Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-04-20

A Miner Pound Dead In = wood
FAC er's cabin.
Ralph Emerson, the subject Of THU
sketch, . native Of Durham, England, and
80 years Of age, was found dead yesterday
morning in the cabin of q Mexican wood
packer, about a mile and = half from The
Rose mine, In the Spring Valley range Of
mountains. He and his partner. William
Kidd, had this mine, which is in the neigh
borhood Of the Kentuck, across the valley
from the Albion, under lease from e. H.
Rose, who gives Us these particulars, and
were working it together. Wednesday
night Emerson got up out Of bed and went
out with no clothes on but his shirt and
drawers. Kidd supposed that he would
return directly, and did not 60 after him
Tor some time. At last, spprehending from
his continued absence that some harm had
happened him, he got up and dressed and
hunted about within . half mile Of their
cabin, calling for his absent partner repeat
eddy. He got no trace Of him and received
no answer to his calls, and at last returned
and went TO bed for the night. In the
morning early he went over to the Ken
tuck mine, thinking that Emerson might
have strayed over there, but not finding
him there be went out with two Kentuck
miners in the search again. They found
his tracks and followed them Q mile and .
half from the Rose mine to the Mexican
broken in and they entered. On . bunk
raised about four feet from the ground
they beheld Emerson stretched out stark
dead. In lying down he had not given
himself enough room. The back Of his
head was against the wall and his face was
pressed forward, the chin resting upon
the chest. The body lay upon some sacks
and . piece Of canvas that the deceased
had evidently thrown upon the bunk to
rest upon. The features wore > composed
expression as though death had come easy
and natural. A stick Of wood was lying
! Just outside OF the threshold with which
it seems he wrenched of the hasp that held
the door, the cabin having been left I'M
locked by it's proprietor, the w~ook-packer.
Water was spilled on the floor from . tin
can which he used to drink from. II
looks as though the deceased broke
open the door, took . drink Of water,
made himself . bed, jumped in, and be-
fore he had Strengthened himself out
expired. Emerson has been slightly de-
ranged for some time. He was working
on tribute in the Richmond about . month
ago, but was discharged because he seemed
to be insane. Ten or twelve days ago he
fell some twenty feet down . shaft and
Injured his spine much worse than sup
posed, for he kept on at work, though sd-
vised to come to town for medical treat
ment. 1t is presumed that the injury he
received from this fall aggravated his de-
rapgement Of mind, and that he was out
Of head when he wandered of undressed,
and that the injury to his spine resulted
in his sudden death a. he was trying to
stretch himself upon the bunk, uncovered
and in the very cold air, in the wood
packers cabin. A jury Of inquest was
held over the body, brought to Miners
Union Hall, yesterday afternoon by Justice
Harmon, and the verdict was in accord
ance with the facts % above stated.
The deceased has been . miner in this
district for ten years and longer. He was
q man about six feet in hight. heavily
built and muscular. He was Of light COM
plexion. had light hair and blonde mus
tache. He has no relatives in this country.