UTHER JEWELL
December 15, 1905

The Republican a few days ago received a telegram from 
Tucson stating that the dead body of Luther Jewell, a 
mining man well known in Tucson had been found in an old 
pit near Llano, Sonora.  Jewell was a capatalist of San 
Diego who a year or more ago became interested in mining 
property in that region. The information of the finding 
of the body was contained in a letter from Raymond Powell, 
formerly employed in the Southern Pacific offices at 
Tucson.  Mr. Powell wrote:

"The body of Luther Jewell, the mining man who 
mysteriously disappeared last June and who was 
believed to have been murdered has been found.  The 
identification is not complete, but there seems to be 
no doubt it is the body of the missing man.  The 
brother of the murdered man, Mr. Fred Jewell, a 
prominent banker of San Diego has been notified by wire.

"As you may have fogotten I will give you some of the 
details.  Last June, Jewell came to Sonora from Alaska 
and began looking for mining properties.  He was backed 
by his brother and a group of San Diego capatalists and 
was well supplied with funds.  One morning Jewell set 
out on his horse alone, saying that he was going to 
look at a property that a Mexican had told im about.  
The next day his horse wondered back alone and from 
that time on no trace had been found of the missing man.

"His brother, Fred Jewell came from San Diego and offered 
a liberal reward for any trace of the body.  Finally the 
brother gave up the search and returned to his home."  

The gruesome discovery of the murdered man's body was 
made by H. Gordon Glors, a mining expert, who is well 
known on the Pacific Coast and by Mr. Barnes of Llano.  
Mr. Glors was engaged on behalf of some well known 
capatalists, supposed to be Messrs. Randolph and 
Lindsay.  From the color of the hair and the 
arrangement of the teeth, as wel as from the 
clothes and varous other articles, Mr. Barnes, 
who was acquainted with the murdered man, was able 
to identify the remains.