Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-11-28
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i yesterday Oy Mr.. heySer nnu Mr.. bros
semer, lying in the sagebrush south OF
the railroad track abou; u nile west OF
Osino. How he anne there may always
remain a mystery unless the following
story told to Constable Mccoy by a
man. who gave ms name as Otto Eyhorn
is the truth:
About 10 O'Clock, Monday night No.
venber the 18th. Constable Mccoy was
notified that there were two men at the
Depot Hotel who claimed that they had
been held up aud who wanted to see
him. lie went To the Hotel and found
two men who gave their names a. II. q.
iiord aud Otto E!horn. Eyhorn was
bleeding from cuts i'll the head made
with Il blunt Instrument or rs he said
with a revolver in the hands of a tall
man wearing 4 black OyercOat. Ely
horn gave Mccoy tho revolver which he
had taken he said, from the man Who
beat him. EyiIorn said that he and
Hord were beating their way in n street
car, being taken west III a fiat car, when
three men entered the car about IN
hour before the trouble occurred. They
stayed in the car a while and then vent
back on the train. In about TN hour
they returned. One OF :he men was a
tall man wearing a black ovcrcoat and
the other two were smaller AS they
entered thec car the tall man and the one
next to him pulled guns and the tall one
said: Throw up your hand. boys. |
want your money Eyhorn said he
was lying on one Of the seats OF the
street car when this remark was made
and the tall man was 81 landing over him
with his drawu revolver. lie said he
suspected the men intended to rob them
the first time they entered the car and
had his knife open and ready when they
returned. lie jumped up and grabbed
the .all man around the holy with his
left hand and began cutting with his
right. The MAJ he was eating shot
twice, bnt did no damage farther than
breaking two windows of the car.
f.! horn said he could no, get away from
the man and was hammered on the head
with his revolver. lie kept on cutting
him until he quit striking him and then
took his revolver from him and pushed
him oil the car. lie cut the other man
that had the gun and b" jumped of the
car. The third mas jumped of the
train while Eyhorn WIS fighting with
the second one. Eyhorn said 1t was
dark III the car and h. could see only
the outlines ni tn" men and would not
be able to rccogniz" them. but he was
sure the tall mnn would never try To- rob
another man.
This is substantially the story told by
Eyhorn to Constable Mccoy. Eyhorn
gave the revolver he had. taken from the
man 10 Constable Mccoy and he and
lIord renamed in town until Tuesday
night when they left for San Francisco.
Before leaving the revolver was returned
to Eyhorn But little crcdenre was
placed in Ityhorn's statement hy those
who heard II. On Tuesday afternoon
Constable Mccoy e up the track and
made inquiries Of the rnnchers and
everybody he met. but no one had
heard of any trouble or seen ANYTHING Of
the reported robbers. Nothing more was
done until Sun lay when the conductor
OF one Of the trains left Il note IN town
saying there WAS u dead man lying he ar
the track west Of OsinC. Mr.. Pullman
and Mr.. Kcyscr vent nearly to OsinO.
but failed To find the body. Another
note was left yesterday forenoon and
undertaken Keyscr and Mr.. Brcssoincr
started out to find the body and was
successful. Thoy brought The body To
town and it now lays at the morguc.
This morning nm inquest was held
u the above facts wore brought ont.
The jury returueda verdict that the
man came 10 ms death from knife
wounds inflicted 10y nm unknown party.
The dead man was abuu, % or 80
years of age, > tcrt9 inches tall and
weighed about 100 pounds. His
Textures are cuurGe and his complexion
dark. He woro ovcralls and Il black
ovcrcoat. Nothing was found on his
person 10y which he could be identified.
Tho last three fingers 0f his right
'''' ~ "'9~''iE ~ 'i' H'Ht ln!. u"
was stabbed ~ the right shoulder, The
o b "f his left ear WIS split. and there
cuts on his neck about an mch aud Il
half under th" i"!t ear, bceidcs wounds
on hIs 81 les and back. II Eyhorn told
the truth Ia Constable Mccoy tho man
deserved his fate, but if he did not u
rowar0ly murder haa been committed.
Will the truth ever he known?
\ Talking snake.