Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-07-23
DASTARDLY MURDER.
With Skull Crushed, A Rope Around
the Neck and Pockets Rified.

the NECK ana cCCSstS HtfeO.
The corpse of a man with rope |
around his neck and with skull crush
ed was found floating in the waters
OF the Truckee between Camp 5 and
Camp 3 of the San Francisco const-
ruction company yesterday by Carl
Brown and T. Hart, two laborers Oh
the Government Canal. The body is
supposed to be that u n. Ahern, a
concrete worker a. Camp ), and as
the pockets were rife1 and his watch
gone, all indications poilt toward a
brutal murder.
The labOrers were working when
they noticed the body floating on the
muddy waters Of the river. They in
mediately rushed to the bank and with
a long stick they fshed it ashore.
They then tied it and made their way
TO the camp where they Notified Sup
erintendent Price, who visited the
scene Of the gruesone discovery after
which ne notified Coroner Updike.
The coroner was sich when notified
and cyu!l not go but viii visit Camp
) tO-4y and hold an inquest.
Several labOrers al Camp ) recOg-
nized the body as th-t Cf \. Ahern
and all Of them were positive that re
lad ben murdered and robbed. He
was seen alive Tuesday otternoon It
Camp and had a conversation viii
Superint endent Price and told him
he could not agree with q govern
! ment inspector at Camp and that
he thought he would quit his job.
| The Superintendent tod nina 10 work
. few days more unit. another con-
crete mixer could take his place, when
he would be given another position
/ Ahern seemed pleased with the aTr29-
! gements and when the Superinteni
! ent left he was in the best Of num0g
/ He was never seen again alive.
The officials at the ONCE If the con.
! struction company say t.al the deceaa
ed cashed two checks amounting 10
! q little more than $10C last Monday
morning and that two respectable
/ IabOring men cashed checks at the
same time and saw him receive hi:
! money. They walked out OF the Off
&c with him and were With MIN the
remainder of the day. When seen Hy
superintendent Price Tuesday aftar
noon Ahern was perfectly sober.
The deceased was an iisnman ana
was about 40 years of age. His home
is in Oakland and is supposed to hay5
relatives there.
The murder was one Ct the mos
brutal ever committed in this locality
and will be thoroughly investigated
by the proper officials. Il is not thN
first time that men have mysteriousiy
disappeared along the line of the rail
road between this city and 'Nadsworri
and the officers have decided to US
every means to locate the rlurderers'
Only a few months ago q man Wa
seen IiOdtIuS GOWN me IL II ~ eli!
p1oyees Of the San FrancisCs c0mpan,
and every effort was made to bring
ashore but the water was SO hig,
that it was swept past them and WI
never heard of afterwards. The lab
orer8 who saw it say that the hei
seemed to be mashed and without
doubt the man from all appearance
had been murdered and thrown int;
-la river.
Ahcrn had the whole back Of hi
skull crushed in, showing that tn
murderer had struck the deadly blow
from behind probably being afrai.
to face his victim. After killing All
ern the murderer of murderers rifle
his pockets and threw him into tn
river thinking that he would new
be seen again, bat that he would .
swallowed up in the dread water
, which have covered up so many my
tpTiOuS deaths Journal