Ralph Ellis Hartley

Submitted by April Hennes 21 Oct 2007

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Daily Appeal Feb 4, 1917 pg 8
Unable to clear up the mystery surrounding the death of Ralph Ellis Hartley found dead 
on the Waltz ranch in Sutter county the coroner's jury impaneled by Coroner P .W. Rowe 
yesterday returned a verdict that Hartley met his death from a gun shot wound from an 
unknown source. The jury was made up of J. E. Orr, foreman: V. M. Cassidy, C. E. Masten, 
Louis Klempp, F. B. Ware, Bennett Schillig and C. B. Kimball. 
FUNERAL IN WHEATLAND
Funeral services will be held at the Methodist church tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. 
Burial will be in the family lot in the Wheatland cemetery under the direction of 
R. E. Bevan & Son