Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-06-08

I Davenport's at $3.50. just as the cur
few bell tapped. The noise con
tinued and he stole up to the side
of the shack, where he could look in
through a window. He says the
woman was on the bed in the back
of the room and Davenport was
seated out on the doorsiIl.
"Well. I'll kill myself" he says the
woman exclaimed.
ID you. kill yourself" was the
rejoinder of Davenport AS the lat
ter spoke he arose from the doorstep
and entered the house. In less than
thirty seconds Neff said he heard
one shot and then all was still. He
failed to explain to the satisfaction
of Chief Evans why he did not re-
port the circumstances or that his
curiosity did not prompt him to look
into the matter more closely.
Suicide Theory Repeated.
The insinuation that Mrs. De Long
committed suicide with the small
rifle is controverted by the fact that
there is no trace of powder on the
waist she wore and that the hole is
as clear as II punched out with die.
Even admitting the theory of suicide.
the police say the length of the
woman's arms would not have per-
mitted her to pull the trigger with
the weapon held at arms length
Examination of the house by day
light, furnished conclusive proof that
Mrs. De Long met her death inside
the house and the body was dragged
marks of the body having been pulled
over the surface.
Fred Huber. timberman. on his
way home, observed what he thought
was woman helpiessly drunk lying
at the side of the road with her head
resting against the cabin occupied by
Davenport. Huber, fearing the wom-
an would suffer from exposure on
such an inclement night, tried to
arouse her, when he discovered the
upper part of the body was saturated
with blood. He did not pause to
make any further Investigation. but
INSTANTLY rported to the police Of
tlcers Bob Dalzell and Jack Grant
visited the scene and found the wom'
an was beyond human relief. She
must have expired only a few min
utes before Huber came along for
he says, the body was still warm
He did not suspect she was dead, as
he thought she had been assaulted
and was suffering from severe
beating
y Chief of Police Evans was sum
moned and close scrutiny OF the
neighborhood failed to find any one
/ who could throw light on the sub
J ject The body lay outstretched al
the western corner of the Davenport
{ cabin, with the head resting against
, corner stone. The woman was
! fully dressed, but there was no hal
or other covering to hold the mass
of fair hair which fell over the face
and neck.
The officers entered the Davenpor
cabin to ascertain what the occupan
knew and found evidence that con
vinced them of the necessity of hold
ing the owner for investigation. Th'
floor was daubed with blood and tn
white door knob inside was staine'
] with blody finger prints. but ther
were no indications of a struggle.
Chief Evans, acting on the sugges
tion of Officer Jack Grant, that deaf
/, had been caused by knife thrust l
the heart, searched for the weapon
but only found large pocket knif
which was clean and free frof
stains. A search of the street n
"A suited in finding low-crowned ia
y. felt hat which Davenport admitte
!, was the only one he owned.
!. Justice Dunseath was called an
"a he made closer examination OF th
M body and helped the officers In g
n ing through the cabin. About n
IA. first object the coroner picked
"A was q small % rifle standing benin
"A. the stove beside the door. On ope
ing the chamber he threw ont >,
EIe empty shell. search for a knt
was continued. In the meantime q
20 body was removed to the merE'
when nr Richards pronounced i
extinct
ne After the corpse was examsn
In under an electric Iight 4 became e
80. deaf that the ofaeers had been ~
nd led hy arst appearances and a
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