The Nevada journal., 1856-11-14
NEVADA CALIFORNIA FRIDAY MORNING NOVEMBER H. 1856

| hred at me, there was general firing I;
the man who shot at me got out of the
way before fred, and l did not shoot
at him, and but one man remained
where the three had stood / pulled the
trigger which would throw the left-hand
barrel first, and Immediately pulled the
right-hand trigger; l then supposed
that both barrels had gone off, until l
went to Squire Williams, when / found
that the left-hand barrel was not dis
charged was much excited, there was
so much firing my gun was so heavily
loaded that it kicked me. | never said
a word to the man at whom fred he
had gun in his hand Immediately
after l fired the man who stood alone in
front ofm fell | thought he haG very
nearly fallen before | had fired he was
dressed in dark suit; the moon was
up, but still the trees, &C., shaded the
place; he was middling-sized man; l
think that it was Wright | shot at /; the
firing was going on then on the other
side, my gun being unloaded, l started
to run out the other end of the ditch,
opposite the place where the man / shot
at fell; | got out of the ditch as soon as
l could, to the right-hand side. and
started to go around where Williams
and our party were, when l ran right up
past two men | asked them who they
were one fell Immediately, and the
other started and run towards Arm
strong's house, the one who fell got up
and run too, in the same direction. Just
at that time | heard general cry that
we were killing onr own men-that we
were shooting the Sherif's party. We
| went there of our own accord, without
any authority, and on our own response
bility. | had heard in town that these
fellows had broken jail. | heard Will
liams' voice distinctly in the cry that
we were shooting our own men. Some
one of the Sheriff's party sung out,
That is Wallace Williams !" l then
went up to the crowd where Wright was
lying; | think Plumer came up right
behind me. At the time | fired, | saw
a man fall, and that was the place where
| fred at him; Plumer asked me after
wards if | was the man who was in the
ditch l told him | was he said he
shot at me, them | heard him say, eff
you move ! will shoot you dead = l
am positive that there was nothing in
my gun but the seven balls in each
barrel, unless something was put in
whilst in other hands We then heard
that johnson was shot and up at Arm
strong's. think Wright was dead
when we came up; his mouth might
have worked little saw no person
move him from the position in which he
laid, he was lying on his double -barrelled
gun, both barrels cooked but saw Nc
Cutchins remove the gun from under
him. d. johnson told me that he had
lost two pistols never saw but one,
and that was said to have been taken
from under Wright. l think the gun
under Wright had both barrels loaded.
l did not notice any other gun after the
shooting. There was no other person of
the Sherif's party on the ground but
Plumer. This was in Nevada county,
about one mile south of this place.
When we went there we had no idea of
meeting any person except the thieves,
and we expected no person but those
whom Wallace Williams had told to
come, viz: Whigham and Merrill, and
they had password when | spoke
aud advanced towards them, I thought
it was Of our own party, and when they
did not answer l thought it was not
them. L. l.. BALDWIN.
WALLACE WILLIAMSON Monday
evening last, as was going home near
Armstrong; house, l met man who
told me of the horses being hitched in
the ravine with blankets, &c. Myself,
O. E. Green and the man, went up the
ravine and examined the horses; | ex-
amined the horses particularly so as to
know them hereafter | said | would
raise party and watch them; this was
about ) o'clock p NJ. that day; l then
went home, and from thence to Bald
wins house and left word for him and
one or two others to come; | came
back with Baldwin as far as NV hcsuse.
we got anoIner man named j. +. Van
hook; we ther started o.. for the horses
near Armstrong's house, we concluded
that one should go and get him to go
with US, and also to get rope to hobble
the horses with; Armstrong came, and
we four went in company up to the
horses; in few steps of the horses we
saw two men standing on the bank l
hailed them, and one answered and
gave his name as Robinson; l told him
to come down where we were; when he
came down. he gave me pistol which
he took from wallet attached to the
horn of the saddle of one of the horses !;
it was one of Aliens rcvolvers. | then
told him and the other that if they did
not want to stay, they could go. and we
would attend to the matter; they went
away. Previous to their going, how
ever, we hobbled the horses. After
they left, each man took his station
Baldwin in a dry ditch about fifteen
steps from the horses, on the right-hand
side of the ravine going up; myself be-
hind tree near the centre of the ravine,
opposite the horses, and distant about