A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Nevada > Mineral http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=1001 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=44488 Submitted by: Eileen Gillette Article Title: Mineral County Independent News Article Date: August 14 1963 Article Description: Man Found Dead In Truck At Rawhide (Milsted) Article Text: The body of a man identified as C. MILSTED of Carson City was found Sunday (11 Aug) in an advanced state of dcomposition in his locked camping pickup near the old ghost camp of Rawhide in Northern Mineral County. Local authorities said there was evidence to indicate suicide. Joe MATTE of Vallejo, CA, who had gone to the area to work on claims, reported he had passed the parked pickup in a canyon aboout one-quarter mile from the old Rawhide jail Sunday morning. He reported the findings to local sheriff's Sunday night. When he returned that evening and the truck had not moved MATTE investigated closer and found the strong oder of decomposing flesh, which was too strong to get to close. That is when he went to the sheriff's. Officers drove to the scene on Monday (12 Sep) wher they found MILSTED'S body clad in an under shirt on the floor jammed between the end of the bunk and an endgate. Beneath the body was an unloaded rifle and a .22 pistol which had been fired. A bullet hole was detectednear the right temple of Mr. MILSTEAD'S head. Officer's added there appeared to be an attempt to set the truck on fire. The body was brought to Hawthorne for autopsy and was buried in the local cemetery on Tuesday (13 Sep). It is believed that MILSTEAD had been dead a week or longer when he ws discovered. Mr. MILSTEAD was born 9 Sep 1908 in Dayton, OH. Mr. MILSTEAD had worked on the railroad and served in the U.S. Air Corps during WWII. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NV-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com