Body Found in Well

Posted on December 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

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Officers try to retrieve a body from an abandoned well at Coyote Pass.

As nearly as I can determine from the clips, this is the general area of Coyote Pass. Times stories say Garvey Avenue went through the pass, now named Monterey Pass, but it’s unclear precisely where it was. Of course, a century ago, everybody knew where it was.

Dec. 1, 1909, W.H. Welch
Dec. 1, 1909, W.H. Welch
Dec. 1, 1909, Welch
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Dec. 1, 1909, Welch

Dec. 1, 1909: Stories in this era didn’t lack for gruesome details. Investigators were never able to determine if the body was that of W.H. Welch.

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