Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-04-05

BREAK AT THE STATE PRIsoN.-Ies-
terday forenoon, says the Carson Regis
ter, Eugene lie Fevre, a Canadian
Frenchman, sentenced to the State
Prison from Storey county, for man.
slaughter, for eight years from Septem-
Der IL, 1865, walked out at the open
gateway, through which other convicts
were wheeling stone, and started
toward this city. The alarm was given
and guards started In pursuit. but on
approaching him he turned and made
n furious assault upon them with
stones. Shots were fired each side Of
Of his head, but he paid no attention
to them, and at last one OF the guards
slipped up behind him and knocked
him down. We learn that one Of the
guards sustained a evere cut on the
head from a stone thrown by the con-
yict. The desperate was recaptured
and returned to his old quarters. None
of the other prisoners made any at
tempt to escape during the excitement,
though several OF them, we believe,
were outside of the Enclosure ut the
time, but were covered by the guns OH
the wall. lie Fevre will be remem-
bered as the man who killed old man
Gregory, jailor Of Storey county, some
wears since. For some months LeFevre
has been playing crazy, and has been
In solitary confinement in the IRE
fractory prison." but recently has fire.
auently been turned out in the prison
yard with the other prisoners for fresh
air. He was out for this purpose wheh
he made the break yesterday.
CARSON IrEMs.-We extract the fol-
lowing from the Register OF this morn
ing: Hank Sherwood, We are happy
to announce, is improving. lie is rap
idly regaining strength and recovering
from the shock consequent
upon the breaking OF his thigh, while
the swelling and Inflammation Of tho
limb ia gradually subsiding. His phy-
sicians will not set the bone for some
DAYS vet, using every NEAR ut present
10 fortify his system for the ordeal.
'Tobn q. Fox has on hand about six
dollars worth Of gold dust, bought OF
a Chinese miner from the new placer
diggings on the East Fork oil m Car
son river. The dust Is fine n hight,
and was gathered in a rocker without
quicksilver. The Chinaman aid he
could make about Zone dollar day =
which is rs much as q Chinaman ever
renorts, even in ounce diggings.. All
Tho material for finishing the interior
Of the CAPITOL has arrived, and is being
nut In place as fast as possible. The
stairways leading from the Senate and
Assembly chambers to the galleries
have been balustered with black wal
nut. Lon. Sinclair. one Of the expa-
triated from Virginia, for assault n
battery committed on Robert CraoD
last Saturday was sent to jail for
twenty-one days, in default OF fine n
costs .... Acknowledgement Luther a.
Buckner leaves this evening for a visit
TO his old home at Unionville, Hum
boldt county.
WILLIS SENTEScED.-Wilham VII
lis, the incendiary, was brought before
Judge Rising, in the District Court al
VIRGINIA, this forenoon, for sentence
IL will be recollecteu ih"s, ia VI
arraigred about a week ago, ne plead
Al gni' ty of arson in the first degree,
rendering a trial unnecessary. After .
few usual remarks upon the enormity
of. the offense, His Honor SENTENCED
willis to twenty-one years SohiihS
ment in the State Prison. Wills tooS
his sentence very coolly, and made
short statement In reply, to the enec'
that mis- statements heretofore maze
duplicating Perkins, Lasweii, Mcmr !,
liams and others, were not volunt"rS
ON his part. He did not say they Were
not true, but intimated that they MeI'
given under the influence OF force o
Pear, referring especially to his state
ments before Justice Hill.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
On Monday Judge Z. w. Hillyer' o
the United States District Court, dis
missed sixty-two indictments found a
the February term in 1870. The our
tnen adjourned for the term, or unit
the first Monday in May.