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Show and tliero the rase lrupil and public interest gradually died Within the punt few months certain discoveries have lieou mule which jjo to show that Graham wus really innocent, fcud the real murderer mur-derer is an Indian chief named Nrmiuh, who, wo yearn nfjo, murdered a China-man China-man on tlio Frazer river, ami has nine been evading the authorities. About two weeks uo Nemiah quarreled quar-reled with another Indian in hi band, and the hands of the chief were almost stained with the blond of his third victim, vic-tim, Other Indians present seized and bound him, and immediately sent a message mes-sage to li. Franklin, justice of the peace at Tatlao Lake, that they had Rot No-miah No-miah and wanted the authorities to come up ami take him. On receipt of this information in-formation Franklin, accompanied by a posse of cjK'cial constable, left iminedi-RU-ly, only to bud on iirrivintr at their dent ination that t heir bird had llown. Nemiah's wpiaw had cut the rope that biuiud him while the others were asleep, Making good use of his liberty Nemiah took to the "stick," where ho issupjiohed to be at. prcHent. The party found that the Indian (Itiishou, with whom Nemiah hail the (jnarrel, was not ilnngcrously injured. in-jured. All the other Indians arc willing to assist in the (rapture of Nemiah, or appear ap-pear to Ui. -Vancouver (li. C.) Cor. Tit-coma Tit-coma Ledger. Munlvr Will Jut. Ten years aso nu old timer named Tom Pooie, who. with his two children, lived on a farm between Pemberton meadows and Liilooet lakes, was found murdered. The bodies of the children, horribly mutilated, lay across the father's corpse in thr cellar of the lions, which had been burned over thw- heads after the horrible butchery. Suspicion rested ou 11 neighbor named Graham, who was last seen near the ranch. He was arrested ar-rested and tried in New Westminster for the crime, lieinjr afterward acquitted. The provincial government offered a reward for the capture of the murderer, , t 1 |