Weekly journal-miner., 1910-05-11

below the nipple. From the blood. stains on the ground and the impres- sion in the soil made by his head. it is evident that the shock from the second shot must have jared Ma. hard severely, as he was rising, for his body was found over two feet away from the position indicated when he fell from the frs. shot, fired into his face.
 IL is also the belief of Sheriff Smith that after Mir. and Mrs. Ma. hard were killed the assassins entered the kitchen, and taking the woman in their arms, the head of their victim was inclined 10 the front, and in this position she was carried to the bed. room tent and there laid on the bed. The front of her dress showed that heavy flow of blood reached that portion of the clothing, and when laid away on tho bed there was evi. denecs all around the room of sn i'm. mense amount of blood everywhere. On the shelf, a foot above the bed, considerable blood was also seen. which would indicate that one of the murderers had placed his hand there with the stains received from hand. ling the body.
 But one empty cartridge shell vas found on the premises, and that was picked up by the sheriff about thirty feet east of the kitchen and to the side, indicating that the shot vas fired first from that point, as MT. Mahard was coming through the open. ing between the two tents and was endesvoring to enter. The shell had the odor of freshly burned powder, and had grease on the outside.
 It was of 3o.30 ealiber, and was the only cartridge of that make found in that particular locality.
 Another version as to why the body of Mrs. Mshsrd was removed from the room where she was killed is that the murdercrs desired to secure the food and cooking utensils neees- sary to get something to cat. The finding of a campfire across the guleb, about l5o yards distant, creates the belief that the murderers did not wish to prepare their meal under the frightful conditions shown in the blood pools in the kitchen, and se- lected that distant point for the pur. pase.
 The coffee pot was found, with the grains of coffee still in the vessel, and q newly made ash pile gave evi. denee that a fire had been made . short time before. There were two cups, two knives and forks, two plates, empty condensed milk cans, and other articles, which proves con. eiusively that two men were engaged in the foul deed. This incident in the fendish crime is one of the most remarkable that was enacted, and shows the careless and yet wanton impulse of their aendish crime.
 The wearing of the riding habit by Mrs. Mahard, is stated to have been her custom in camp, and the theory circulated that she had been horseback riding that day and that she had been killed as she was re. turning to her home, to enter the kitchen, is dispclled. She adopted this mode of dressing while in the camp, and it was her daily attire. The dress was . brown make of goods, patterned after tho khaki style and was of serviccsble material and neatly fitting.
 Several reports have been made of shots heard on Sunday, and it is now the general belief that the couple met their death some time thst day, between the hours of 3 and 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Mir. Ray, residing near the Orc Fino, gives these hours of that day as the time, while John stephens, of the Prescott meat firm of Stephens X Hoover, who was riding the range in that vicinity, 1t Is said, also remembers hearing two shots at practically the same time.
 In concluding his statement, last night, Sheriff Smith states that it was an immpossibility to cut the trail of the murderers out of the section. lt is a range country, and many hoof prints are to he seen leading in all directions. IL is also a remote coun. try for travelling, and unless an oceas- ional rangeman passes through, 1t is seldom visited.
 Yesterday, R. D. Cole, brother.in. law of Mir. Mahard, arrived in the city. He comes from Long Beach, Cal, where he is residing with his wife, a sister of George Mahard. He T