Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-08-26
MURDER.
A Mexican Laborer Shot And
Left On The Desert AS Food
For Wild Beasts.
Crime Committed Near Hazen--Cver
$500 Found On The Dead Body.

What appears 10 be a plain ease oi
murder was brought to light Thursday
morning by the discovery OF Mexican
body in the sage brush, one mile south
Of the station oi Ocala, near the James
Say ranch, by party OF Italian section
hands who were hunting jack rabbits at
the time. Returning 10 the station sec
ton house they informed the boss of the
affair and he in turn made an investiga
ton AT once and found the body that of a
dead man who had apparently come To
his death by foul means. He commune
Gated at once with the county officials
No effort was made 10 learn anything
Of the dead mans antecedents until the
arrival of ]. J Anderson, Justice of the
peace, and Constable Jake Simmons, OF
Hazen, when jury was empanelled.
Their task was a most unpleasant one
and the state OF decomposition in which
they found the body made it almost inn
possible 10 learn anything definite of
the affair. They found the dead mans
name TO be Joe Silvia that he was
Mexican, aged about 10 years. That
his heighth WAS about five feet and sev
en- inches and that he weighed about l65
pounds; that he had met death ON a
date unknown, probably a week preyi-
ous, from a gunshot wound inflicted by
hands unknown. The bullet had en-
tered the left ear lodging in the brain.
Al the time oi death, deceased was
wearing short black mustache, in ad-
dition to several weeks growth of
beard on his face.
IN inventory Of the dead mans ei-
fects disclosed the fact that he WAS a
thrifty workingman, as checks and cash
approyimating $3OS.35 were found in
his pockets. among which was Il ccrtiti-
cate oi deposit on the r. L. Doi 9 ass
bank, which bore the date of August l..
His clothes were new. OF good quality
and clean. The hat, which was II
size had been purchased quite recently
from the l. H. Kent Company. \
cheap revolver was found about ten
feet from where the body was lying,
and Was Of an old pattern. Apparently,
il had moi been fired or loaded ior Il
long time, and as il bore no evidence OF
use, il was the opinion OF the coroner y
jury, that death had been inflicted
with gun not in evidence, in the hands
Of some companion who had a grudge,
or had fired the shot during the heat OF
passion. None ol The evidence furnish
ed pointed towards suicide.
There Is absolutely no clue as 10 who
committed the murder, and the officials
have little hopes Of apprehendmg The
guilty party
Among the papers found on the dead
man was postal money order receipt
for 4 sum sent his vile in Mexico and
a time check issued by the Z. {. Com
pany. ior whom he had worked for the
past three months
In addition Ia the offensive Odor
caused by the pntrilying remains, coy
otes had eaten away 4 large portion Of
the flesh. and the general condition ol
the body Was such that it prohibited car
ing for the remains save in the crudest
way This was done and alter a grave
had been dug, the dead Mexican wa
rolled in his blankets and committed to
Mother Earth In the meantime the
savings are at The disposal OF the
family in its little Mexican cas4a. The
homecoming Of the father and husband
has been interrupted, but the fruits of
his labor may serve 10 keep the wolf
from the door