Delta chief., 1883-08-22
REDMAN'S FATE.
Another Terrible Chapter In the Grand
Lake Tragedy.

Lake Tragedy.
The correspondent of the Denver Re
p,abiiean at Provo, Utah, gives the following
count OF the finding Of n dead body, supposed
to bc that Of William Redman, Deputy Sheriff
Of Grand Lake county, who il charged with
having taken part In the assassination Of the
commissioners:
Provo, Utah, August ls.-Hcnry Shoch,
who arrived in Provo yesterday from the Ouray
Indian Agency, brings the story Of the fate of
William Redman, one OF the men who partici-
pated in the assassination Of the commits
sioncrs Of Grand county in the early part Of
last July. On the 7th Of August william Strong
and Harry Golden, in company with a party
Of cowboys, were following some cattle which
had -trayed from the range to n point about
twenty-five miles from the agency. They
found a man lying dead In the grass. which
was struggling for life IN the sandy soil. They
jumped to the conclusion that there had been
victim upon the plains, where the vulturcs and
Wild beasts would soon destroy all evidence Of
the crime. They were afraid 10 touch the dead
man. They left him they found him. with
his parched and ghastly face upturncd To the
hot August sun. Returning To the agency
with all possible haste they told the story Of
their horrible discovery TO Major j. r. Minniss,
the agent. On the following morning. the sth
INST. MAJOR htnnirs. tDkethcr strong ana u
half dozen Indians set out tn give the dead man
decent burial and To find out, II possible,
something which would lead to the apprchcn-
sion Of the murderer for at that time they had
no doubt that the man whom the cowboys had
fonnd dead on the lonely prairie had come to
bi- death by foul mems.
There lay the dead man. While Major Min
Mss was searching the pockets Of the victims
clothing, one OF the Indians, who had been
carefully examining the ground around where
the man lay, suddenly gave cry. He had
made discovery. There were some odd marks
traced In the sand alongside the trail They
were unintelligiblc to him, but he instinctiyely
knew that they had some connection with the
gauntfaccd man who was lying few feet dis
tant. One OF the white men ran to see what II
was that the Ute hal discovered. In the the
hard sand he saw the name, william Redman,
traced In large letters There WAS no doubt that
this was the name Of the dead man But by
whom had II been written, By the man who
did the murder, or by the murdered man him
self While the several members OF the party
were spcculating upon the true relation which
the name In the sand bore to tho trngcdy, Major
Minnss found a saddle ON the other side OF the
trail. Upon a close examination of II the snInc
name rs the one found traced In the sand was
found scratched upon Il it:-'William RcdmaD,
MiddlesPark, Colorado"
II the murderer had desired TO remove all
evidence OF his crime he would hardly have
written the name Of his victim upon the sand
and left the saddle with Its tclltalc inscription,
Killed. In moving the body IL had probably
been placed over n Colts revolver, which was
afterward found beneath It, The pistol was
probably lying nt Redman's side, half conccnlcl
by his clothing. There was one chamber empty.
wound Just above the left eye showed whittier
It's leadcn occupant had been sent. The finding
Of the pistol, and the later discovery Of $50 In
money, sewcd up In the dead mans shirt led
the party to believe there had been suicide,
not II murder Before he shot himself he had
turned his horses loose. His saddle and pack
saddle, coat and pistol nso one pair Of Held
glnsses, very old covered with buckskip, nrc
In possession Of Agent MinnIss at the agency.
The dead man was about 35 years old, heavy
set, with brown lnir. The fore finger on the
right hand was of AT the second Joint, appear
Ing to have been recently injured asit was tied
up. lie wore a dark frock coat, short dark
pants, light shirt laced up In front, and had ON
u pair Of very old shoes. He was buried by
Major Mlnness and party, together. with all he
had, excepting saddles, pistol, glnsses, etc,
which nrc hero at the agency.