The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-07-11
STILL A MYSTERY.
No Light Thrown on the Murder Case-The
COr0ner's Inquest.

The mystery surrounding the death of
the unknown man who was found in a
freight car at Lovelock Wednesday
morning is as deep as ever. AS yet, there
has not been a particle of evidence un-
covered to throw light on the affair. The
murderers, for undoubtedly there were
more than one man concerned in the
crime, nave seemingly left no trace by
which they may be run down and brought
to justice.
The case has the aspect of those rare
Instances in criminal annals which are
effectual negatives of the much vaunted
theory that murder will out"
Was the man beaten by robbers at some
point west of Lovelock and thrown in the
empty car to die? Is there truth In the
tramp's story of the hold-up and fight
with robbers in the Reno yard or is it
merely a fabrication? Is the tramp him
self concerned in the murder? These
are some of the questions confronting
those who are working on the case. But
the answers seem very far off, unless
mere guesswork is relied upon.
The inquest was to have commenced
yesterday afternoon, but before the hour
set Coroner Rougon received a curt dis
patch from Constable Walsh of Love-
lock that he and the other witnesses
wanted would not come unless they were
duly subenaed. The Lovelock Constable
was in possession of what effects the dead
man owned, having taken them from the
body when 1t was taken from the train
at Lovelock, and the officer also had in
charge the tramp who found the body.
ConctabIa yyaycb mo thorofora on i'm
portant witness and his refusal to come
was at least very far from being in line
with his duty as an officer. However,
Coroner Rougon furnished Constable La
voy with the subpenas for the Lovelock
Constable, DIR. Ascher and the tramp
who was supposed to be in the custody
and the officer went to Lovelock last
evening to serve the paper on the unwill-
ing witnesses. The inquest in the mean
time was continued until 10 o'clock this
morning. When Constable LaVoy ar
rived at Lovelock he found that the
tramp. who knew more of the affair than
anyone else, had been given his liberty
and left town. Thus the most impor-.
tant witness in the case could not be
found, though it would seem the very
simple duty of the Lovelock officer to
have held the tramp on suspicion of be-
ing concerned in the murder, or, at least,
an important witness. The other wit
nesses refused to come unless the money
to pay their expenses to Winnemucca was
deposited. which Constable LaVoy did,
and they were due to arrive here on No.
6 this afternoon, unless some other
ground of objection to coming was found.
The inquest was begun at 10 O'Clock this
morning. The jury consists of Thomas
Shone. T.. d. Brown, A. Rucketeschler,
G. w. Carly, A. Seeliger and w. G..
Quicker. The member are representative
citizens and will do everything in their
power to ascertain the facts regarding
the mans identity and death. This morn
ing the evidence of James Hurst, the
county hospital superintendent, DR.. Sam
uels. III. C. Warren and Conductor II. M.
Leonard, of the train or which he man
was found, were taken Their testi-
mony was mainly a statement of the few
facts which have been given before in
these columns and a technical descrip-
ton OF the wounds which the doctor
found on the mans head and body.
Nothing new was offered. The inquest
was continued until 8 o'clock this after
noon, when the Lovelock witnesses will
give their testimony, If they come.