Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-03-23
Letter from Nevada.

Letter from Nevada.
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
VIRGINIA CRY, Nevada,
March 18th, 1867.
Love, Jealousy, Revenge-A Woman
Shoots her Former Husband.
EDITOR CHRONICLE AT an early hour on
the morning of the 5th inst. one of those af-
fairs mostly occurring between the outer
leaves of yellow covered novels. happened on
B street, a few doors north of the old dump
of the Savage Company. Some time since
Mrs. Sarah Eastman applied for divorce
from her husband, o. Eastman, which was
granted; but after a season Sarah, wearied
of single life, and without the assistance of
priest or court, received her husband back
again to her bed and embraces. For time
all was well, but frequent conjugal storms
agitated the illicit ocean of their love, and
divers and sundry quarrels illustrated that
solemn assertion that man (and woman) is
'frail," eliminated that morning in Mrs.
Eastman taking pistol and deliberately
shooting Eastman in the head, at the base of
the skull, and little below the left ear,
while he was asleep. The report of the pis-
tol aroused David Meyer, who slept in the
house, and who, rushing into the apartment,
found Eastman, covered with blood, and Mrs.
E. standing by the bed en- dishabiAe with the
pistol in her hand, which she dropped to the
floor, and then ensued scene that could
only result from one of two causes-uncon-
trolable jealousy or too much whisky. East
man, of course, supposing himself very seri-
ously. if not fatally wounded, desired the
immediate attendance of a physician, and
Mrs. Eastman, half crazed, protesting she
shot him because she loved o. him, kept
Dave busy in forcing her from the room and
dressing Eastman, who was removed to the
Office of DR.. C. C. Green, where the bullet
was extracted, it having passed through the
outer portion of the scalp and fattened on
the skull. The skull is not fractured appar-
emily, and DR.. Green thinks Eastman will
recover, although he is not free from danger.
One thing is certain, Eastman's skull is
harder than that of many man, and his es-
cape from instant death is miraculous.
visited Mrs. Eastman at the station house,
for the purpose of looking at woman who
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of shooting her companion, one whom she
loued SO dearly. She is a fine, intelligent
looking woman, about thirty years of age.
She seemed somewhat excited, but very
communicative and said that all she desired
was simple justice, tacitly acknowledging
she had shot Eastman; that he had abused
her and threatened her frequently during the
past four years, but didn't wish to say any
thing harsh of him. She acknowledged to
having been in the habit occasionally of TAX
ing glass of wine. He says that he and
Sarah were divorced several months ago, and
recently they agreed to try living together
without the aid of law or priest. Things
ran smooth for a time, but finally storm
appeared, and Sarah became quite unruly,
threatening on several occasions to take his
life if he didn't quit running after other wo-
men. He denies devoting attention to any
other than Sarah, but treated her as we'll as
he knew how. On the night of the unhappy
occurrence it seems that during the day pre-
vious Sarah became SO obstrepulous and
warlike that Eastman went off into the city
to avoid the abuse he was receiving from his
better half, when at night messenger was
sent for him with a promise that all would be
well if he would return. Accordingly he
went home, and at the usual hour both re-
tired. (Such bed-fellow don't care par
ticularly to haveo About two o'clock in
the morning the vicious, inhuman woman
crawled easily out of bed and seized pistol,
resulting as above stated. If such is love, ]
desire but small portion. 1t matters but
little whether she committed the foul deed
out of pure loue or not, she deserves term
in the State Prison, in order that she may
have an opportunity of coolly deliberating
over the follies of her past life, and the more
clearly understand the definition of the word
''love." The examins ton of Mrs. Eastman,
judicially, will not take place until the result
of the wound is determined. .c
Another Woman Leaves her Husband
Unceremoniously.
Recently. another fast woman, in the up
per circles, took it into her head to leave her
dear legitimate husband and adopt one whom
she believed she loved better They had
lived happily together for many months, and
seemingly were much attached to each other
from til appearances no angry words had
been had, and no complaints were made by
either before the final separation. Being
tired of SO monotonous life as that of living
ahcays with one man. she believed a change
of pasturage would be best for her ladyship,
and concluded on taking the advice of one
whom she will ere long despise and hate: On
a certain evening not long since the husband
in question repaired to his dwelling to re-
ceive the embraces and fond devotion for him
Cor any other man, as the sequel showed),
when 10, and behold upon opening the doc,
he found his pretended loving wife had fled
and removed the entire household furniture.
Imagine his astonishment, the pain, the
trouble, the Affections of deserted husband.
The grief must have been intense, as up to
that time no suspicion had been aroused in
his bosom of anything of the kind being
about to come to pass. He raved, he con-