Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-23
THE ASSAssINATION AT BELMONT,
NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. I

AL"R.L -
The Silver Bend Reporter, o~fSaturday,
came to hand this morning, and con-
tains the following further particulars
Of the assassination of L. NJ. Bodrow,
mentioned in yesterdays NEws):
An UNPARALLELED OUTRAGE. -On
"Wednesday night last at about the hour
of eleven, a party Of six persons pro,
ceeded to the office of the Silver Bend
Mining Company, and there finding the
General Agent, Mr.. R. B. Canheld, de-
msnded his signature to a check Tor a
sum Of money amounting to three tnou.
sand dollars. As neither Mr.. Canheld
nor the company were indebted to any
one, much less to either OF hose VINO
comprised the party, he very properly
refused to do any such thing. The
leader Of the rang then informed him
that the period of Eve minutes would be
given him for consideration, and II ne
failed to do so, violence would be used.
Mr.. Garfield, not yielding, was, after
the allotted time, informed that he u
take q walk with the r%ufians.n q
ing Just returned from a trip to Manhat-
tan District, and being somewhat
fatigued, and withal, unarmed, he did
as he was hidden. Proceeding up Main
| street the party were Joined by others
apparently in the plot, who, procuring
a scantling or something Of the kind,
mounted Mr.. Garfield astride, and in
this predicament conveyed him to vari-
GUS place in town subjecting him to
divers brutal insults and indignities.
Finally between the hours Of twelve
and one o'clock, they had made
the rounds to the Highbridge Sa-
loon, near the corner of Main and Bel
mont streets, when, after drinking and
c~arousing for a time, were about to
| compel Mr.. G. to again mount the scant-
| ling, when Mr.. Lew. n. Bodrow inter-
| fered in his behalf, and an ARRAY occur
| red, which terminated fatally to two
persons, particulars Of which will be
| found in another column. So far as we
| can learn, there was no justification nor
excuse whatever for the outrage upon
Mr.. Garfield, but it was only q precon-
| certed plot upon the part Of a gang OF
lawless ~rufians to extort money from
| that gentleman for some fancied or an
ticipated grievance. We hope the affair
will be thoroughly traced, and each and
every one Of the perpetrators Of this most
d~isgrsceful proceeding be dealt with to
| the utmost limit Of the law.
Two of the witnesses at the Coroner's
inquest testified as follows:
J. H. Lehigh, sworn l was in my
house playing cards about half-past ii
o'clock P. NJ, when a large crowd Of
men anne in with Mr.. Garfield sitting
upon a rail; waited on them, in company
| with Mr.. Williams; afterward L. NJ. Bod
row came in aud stood by; lie remarked
to me that he did not think it was right
to use a man in that way; the party
came up to the bar a second time to take
. drink; Bodrow was talking to Garfield,
when this man Dignou stepped up and
asked Bodrow what he wanted to inter
fsre for; used very bad language toward
Bodrow; then Bodrow stepped ono side
and went to the far side of the saloon;
Dignon followed him, still talking
to him and badly abusing him then,
when waiting on the men at the bar,
I called to Dignon two or three
times to come get his drink, thinking
the talk would amount to nothing;
then the two (Dignon and Bodrow)
stepped toward the bar; Dignon slapped
Bodrow in the face; shortly after that
heard q shot from a pistol, but cannot
say from which side it came, being
busy at the time; then there was q rush
for the door and 8 general excitement; !
heard probably eight or ten shots fred
after that during the melee; then came
out the front door and saw Bodrow ~
ing in a little ditch above the corner Of
the house, with a pistol lying alongside
Of him; picked up the pistol and asked
some parties ifthey would help me car
~ him into the house, as l thought be
was dying; some one, n can't tell who)
helped me to raise him up and get him
into the house; l tore his clothes of in
order to see where he was shot; was
about all l did; say two shots in his
body, one in his abdomen, the other in
his breast; tore his shirts of-not his
pants; thought when | picked him up
that he was shot in his legs, as there
was blood on them; still think there are
holes in them. The names of the par
ties l observed coming into the house
with Mr.. Garfield were Dignon, Eaton,
Jim, l think they call him, and Russell.
PosrpoSED.-The examination in the
case of the State vs.. Russell ct al. was
postponed until Monday, the 22d, at 10
o'clock. Thos. Fitch and j. O. Foster
are attorneys for the State, and +. @.
Brearley and c.. A. Leake for the de-
ferdanta HrI.HII-a. ..r .#Har