The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-05
A TALE OF JUDGE LYNCH
The Death of an Old Argonaut
Recalls a Thrilling Story.

mt 'iiehoo VI io. ID may "ooi VIII leaIH
with regret OF his death. which occurred in
Paris on November Sd of this year, He had
a strange. eyentfnl career This citv was
lie h;rtnn1ooo and J., Zoo :. 10y " an
mo p"'e' ", Hl, ~ io'o "' 'ne age VI ~
ne iell hoine iof Oaiilorhia.
III 1904 haywood and party OF friends
were prospecting in a gulch running down
to the Sacramento River. and made a rich
find In two weets a nomn n,oe or,,,r;zod
,,;,h 60 80 -, "as go az.
WIZ" soine ioui nuhuieu MINERS anu tlle
Rtich LOT twenty miles laid OH IN claims.
Among the newcomers was Tom Brannon
and it'll him a wife-the first woman that
had come to any capn east of Sun Fra,-
80 IN, oo,,,Ia - -, -,
No.p-o - I'",o "e,eoo' anu
all hanus went 10 "ork anu puiit them d
log house. Brannon opened saloon and
prospered.
Some OF the men speedily accumulated
little fortunes in dust-a Seotchman named
Moffit had made up his mind to start for the
coast with his pile, valued at $4,000. The
day before he was to leave hunter found
his dead body less than 400 yards away from
his cabin and his dog was gone. There was
terrible excitement; murderer i'll camp
and no ones HE was safe.
One morning about three weeks later n
man came to the camp and announced that
DIR. Heilbrun was missing, and that there
were blood stains on the cabin floor The
doctor was learned German OF middle age.
who was not only the sole physician within
a hundred miles. but skilled assayer and
a man OF good character ana much re-
spected.
Haywood was asked TO take charge of the
case. lie chose shrewd YANKEE named
feck, prother OF the new Governor OF WIS,
cons!n, ana an ciu mountain hunter named
Myers, who had Ute Indian follower. At
the doctors cabin they found that body
nau Deen dragged out through Inc door, as
there was blood on the threshold inside
there was every evidence Oh robbery having
Deen committed.
myers ana MS Inuian quickly Struck the
,raii. Inc broken Drush showed Wnere the
Douy had been dragged, and the Ute pointed
out on DanK OF cay the TRACKS OIL Two per-
sons. men discovery was made; Meyers
measured the tracks and said: Look yer,
men, one Oh the Fellows mas no toes on one
1901. Ihey pushed ahead and found the
Dody IN SINK hole covered by large rock
which had been rolled on 1t.
Inc oody was orousht 10 the surface. lt
was crushed ana mansied beyond recogni-
tion Peek at once startled the others by
SAYING: This isn't the doctor-i, is a taller
man-and his dress Is different The ma.
Jority thought fecK was wrong. Mayw0od
ana BIS posse examined the ground. The
tracks showed that IL was the leit ioot that
lscked the toes-and a strip OF red wo9len,
ing TO a bush. All Signs ceased when they
reached the road.
While looking around horses gallop was
ne To. anu Ill lew minutes Dr. HeiiDruh
RODE up.
ny, doctor, we were just trailing your
muTderers, SAID one OF the startled men,
and they told him their story.
My God! 1t Is my brother they have
killed. de crossed the range yesterday, and
iound MS way TO my cabin, While nave
neen TO the Sacraineht9 roau 70 meet nm;
we both look alike, but he Is taller than L"
1t was at once resolved to say nothing, so as
10 throw the mufuerers OH their guard.
Next DAY was devotel TO a SUN hunt-and
examination OF all the hard characters bout
the camp, Dtt no conclusion was reached,
ana apout nlgn1iaii inc three WHITES rode
OH 10 bIannoh SAIGON 10 geG urlnK' AS
they got there door opened and man
was violently eJecteu. brann0n followed
Dim, kiching anu beating nun.
he was ilt,le Engilshman named Jack
son. lie was pesiue hinseiI WIN rage, ana
yelied OUT tIat Nc Wouid let the people
KNOW what brannoh was, an escaped
convict anu ihuroerer' anu MS VIE no Det-
Ter.
Hold on, jackson, wnat Is the matterT
saia MayWo
MT. haywood, you are gentleman. and
can taik 10 you. VIII get even with Tom
DTann0n. ne escaped from the chaln-gang
az hopaItlown, ana ne mas been IN more
IMAM one murder. he was one oil ODona-
nue. pushI Anglers, anu soS MS Toes Snot OH
wnen the poiice broke up tne gang
:, , Ices sGot OH indeeu, wnlcn IootI
ne leit, uoh you see now ne nmps,
ana his Woiilah Is deVii.
Ihe three men walked into the saloon.