The doubt with which the story was at first received in this community -
and which found utterance in a burlesque article in an obscure country
journal, the Stars and Stripes, of Auburn - has finally been dispelled,
and we find ourselves forced to admit that we stand even now in the
presence of the most alarming fate. Too much credit cannot be awarded to
our worthy coroner for the promptitude of his action, and we trust that
the Governor of the State will not be less efficient in the discharge of
his duty.
[Since the above letter was written the following proclamation has been
issued. - P. J.]
Proclamation of the Governor.
$10,000 Reward.
Department of State.
By virtue of the authority in me vested, I do hereby offer the above
reward of ten thousand dollars, in gold coin of the United States, for
the arrest of Bartholomew Graham, familiarly known as "Black Bart." Said
Graham is accused of the murder of C. P. Gillson, late of Auburn, county
of Placer, on the 14th ultimo. He is five feet ten inches and a half in
height, thick set, has a mustache sprinkled with gray, grizzled hair,
clear blue eyes, walks stooping, and served in the late civil war, under
Price and Quantrell, in the Confederate army. He may be lurking in some
of the mining-camps near the foot-hills, as he was a Washoe teamster
during the Comstock excitement. The above reward will be paid for him,
dead or alive, as he possessed himself of an important secret by robbing
the body of the late Gregory Summerfield.
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