The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1870-08-11
The Raid Mountain Array


Coroner Henley and DIR. MeMeans, Of
this city, arrived here from thes scene OF
this bloody affair, on Tuesday night.
Coroner Henley informs us that it pre-
scented a fearful sight where it occurred.
The place is about G5 miles from here,
ON Bald Mountain, where but few per-
sons live. Mr.. Henley says it was i'm
possible for him to get more than four
jurymen to hold the inquest. He had to
use three teams to get there. We give
the inquest and verdict of the jury:
Michael Hennessy being sworn, says
he knows the deceased, and that he
came to his cabin, about a mile from the
cabin occupied by the deceased and Mr..
Mcdonald, on Friday evening, August
9Th, about 3 o'clock, and stopped with
me all night, leaving on the morning Of
the 9th about 7 o'clock. While with me
he spoke in harsh terms about Mr..
McDonald's treatment of him about the
claims in which they were interested
together in Bald Mountain District. He
also stated that Mr.. Thornburg was in
with him, and would stand by hin and
back him with money to work and hold
his ground. After breakfast and before
he left, he showed me a knife which he
said he found on the road, and that it
would answer his purpose to cut his food
with. About three weeks since met the
deceased about half way between his
camp and mine; he appeared weary and
worn out, and told me that If | was in
need that in a short time he would be
able to assist me with a half a dollar or
such q matter, at the same time in speak
ing of his mining arrangements he ap-
penred to think very hard Of Mr.. Baily
and Mr.. Scott for (as he expressed it)
putting Mr.. Mcdonald up to being con-
trary with him. and not helping him as
he thought he ought to; also remarking
that he would not scruple in getting con-
veniences to c~ivilize them. | told him
that he was too old to be making such
threats, and hat cutting and shooting
were played out at his age. He an
swered that he did not care, if he was
old, no one should run over him. The
knife before the jury is the same which
| found within q few feet of the body Of
the deceased the morning after the kill
ing, and Is the same which he exhibited
to me.
Alexander Mcdonald, the man who
was dangerously cut, t~estifies as follows:
The deceased was my partner in some
mining claims in Bald Mountain District;
on the evening Of August 9Th, about 9
o'clock, | went TO our camp and found
deceased; | heard q noise inside the tent
and supposed at first IL was Mr.. Hennessy,
and spoke TO him; while talking, deceased
put his head ont of the doorway, but drew
II back again; in a moment after he came
out with my double arreled shotgun,
cooked, and leveled at me, saying: you
s. of n b, | We gotyou now! / was
three feet off at the time, and seeing he
had some difficulty in pulling the trigger.
and that my life was in danger, closed in
with him, and while struggling for the
possession of the gun asked him what
he meant to do; he answered: To kill
you.' told him there was no necessity
for that, as we could settle the matter
without bloodshed; he did not reply, but
endeavored to get the gun away from me;
/ had the best of him in the struggle, and
he struck me on the left side with some
thing, | could not tell what at the time;
as he pulled his hand away, | saw that it
was n knife and felt the blood trickling
down my side; | Immediately grabbed
the hand which held the knife, and after
struggling five or six minutes to get it
away, he all the time striving to stab me
again, | got him down and wrenched the
knife from him and chucked 1t away; in
the meantime ! became faint and weak
from loss of blood, and fearing he would
get up and have the best Of me, | re-
manned on top of him and hit him several
blows on the head with my fist; then |
caught a rock and hit him twice with it
on the head. which stunned him for q
moment. lie then raised on his elbow
and said Do you mean to kill me?' I
said | do, for, Wilson, you have killed
me already | then got the shotgun
and shot him with both barrels in the
head. | then went into my tent to get
breath and rest myself: but finding |
was getting very weak, l left, struggled
for n mile down TO Mr.. Hennesey's
cabin, where | arrived about 3 o'clock at
night, completely exhausted and not ex-
pecting to live until morning. had a
chest in my tent in which was my pistol
and ammunition. II was locked when |
left it. My shotgun was on the bed,
When ! went into the tent, after the
struggle, l saw the pistol and ammuni-
ton and my sack Of money-$640-ly-
ing out on the ground. The lid of the
chest was down when I went in, but |
know | left il locked. Being very weak,
and feeling in a dying condition, l left
everything as | found it, without exam
ination. | heard his pounding or ham
mering at the chest when / first went up
to the tent.
Hennessy, being cross-examined, cor
roborated the latter rs regards the mon
ey being on the floor, and saw where the
point of q pick had been forced between
the lid of the chest.
J. NJ. Baily was also sworn, and DIR.
McMeans, who examined the wounds Of
the deceased.
The jury returned the following ver-
dict:
We, the jury, find that the deceased
vas named James Wilson, was q native
Of Scotland, aged about 60 years. that
he came to his death on the 9th OF
August, 1870, in this county, of gun-shot
wounds in the head, fired from a double
barrel shotgun in the hands of Alexan-
der Mcdonald.