| Show THE POTTS the fact that mr and mra airs potts were residents resideD ts of thia thi s city some years ago and the further fact that their victim miles fawcett Fawcet fc had relatives here is sufficient lelent bous tifilca tion for presenting additional particulars of their crime and its discovery which have come to hand since since our hast article iu in reference to the matter V june 5 mr rolert robert aveson an employed of this office aut the murdered mans nephew abet and conversed with mr jesse english who was a resident of carlin nevada N evada at the time of the murder and until after the remains were discovered mr english was personally acquainted with all of the parties connected with the tragedy and was familiar with the circumstances attending it As has been previously stated the murder was committed on new years yearns night january 1888 on the evening of that day a dance was held in carlin while it was in progress mr potts was observed to drive past the building in which it was being conducted in miles fawcette Fawcet ts sleigh and with his horses later in the night potts was seen to return to the set clement driving Fawcet fawcette ts horses which were attached to a new wagon belonging to the murdered man the supposition is that potts went to fawcett Is ranch in the sleigh which he left there and brought back the new wagon the latter was seen next day on potts promises premises the horses homes were placed 1 in n charge of a neighbor two or three days later inquiries began to be made as to Fawcet fawcette ts whereabouts when the offered the explanation as before stated that he had suddenly been called east and had given them a bill of sale of all his bis property this explanation did not satisfy the people of carlin it was believed that there had been foul play and a party was organized and engaged in a search for fawcett Is body as it was suspected he had been murdered by the potts his ranch was visited and inspected and the road leading to it searched but the snow was deep and no clue could be found thus the matter rested until the following september when the potts family re moved to rock bock springs wyoming some time after their removal a family named brewer rented the house which they had occupied about this time a rumor spread through the neighborhood to the effect that the huse hause was haunted 1 I mrs brewer had been a correspondent of the free ives published at elko and on january 5 1889 over the signature of busy bee her usual nom deplume she wrote the following communication to that paper carlin jan 1 I have been intending to write to you for several weeks but you know when one moves to a new place one naturally is kept very busy for a while and in addition to other matters matteis of interest it is a little exciting when one hai the good luck to move into a veritable haunted house not many persons hive such a thing to happen to them these days so far the ghost soared scared any of us but he is here just the same sometimes he taps 0 on n the headboard of the bed other times lie stalks across the kitchen floor and anon he hammers away at the door but nob odys there but the gayest capers of all are ent cut up in the cellar there he holds high revels and upsets the pickles and carries on generally it is asserted as absolute truth that the brower brewer farlov frequently heard unaccountable noises in dif different feren parts of the house particularly I 1 in the cellar and that these strange sounds led to the investigation which resulted in the ds discovery covery of faw betts remains mr brewer in company with a railroad conductor named lewis took an iron rodl rod went into the cellar and began ft thorough scrutiny of it while probing around with the rod a soft place was discovered on the removal of some of the earth human remains were disclosed the body had been cut to pieces the head was charred and ne fie and had bad been cut up and partially burnt the legs arms and body were in small fragments the clothing of the murdered man showed evidence of having been partially burnt up one of the pockets of the pantaloons was intact and contained a pocketknife which was recognized as tw tb property of miles fawcett this discovery occurred jan 19 1889 and greatly strengthened the tbt suspicions which had been hitherto entertained the potts family were known to be in springs wyoming vo and a telegram was sent for their arrest when the nevada boffl officers reached rock bock and took the accused couple into custody mr potts exclaimed when told of the discovery of the human remains itt id the cellar udby that is old man Fawcet fawcette ts body proving conclusively that he and his wife were at least east familiar with the disappear ance of the murdered man thio evidence is regarded as the strongest link in the chain of proof which ledi led to their conviction their state ment that miles fawcett committed suicide in their house while somewhat ingenious was received with incredulity the elko rree free press prem of the dinst contains an account of the crime the trial and the execution from which it would appear that mrs potts was a woman of wonderful nerve and self control when the verdict of conviction was ren j dered she seemed the coolest person in the room and when the sentence of death was pronounced she ahe displayed no co emotion once or twice while in prison awaiting execution she shed tears but with these ex captions she showed an unmoved outward appearance her husband exhibited considerable firm firmness nessi though not so much as did she francis W fawcett of ef ton junction connecticut under date of february 1890 1893 writes to mr robert aveson of this city cita as follows 11 uy my brother miles has not writ written teft to me for nearly four years berrs now and I 1 am afraid something has happened to him I 1 can gain no clue to his whereabouts I 1 have tried every effort in my power or that writing could dot do but to no effect so far other relatives of the murdered man have felt great anxiety respecting his whereabouts mr jesse english when shown a photograph of miles allies falc fawcett ett which is in the possession of mr aveson recognized it instantly the subject having been for a length of time a personal acquaintance of his bis residents Beat denta of af the fifteenth waw wao in this city have a distinct recollection of mr aul and mrs potts the latter is remembered of as a woman fine physique and apparently superior intelligence miles fawcett was born in dant yorkshire england april 12 1830 and was in his year when murdered he was a quiet conservative serva tive man and attended to his own wn business mrs potts had acquired ru an appetite for strong drink alad a would go to saloons in person and purchase liquor if unable to procure it any other way mr mr english saw the remains removed in ovea from the cellar they were subsequently interred in the aeme tery y at carlin |
