Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-02-19
The Capture of Buckley.

The Esmeralda Star gives the following in
,eresting particulars connected with the cap
ture of Buckley, one of the murderers OF
johnson, who were lately hung at Aurora:
Buckley tied from the town on Wednesday, the
day after the murder. Parker, Gilman and Fa-
gan had also fed on horseback and gone as sup
posed (Which afterwards proved to be correet), to
the Adobe Meadows. Various rumors were n.y.
ing through town that Buckley was hid in some
of the many hundreds Of tunnels and shafts on
Last Chance Hill. A thorough search was made
everywhere to find him, but it all proved to be a
fruitless task. On Friday evening Sheriff Fran
els returned TO town with Parker, Gilman and Fa-
gan, who were taken at the Adobe Meadows I;
from them the information was obtained that
4 man answering the description of Buckley had
passed Mackays Ranch on foot, which is about
twelve miles from this place; he had stopped to
get a drink Of water, but when he saw Parker
and his companions riding up he secreted himself
supposng them TO be a party sent in pursuit Of
him. As soon they left he started for Mono
Lake, and from thence he was intending to make
his way over the mountains the best he could
The sheriff. hearing no further tidings of him,
left on Saturday morning for the Adobe Mead
ows, determined that If he did not lind him there
he would 20 ON down 10 Owensville, whittier he
supposed he had fed Teel also went out, tax.
ing with him Augustus Lake and John Burns
and went over toward Mono Lake, having start
ri one day ahead of Francis They hunted dill
gently, riding entirely around Mono Lake, in u
very ,iarA night and portion of the time with.
out any wood The weather was piercing cold
and they came near freezing their ears, hands
and feet They finally had to stop and build Il
fire to warm themselves by. They then mounted
their horses and hunted a long time during the
day for the fugitive, and then returned to town
On Monday morning Deputy Sheriff Teel felt
confident he could be found, provided he had
enough men to assist him !; aud ON Monday last,
AZ about eleven o'clock in the forenoon, he
started out for Mono Lake, with Lake, ShreSes
Dekay, Patterson, Jackson, Staatz and Joseph
Richardson in company. When they arrived at
Mono Lake, on the northern side. Captain Teel
divided his forces into two parties. He sent
Shreves, jackson, Patterson and Dekay around
the east end and took with him Richardson
Lake and Staatz to go around the west end of
the Lake; and all would arrive at LIE Vining' 5
old ranch within about fifteen minutes of each
other. The party which went around the east
end of the Lake rode very fast until they CAME TO
Rush creek which empties into the Lake; they
dashed in across the creek. and came to LIE Vim
ing's old house. The door was open and the party
demanded of the men who were there if they
had seen anything of Buckley and one of them
replied: He Is not here" The dog belonging
to the house kept up foolish barking, and
seemed TO be watching something in the sage
brush, aad would occasionally make dash to-
ward il
thought he saw something moving in the sage
brush, and he also thought there little chip
or something thrown toward the dog TO drive him
away. He brought his gun to his shoulder and
said: Patterson, I've got something; let us see
what it = the rest Of them brought their guns
TO their shoulders and covered the object also,
while Patterson went on foot toward it, and when
he got within few feet Of it, Buckley rose to his
feet and said Boys, you have got HE this time, y
and immediately surrendered. They brought him
TO the house, and In about fifteen minutes Deputy
Sheriff Tesl arrived with his party, they having
dismounted little way off, in order to come in on
foot and surround the house, expecting to take
him that way. Remounting their horses, the
party all rode back together passing by the house
of Boomershine, who did not expect them until
morning. and had made every preparation to greet
them with fine breakfast of wild ducks and
geese, and every hospitality he could bestow, but
Techs party arrived too soon for him but il was
not lost. Sheriff Francis and party arriving at
the hour set, made il all right Teel and his par
ty pushed on toward home, and some of their
horses gave out, but as a good providence would
have it, as they were trudging their way along
slowly in the middle of the night, band OF
horses came up to them one of the party said
| whoa" and they stopped and allowed four of
themselves to be saddled and bridled without any
difficulty, and the party thus being mounted on
fresh horses, they were enabled to reach home
about five O'Clock on the morning of Thursday,
with their prisoner who was at once put into the
county Jail Buckley informed them that when
Teel and his party were out the first time, and in
the night, that he saw their fire and could hear
them talk, and when they mounted their horses
again they came on after him 70 fast that they
overlook him, and that he laid down in the sage
brush and came very near being stepped on by
Lakes horse. He had travelled around the lake
several times which is about thirty-ive miles in
circumference, and finding himself 70 closely pur-
sued, he struck outnto the open, wild sage brush
plain for the Adobe Meadows On nearing this
place he caught glimpse Of Sheriff Francis and
posse, and started back again over this long dis
lance, through this wild Sage-brush desert to the
alkaline waters of Mono lake again. and wandered
around its shores, hiding in the sagebrush until
almost exhausted His capture soon followed. in
the manner above stated, and he was brought to
town. declaring that he would rather be hung than
to suffer he had for those last three or four days
and nights from hunger and cold and being worn
completely out He found that escape was i'm
possible, and having suffered so much, quietly
submitted to his fate, which explains to great
degree the cause of his cheerfuness and composure
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