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Show I CM MINER IS KILLEOFQRMONEY Walter Scott Believed to Have Been Murdered in Death Valley. MINER S MULE GALLOPS RIDERLESS INTO ( AMP Bullet Hole in Saddle and Blood-Covered Blanket Tell of Tragedy. T,os angeles, Deo. 80. It is now confidently con-fidently believed that Walter Scott, th cowboy miner, who lately attracted such widespread attention through his lavish scattering of money :md vitrlnus speetac- ular eplenfjes, has been murdered In B Death valley On December 1 he left his HJ mlno In Death valley, riding a imil ami carrying with him (1800 and two repeating riflee. Mule Returns Riderless. According to a letter received by RqI King, Bcoti i manager I" this city, from HBl Scott's brother William, at Bennett's HBl Wells. lh" miner's mule galloped riderless HBJ Into camp there on December 7 with the. saddle pierced with a bullet and the HBl blanket and saddle covered with blood. Offers Reward for Body. Today King telegraphed fiOOO reward to HH) Barstow ;nd Bullfrog for the recovery nf Scott's bod King Is satisfied that Scott HBf has been murdi r-il nr ins miH y me-HBl me-HBl where on th desert Already a thorough HBl search for the mlnr h;i- len Institute"! HBl In Death valley and throughout tho Fa-i Fa-i nerni mountains. ! Brother Leads Search. Scott's brother, accompanied by Shand HBf Merrlcke, a well-known desert scout, HBf went hack on the trail of th' miner's HBl mule for fifty mites aftr It camn Into HBl camp, but a trrlrlc sandstorm finally ob- HBf literatcd all trace, and, their water hui- HBl ply having become exhausted, the men HH wnf compelled to return to camp. Later HBl they starterl out again and the search la HHl being continued |