Weekly journal-miner., 1920-06-02
GEO. H. FREYDA KILLED AND
 BODY HID

The mysterious disappearance of George Frieda in April has been un- raveled. The dead body of the old prospector, rancher was found Sun day in a forty foot tunnel near his house, lying face downward OH an old ladder, and was wrapped in quilt, with an old board door shut ter lying on top of the body It was quite evident that death had not been the result of natural agencies, and that the old man had been killed and put in the tunnel by his murderers.
 The mouth of the old tunnel had been partly caved down in order to darken it and prevent the body be- ing found easily, and to make 1t un- likely that any one would look in there for the remains. John Curran of Poland was the man to make the gruesome discovery. He happened about the place and knowing the story of the disappearance of the owner of the place, was looking about and went up to the tunnel and crawl ed partly in when the odor of the dead body reached him and caused him to make thorough investigation resulting in the finding of the corpse within a few feet of the face of the tunnel The coroner's jury figures that two men were engaged in putting the body of the mead man there, as if one had done the job the ladder would have been, dragged. Both ends of same were carefully examined and found that no signs of dragging cX- isted, neither were there any signs in the tunnel of the ladder having been dragged.
 In making investigations as to the time of the death of the old man it was found that on calendar in his cabin he had been ill the habit of marking the days of the month as they passed. The last day having the mark, was April 1. So, it is figured that on the fourth of April after the marking was done on the calendar, or in the morning of the fifth before the calendar was marked that the man was killed.
 Tom Marks, deputy shefiff stated that on May 1, he made investiga- tions about the place and that he went into that tunnel part way, far enough that he thought there was no such thing as a corpse there. But, he admits that he probably did not go far enough into the tunnel and that it was possible that the dead man was there at the time.
 The mysterious murdcring of peo- pie located in lonesome places hap pens very rarely in this country The famous Mahsrd murder, and this case of Frcyda. being two of the most re- nlarkable in this section.
 But, even more mysterious and ter rifying is the rumor which is current that the man who lived in the Frey da place before Freyda was also mys- teriously killed or mystcriosly disap- pearcd and that his remains have never been found.
 The coroner's jury found plenty of provisions. half sack of sugar, beans, flour and all the things necessary to keep going for many months to come. had be lived. and that his cabin was neat and tidy and one of the prct- ticst bachelor cabins ever seen.
 Those who were summoned on the unpleasant journey were Jim Swccn- ey. Forman. John Bianconi, Mir. HoH- man, Julius Jacoby. Ben Enis, NJ. C. Lane and Lester Ruffncr
 It is thought impossible to find any clue to the solution of the uys- tery by holding an autopsy, the re- mains being in the hands of under taker Rufincr, and will be inferred later.