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Beveridge, California
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Newspaper Articles
1907
Inyo
Independent, March 29, 1907
“A
dispatch received this morning by A.V. Davidson of Lone Pine
announces the fact that the body of a dead man was found on the
Beveridge trail. No particulars as to who the deceased was or how he
met his death.”
Inyo
Independent, April 5, 1907
Summary: Minutes to
April 1, 1907 meeting of Inyo County board of supervisors. Payment to
Horace Elder from General Expense fund of $10 for "packing in
body from Beveridge."
Inyo
Independent, April 5, 1907
“CORONER’S
VERDICT."
“In
the matter of the inquisition upon the body of R.R. Slacke, deceased,
We, the undersigned, Jurors, summoned to appear before A.V. Davidson,
acting Coroner of the County of Inyo, at Keeler, on the fourth day af
[sic] April, 1907, to
inquire into the case of the death of R.R. Slake [sic],
having been sworn according to law, and having made such inquisition,
after inspecting the body, and hearing the testimony accuced [sic],
upon our oaths, each and all do say, that we find the deceased was
named R.R. Slacke, was a native of Ireland, aged about 36 years, that
he came to his death on the fourth day of April, 1907, in this
county, by natural causes, namely heart failure.
John Hunter,
Foreman
Frederick Howchin
Thos. Isaacson
W.P. Murphy
V.L.
Stoddock
E.Z.
Wakefield”
Inyo Independent, April 19, 1907
"The remains of Kelly, who was frozen while on his way to Beveridge last winter, were brought to Lone Pine last Wednesday."
Inyo Independent, April 26, 1907
"LONE PINE LETTER"
"After all the talk about the young man Kelly, who was reported frozen on the Beveridge trail, allow me to say that the work of the undertaker proved that it was the fall he had and not the frost that caused his death."
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