MURDERED FOR GOLD
BUT ASSASSINS GO EMPTYHANDED. (Received July 19, 10.30 p.m.) NEW YORK. July 19. The body of a well-known man vU found in a pond at Oroville, a mining town in Butte county, California. Hi* pockets were full of nuggets, representing a largo sum. The police theory i* that he was killed to secure the gold, and that the murderers were disturbed and fled before they could secure th* booty.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8178, 20 July 1912, Page 5
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