Part 2: The Mystery Of The Unmarked Grave

When Stephen Beers was arrested for the death of his brother John in 1893, many likely assumed his future was already decided.

Newspaper accounts reported that he had been jailed, accused of murder, and ordered held pending action by the grand jury.

Yet a surprising discovery in later newspapers tells a different story.

By June 1894, less than a year after the shooting, Stephen Beers was back on Evans Creek.

The Medford Mail Tribune casually…