Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-03-16
TE1E CARLIN HOmgCuDE.


Instant, on the charge of having muir
dered Miles Faucet ut CarIin on the lat
day of January, 1888. The evidence
was concluded on Thursday evening,
the 18th, argument by Dist. Atty. Lo We
for the State. and by j. A. Plummer
Esq. on behalf of the defendants, was
! concluded yesterday afternoon, the
Court give its Instructions and the case
Was given to the jury at 3:4OP. Ii. At
7:5o p. NJ. the jury came into Court and
! rendered the following verdict:
The State Of Nevada vs.. Josiah Potts
and Elizabeth Potts: We the jury find
; the above named defendants guilty of
murder III tho first degree.
G W. PHILLIPS, Foreman.
Dated Elko, March Is, 1859.
The Court set Wednesday, the Goth
instant, at 10 o'clock A. NJ. ns the time
, for pronouncing sentence. and thus
ends one Of the most remarkable cases
ever tried in Elko county. The circum-
stances of the case, briefly stated, are
substantially as follows:
Josiah Potts, his wife and two chill
dren, had resided in Carlin something
like two years. having previously lived
III Terrace. Potts was machInist and
worked ia the shops of the C, p. Rail-
road. There also resided at Carlin q
man about 81 years of age named Miles
Faucet, a carpenter by trade, who
seemed to be friend of the Potts FAM
lily with whom he boarded for several
months. In the Summer of 1897 Eau
cett bought n small ranch some seven
miles from Carlin, known as the hot
springs ranch, together with u wagon
and tsam of horses. Sometime during
the Fall Faucet removed to his ranch,
after which Mrs. Potts baked bread for
him and did his washing which caused
him to visit Mrs. Potts twice week.
On the 1st day of January, 1888, Eau
,cett told Mr.. Linebarger, with whom he
was somewhat intimate, that Potts and
his wife owed him a certain sum of
money; that be knew they had the
money and that he intended to go there
and got it; that he knew enough of the
past life OF Mrs. Potts to compel her to
pay it rather than have these things
revealed In tho mean time Faucet
paid Linebnrger small bill. and Line
bdrger observed that Faucet had over
800 in gold which he poured out of tho
purse into his hand, Faucet and Line
bargor went to Potts house in the even
ing where Linebnrger left him, after
Mrs. Potts had invited Faucet to stay
all night which invitation he accepted,
and his team was put in Potts stable.
This was the last ever seen of Faucet
alive.
The sudden disappearance Of Faucet
caused suspicion in the minds of several
persons and some attempt wos made to
investigate but without success. Potts
showed n bill of sale from Faucet turn
ing over oil his property to Potts, and
both he aud his wife stated that Faucet
had been suddenly called East on bust
Dess. Thus tho matter rested; and
during the Summer the Potts family
removed to Rock Springs, Wyoming.
George Brewer and wife moved iuto
the house vacnted by Potts, aud about
the 10Th of last January Brewer dis
covered the remains of human being
in tho cellar; he called assistance and
the greater part of the mutilatod re-
mains OF n man were exhumed. A Coro-
ner's inquest was held and the jury re-
turned verdict finding the remains to
DO those of Miles Faucet, and accusing
Josiah md Elizabeth Potts of having
murdered him on or about the 1St day
of January, 1883.
Sheriff Barnard autographed to Rock
Springs to have tho partfes placed un-
der arrest; and armed vita the neces
snry psuers he and Constable TripIett
proceeded to Wyoming, secured Tie
prisoners and lodged them in tho Elko
jail Jan. 28th. They were taken down