Show IS A MYSTERY STILL F ajr jr several days past the arrival in this city of a special mope messenger enger from the johnny and chispa mines has baa been anxiously awaited with the expectation pec tation that he would bring parti par tiou cu lars JUB concerning we mysterious killing of nf thomas P gillespie in nye bye county nevada one week ago last sunday the messenger has arrived to in the per son eon of B P he arrived here sunday and monday morning had a consultation with wibb mr hugo J cannon candon secretary and treasurer of the sterling mining anti ana milling Mil linc company concerning the tra trai teauey uey imy he iti likewise Lewise visited the be family of the dead man and related the story of the murder to them to ro a NEWS man mr said on 1130 day of the killing sunday october 25 gillespie started in a buck board drawn by two horses from the johnny to the be mine about five miles distant die tant this was about I 1 o in the afternoon he reached an abandoned mining camp known as aa the deuces about phrae and a half ailee ties from the abe johnny mine about half or three quarters of an hour afterward B E la count a blacksmith in the employ of we company oom lives there he was called upon at his shop by gillespie with whom he had bad a casual conversation rega regarding the affairs of the company when this thia was over gillespie started up his team in a southward direction toward the chiapa mine and aija lia la count stepped into lite his shop again he nad bad according to his bis story scarcely crossed the thresh hold aud and gillespie had not got more than feet away when he heard the sharp ebarp report of a rifle rushing Buah log outside he be saw gillespies team starting to run gillespie was still sitting upright in the seat with the lines in his hands the horses boreen made a sharp turn and one of them became unhitched causing tae pole or tongue to arop to the ground by this means mean the animals were brought to a stand still and tied up then lia la count turned his attention to gillespie Gille apie who by this bis time bad fallen from his seat in such a manner thethis that his head bead hung over the side of the bed with his shoulder resting rest logon antho abe axle of the left hind bind wheel wheat continuing mr stelo said la count ae declares that he be looked about in all directions with the hope of getting sight eight of the assas ansas sin but he be looked in vain na one was in sight eight nor bad there been during thedac abe day the shot he be thinks was fired from one of the vacant buildings in the camp the bullet entered the left ear and came out of the right eye sloughing ploughing hing a R terrible furrough through the head and from which every drop of blood in the dead mans body was drained la count without disturb lag the body to in the least leaving it to hung hang bond bead downward just as it had fallen walked back to the johnny mine and notified and others of the lia la count tom kelly kehy george F caldwell Jal dwell jos JOB metcalf john russ and caezar loce telli immediately started arteil et for the he scene of the mysterious tragedy and found the dead man as ae already described no clue however an a to who did the shoot inv dinv uv or toe the cause thereof was wae ascer the bony was wae then taken to pah rump bump ranch eighteen miles distant where we washed and clothed and prepared to abend it to salt lobe lake for burial from pah rump bump we took it to vanderbilt los lioa angeles county call cali fornia where we intended duttine it on the railroad for home but we were here bore advised not to do ro no and the were interred at vanderbilt on tue five days after the murder I 1 left for salt lake on the the dav before toe fu funeral 12 it la Is evident that mr and the company for which he be works have suspicion concerning the identity of the murderer they do not dot care however to voice their sent genf on that point fearing that it might interfere Iner fere with the ends od ot of jua bics tics at present the appearances indicate that the oase case will have a very interesting sequel |