Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-28
Tho Overmau Fra scd,.

Oyerman works at the time of the re.
cent tragedy, was arrested ut Virginia
Yesterday afternoon, by Constable Ash,
on q warrant charging him with being
accessory before the fact in the murder
of Vim. d. Howsley, near the Overman
mine, last Monday evening. lIis exam
ination before Justice Addison CON-
menced at IL A.. Y. to-day. At II
o'clock P. N. it was still progressing.
We were present until that time, aad took
copious notes Of the testimony, but
owing to the lateness Of the hour we
are unable to publish it in full, or give
anything more than a mere sketch of it.
Several witnesses were examined, and
pretty much the same testimony ad-
duced that there was at the Coroner's
inquest. We had hoped to be able to
lay the testimony Of that inquest before
our readers in full to-day, bu, Coroner
Gartrell informed us last evening
that it vas all taken down In
short hand and was not ye,
written out. Should the testimony
taken to-day at the examination be
published in fpll, however, it will
answer all purposes in the way Of salts
faction to the public. Mrs. Sarah A.
T%revathan, Mr.. William Trevathan,
Charles Holmes, the engineer at the
0verman works, and l.. II. Hawley, car
man, had been examined ut the time we
left, and there were several other wit
nesses TO be called up. Mrs. Trevathan
testified TO being present at the time of
the shooting that Holly came into the
room or enclosure where she and
her children were in waiting for
the express wagon TO come and
take them and their baggage to Yir-
cinia. Her brother, VIM. d nowsley,
and Richard Cook, were present. Holly
sat down neal the door, and chatted
pleasantly with her little boy. She no.
iced a man outside and asked who it
was; Holly said it was Mr.. Reel. Reel
came in and asked for the keys. Hows-
lev objected to giving them up. Hard
words followed, and then the shooting.
Holly did all the shooting, and she knew
OF no other shots being fred by any one
else; the shots in the door-casing she
never saw before; she saw her brother
fall dead on the floor, and heard the
shots which wounded Cook, who had
rushed outside; Mr.. Reel had left just
before the shooting, and was not
present; she had known Of no difficulty
between any of the officers Of the
Overman Company and her husband.
The Thursday or Friday previous to the
shooting, Mccullough, Superintendent OF
the Overman Company, had called and
asked when they could vacate the house,
and she told him on the Monday follow
ing he said it was all right, and tina,
he ould put them to no trouble in the
matter. On the evening Of the killing,
when Reel demanded the keys he sand
that he was instructed TO get them
and take possession that night by Mr.,
Mccullough. She said her brother, Mr..
Howsley, had u pistol, II fse-shooter,
but was not in the habit Of carrying it.
After her brother fell, she heard no
other shots fred than those fred At
Cook. When Reel demanded the keys
he spoke in rather II sharp and peremp-
tory manner ; he said he had his orders
from Mccullough, aud that he should
think, when they were ordered to leave,
they would do so.
Mr.. Trevathan testified to the correct
ness Of diagram Of the premises shown
him. He went there as foreman Of the
Overman mine q year ago last October,
and quit on the 18th Of July last. He
occupied the house with his family
by permission Of Mr.. Mccullough, and
had no lease Of the premises. He
thought it was about the 18th Of July
that Mr. Mccullough first asked him to
give up possession Of the house, send
ing him a written notice to that effect;
he had received no notice to quit from
Mr.. Mccullough. He replied to the
note in person., telling him that he
would vacate the house rs soon as his
children recovered from the measles.
Mr.. Mccullough said it was all right.
he never had any difficulty with any Of
the Overman officers or employees, and
held no feelings of luminosity toward any
one Of them; he vas in Virginia Mt the
time Of the shooting, arranging for the
departure of his family or the midnight
stage for California, leaving Howsley to
see his family and baggage forwarded
by the express wagon to Virginia, AFTER
which he was to lock mp the house and
deliver the keys to Mr.. Chas. Breei,
Secretary Of the 0verman Company; he
had never had any trouble at all with
Mr.. Reel or Mr.. Holly, and was on good
terms with both of them, neither did he
ever know of any threats against him or
his on their part; he knew Mr Reel az
n quiet man and one who never mixed
himself in any difficulty ; Reel took the
place Of Howsley, his brother-in-law, on
the 18th Of July last, but had never
known Of any hard feelings between
them in consequence he thought the
killing was merely the consequence OF u
sudden and unprecedented passionate
dispute and he had never been posi-
lively Informed that Reel was present
at the moment of the shooting.
Charles Holmes, the engineer, saw
Reel and Holly together at the Over
man works a short time previous to the
shooting, and saw them leave
for the house together; he heard
no conversation between them
but il was generally understood that
they we're going for the keys. Reel
soon afterward returned, and he saw
him in the blacksmith shop Of the works
one or two minutes before the shooting
He (Holmes) q over to the house when
he heard the shots fired.
l.. II. Hawley, a carman in the over
man works, heard three shots fired
they were at very short intervals apart
He saw Reel 60 into the blacksmith
sbop of the works from three to five
minutes before the shooting, and knew
that he was not engaged in it. He rar
nm 10 the scene Of the tragedy
Al once, and found Howsley deat
on the floor, with n pistol beside
him. lie picked it up and put il in hi'
pocket. II was a Colts 6~vs-shooter,
and the same shown him now. IL wa:
cooked, but he did not know whether II
had been discharged or not. He gave
it to Mr.. Lang, Of the boarding house
near by.
None Of the evidence thus far pro-
duced goes q show that Reel was pres
ent at the time Of the shooting, but OF
the contrary that he was not, and al
- r bsn, a. a varp nnt.f tnNHan.