Near where the body had fallen a package was found, containing some meat which the frugal old man had evidently purchased while in the city.

Another parcel, which contained a pair of what are commonly known as overalls, apparently new and unworn, was also discovered.

An old pistol of the "pepper-box" pattern, and a rusty revolver, the handle of which was smeared with blood, was found near where the body was lying.

No instrument by which the murder could have been committed was discovered, and no clue that would lead to the identification of the murderers was unearthed.

They were about to abandon their labor for the night, when an important discovery was made, which tended to show conclusively that the murder had been premeditated, and that the crime had been in preparation before the hour of its execution.
By the side of the narrow path which led through the woods, stood a small cedar tree upon the summit of a slight rise in the ground.