Nevada national., 1859-03-26
FIGHT WITH H0vRErsS.

t' Aii 81 o4iu OF lunltft Nlt.' altrHlNl
resulted in the killing Of one robbcr ,h'
woun ng aud capture Of another robbei
and the wounding OF sIr. Lockwood, one Of
The Sheriff. party. Mr. Boggs. Constable
ofFhcer county, had traced robbery
committed in that Comfy. to the band
whose arrest was attempted. The pariicu'
lars Of the affair. are stated in the following
CoEoNsEs INQUEST.
Yesterday. Coroner Bazely held an in
quest on the body Of Eugene Whitney. who
was killed by The Sheriff. posse, near this
place, on Thursday night
The Jury was empanneled as follows.
sykes. foreman: :. y. Bosworth c. II.
Edwards, J. 7. McClintock J. J. Dorsey. c.
Howard, J. Il. Rush, B. Layton aud N. Korn,
Jurors.
>. y. Van lIagan, sworn: Yesterday.
March 2ith. information was conveyed to me
that q Cabin below here. was occupied by
robbers. made up a party of 1--WE to 60
down; left Grass Valley S o'clock 7. NJ. and
went to Cabin-saw light in Cabin-went to
it-Cabin is in a ravine. When We got to
raviue saw man opening Cabin, as if to 90
in. lie was large man. Think the one
wounded, is him. Our party formed in line
and went within ten feet Of Cabin and stop
ped; nothing had been said. went around
to see no one escaped out 10y back door
Burrell was next TO me and had shot gun
had got OF from door and the firing com
mcucci, from whom could not tell I'm
mediatcly after firing commenced. | heard
the report Of shot gun. ] could distinguish
is report easily-somc one fell near me
almost striking me think the man here dead
is the one who fell moved to the left and
as ] was moving. person at side Of chimney
shot a me. heard then. Mr.. Lockwood say
be was shot-I raised my pistol to shoot. but
did not fire. A. was going farther around,
Mr.. Boggs said; not 90 there as man was
behind corner Of house shooting at him
tBogcs) then went and joined our party,
missed Lockwood. We found Lockwood
wounded We brought him to town: Lock
wood was Of our party. do not know the
man here dead. | did not fire q shot
Found this body iu front of the house
am under Sheriff The man has old me
twhen | arrested him befcre.) that bis name
was Edward Eugene Whitney. Another
man fell close to this one The other is OF
the party in Cabin and is wounded
Ed. Burrell, being duly sworn deposcs
aud says
When in forty feet Of cabin 90 makearrest
a uan ian into cabin ud .a'l " I.opa out
ioy-.1 poor was tl.owu or,r %
pe.r.l iu the door aul con .,uru
l0r,d az thrr ny wi,ha ota.le t.ael.d
gun After Gi,1 % nau f,ll ant ,a.d ! as
dying. Bog- -hot at % mal. and ge.
thi- +. 'hr orc he shot. The wounded msn
was making u,r or rthe dead one a. a nillow.
when found is morning
j. G. Log.s. sworn: Nithl before last ana
heard ahogi this Camp started to it last night
as We got there "a man was entering camp
and followed. " Look ont and then out
came a party and commenced shooting at US.
We shot at them. shot at one man partic-
uurly and have not seen him since. This
man look~ Ike q description of one given to
mo- We had no warrant for arrts: of Oh Sc
men. l'HF they shot the moment they
got o8i cabin. aud we did not shoot until
after .,oy got out Think there were eight
Am Constable in Placer County. and hal
traced the party from Daneville, where a
robbery I'd been committed. to Grass Val
icy. store h7l been robbed Of SlI0O
aud G. Ling. ! lnd evidence ia ca,pn that
they committed the robbery. Deceased has
on cl-'air. taken from store. Nlr. Bosg.
cNl' bill of goods FROM Stanford. Bro
tlerN N.cker ofSAcramento City bought by
owners Of store at Danevill. found in cabin
of robhers) shot three shots altogether.-
The body was here examined aud on it a
Grape mask was found. Several shot holes
are in the back Of the body Two look ike
balls from revolver and the others look like
holes made by shotgun. Two of the wounds
look like old ones.
j. p. Wilde. sworn: knew deceased be-
fore Stone and his arrest, some time ago
he worked for nae before that His name is
Edward Whitney. He is from one Of the
Western States-Illinois think. Think he
has no relatives in this country, as have
heard him say.
The Jury retired and after deliberation
rendered the following Verdict
We, the Jury, find that deceased came to
his death from pistol or gun-shot wounds,
or both. at the hands of party under the
charge Of Under Sheriff VanIIagan. while at.
tempting to arrest band of robbers. aud
that said deceased, Edward Eugene Whitney,
was one Of said band.
William Riley, one OF the party of the ca
bin, was wounded severely, and arrested
H. was taken to Nevada. lie is shot in the
thigh.
Its supposed that another of the robbers
is wounded.
Whitney, the deceased, has been arrested
several times heretolore-ouce with Stone
for killing and robbing Chiuamen. He is
supposed to have been one Of the parties who