In
December 1858, Musgrave and
Williams informed
Elizabeth Rice that her son,
Bernard, had been shot to death in
Fort Yale.
1 Reportedly the result of a dispute over paying for drinks, an inquest later determined
a case of willful murder by
William Foster, who had not yet been found.
2
Musgrave and
Williams also informed
Mrs Rice that they found
three or four hundred dollars on his person at the time
, sold his claim and possessions for 91 dollars, and handed all of the money over
to the authorities,
3In this
despatch,
Magee requests that
Newcastle inquire into the delay of
Mrs Rice receiving her son’s property and bring the alleged murderer to justice.