Mohave County miner., 1910-11-26
Piute Indian Does Murder.

bringing the information that Piute I Indian had murdered Dr. L. w. Gil. bert, watchman at the Goldbug mill. I Coroner Smith and Deputy Sheriff , Gideon at once started for the scene ol the crime, arriving at Eldorado Can. yon about one o'clock in the afternoon of Tuesday. A panel of jurors were obtained at that place and with sev. eral Indians the trip to the mill was made by boat. The body of the mur. dered man was found lying in the wash close to the river, and in bad state oi decomposition, showing that the crime had been committed five or six days previous. After empaneling the jury a through investigation was made of the surroundings and of the body. IL was found that the murdered man had been shot from behind by an apparent ly small caliber, high power gun, the bullet having gone cleanly through the body and piercing the heart. It cut so clean a hole that it was almost imperceptible whether it went in at the back or in front, except that the clothing showed the direction of punc- ture. Owing to the condition of the body grave had to be dug at the place where found and wrapped in blankets the body of the unfortunate man was placed in US tomb of clay. Cordwood was filled into the grave to keep animals from digging it up.
 At the inquest I. W. Allcock testified that coming in from his mines, in the mountains west of Eldorado Canyon, he passed the camp of an old Plute who told him that a Piute Indian named Que-ho had been at his camp some days before and told him that he was going across the river to kill the watchman at the Goldbug mill and as many more whites as he could get. AIlcock at once went to the mill and found the old mans body. The mur- dered man was about 70 years of age and claimed to have been a practicing physician. He had been watchman at the mill about year and apparently got along quite friendly with the h. dians.
 A posse was at once put on the trail of the Indian murderer and a reward of l0OS was offered by the sheriff's office of this county, which will un- doubtedly be supplemented by the board of supervisors as soon as they can be brought together. Whites and Indians are now on the trail and every effort will be made to overtake and kill him. No effort is ever made to capture Piute murderer, as they will always fight to the death and from now on it will be a case of kill or be k. He'd.
 This is the first outbreak by Piute in about fourteen years, the last mur- ders having been committed by Avote, who killed Judge Morton, Charles Monahan and three others about the year 1896. This Indian was killed by other members of his tribe. About the same time that Avote did the kill ing an Indian named Mouse was being sought after for the killing of two white men. Mouse was afterward kill ed on the Muddy by posse of whites and Indians.
 Among the effects of the murdered man are number of telegrams in- forming him of his heirship to a for tune of more than one million of dol lars. The first of these telegrams reads as follows:
 San Bernardino, Cal, May 30, 1905. L. W. GILBERT, Arlington.
 Isaac Tremble died left you a mil lion four hundred thousand dollars cash three hundred twenty acres land in Cook county, Ills. Come at once. You will find will at Probate Judges office in Court house.
 JOHN GREY,
 Administrator.
 Following this is another of the same purport and reading:
 San Bernardino, Cal, Feb. l6, 1909. DR. M. L. GILBERT,
 CT. Wm. Warren's Livery Stable,
 Bumont, Cal.
 I will pay you six hundred and fifty thousand dollars by the twentieth of Feby at the San Bernardino National Bank from Isaac D. Trimble estate.
 JOHN ROBINSON.