Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-18
THE EVENING NEWS.
Saturday EyeninE,---...Jnn. IL, 1865.
Great Excitement In Gold hhl-A Man
shot Dead by n Pollccmnn-how una
WHY VIII. 10 OOncS

Hill. bu, VIC had one this morning.
The following are the particulars, which
we have gathered as correctly MS posi-
bic up TO the time of going to press,
from various reliable sources: Charles
Thompson, the deceased, was a stranger
in Gold HilI, and arrived here yesterday
noon. He stopped at the Bakery of
Jacob Becker, ut the upper end OF town,
and in the evening was on quite II spree,
spending money literally, like II sailor
man, as he evidently was. Fol two or
three hours he was At II saloon on Main
street. next to Gibson 4 Cross, where
in a rear room he played NJ faro Tor an
borr or two. Getting rid Of what loose
change he had about him, he at length
90, an individual known as "Cornish
Bill" 70 cut out three twenty dollar
,;eces which he had sewed in the back
lining of his coat, but the game closing
abou, tina, time, Thompson lett be-
ing about IL o'clock-and went into
Gibson l. Cross saloon. There in the
club room he would have played
more NJ faro, but the dealer would
not allow him, telling him he was too
drunk. After staying there awhile, he
managed to get n man To play "seven
up" with him, and lost more money
He had been some little time SO en-
gagged, when special policemen Conley
cone in, and laying his hand on Thomp-
sons shoulder said, ''your my prisoner;
come along with me-" Tompson demar,
red. in his drunken way, saying he ana
not, want to CO., yet did no. resist the Oh
6cer. Conley caught him by the collar
and pulled him with a rude jerk to the
ioor, and directly picked up a knife,
saving: al arrest you for carrying con-
cealei weapons" As he was taking
him from the saloon some money was
handed to Thompson, taken from tue
table as belonging to him, which he put
in hi, pocke,, This was II little after :
O'Clock. Thompson was taken 10 Tue
Station-housc, II short distance oelo",
and very shortly after the report was
snreod tina, Conley had shot him. Sew.
crol nersons ran there immediately, ana
sound ,uch to be the case; the man lay
~, the floor dead. Marshal Cummings,
who had jus, returned from silver oity'
beinr notified Of the shooting, at once
ren,ired 10 the Sta;ion-house. Thomp-
son Law dead Just inside the door, and
Conley sat on Il bed in the adJoinihs
room. He said t the Marshal, 81 shos
thi. man, | give myself up TO you HIS
explanation of the matter WAS, mat al
ter closing the door, he laid the Sni'e
down and rubbed q match 10 light n
candle with when Thompson seized the
knife and attacked him with great fury,
threatening to .'cut him into u thou.
sand pieces" therefore he was ooigeo
70 shoot him down in selt-defence. lhe
hall was from n navy sized Colts SIX.
shooter, and grazing the chin passed
backward through the center OF tue
throat, breaking the spine, n was al
forwards taken ron the back OF the NECK
bv DIR. CASTOR. Death must have oeen
Immediate. On examination OF the
body S25 in gold coin was found IN one
pa~ntaloons pocket, and in the o'heF was
an empty purse. Two more twenty dot-
lar p;eces were found sewed into the
back lining OF the coat, near whers tue
other three had been cut ont; making
S65 in all, which was taken possession
Of by the Marshal.
A~Iea,hern belt, such rs sailors usually
wear, was about the waist OF aece"seu'
but no knife or scabbard whatever
Deceased was ahou, forty years OF age,
dark complexioned, with heavy daFS
whiskers and no mustache. lie was
dressed in dark-mixed clothing n
checked wooden shirt. On the right
wr;s, were the letters f.. N, and near
the base Of the thumb II star, all doae
in India ink. Placing the body In
charge Of officer N~eiswinder, OF the reg.
ular police, with directions to see tna'
il was no. disturbed, Marshal Gum
minrs. for better security, at once tooK
Coniey in a sleigh to Virginia, where
he placed him in the county jail, ana
hunting up Coroner Gartrcll took him
with him 10 Gold Hill. The Coroner
took charge OF the body and effect, OF
deceased, but up to the time OF going
to press no inquest had been held. Nu-
merous witnesses are notified TO appear
and one party has been arresteda AS being
complicated some way in the killing.
In reply to a telegram from Marshal
Cummings, Col. Schamp, S~uperintend-
emit of Dall's mill, Washoe valley, came
over, arriving about noon. de states
that Thompson has been employed NJ
the mill, and he paid him OF on thuts-
last, when he left. He thought him 10
be a Scotchman, but others In Cold
Hill saw he is q Russian. There is con
siderable question in regard to that
knife. Several persons inform Us tha'
Thompson had n common sailors sheath
knife on, in its scabbard, same as all
sailors wear, while the knife Conley al
leces to have found upon him was a
regular two edged dirk with eight ineh
blode and b~uck-horn handle. He
bundle of blankets ut Becker's, in which
WAS A palm, needles, in fact articles
usually found in q sailors exit" With
regard to this unfortunate affair, it is but
ius,ice to Marshal Cummings, to say that
the policemen under him are appointed
by the Board of Town Trustees, he ha'-
ing nothing TO do with the appointing.
Nh has always cautioned them against
using any undue roughness in making
arrests, or abusing prisoners in the
least. He will see that the true merits
of this case are fully brought to light,
and is using his utmost energies to that
end. ~.
Considerable excitement exists in the
community, and all day in the vicinity
of the station house, where the BOO!
lies, as we'll as on Main street, knots o,
men have been standing in eager oa'
quiet discussion Of this tragedy. W.
have given none Of the various exciting
rumors which are afoat regarding II
but simply a plain statement, desiring
10 bias the minds of no me-. The IN
ouest will be held this evening, and to-
whole matter will receive due Judic'a
investigation.
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