[nickcarraway]

[Steely Tom]

Ninety-nine years ago this August, a prosperous blacksmith and wheelwright named Alonzo Withers left his home in San Jose for the mountainous country beyond Mount Hamilton carrying a revolver and $215 in gold coins — nearly $5,000 in today's money.

The 48-year-old Withers, a strikingly handsome man, wanted to resolve a grazing dispute with a rural partner over a herd of cows and goats he was raising in the remote Blackbird Valley, 24 miles east of Mount Hamilton.

From the description, Withers sounds like "a winner of life's lottery." Well, right up to that last bit, anyway.

[lilylangtree]

Everybody that was around at that time are dead. Can only speculate what might have occurred. The adage “dead men tell no tales” applies here.

[SunkenCiv]

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	Gods Graves Glyphs	Thanks nickcarraway. Ninety-nine years ago this August, a prosperous blacksmith and wheelwright named Alonzo Withers left his home in San Jose for the mountainous country beyond Mount Hamilton carrying a revolver and $215 in gold coins -- nearly $5,000 in today's money... The trip was his last. The coroner returned with Withers' body a few days later. Obviously, the coroner did it. Perfect alibi, too. Just adding to the catalog, not sending a general distribution. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother, and Ernest_at_the_Beach
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[tanuki]

Wow! Interesting. But if it was just a simple robbery, why was the grandson told to back off ‘if he knew what was good for him.’?