The weekly Butte record., 1861-01-19
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES

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murderer, partly filled hand-Leg of whisky.
lay by his side. Comment is unnecessary.
The Portland (Oregon) Times, of January
lst, notices the death of John r. Conner COM
edian, who died suddenly that morning. He
had been suffering for some time from the liver
complaint, and leaves wife and family in this
city.
The Nevada stage on the tsp to this city
on the 9th inst. upset near the Round Tent
There were five passengers in the stage at the
time, who fortunately escaped with but slight
scratches. The driver tainted but was not Sc
riously injured.
The Mariposa Gazette says Levi Parks was
shot and killed near Forlorn Hope, January
I'd, by Daniel Stillwell. Cause of difficulty
not learned, but Stillwell is said to have been
justified
The Downieville Citizen says that Mr. Flan-
drea tell from his aume, some feet to the ground
and received very serious bruises, but no bones
we're broken.
The Grass Valley National says that Ben.
Eaton, one of the workmen in the Union saw
mill, three miles south of that village, had his
hand most singularly split partly in two through
the palm, parallel with the fingers, beginning
on the edge opposite the thumb, and extend
ing far enough not only to split the palm, but
two of his fingers. The accident was caused
by the glancng of an axe in the hands of
fellow-workman.
A miner at Deadwood locality on Whiskey
Greek, named James jenkins, says the Shasta
Courier, was buried by caving of his claim
on Monday last. Fortunately, after being
slaiced out, it was found that he was uninjured.
The Shasta Courier says that the interior of
the frame building occupied by miner named
Roberts, in the upper end of town, and its con-
tents were consumed by fire on Tuesday last.
The flames were fortunately extlngushed be-
fore enveloping the outer shell of the building.
Loss trihing.
The Grass Valley National, states that a
child four years old, daughter of Mr.. Melville,
near Rough and Ready, died Friday night,
from the effects of draught from a bottle of
nitric acid, which had been carelessly thrown
out ofone of the miners cabins near her fathers
house. The acid had been used by miner.
who had occupied the cabin from which it was
thrown, some five or six years since for clean
ing gold from lead and other Impurities. At
noon on Friday the little girl was playing
about the place where the bottles were thrown,
when her curiosity prompted her to taste the
contents of the one containing the acid. She
could hardly breathe for a short time, but
made ont to alarm her mother as soon as she
could, when all the facts were speedily devel-
Oped, and all means resorted to for saving the
little sufferer, but in vain. She soon became
pulseless, and finally delirious, and died in about
twelve hours after taking the fatal draught.
On Wednesday night last, at about the
hour of one o'clock G. G. Bush, Esq, was
awoke from sleep III Gilbert's store, in this
place, by two men wearing masks, and request
ed to keep quiet and do what he was bid
Having taken from Mr.. Bush's pocket the key
to the safe, they attempted to unlock it. As
it was combination lock, and as Mr.. Gilbert
alone knew the combination of course neither
they nor Mr.. Bush could effect an entrance
| They then searched about for other valuables
| They found some fifteen dollars, which they
pocketed. They took Mr.. Bush's watch, but
returned it to him, saying it might lead to
their Identification. They then departed after
remaining with Mr.. B. about an hour or more
They OF course were armed to the teeth.
In the early part of the evening they had
doubtless hidden themselves away 10 the store,
and were thus locked in by Mr. Bush when he
closed the DOORS One was quite tall and
the other short man.
They were greatly disappointed in not get
ting into the safe, as they were certain that it
contained some $500. They were under the
impression that some of the Middle Creek
miners were depositing with NJ. Gilbert which
was an error. The whole sum in the safe was
but little over S500.-Shasta Courier
Dr. Turner was robbed of $3.50 one night
last week at tine Union House in Mariposa.
The Portland Advertiser states that on the
18th ult. the stea mer Columbia encountered
great peril While crossing the Umpqua bar
heavy sea struck her on the starboard quar-
ter, carrying away good deal of her bulwarks
and striking the wheel with such force that but
three spokes were left. Two men stood at the
helm at the time, one of whom was washed
overheard, and drowned the other the second
mate, narrowly escaped with his life, but so
seriously injured as to cripple him probably for
life. The Columbia got safe over, however
and left again next day.
A few months ago, shaft, about forty feet
deep was discovered IN the neighborhod of
Silver City, at the bottom of which was found
female skeleton Who dug the shaft ? And
how came that female skeleton therein? Was
it some poor victim, who, having been violated
by one of the human beast that infest all semi
civilized regions, annuled all evidence of bis
crime by this cowardly and horrible deed p
Or was it the lawless vengeance of some licen-
tious Mormon, who, having a dozen wives,
forced by circumstances to share his bed and
board, at last found one playing truant with a
wandering "gentile," and sacrificed her?
Alas, there is many q tale of wrong and
murder that is hid in the voiceless and nnwrit-
ten annals of the Utah Basin, and this is one of
them. "
Correspondence of the Union, dated 1odd's
Valley, January l4th, gives the following par
ticuars of a sad affair which recently trans
pired in the above locality:
David F. Davis, late member of Rising
Star lodge No. SO, F. & A NJ. was a native
of Wales, and aged SO years For several
years he has been a successful miner at Bath,
Placer county. Some time siuce be became
the owner of ditch which furnishes water at
Deadwood, and changed his residence from
Bath to that place. On the oath of December
last, contrary to the earnest entreaties of bis
friends, he left during violent snow storm, in
company with one Williams. for the purpose OF
going up his ditch, stating that be should hot
return till he could bring the watel with him.
| Some four or FIVE days after their departure,
\ some men empoyed by Davis nesr the upper