This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7912 Message Board Post: Pat Murray Found Dead In Mine Cabin Patrick Murray, 88, was found dead by Mrs. Marie Hamilton in a cabin near the Golden Queen Mine on Wednesday, July l2 at approximately 11 :30 a.m. Mr. Murray had been staying at this cabin belonging to Mrs. Hamilton for the past two years She had been making regular visits there to bring him supplies and newspapers. Last persons to see him alive were Leonard Stone and George Wright who visited him Monday, July 12 at 3:00 p.m. The condition of the body indicates that he died shortly after, according to Mr. Joseph at the O'Donnell Funeral Home. Pat was born in Dublin, Ireland March10, 1866 and came over to America in 1904. He worked for a while as hod carrier and then came west. He stopped in Bakersfield for a time and claimed to have worked on the Kern County Courthouse, which has since been torn down due to earthquake damage. Later On he came to Mojave about the time the L.A. Aqueduct was building and took up a homestead of 640 acres 5 miles west of Mojave on Oak Creek Road. He proved up on this in four years and later sold it to J. L. Wagy, who was then Supervisor of this district. Pat served as night watchguard under Constable Truman Hamilton for a number of years. 'tis said there was only one unsolved robbery during his service according to information we were given when we featured Pat as an old timer in the issue of July 15, 1948. . Only known survivor is William Greenwood, a nephew residing at 1015 So. Wood Ave., Los Angeles. Funeral arrangements are pending until this relative is contacted. An autopsy was performed at the O'Donnell Funeral Home Wednesday. night. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 15 Jul 1954 CADI MURRAY, Patrick b. 10 Mar 1866 d. 12 Jul 1954