Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-08-12
CASE
STILL OPEN

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/ was murdered nearly week age
? by unknown thugs, who beat him
Drutally after shooting him twice
and then hid his body in a ditch
was inferred yesterday in Oakland
cemetery, San Francisco, and the DO
lice and slcrim in Reno believe that
with him is buried II mystery that
will never be solved
In Il dispatch from San trancisc O
yesterday, James f. Little is quoted
as expressing the belief that his
Dfother was murdered with robbery
as the motive. but while there were
no valuables found on the dead man.
the authorities are oath to accent
that theory to account Tor his death.
Those who know of Little 5 occas-
ional fishing excursions have stated
that he was an amateur and indif-
| 1erent angler and that ne never cx-
| pressed disappointment or cuagrin in
spite of the fact that he rarely
caught fish
In his business dealings, additional
testimony has been secured TO the
enect that Little, while calling upon
a great many business and profess
slonal men in Reno, astensibly to ad-
Vocate the Introduction of his collec-
tlon schemes in many cases making
arrangements to secure a list of bad |
debtors, he never returned to com /
plete his work
Even in his book agent and real
estate selling roles, Little is not
known 10 have completed any deals.
and the conviction is forcing ilsru
upon the investigators that the real
purpose of Little in Reno was one
which he did not reveal and which
was followed in secrecy.
Lite made no intimate friends in
Keno and apparently contided in no
one, although he was IN Reno owe.
a month
The Investigations OF the sberjt
ana ponce have been confined t.
running down the reports tnat REQ
nlarly come to their resp actiye Off
ces but 50 far noth hing OF vain. ba.
been found
"hat has been for time consid-
'rcd as Il possible clue leading to the ;
explanation OF the crime. was vrs- ,
trday abandoned, when a woman,
VINO mad been reported missing from
teho ever since Thursday the day +
little Is believed to have been spir- i
TEA away, was discovered in a local \
hospital, suffering from slight i'll D
less The disappearance of the wo- i,
hah at the same time that Little was q
asst heard of was regarded as a co. II
incidence that might lead nm IN ,bo h
'9'"EerE Oh some clue, ban il is now D
elleVed that ii was nnthin. more. is
han a cOincidcnct -
While il was at first denied ,h,,
h' woman was missing. on. r,.la- e,
we admitted that the family had lc
cen greatly worried over the matter @,
nee Friday last but stated thai sh,.
ao received word by telephone laa1 p
er relative had been located. 81
Later another relative of the wo- sh
ian appeared and stated that his
'ia'iNe mad never been missing he
a'ihS That at present she was in $,
locai hospital and that there had er
EVER been any worry over her dis as
)pearance.
IL was learned that the MISSING lo,
OMAN came to the hospital Tuesday an
Sht in carriage, but that she WAS -,
u considered seriously i'll. no
While the conflicting explanatious
lzzled some for time, it is no, thi
ileVed that the wOmans disapDear. of
zee mad anything to do with thai ~,
tue, as the woman has long been wi
resident of Reno, and the aulhori- Ga,
IS nave not given the matter n, ON,