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Show Confesses to ' mine murder a award Austin Held in J. Elko Jail for Slaying Ji Prospector S Wkt KO v July 7. Edward Aub-tf.5confe's.ed Aub-tf.5confe's.ed murderer of Tho,. WMahan. the aged miner whose body Ji found in the Austin cabin In the fly Varden mining al8trlt1,a,BrtU?" KwS brought here . "d lojjed in ftS county jail last night. Au lit, b .'1 actions clearly ehoa thai ne is lhUUy unbalanced. A muidcr Ue probably will be lodged agolnet Irhen Mahan's body was found Jby , fotner prospectors, the news ; lB fcriin.tel rnnveyed to curn nnu jEnerlff notified Austin wa ked Hio the town, a distance of -6 miles, Sit Rave no indication to the res -fc.B-of the railroad town that any- fcv..;onrhohpVrVach"of the r,foever rs of the bodv of his one- f. companion His departure was JJiced at one- and the sheriff of rehite Pine county was notwieu. LUustin was or.aken -n th- n.ad parties traveling .out h . and given lift a far .-,s the Zubiri ranch near iaerry Creek where he was apprc-Ifnded apprc-Ifnded the following day by Con-Wle Con-Wle Graves, on the advices of the wrlff at Ely Sheriff Harris ret urn - Pthe man- to El',:o after receiving -mi him a full confession of his part The crime. aWahan had been working for Aus-, Aus-, a on some of his mining property id quit Austin took the man's hoggings ho-ggings over to his cabin, and when !han called for .hem there were ev-I ev-I ently some words as Austin warned ;, khan, he says, not to come neur the Rn again. Vfijarly Sundav morning Austin noted approach of Malum, grabbed i Ctgun and fired as ho lay upoi his link Inside the house Malum drnp-Wd drnp-Wd at the first shot with a charge iKUgh the head Austin admits h.iv- Jg remain. .1 in- iri- ' he Ik.m---- h .t h f"iB man lvlnx Just o.r-.u. the dour a number of hour h.-for-- M iri- g on his trip to Currle |