Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-08-03
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prompted more lies than any other
sentence that was ever written, says
"Speak nothing but good Of the dead"
and In accordance with that advice 1t
Is customary to commit the faults aud
crimes of men with their bodies to the
grave, and remember for a short time
only what was good and noble of them.
But when q man whose whole life has
been a continual war on society,
whose hands were innocent of honest
labor, and whose brain was ever busy
devising schemes to tempt and trap
the unwary, suddenly goes out like a
quenched candle, to speak nothing but
good of the dead is almost an insult to
the honest living, and to be silent Is to
waste the only use of such q career by
failing to print n proper moral. The
De mortuis nil MIST 6onum of the Latins
may have been a very good rule once
upon a time ; for when 1t was first ap-
Piled, the Roman citizen, ~peaceably
pursuing his way on the public streets,
was not liable to be punctured by a
stray bullet from the pistol Of a bellig-
erent rough. But as morals and man.
liers have changed considerably since
then, it Is to be hoped that the friends
and admirers of the late James Dob
SOIL will not insist OF too close an adj
herence to the maxim, and will not
feel particularly hurt If the epitaph on
his tomb does not credit him with all
the Christian virtues.
1t will no doubt give serene satisfac-
ton to the gcntlemanly gambling fra
ternity, and take off the sharp edge Of
their sorrow to know that the departed
desperate did honor to the profession
by dying with his boots on. Instead
Of an ignoble f~eather-bed ending, sur
rounded by weeping friends, as might
have been his unfortunate fate, he
went down In the broad glare Of day
light. OIL San Francisco's principal
street, and died the center Of a curious
crowd, with his boots on. Instead Of
wasting away with disease, suffering
weary months of pain, and being dosed
and doctored with vile medicine, he
fell in the full vigor of manhood, suf-
fered little, had tile taste Of a cocktail
lingering on his lips, and died with his
boots on. What greater glory could
such q man desire, unless indeed his
ambition scared to a more private ex-
ecution within the precincts Of a prison.
II has been often remarked that no
BILE examples are contagious. Mr..
William Dresser, of Sacramento, was
filled with responding when he heard
of his friend DObson's death, and to
cheer his dropping spirits he first in
dnlged in several combinations OF
whisky and bitters, and then resolved
to attend the funeral. He came down
to San Francisco, inquired his way to
the Morgue, looked for 4 few moments
at the plllid face Of the dead gambler,
lit u cigar, turned away, strolled along
Kearny street to Jackson, and meeting
with an old acquaintance, named VIII
son, ut the corner of those thorough
fares, invited him in to take n drink
and talk over the days events. Be
fore long q quarrel occurred between
them. Mr.. D~resser's Sacramento blood
was fired on 4 question Of paying two
bits. Here was an opportunity OF EN-
ulating his deceased friend that might
not occur again In a hurry. Certainly
the amount In dispute was small, but
that did not matter. The principle,
not the money. was involved, and he
knew how Dobson would have acted
under the circumstances. So, drawing
n pistol and a bowic-knife, he SHE'D of
the cheek of a waiter IN preparatory
skirmisli, got the range Of his opponent
by putting a bullet through his coat,
and was on the point of commencing
active operations, when the man VIII
son. who appeared to have q strange
objection to dying In his boots, caught
hold Of the weapon, and ignoring his
friends desire for fame, turned the
pistol upon him, and, after a short
struggle, "paid him with his own Pc
tard" by sending n shot through Mr..
William Dresser's bowels. So, instead
OF attending a funeral, Dresser IS
likely 10 furnish material for one-a
consummation deyoutly to be wished,
The Cansc Of tho Dobso~:TXier AZ.
frRy,
At No. 727 Market street Is an es-
adjustment called Haddy's Dancing
Academy. 1t occupies the second floor
of the building. the first being rented
by the city for a Dead-house and Coro-
ner's office. On Friday nights MI.
Haddy rents his hall to n Committee
of Formosas, who enjoy themselves
with their lovers, quite unmindful Of
the CHASTITY things stretched out In the
story GLOW. Sometimes these dances
are conducted decorously, but more
generally they arc carniyals Of drunk
en- indeGency. About twelve O'Clock
last Friday night Dobson came In, and
being In a quarrelsome mood, abused
Tyler In the trenchant language pc
culiar to rullans, because he would
not give him q light for his cigar.
Dobson also drew Ills pistol, but with
rare magnanimity, instead of breaking
up the revelry by murder, contentod
himself with intlieting q painless
wound upon the eoiling. Shortly af-
terward he and Tyler. lett, with the
mutual agreement that they were to
shoot en- ch other on sight.
The Murder.
Between two and three O'Clock on
Saturday afternoon they met on Mont
gomery street, and Dobson instantly
pointed his pistol and asked Tyler if
TO was ready. Tyler, who did not
appear to have any serious thoughts Of
the mornings agreement, said he was
unarmed, and Dobson put up his
weapon telling him that he had better
heel himself, "as he meant shoot"
This sudden objection Of Dobson's to
commit deliberate murder-a moment
airy weakness, no doubt, to which all
NEIL are ut some time llable-cost:hin
his life. for If he had only fired then,
instead of waiting two hours, then
to be fired at, he would have. re-
persod positions with Tyler, and In
stead OF now occupying the narrow
confines of a coffin, would only have
taken up a temporary lodging III the
still narrow, but much more comfort
able confines ola cell, where lie could
have remained until acquitted by q