On disinterring the remains, it was found that the clothes worn at the time of the murder had not been buried with them--in other words, that the body had been stripped of all but the under garment, previous to its interment.

The evidence, nevertheless, of the Black Prophet and of Red Rody was conclusive.

The truth, however, of most if not of all the details, but not of the fact itself, was denied by old Dalton, who had sufficiently recovered from his illness, to be present at the investigation.

The circumstances deposed to by the two witnesses were sufficiently strong and home to establish the fact against him, although he impugned the details as we have stated, but admitted that--after a hard battle with weighty sticks, he did kill Sullivan with an unlucky blow, and left him dead in a corner of the field for a short time near the Grey Stone.

He said that he did not bury the body, but that he carried it soon afterwards from the field in which the unhappy crime had been committed, to the roadside, where he laid it for a time, in order to procure assistance.