Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-08-05
Searching Party Works Seventy Two
Hours Before Discovering the Body
of the Unfortunate Victim.

the ground, taking with him the
upper part of his whip, about
foot of the stock remaining in the
whip-socket, and in falling he also
evidently broke the stay-strap that
binds the pole of the buggy to the
axle. Here the party, with the
exception of Wildegrube, proceeded
to search for Murphy, Wildegrube
going on to Stone Cabin, a distance
of four miles, to notify the Cliff
fords. Arriving there and telling
his story, party, consisting of
Tom, John and Ed Clifford, Fred
Antoniazi and Wildegrube. was or
ganized and Immediately went back
to Four Mile Springs and began
the search for Murphy. The search
| ing party at this stage was also
augmented by the arrival of A.
B. Covey and John Holmes, from
Tonopah
Assiduously the search was kept
up all day Tuesday and far into the
night, but not a trace of Murphy
could be found. Wednesday the
quest was resumed, but without
avail, as all possible traces had
been oblterated by the heavy rains
| ,,,l, H. fo11 q 20
previous.
Yesterday morning, when the
party assembled at the rendezvous
at Four Mile Springs and had but
! clambered the precipitous walls
that mark that part of the can
yon, there came to them the odor
of decaying flesh, and with this
evidence to lead them they were
not long in locating the body at a
point about 500 feet distant from
the spring and in a swai well up
in the mesa.
The body was found lying Saca
downward, badly decomposad, the
face, fingers and hands badly
abraised and torn from the strug-
giles which he had made before
death relieved him from his suffer
ings. About him were his shoes,
which he had taken Off and his
keyes and tobacco sack For sew
eral feet about the body either
way the ground was dug up, where
Murphy, in his dying struggles
had grabbed for a hold. The
searchers on finding the body Gov
cred it with canvas, and 1t re.
NAMED hidden from view until tho
arrival of the coroner and under
taker, who placed it in a box which
they had brought with them and !
was then carried to Tonopah, where
it now lies in the undertaking es
tablishment of Wonnacot and Hall
1t is the opinion of the part.
who found the body that whel
+ Murphy fell from the wagon HI
! was kicked by one of the horses
but not badly injured, though prob
ably dazed, and in this condition h.
I likely started off in search of tn
team, which on becoming freed ha'
run away. And it is possible tha
he lay where he fell for some tim
:. and when he came to himself an
: not being able to locate the tear
@ he climbed the stiff walls of tn
: canyon with the idea of getting t
: the top of the mesa where h
r could get a better view, and labor
q ing under intense excitement
y was attacked by another fit an
" died from it's effects.
a Shortly after the arrival of Mul
e phys body in town Coroner Atkir
It son collected a jury consisting {
N John Hauser, S. Fox, w. BrydeI
e J. p Lindsay, William Sawle an
10 ]. W. SHELTON. In the evening tn
i. jury viewed the remains and TIL
IL afternoon at O'Clock the inque'
lie will be held.
lie Murphy had been a resident {
o. Tonopah for about six years and /
r vocation was bartender. He ha
ic worked in number of the prom
ct nent resorts and was well liked |
Of all the people with whom he hs
to dealings. His former home W;