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Show SKELETON SOLVES MYSTERY OF YEARS eBISSSSSMSSsMMSSSI FBESNO, Maj 1 Through the discovery dis-covery of a human skeleton on the Downey Dow-ney ranch, about twelve miles east of Beedley, the mystery surrounding the disappearance of William Wooten, a wealthy Englishman, from his ranch in Halls Valley, thirteen rears ago, is thought to have been solved. The Coroner Cor-oner and a deputy sheriff have left for the scene of the discovery. Prof. W. 2L Sanders, js well-known botanist, waa tried .twice for the murder of Wooten, but each time the jury disagreed. dis-agreed. Next he was charged with forging Wooten 's name to a draft for $1400, found guilty and sentenced to fourteen years7 imprisonment. |