The bones of the legs from the knees
downward were covered with stones. The boots were attached to the
feet, and were pointing in such a direction as to show that the body
must have rested on the right side. Large stones, but such as one
man could lift, had been placed over the feet and the legs. The
other bones were together, but had been disturbed. With them he
found the brim of an oiled sou'-westr' hat, a clay tobacco pipe, a
rusty clasp-knife with a hole bored through the handle, fragments of
a blue shirt; also pieces of a striped silk neckerchief, marked D. S.
over 3; the marks had been sewn in with a needle. There was a hole
in the back of the skull, and the left jaw was broken.
Just at this time a funeral procession, with a few attendants, passed
the court-house on its way to the cemetery. Julia's father was going
to his grave. He had come over the sea lately to spend the rest of
his days in peace and comfort in the home of his daughter, and he
found her in gaol under the charge of murder. There was nothing more
to live for, so he went out and died.
The two prisoners were committed, but they remained in gaol for more
than seven months longer, on account of the difficulty of securing
the attendance of witnesses from New South Wales.
But when the evidence was given it was overwhelming. Every man who
had known Baldy seemed to have been kept alive on purpose to give
evidence against the murderer.
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