Show IDAHO MINER WAS WASA A MURDER VICTIM WEISER ElSER Ida Aug 22 2 Sheriff Cour Cour- din and County Attorney Richards returned re returned re- re re turned Sunday Sunda from Seven SC Devils whither thc they went to In e Investigate the cause of ot the death of or Joseph Brown a known well miner of th that t section who disappeared moro more than a year ago Browns Brown body was as found last lut week after having been sought ever er since tho the dis dis- dis- dis appearance The Tho remains of ot tho the bod body were found within half a mile of or his cabin The Tho skull was In a fair fall state of preservation but only a few rew bones of the rest of ot the tho body hody remain having evIdently evi evI- dently been carried away by animals A J t bullet hole was found in the back of th the Die skuli the bullet ranging upward and coming out at the tho forehead His hat In good condition wa WU waz 1 lying near tho the bod body with a hole in tho the brim where the tho bullet went through it In coming out The hole was WBK made with a caliber bullet evidently at fairly close range A rifle belon belonging in to Brown was found near the bod body also algo a short pl piece ce of rop rope i. i It Is surmised that Brown had gone out to get set his horse homo when he ho was mur mur- dered He was supposed to havo have had considerable money on his lila person when he was killed The Tho body was found at tho the head of ot an isolated gulch by h herders who were looking for tor stray sheep Brown had a Q num number r of ot valuable valuable able mining claims In tho the Seven Devils copper mining district Suspicions have havo been entertained by residents of or the tho Seven Se Devils Devis since ln the disappearance of ot Brown that he had been murdered An st will wi probably probably abl ably be bo held Identification of the skull hat and rifle was a perfect |