Weekly journal-miner., 1915-12-15
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 MAY REVEAL STORY OF TRAGEDY
DR. H. T. SOUTHWORTH FINDS OIL CAN WITH REVOLVER, CARTRIDGES AND BLANKET.
(From Tuesdays Daily0

Dells, hve-gallon coal oil can con taining a San Francisco Examiner dated April 30, 1895, an old style 45- calibre Colt revolver wrapped in a red silk handkerchief, and a Peruna almanac dated 1900 was found yester- day at noon and when linked with the finding of parts of human skeleton quarter of a mile away about five months ago, tells of what might have been a murder or some tragedy of the first year of the present century.
 The discovery was made by Dr. H.. T. Southworth while hunting for ducks on Lake Watson and 1t hints of some accident or crime that may have happened in the dells which has not yet been discovered.
 Dr. Southworth's find was made while searching in the rocks for a drake ne had shot while in boat on the lake. The ledge under which the can was found is on the south side of the lake near the edge of large hook of water which is up near the dam. The physician was hunting with Dr. R. N. Looney and Charles Scholey but neither of them was with him at the time of the find.
 Peering under each ledge and in crevices in the rocks for his drake the doctor saw sheltered under one of the big leaning granite boulders the five-gallon can with its top covered with piece of tin, held down by a large rock. At first ne did not touch it, thinking that it probably belonged so some tramp in the vicinity. Curi- osity getting the best of him ne re- moved the rock and tin and found besides the articles mentioned dou- ble blanket, pair of scissors, an oc- tagonal Santa Fe Route No. ? pencil, and about 30 cartridges for the revol- yer All of the articles are in first class condition, not having been ex- posed to the weather.
 Dr. Southworth brought the can and its contents to Prescott and noti- fled the sheriff's office of his find. The officials are Investigating the matter.
 Who the owner of the revolver was can probably be traced by the number on it. The almanac dated 1900, ac- cording to an advertisement on it, came from the old Yavapai Pharmacy of which J. M. McCandless, deceased, was the proprietor The almanac, it is believed, fixes the year in which the can was cached. The San Fran cisco paper was folded so that it fit the bottom of the can.
 In the almanac between February and March 5, 1900, each Monday, Tuesday and Thursday is marked. Thursday, February 8, 1900, has a special mark.
 Among the bones found in that vi, cinity and brought to Prescott by Sheriff Young and Judge McLane was hip bone which appeared to have been shattered in the center bys bullet. It may have been that two men, partners, were travelling in that part of the country and quarreled, result ing in a shooting. If such was the case, the victor probably cached the gun with the other articles to rid him self of any evidence in case the deed was discovered and he was appre- hended.
 It is also thought that the bones and the discovery yesterday may be con nccted with the escape of Jim Parker and two Mexicans during George Ruffner's reign as sheriff of Yavapai county. Parker, who killed Lee Nor, ris in his escape from the county jail, was captured near Flagstaff and one of the Mexicans was taken into GUS tody at Jerome. It is believed that tine other Mexican made his escape to the border and into Sonora, but it is possible that he may have quarreled with his partners and was killed in the dells and his belongings left be- hind.