The San Francisco call., 1897-10-20

was growing. The brother of HenetZ ar
IlFed rom l. xas, and L furnished the
means Tor him to make thorough in
Vestlgatlon and at the same time directed
tn efforts of Others
he brother had not been long on the
scene until ne made an astounding dis
covery. He did not confine his search to
the Delta side of the river but crossed
over and made most thorough search OF
The other si'ie. Right at the waters s edge.
partly covered with sand, he found a
checked cotton shirt, bloody and with a
builethole in the left breast directly over
the heart. In his brothers effects an ex-
act duplicate of the biood-sJained gar
ment was found. The bloody shirt was
also Slashed about the shoulders, as
though cut with sharp knife.
This discovery compelled Henetz to
scout the idea that his brother had been
drowned, and he came back TO Redding
convinced that his brother had been MUIR
dered.
"Henetz stayed in town for two or three
days, got new suit OF clothes, and when
he returned to Delta he was completely
disguised, his hair being dyed ana his lace
artificially colored. He told me before he
went back TO Delta that he knew his
brothe had been In love with a girl who
was en- ,loyed in the family of Judge
Whltlow of State Greek. His brother had
written to him TO that effect. Anyhow,
he said he was going to find out l. jeal.
ousy on the part of some other lover had
been responsible for his brothers disap-
pearance. He had heard the report, and
there was no denying certain suspicious
circumstances pointing in that direction
that his brothers death was caused by
lealousy-and he proposed to follow up
e clew. The best efforts of the Sheriff.
Office were exhausted to assis. him, but
nothing that would warrant an arrest or
that promised to solve the mystery was
ever discovered. HenetZ left the county
and l have never heard of him since"
Joe Earnest, who is now and was then
Coroner of Shasta c unity, remem bered
all the details as related by Sheriff Hous-
ton. He had also heard the report from
Della and was convinced that the rumor
had strong foundation.
Yes" said Coroner Earnest "Iremem-
Der Henetz we'll. On ms trip here, before
he went up to Delta the second time, |
took him around to Pollock's and got him
a suit of clothes. Besides l got him the
dye that he dyed his hair with and the
stuff he put on TO color his face. You
wouldn't have known him at all, he was
SO perfectly disguised. When he lett TO
go 10 Delta l loaned him my pistol,
which he aftorward told me he lost at
tunnei4"
Earnest was of the opinion that Harrall,
the 1reka stage-rOhber, might have
known a great deal about the surprising
disappearance of the two prospectors. He
felt certain, after the blood-s stained shirt
with a bullet hole in it had been found,
that murder had been committed, and
since the double tragedy at Delta he was
more than ever convinced that the theory
of murder, and for gain, was the only ten
able proposition.
Besides the shirt" said Ernest, zone
OF the prospectors hats was found, which
was also in possession of the Sheriff. The
hat was picked up no: far from where the
shirt was found"
District Attorney Rose had heard the
story connecting HarraIl with the State
Creek mystery, and he was also familiar
with the details of the affair. He believes
in he murder theory.
HaTraiI was jealous, and, it has since
transpired, desperate and lawless char
acter. He had worked some in lum ber-
mills and mines, and had had fair repu-
tatiop, but was of All indolent disposition,
dead shot and ready for an adventure.
A report comes from Dunsm uir that it was
HarraI who headed mob that Iynched a
man a. CaStella some time ago.
Detective Thacker said ne did not have
any criminal record of HarraII, but was
certain that on several occasions Harrall
was the lone highwayman who had held
up stages in more than one place in
Northern California. When the investi-
CATION that is now on foot is completed it
is the preston here and i'll Delta that
the State Creek mystery will be cleared.