carson. and found
Thomas there. Tho ranch Is owned BY
the prisoners isthsrin.law. q man
named Quill. The officers arrived at
the ranch about s o'clock In the even.
ing. As they approached the place
some children playing around the house
ran In. Shortly, the household made
their appearance. looked out and disap.
peared. When the officers were admit
ted Thomas was not present. but came
in on being asked for. Ferguson in
formed him that he had Q warrant for
his arrest. The prisoner asked II be
was from Virginia. and being answered
in the Affirmative. replied that he ex.
pectsd it-perhsps imagining he would
be wanted at the inquest. The premises
were searched, but nothing vas found
TO indicate that Thomas Was tho muir.
derer. He was taken to the Ormsby |
County Jail. where he rsmained all night.
BROUGHT C
Thomas was taken to Virginia this
morning in Q buggy. arriving there at
1910 O'Clock. On his way mp he told
Ferguson that hs found q two.bit piece
near where be picked up the wirs-guaee
and Ut the same tins. MI. Hassett 10
said to have carried Q lead quarter a. o
pocket piece and the n found may be
that me
III EXAMINATION.
Justice Hires committed Thomas to
the County Jail to await an examination
which will be held In Virginia tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock. i. 10 well that
there be . suspension Of public opinion
as to the mans guilt until after the sI-
animation.
PIECES OF A WATCH FOUND.
Judge TAFT. in coming along the rail-
road track yesterday afternoon about 4
o'clock. picked up q balance wheel Of n
gold watch. attached to which was a fine
handspring. The piece was found near
where Mr.. Hassett's lantern was disoov.
cred. It was thought probable II came
from Mr.. Hassett's watch. l.. @. Butch.
Q jswelsr in Virginia, who has frequently
repaired the missing watch. was given
the wheel and spring for examination.
In conversation with him this morning.
he told q News reporter that be did not
think the piece came from Hassett's
watch. though 1t might, possibly. The
piece did come, however, from o watch
having similar movements to the watch
OF the deceased. He does not think the
balance wheel fne enough; besides. the
pinions are broken. which indicates
to him that some boy lost IL there. or
that IL wal put there for . purpose. a.
the wheel would not be In the condition
IL In had the movements been taken out,
NO matter how h~urriedly. for the pur.
pose Of saving the cases and escaping
detection. Again. he says there 10
scarcely q boy in Virginia that has not
old movements OF Q watch, and 1t would
not DO strange II n Of them had lost
the piece.
It is not reasonable to suppose q rob.
Der would stop at the spot hs committed
the deed to pound up the movements OF
Q watch and scatter them around; and
10 the piece should prove to belong to
the missing watch. II would prove that
the murderer had visited the place and
thrown the piece there after the deed DO.