The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-01-05

left off tracking the cattle the day
before. Mr.. Sara and Sheriff Mack
ey went ahead with auto;. said they
would light a fire if they found tracks
crossing Willow Creek road; were
tracking the cattle when we saw a
fire and went to them; saw the tracks
and they looked the same; there
were two head of cattle and
two barefoot horse tracks;
followed these tracks until they
came to trap corral; corral was in
small canyon. little west of south
from Fish Creek and from s to 10
miles from there; saw tracks of cat
tie in corral; tracks led from corral
and up canyon in a northwesterly d.
rection; tracked quite aways above
corral TO rocky hill; here turned cat
tie and drove south to Mr.. Overton's
pasture; tracked them inside pasture;
while tracking them Pete Ardans
saw man with dog; did not see man;
turned horses around out of pasture
and went around hill; Ardans took
field glasses to see if he could see
anybody; came back and said he
could not see any one. but could hear
singing; we came down mountain
and went inside pasture; it was get
ting dark and Ardans wanted to try
and find out who was in the house;
persuaded him not to. and advised
that we go to where Sara and the
Sheriff were and get them to come
back and see who was there; when
we got down to where we expected
to find them found they had gone in
the direction of Eureka; went to
Willow Creek and stayed; that was
Tuesday night; next morning Ardans
went to Eureka and left me to find
out anything | could; Martin Hach-
quet told me one of his partners
would go with me; went up Willow
Creek six miles; found tracks of two
barefoot horses going in southerly
direction and followed them to In
dian Creek; went on top of mountain
with field glasses and watched Over
toms house to see if we could see
any one; later went to ranch and
looked over corrals to see if there
had been any cattle there; no cattle
corraled there; went back and traced
tracks to where the cattle had been
killed; found s quarters of the meat.
two hearts, two livers and the en-
trails; that was in Overton's pasture,
about 45O to 500 steps from the
house; found no hides. heads or
hoofs; one beef was larger than the
other by about 100 pounds; examined
the meat and saw four kidneys had
been cut out of the quarters;
meatwas hanging in trees; a few mag
pies had been eating on it; judge it
had been killed one day; moved en-
trails and found them still wet; went
to bottom of Overton pasture and
found where wagon tracks had gone
down the road outside the pasture;
saw tracks $50 yards from where
meat was like boot heel and similar
to those found on the fiat; saw no
other cow tracks; saw manure along
trails and in corral; was fresh after
it left corral; corral was about mile
from the Overton pasture; manure
in corral showed cattle had been held
there; manure along trail was thin;
showed cattle had been driven fast;
water might have brought this about;
after | saw wagon tracks below pas
ture examined and found that wagon
tracks had passed over after Sara's
auto had been there Sunday night;
then went to forks of Willow Creek
road to see if wagon tracks had passed
over auto there and found that they
had: started for Eureka and met Mr..
Overton op road this side of Pinto
summit; Overton told me he got
home Monday night about sundown
and stayed overnight: said he was
around the ranch Tuesday and that
night; said he was at the cow camp
Sunday night; Parker was there and
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