The herald., 1897-12-10
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
WAS SURELY MURDER
AND THE CRIMINAL COVERED
HIS TRACKS
Riverside's Mystery Unexplained Ex-
cept by q Very Uncertain Iden-
tification Of the Body
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
RIVERSIDE, Cal, December o.
The remains Of the man found dead
yesterday in the river bottom south Of
the city have not been positively identi-
fed as yet, although party from the
perris valley who took look at the re-
mains today gave 1t as his opinion that
the dead mans name was Augustine
Grant, whose home Is at Bonsall in San
Diego county. Grant Is said to be a
sheep owner and that he came to this
county about three weeks ago to look
up a new range for his fiocks. He left
Leon, in this county, in company with
another sheep man for the Temescal
valley, since which time nothing has
been known of his whereabouts. The
party who thinks the body Is that Of
Grant is quite satisfied. but not positive.
| Hundreds have visited the morgue to-
day but aside from the party above men,
toned none seemed to recognize the
remains. The body will be kept another
day in the hope that 1t may be identi-
fed.
The sheriff's office is working on the
case and although wide inquiry has
been made nothing positive has been
learned.
The murder, for such It was. was a
most foul one. There are marks on the
neck indicating that the victim was
first either lassoed or hanged. Then the
hands were tied behind the back and
both feet tied. Two holes made by pis-
tol balls penetrate the face just left Of
| the nose and the side of the head bears
evidence of having been beaten with a
club or other heavy instrument. The
pockets of the clothes were turned and
there was nothing in the shape Of books
OF papers that shed light on the identity
| of the man found on the remains.
| The murdered man is about 35 years Of
age and Of heavy build. probably weigh
ing 200 pounds He has black hair and a
small black moustache and one tooth Is
missing from the front upper Jaw in the
right side. There was no evidence of q
struggle where the body was found and
no blood was visible except a slight
amount on the face. The body was
found in a lonely place alongside an un-
used road running from Corona to the
Cucamonga direction. The police are
committed where the body was found,
but was done somewhere else and the
body thrown In among the bushes where
found, to mislead.
LOCAL NOTES
RIVERSIDE, Dec. 9.-(Regular Cor
respondence.) The Arlal Of John r.
Miner for the killing of 8. J. Darrah at
Snow Creek last September Is still the
sensation in court circles. Several wit
nesses were examined today, and among
those telling the most interesting stor-
les Of the crime was Constable Car
penter of Banning. to whom Miner sur
rendered after the shooting. Witness
Carpenter testified that defendant told
him the day after the shooting that he
Millinery had the best Of G. Darrah at
the shooting business. for the reason
| that he never got excited. Miner told
Carpenter that on the day Of the shoot
ing he found the water In his ditch get
ting low, and going up to see what was
the matter with 1t, he found Darrah
there, pulling out the flume. He told
the latter to quit. and Darrah lodged
behind some brush and began shooting
ut defendant. Miner said that after
Darrah had fired at him, he in turn fired
point-blank at Darrah, when the latter
fell, and all Milner heard was groan.
Arthur J. Martin, a new witness for
the state, created something Of a sensa-
tion when he testified that on the day
previous to the killing of Darrah by Mil
nor, the latter told witness that he (Mil-
ner) was engaged by the power company
to watch a water right, and that he was
making more than 500 a month at the
Job, and that all the trouble with the
job was that there was an old man
named Darrah who was making trouble,
but that he could not scare him (Milner).
and that he was not going to be run Off
by any old man like Darrah.
D. Kolb, another new witness, was
next placed on the stand, and as he was
present when the conversation between
Miner and Martin took place he cor
roboraed the testimony Of Martin. and
added that Milner had said on that oc-
casion, referring to himself, that he was
no coward, and that there were several
men who would make affidavit to the
fact If they were alive, but, thank God,
they were dead. The case goes on today.
A room in the home Of Mrs. Macy on
Cypress avenue was raided last night
by thieves and a quantity Of clothing and
some money taken. The theft occurred
at p. M, showing the boldness of the
petty thieves now infesting this city.
Small thefts are reported daily and the
police seem to be unable to cope with
the thieves.
The poultry show given under the au-
spices Of the Riverside Poultry asso-
citation opened its doors today, and a
fine exhibit is attracting the attention
of large number of visitors There are
about 500 birds on exhibition, including
all classes Of standard and fancy fowls.
The show is a very successful one in ev-
cry way.
At meeting OF Ramona Rebekah
Lodge, I. o. o. F., held last evening, the
following officers were elected: Jessie
E. Reed, N. G.; Alma Lacy. v. g.;
Olive Pulley, financial secretary; Mrs.
| e. D. Reed, financial secretary; Mrs. L..
s. Wilson, treasurer; Mrs. c. A. Ables,
trustee.
The county has begun a suit against
the Bear Valley Irrigation company to
condemn a right of way through lands
owned by the company near the town
Of Perrls, for county road.
At the regular meeting Of the trustees
of the city library held today bills to
the amount of $245.98 were allowed. It
was also shown that the circulation Of
| the library for the past month was 4405