The Nevada Democrat., 1857-09-30
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Eafnl shootlng AiTray.

stantly killed about Twelve OCioch, iase = fioay
night. by Henry Plumer. the City Marshall
vedder has been living with his wife and child
for some months past in house on the south
side Of Spring street. About the first OF last
week they separated, vedder took the child,
and on Friday she commenced suit for di-
vorco. The facts connected with the homicide
are fully ELECTED in the evidence taken before
Justice Clark, before whom Plumer was exam
ined, on Saturday and Sunday:
EVIDENCE FOR THE PROSECUTION.
p. H. S. CorbiH, sworn.--I am acquainted
with Henry Plumer. l saw him last night
about nine O'Clock, on Commercial street, and
again about twenty minutes before twelve, in
house on Spring street formerly occupied by
him. Plumcr. Mrs. Vedder and myself were at
the house. / left and in few minutes heard
reports of fire arms, returned to the house and
saw Vedder lying dead. / think saw no blood
about him. felt of his head TO zee whether
or not he was dead The back part of the
house is about ten feet from the ground and
steps lead down. Vcdder was lying about four
feet from the steps; his feet towards the steps,
and his head towards Deer creek. / next saw
Pumer in Jail.
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about twenty minutes after / left the house.
| The front of the house is on level with the
ground. There is an alley abouttwo feet wide,
between the fence and house. Vedder was ly
ing directly on his back. ] don't recolect the
position of bis hands. Several persons were at
the house when got there-perhaps half doz-
en-.
Chas. Van Ha6an, sworn.--I know Henry Plu-
mer. About fifteen minutes past twelve las
night he came to the Jail and asked permission
to be put in. He stated that he had shot at
John Vedder; but didn't know whether he had
killed him or not. / opened the Jail door and
let him In. / heard pistol shots about half an
hour before Plumer came to the Jail.
| Cfoss-exdmined.-I was in charge OF the Jail at
the time. Garvey wac with Plumer When he
came to the jail.
Vim, j. McFadden, sworn.-I am employed by
the Sheriff to guard the Jail. saw Plumer last
night. He came to the Jail to deliver himself
up. / asked him what he had done. He said
he didn't know as he had done anything, but
thought he had done something. asked him
what it was, but he didn't tell me. Two per-
sons came up the hill together--they were Gar
vey aud Plumer. Garvey said that Plumer had
given himself up and wanted to go to Jail.
Crossexamined.--I could not see whether Car
vey had hold Of him.
j. C. Malboa, sworn.--I knew John Vedder;
saw him last night. He was dead in the rear
of house on Spring street. 1t was the same
house Plumor formerly occupied. was COM
ing up Pine street aud saw two persons running
from the house, who told me they were looking
for police officer; that man had been shot
( on Spring street. / went to the house, and
! found several persons there, among them was
Mrs. Vedder. She told me her husband was
shot. got light, went down the back steps
and saw the body. The steps are about three
feet wide; am not sure whether there is any
bannister to the steps. Vedder was quite dead
when saw him. / got pillow and laid his
head upon it, and straightened his legs out to
make him look little more respectable if he
was dead; and then sat down beside him and
closed his eyes. The ground there is rather
uneven, and his feet were higher than his head.
There were two or three persons in the room
when went to the house whom did not know.
| saw Plumer early last evening, and again be-
tween twelve and one o'clock; he was then in
jail saw wound in Vedder's left eide which
| should judge was made with pistol or rifle
ball.
FOss-exdmined.-The body was in about the
position it would have been had the man walk
ed down the steps backwards with his hand
hold Of the bannister, and fallen as he got down.
His hands were lying by his side, both of them
open. examined nothing very particular ex-
cept the man. to see if he was dead.
Direct examinations man might have fall
len in the position the body was lying. had he
been standing there when he was shot On be-
ing mortally wounded a man will generally die
on his back a
w O. Asher, sworn.--I knew John Vedder,
and saw him last night after he was dead. His
BODY was in the house when saw him. The
back door of the house Is some ten or eleven
feet from the ground The door opens on u
fight of steps. l saw the mark of one bullet
directly in front Of the steps in the fence and
another in the corner of the privy. | never
examined the fence before to see whether the
mark of the bullet was there. | saw the ball
which passed through the fence on the same
line.
Cfoss examined. II could see through the fence
where the bullet went through while standing
on the fence. / saw the bullet by looking
through the cracks of the fences it was sticking
in piece of dirt. The bullet struck the fence
about two and half feet from the ground.
Geo. Leahart, sworn.--I am engaged in watch
ing the Jail at night saw Plumer at the Jail
or's room last night. He said he had got into
difficulty, and came to give himself up. He
said he had shot man; aud that he fired three
times. lie said John Vcdder came up to the
door, stepped over board, drew pistol and
told him his time had come. That he [Plumerl
then drew his pistol and fired three times
Ss-eranuned.-Plumer said if he had not
shot Vedder that he would then have been
dead man himself.
DR.. II. H. Wickes, sworn.-I made a post NOR
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this morning. found wound about two in
ches above the left nipple. The ball entered in
downward direction, passed through the third
rib, severed the aorta, went horizontally across
the chest. struck the third rib OH the right side,
glanced upwards aud lodged in bone in the
shoulder. judged the mnzzle of the pistol
when 1t was fired was little above the level of
the wound, or the man might have been in
stoODinu nOstnrp when the hn1lpt struck him