The Nevada journal., 1856-11-14

ldirections thought, the last shot / made
heard man cry out "Oh, / am shot,
and he run but did not fall, at that mo
ment Williams called out something
land another man called out wallace
lIWiliams!' | thought he said Williams
was shot; the firing at this ceased on
our side, but continued moment OH the
other side, / sung out to stop firing and
rushed to the place where supposed
Wallace Williams was shot. A light
was then brought and we then discover
ed who we had been shooting at, and l
saw Wright the Sheriff lying on the
ground dead; quite number got around
| him and it was thought better to let him
lay until the doctor came; went home
to my house and heard a man groaning
ON the front step, | went around and
asked him who he was and he told me
that his name was johnson, | picked
him up Immediately and carried him in
to the house and put him on the bed,
and the first inquiry he made was there
any masons there, told him he should
haze the best attendance and plenty of
masons would be there in short time,
he appeared to be in great pain and ask
ed me fer laudanum which | gave him
two or three times, about a tea-spoonful
each time as he was in very great pain;
he wanted me to undress him and | COM
menced pulling his boots off, when the
house commenced filling with people
and the doctor came, and he remained
there until he died on the 4th of Nov,
1856, about o'clock p. NJ The only
weapon | had was six inch Colts re-
yolver, loaded with the usual balls of
such size; during the night of the Sd
whilst Johnson was on the bed he re-
vived considerably and told about his
shooting at a man who was lodging
around a tree, he supposed he had shot
the man but when | went into the room
| compared notes with him he came to
the conclusion that | was the man he
shot at, and | came to the conclusion
that he was the man | shot at
GEO. II. ARMSTRONG.
LEWIS TEAL-On the afternoon of
Monday, Sd November, about 2 o'clock
7. NJ, Wright came to my store and
asked me to go and take walk with
him that evening; 1 asked him for
what purpose he told me to try and
retake the prisoners who had escaped
from the jail the night before; told
I i'm that l would go; l asked him where
they were he said they were in a cabin
near town; | asked him how he knew
they were there; he said through Mar
9hal Henry Plumer; | asked how he
proposed to take them, and told him it
Would be very difficult and hazardous
Undertaking he told me to get couple
df double -barrelled shot-guns, one for
\ Jim and one for myself; / procured tho
guns of Davis, gunsmith, and had
them loaded with twelve buck-shot in
zach barrel; he told me that he and
Plumer would go ahead, and johnson
and | were to keep a proper distance
behind them and not to lose sight of
them he left me then, and | did not
see him until the time we started; he
dame to my store a little after dark, or
about dark; he came in a great hurry
and asked me if l had his gun; it stood
in the back part of the store; as | went
back | asked about the arrangements,
and thought we had better have REIN
forcements; he was in great hurry,
and said Butterfeld was going, and said
perhaps l had better not go also said
that johnson and Butterfeld were wait
ing at the stable; insisted on going, as
] had prepared for the occasion; that l
thought his life was in danger, and
! would go under any circumstances
he said go Immediately to the stable
and get horse, as Plumer and Garvey
were across the bridge waiting for him,
and told me to follow them as close as l
could, but not to let Plumer and Garvey
gee, as they objected to any one going
with them: l went to the stable and
ordered my horse, and gave my gun to
N. Dawley to hand to me when l was
mounted; in the meantime Wright
started from the stable ahead; Butter
field and ,Ielnson were getting their
horses at the same time followed
after Wright, Plumer and Garvey, and
johnson and Butterfeld overlook me !.
we then kept in sight of Wright and the
others about two-thirds of the distance.
but they rode so fast that they got out
of sight we asked some men if they
had seen three men on horseback, and
they said that they had just passed
them; we lost sight Oft them entirely and
went on to Armstrong;, and saw two
men there who said no horsemen had
passed; johnson said he thought he
knew where they went, and wheeled to
the left, and Butterfeld followed him
the men told me that there were some
horses hitched down in the ravine ,
rode up to Butter6ed and johnson and
told them there must be some mistake:
we thea went back to the men and they
told us the same thing; we then took
the road andmet Wright and party, who
told US TO come along we were juss
then tying our horses, when Garvey
came up and asked us if we were with
Boss Wright; we said we were; he said
hurry, and come along then" Wright
hnd Plumer were then some distance