The San Francisco call., 1899-12-20
NO WOUNDS ON
LORRAINE'S BODY
Officers Certain That He
Was Murdered.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN RAFAEL. Dec. l9.-When Sheriff
Taylor, Deputy Sheriff Miller and Coroner
Eden reached Carson Canyon to-day thy
found the body of Peter Lorraine. the old
woodchopper. who disappeared on May !
last. lying in a clearing on the hillside.
with one hand raised toward heaven. as
II mutely invoking vengeance from the
powers above on the head Of his assassin.
There the body has lain for eight long
months while searching parties have
secured the region in vain. Now that the
link needed has been found the man be-
leved TO be the murderer has dis0p-
peared and the authorities are forced TO
admit that the chances OF his apprehen-
sion are indeed slight.
The discovery OF the remains was made
by Pedro SAILS, an Indian who went 10
work for John Enos, the foreman OF the
woodchoppers' camp. last Sunday. Yes
teroay sails was given the cabin formerly
occupied by DER and French Pete" and
sent 20 work In the vicinity OF where the
body was found. He returned and in
formed Enos OF what he had seen. where
upon the foreman repaired 10 the scene
with TWO Swedes. Verifying the Indian 5
tale. Enos returned 10 his house and
shortly afterward went 10 San Geronimo
An examination OF the body to-day
failed 10 reveal any signs OF violence ex-
cept hole in the hat. which might have
been made with rife or a club.
The failure to discover any signs OF
how the man was killed shows nothing,
as only the bones remained. Lorraine
might have been cut in pieces or choked
and the fact could not be shown. Coroner
Eden brought the remains 10 town and
took them TO the Morgue. The inquest
will be held tomorrow morning at IL
o'clock.
Sheriff Taylor brought five men here 10
give evidence at the inquest tomorrow.
They are Foreman John EnOS and son,
Pedro Sais, Juan Pasqual and John John
son.
A dramatic scene occurred at the
Morgue shortly after the remains were
brought there. Charley Mochino, better
known as French Charley" an old man
whom Lorraine at one time tried to Kill
with an ak, asked 10 see the body. HIS
request was granted and hardly had he
seen the body when he threw up his hands
and tragically exclaimed:
Pete, YOU once tried 10 kill me. but
forgive all now. Dier has done for you
all right. as / knew he would"
Turning 10 the officers Machine eX-
plained that he knew Dier and Lorraine
had frequently quarreled. and that once
DER went to San Francisco and bought a
revolver with the declared intention OF
doing Pete up." The old man was de-
tanned as witness.
The place where the body was found is
about 1000 yards from the group of cabins
and 200 yards from Lorraine's cabin. 1t is
only thirty or forty feet from the sled
road used in hauling wood out of the can
yon. As DER was "A strong man and Lor-
raine weighed only about 135 pounds. II
would have been an easy feat for the sus-
pect 10 carry French Pete" TO the place,
or more easily to have dragged him there.
As Lorraine disappeared in the month
Of May. when the weather was very
warm. the officials deem IL a surprising
fact that the odor OF the decomposing
flesh did not betray the presence Of the
body. This fact and others have con-
WINGED them that DER may have actually
committed the criEle. but that he was not
the only person that knew OF It, In lSSS
when JOnn Johnson, a cook. disappeared,
Enos himself was summoned before the
Grand Jury TO make explanations regard
ing certain suspicious circumstances.
When Die- was i'm the County Jail he in
sinuated that Enos knew more about the
missing mans whereabouts than anybody
else.
So far Sheriff Taylor has been unable to
locate Dier.
Every effort will be made TO locate him.
as II Is believed that II he should be con-
Victed OF the crime he might be able to
furnish the authorities with information
concerning the previous tragedies which
have given the canyon the name of the
BLACK Hole of Marin
IL Is believed that Taylor and Eden now
have evidence tending TO clear two OF
these mysteries. which cannot be thor
oughly clucidated without the knowledge
Of facts DER is now supposed TO have ir
his possession. Enos lends color TO this
theory by a persistent refusal TO answer
all questions, saying that the Sheriff has
advised him 10 keen 4 still tongue