The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-08-26


house, on the bench between Gold Hill ano
American Flat, which for GOODNESS and des.
peration on the part of the shooter, has nc
equal in the annals of blood in this county
A man named Vim. Trevathan, with his
family, has been occupying the house known
| as the Overman Office, situated on the ridge
next beyond the old Uncle Sam works. He
intended to leave with his wife and children
last night for California, and his wifes broth
err, w. b. HawSley, was to deliver the Keys
of the building to the proper custodian. Yes
terday afternoon the Waterman at the Over
man called on Haw>ley for the keys, and was
| told that he Hawsley) would deliver them to
the clerk of the Overman this morning. lie
left without any reply, and. it would seem got
AL Havley Waterman at the Segregated Bel
cher mine, to go again after the keys later In
the evening Hawley, who. it seems, really
| had no light to demand the keys, went to the
house, took a chair and sat down in side
porch, where Trevathan's children gathered
around him and he began playing with them,
| at the same time carrying on conversation
with Richard Cook, miner, and W. b.
| Hawsley, uncle of the children. Mrs Ire
vathan was busy about the house, packing
upthe baggage, momentariy expectlngthe ex-
press wagon of Wells, Fargo * Co. TO arrive
TO bring them to the stage Office in this city.
Hawley asked Hawsley, the uncle, to keep
an interesting little boy, and that he Hawley
would take care of him, educate him, etc,
and talked in calm, friendly tone for an
hour. Finally he asked Hawsley, How
about those keys" and received the same
answer given to the Waterman of the Over
man-,hat he (Hawsley would give them to
the clerk as soon as his sister left, or this
morning. At this time the little boy III ques-
ton was standing between the knees Of Haw-
ley, who raised up deliberately, on receiving
the above answer, drew a six-shOoter and
shot Hawlev dead, the ball taking effect
little to the left of the center of the mouth,
and knocking out one tooth, which fell out
on the breast of the coat and lodged. Cook
was sitting upon the floor and leaning against
the lattice work, with his dinner bucket be-
side him, waiting for the whistle to blow to
call him to work. As Hawsiey fell dead.
Cook sprang TO his feet and said " Good
gracious Hawlev, what did YOU do that
for = As he raised, Cook stood partially
behind Hawley who faced about and re-
marked: You son of a b-h, I'll give
YOU some of it" and nred, the ball taking
effect half an inch below the nipple of Cooks
left breast, and passing out TO the left of the
backbone. dropped upon the floor. At that
instant the children began screaming and
Mrs. Trevathan ran to the door leading to
the porch when, it is asserted. Hawley fired
one shut at her, then wheeled about and fred
another shot at Cook, who was running down
the Hill toward the road the ball passing
through the flesh a-d muscles Of the thigh
just below the right hip joint. Mrs. Treva-
than retreatej back into the house, and the
children ran in after her. Mr.. Land, who
lives some sky yards north of where the
shooting took place, was aroused from his
sleep BY his wiz, aud started for the scene
of blood, ard met Cook near his door, who
remarked, Il am shot through, but 60! >
pointing toward the house Of Mrs. Trevathan.
Land Fan up there and found Hawslev quite
dead, but saw nothing of the murderer. He
hurried back home to look after Cook, ard
found him lying helpless in the doorway.
Hawlcy was supposed to be an llinoisan by
birth, had been known about Gold Hill for
for three or four years, has heretofore been
considered harmless and even cowardly. He
has been employed latterly as Waterman at
the Segregated Belcher mine. w B. Haws-
lev, the man killed, is thought to be an Eng
lishman by birth about 40 years of age, and
leaves wife and child in Wisconsin, a broth |
er, sister. and brother-in-law in Sacramento
county, California, II miles from the city /
and - miles below Lincoln, and a sister who |
was in the house where he was killed. Rich
ard Cook is miner. latterly engaged at the
Overinan, is apparently a bout 81 years OF age,
and of Irish parentage. When we saw him,
between ) ana y C CLOCK tnlS morning, MS I
ives looked little weak and he experienced |
some d itficulty in breathing, but otherwise he
showed no signs of exhaustion. He speaks
in a clear and rather cheerful voice, but is
evidently impressed with the belief that he
cannot long survive. Cook Is a man above
the medium size, in robust health, and
NAV possibly recover with the loss of one
lung, but the chances are against it.
Soon after the shooting Hawley made his
escape, striking out over the hill by the old
North American works, toward the Ophlr
Grade-at least man was seen climbing up
the hill in that direction shortly after the
shooting took place. Most of the above
facts are cleaned from the statement Of
Cook. As Hawley started for the hills he
met another man named Hi. Schell, a car
man at the Overman mine, and remarked
. I've killed Hawsley. and must leave here
The man addressed asked him about the
shooting, but got no reply, Hawley appearing
10 be greatly excited and walking rapidly,
having a shooter in one hand and large
.nife in the other. At length, however, he
stopped and drew check from his pocket
md handed it to the carman and asked him
o take it to town, get it cashed and bring the
money to him, at certain point Of rocks
,ear the top of the mountain. 1t is sup
POSED he scarcely knew what he was doing
hen he shot Cook, and at the time of meet
ny the acquaintance did not know that he
lad shot the second person, as he said moth
Nc about it. Schell, the carman, complied
With the request. After getting the check
ashed, the carman went to the point desig-
lated, and on approaching the rocks, saw
he murderer sitting up with his head droop-