, 1890-09-30
A DOUBLE MURDER.
FishbrOugh and Emerson We're
Killed by Another.
Left Home With sI40 in Money and
a Silver Watch.
II Was a Party of Three From
Grand Island, West.
A Tramp Left the Train Coming In
TO the Yards Here.

The theory of the practical amateur de-
t~ectives who gave attention to the box
car mystery of Saturday. is pretty well
confirmed. Fishbrough and Emerson
were murdered by some wretch who
thought 20 more of taking a human life
than he would Of killing a rat. For a
comparatively small sum of money and a
watch worth but a few dollars he sent
two boys to death.
At the first session Of the coruner's jury,
held at the city hall Sunday afternoon,
Brakeman Mannafield said he discovered
a third free rider on the train after issE-
ing Hillsdale, a man in a coal car near
the caboose. This tramp was not dis
turbed and left the train at the mile post
east of Cheyenne. Mannafeld was una
BILE to give any description sufficiently
specific to esta blish the identity of this
tramp, but said a brakeman on the dis
trict east Of Sidney knew him, mention
ing the fact when Mannaield was at the
other end OF his run again Saturday night.
OF course an effort is being made to fluid
this third passenger.
County Attorney Stoll asked the st.
Joseph people a number of questions by
wire Sunday evening, This was the
answe
The boys left as friends together. Had
between them about $40. Emerson had
open-iace silver watch. Don't know if
they had pistol. Third party met them
at Grand Island, and with them at Aide.
Suspect third party.
j. II. EMERSON.
Aide is the first station west of Grand
Island.
A further search Of the box car was
made yesterday. and all the ties will be
taken out to day. There was found II
leather match box containing a sleeve
button and a couple Of othe. trinkets.
There had been written on one side with.
a pencil and scratched on the other with
a knife names not those Of either of the
dead men. The box was put under a
maRnifying glass, but the writing dtfied
all who tackled it. There was also found
a bottle containing a small quantity of
liquor.
The sore finger clue is a strong one. In
the car was found a wrapper for a sore
finger, and there was an ill-favored tramp
in town Saturday night with a new ban
dag on a sore finger. The hands OF EN-
orsou and Fishbrough were without
marks. This suspect was still in town
yesterday afternoon, but the officers did
not care to secure him.
All efforts to get anything from Pine
Bluffs have so far proved n,ffectual,
though the place is less than fifty miles
away. 1t is reported that the boys were
seen there aliye by several people, and all
the tramps on the train must have shown
themselves at this station, as they were
there four hours.
Active imaginations have in vain sought
to present a likely story of the details of
the murder. Emerson, dead, was lying
on his face, the revolver under him. His
legs were over the sill ends. Whether he
was killed where he lay, or below and
hoisted above by the murderer, is a ques-
ton.
The bodies Of Emerson and Fishbough
were shipped to st. Joseph Sunday after
noon. Il wa reported that Fishbough's
head was badly bruised, but this is a mis-.
take.
AT 2 D. u. today, the c%orouer's Jury,
which consists of +, J. Stanton, o. B.
Sharpless and W. R. Bryant will meet
again All the train crew has been sum
moned and an effort will be made to get
witnesses from Pine Bluffs.