Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-25

Another Terrible Tragedy and suieldsE
a D~esperado. Kills ono Mar, PaaIy
self.
Between ten and eleven o'clock last
night a messenger came in from the
Overman mine, half n mile or there
abouts south of Gold Hill, stating that
there had been 8 shooting affair neal
the Overmau works, and that there was
a man requiring surgical attendance;
Drs. Weber and CASTOR being called
upon went but there at once, and rem
dered the required assistance. We VS.
tied the scene of the tragedy this morn
ing, and obtained the following points,
which are q correct version Of the al
fair Mr.. VIM. Treyathan, who for some
time past has been foreman Of the over
man mine, having quit the position, was
about removing with his family to a
Francisco, and,would have taken wells,
Fargo & Co.'s stage for Reno at mid
night last night. They had been living
in a neat little house a short distance
south of the Overman works for the last
six months, and their trunks, etc., were
packed up really to vacate the premises,
with an express understanding that the
KEYS of the house were to be delivered
to Mr.. Brock, the Secretary Of the Over
man Company. Mr.. Trevathan went up
to Virginia about dark, in order to
make arrangements for their departure,
and the express wagon was to como
down and get the baggage. AS he
passed the 0verman works he a some
conversation with Mr.. Reel, the watch
man there, relative to leaving tie key
with him, and Trevathau positively re-
fused to give the key into his posses,
sion. Some angry words followed anu
Trevathan passed on to Virginia. About
10 O'Clock in the evening this man Reel
came to the house, accompanied by Al.
Holly, night Waterman OF the Seq
regated Belcher works. The family
were within q little latticed enclosure
surrounding the entrance to the kitchen
or rear basement Of the house, waiting
for the express wagon to come. VIM.
D. Howsley, brother to Mrs. Trevathan,
was present, waiting TO lock up tho
house rs soon US the family was gone,
with the intention Of giving the keys to
the Secretary Of the Overman, as di-
rected by Mr.. Trevathan. Richard
Cook, o miner who formerly worked in
the 0yerman mine, but who was now
going to work in the Segregated
Belcher, was also present, to see the
family off. He had his dinner pail
along, and was lying on his back upon
the floor at one side of the room or en-
closure, quietly resting himself, as he
was to 20 to work at II O'Clock.
Directly Reel came in with Holly and
after some little conversation, during
which Holly was playing or chatting
pleasantly with one Of Trevathan's little
boys, Reel asked for the keys Of the
house. Howslcy said that he had them
and would deliver them to no one but
the Secretary Of the Oyerman, as he
had been directed. Some words fol-
lowed, and Howsley told Reel that he
would not give the keys to him nor any
of his kind. Upon this Holly said :
"Perhaps you mean MI when you say
ANY Of his kind" Howsley told him
he meant Just what he said, and he
might construe it as he pleased. Hol-
ly Immediately sprang TO his feet,
drawing a s~ix-shooter, and fired at
Howsley. The ball hit him in the mouth
cutting the edge Of the upper lip q little
on left hand side, passing directly back
through the base Of the brain, and caus-
ing almost instant death. Howsley fell
forward upon the floor, and Cook, who
had risen from his recumbent position,
now stepped forward and partly raised
Howsley from the floor, saying to Hol-
ly: "My God, AL, what did you do
that for?" You son of a b-h, what
have You got to do with it? Cd d-n
you, Pll serve you in the same way"
replied Holly, and fred a shot which
passed through Cooks left breast and
out near the shoulder blade, and Is sup
posed to be the one found lodged in a
post near by. Holly was in the door
way or Just outside as he fred this
second shot, and Cook raj out past him
and was making his way down the steep
bank to the north Of the house when
Holly fred again at him, the ball
taking effect in his left hip. Cook man
aged to stagger along until he got to
Lang's boarding house, about q hun
dred yards distant, where he fell and
was taken inside and cared for, where
he now is. Holly is said to have fred
one more shot at Mrs. Trevathan, as a
ball is found lodged in the right hand
door casing, but that point is not quite
so clear, as the ball in question is larger
than the one lodged in the post, and
was evidently fred from the top Of the
bank on q level with the front of the
house. 1t appeared to US like a derin-
ger ball at any rate, almost anybody
on a critical inspection of all the points,
would certainly come to the conclusion
that more than n pistol was used.
While all this was going on, Reel was
outside somewhere; at any rate, his
whereabouts after the commencement
Of the shooting do not precisely appear.
THE ESCAPE AND SUICIDE OF II MUIR
pERER.
After his bloody work was over, Hol-
ly was seen running off up the side Of
the mountain west Of the place. Two
men started in pursuit OF him, but be-
fore they got to the summit they lost
sight Of him. They searched for SOM
timo among the rocks Mt the summit,
but did not 6lId him, although rs ap-
pears subsequently they must have
passed within twenty yards of where lie
lay concealed or was afterwards found.
Indeed, they heard what seemed like
the sound Of a pistol shot, some two
hours after the tragedy, but the sound
was deadened by intervening rocks.
This was doubtless the report of the sui
cidal shot. The news Of this terrible
tragedy spread like ~wildfre, and officers
were on the alert to discover the where
abouts of the murderer At GU early
hour this morning Marshal Crandall, Of
Gold Hill, from information previously
received was on track, while others, who
thought they were on scent, assisted in
the search.
THE FOUND.
About % o'clock this morning, Mar
shall Crandall, with another man in
company with him, succeeded in finding
Holly among the rocks ut the summit
of the mountain where he was first seen,