The border vidette., 1899-09-16

the upper portion of the closed eye t
lids and feasted upon the eyes. The
features we're so wasted that 1T would
have been almost impossible to identi-
fy the ody had anyone known the
man during life. The hair was black
and thin OH top Of the heal and on
the front sides. The ne;k hung by
piece of cotton goods arranged like q
sling. The ends were passed over the
limb and twisted together-not tied
Nearly the entire weight of the body .
was on the ground The moose could
not have supported more than The
weight of the head.
The man did not hang himself.
Every indication points to murder
The man was undoubtedly killed; was
taken to that tree and hanged, to give
the impression of suicide; bat the
work was raw. 1t could not fool an
amateur, to say nothing of experienced
officers.
But who the man is, where he came
FROM, is a mystery. In life, he was
at least six feet tall, and slender.
His hands and feet had been long and
slim; his teeth were small, white and
even. He did not chew tobacco.
None of his neither garments were In
evidence. Trousers, shoes and stock
inas We're gone. His sole vestments
were a well-made cotton undershirt,
la sweater, and an overshirt of cot
ton with q small silk stripe. Fifty
, feet to the north of the tree pillow
" as found. It was in a eunny sac K.
/ The pillow case was Turkey led. 1t
was etuffed with a few feathers. cot
: ton and wooden rags, cotton hand
= kerchief and remnants of two under
d shifts. Thirty feet beyond was shee
of full size, and hemmed on its fou
v sides. No identifying mark OF an
!. kind was found on either of these al
~ ticles or the garments on the body
"a The presence of the pillow and shee
10 was contradictory. No American cal
n ried these articles On prospecting tours
n. but the apparent misleading evidenc
H. at first comprehended in these thin
ad was later discovered to add support
at the murder theory. The groun
N about the vicinity was tho oughl
III searched and nothing else was foun
ma Shortly before midnight the inque
10. was opened. The coroner, sherl
IS. marshal and jury sat on the hillside
III few feet from the body. The rays
J., the one lantern were sufficient only
outline the group against a bac
H. ground of da knees and to bring o.
of in grewsome relief the figure of t
. body hanging to the tree few re
a away.
-. Domingo Bueno was sworn throu
- Don Alfonso Bachellier as interpret'
=. He testified to the facts of his errar
a.s in the hills as before related, and
i'm the discovery of the hody. 'Soon
ano ter 1 found the body" he said. we
- to Nogales to notify justice. -
IL Question-Have you passed h
lied before2
Answer This is the first time.
po Q. Do you know of anyone pass
,dt this point lately?
40. A. No.
O. Is there trail near here?
on A. Yes, right here on the SUNNI
how @. Have you ever heard OF any
run who was killed or who had disappea
~, from this neighborhood, or anywh
and "a NJ >.
half Q. Do you know of the disapp
o;r ance of any Mexicanl
For A. No.
ono G. Did you know deceasedl
~ A. No.
II. @. DO you think decea ed
rho American or Mexicanl
cher A. American.
k to = ~, " fi1
f. A. Because of his appearance
u+d of the effects-his shirts.
five Q. Whose range is this!
foot "A 90 ho' NNo" - i
E the however.
oo;nt @. Where do you live9
alked a Gaia oas'S'