The Nevada journal., 1856-05-16
LY NCH G A Sc
APPEAL OF THE MAYOR.
The Military Out.
CONDITION of JAMES KING of VIM
VIGILANCE COMMITTEE
IN SESSION

noon on the corner of Montgomery and Wash
ington streets, between J. P. Casey, proprie.
tor Of the Sunday Times and James King Of
William of the Evening Bulletin. In order
that our readers may understand, fully the
origin OF the affair We publish the controversy
which led to the attack of Mr.. Casey on Mr..
Jas. King of VIM.
In last Sundays issue (the l1th inst,) fthe
the Sunday Times appeared a communication
signed "caliban," stating that the reason that
the Bulletin so particularly attacked Mr.. Nc.
Dufe was that Thos. King, James King Of
Williams brother, had been was an applicant
for the q. .Marshalship, and that he was part
proprietor of the Bulletin. 1t appears that
Jas. King of VIM. called several times upon
Mr.. easy to obtain an avowal of his authority
which MIR. Casey refused to give, upon the
ground that the party iu question was an old
mana man of family and a man of peaceable
habits; and that rather than he should suffer he
was willing to be responsible 70: the commu
nication.
On Tuesday morning last Mr. King met
Mr. Cusey in Montgomery street and again
demanded o positive expose of the author Mr..
Casey refused and Mr.. King informed him that
he would give until 10 o'clock on Wednesday.
and that if he did not hear from him by that
time he must stand the consequences. Casey
replied that he had fully made up his mind that
he did not want ten minutes grace, and that he
would not give the information desired.
On Wednesday Mr.. King apparently sought
in the City Hall and other public places and
met him on the corner of Merchant andtMont-
gomery streets, in conversation with several
friends, remaining some time, but made no
demonstration to carry out the threat of fore.
ing Mr. Casey to avow the author of the com,
munication.
Matters stood thus when in an editorial
in Wednesday evenings Bulletin the following
remarks in reference to Mr. Casey appeared:
Among the names mentioned by a purifier
in his communication of Friday last as obiec.
tionable appointments ofthe custom house was
that if MIR. Bagley, who has since called on US,
by whose request we have made more particu.
lar idquirics into the charges made against him.
On Monday we told Mr.. Bagley that we
could not feel justified in withdrawing the gen
leral charge against him, for though in the par.
ticular cases mentioned we had been satisfied
that he was the party at fault yet the general
character he held was against him. To this
Mr.. Bagey urged that our informants were
All enemies OF his, which in one sense of the
word is true though they are not the persons
jhe supposes. At our last interview with B.,
we told him that if he could bring some respon.
slble persons known to us who would vouch
for him and explain what had been told us we
would take pleasure in saying as much in our
IN our power. Several such have called on us
but whilst they are unanimous in saying that
Mr.. B. behaves himself very well at present,
Yet when we ask them for instance about the
fight with Casey they cannot explain it salts
factorily. Our impression at the time was
that in the Casey fight Bagley was the agrees
sor. 1t does not matter how bad man Casey
had been, cor how much beneftit might be to
the public to have him out of the way, we can
not accord to any one citizen the right to kill
him or even beat him without justifuble per-
sonal provocation. The fact that Casey has
been an inmate of Sing Sing prison in New
York is no offense sgainst the laws of this state
nor is the fact of bis having stuffed himself
through the ballot box as elected to the Board
OF supervisors from district where it is said
he was even candidate any justification for
Mr. B. to shoot Casey, however richly the lat
ter may deserve to have his neck stretched for
such fraud on the people. These are acts
against the public good, not against Mr.. B. in
Particular; and however much we may detest
Casey's former character, or be convinced of
the shallowness of his promised reformation
we cannot justify the assumption of MIR. B +,
to take upon himself the redresing of the
wrongs. This case of BIS has caused us much
anxiety, and we should have been pleased to
have withdrawn cheerfully his name from the
the list alluded to, but we cannot Conscientious
y do more thon express our qualification at
the assurance we get of bis present conduct, in
which we trust he will preserve. AS to the
Casey hght we suggest to Mr. B., if he can
explain that away it would not be amiss to do
so and he can have the use of our columns for
that purpose"
At about Al o'clock Casey visited the
editorial room of the Evening Bulletin and
asked Mr.. King why he had used such LAM
guage in reference to him, and told him be
would not allow him 70 do so again.
MIR. King replied he would do so again
whenever he thought proper, and told Mr..
Casey he could leave the Office. Casey left the
Office, and again met Mr.. King at about S P NJ
crossing the corner of Washington and Mont
gomery sts., diagonaly when nearly in front
OF Pacific Express office, Casey being in front
OF saloon near by, the latter called out to the
former, "James King of William are you
armed ?--draw and defend yourself r' King
folded his arms and asked "Are you in earnest?'l
Upon Mr.. Casey saying "Yes!' and again re-
peating his warning Of "draw and defend
yourself! J! Mr.. King dropped his arms and
made motion to draw his weapon.
There are several versions of the language
used by both at that moment, and it is diff
cult to find out the precise words used.
Casey fired a shot from a navy revolver,
which took effect in the left breast Of Mr. King
above the nipple and within few inches of the
shoulder, Mr.. King exclaimed, "Oh. oh. am
shot" and walked into the Pacific express Of
ice, where he was properly taken care OF.
Mr.. Casey, after having discharged bis ps-
tol, picked up his cloak which he bad thrown
down when he drew his weapon, and was i'm.
mediately arrested by deputy sheriff Byrne, and