The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-08-03
THE SHOOTING OF MRS. LAKE.

THE SHOOTING OF MRS. LAKE.
FROM the Stockton Independent, Aug. 4
Considerable excitement was created
about half past eight O'Clock last night
by the report that one woman had shot
another at the Grand Hotel. The
facts, as nearly as we were able to as
certain them, are these: a lady ar
rived at the Central Pacific Railroad
depot on the westward bound tram
due at LES p. NJ, and took passage in
the Yoesemite House oinnlbuss yes
terday, and upon arriving at the hotel,
was shown to room 26. Her name was
entered on the hotel register as Mrs
Stephens, Tahoe" On the way from
the depot to the hotel she asked the
driver if, on his way, he passed the
Express office, and the driver replied
that he did not. subsequently, she
made inquiries of the whereabouts OF
the operator in the office of the At
lantic and Pacific Telegraph Company,
and learned hal he boarded and
lodged at the Grand Hotel, Centre
street. Ia the evening she procured a
hack, went to the Grand Hotel and was
shown to IA room on the first floor; but
she refused to accept the one to winch
she was assigned, expressing a desire
to occupy one on the next floor, lndl-
eating the part of the house she pre-
ferred. She was then shown to room
No. 10, which opens into the same hall
and is situated almost directly Oppos-
tie the room occupied by the telegraph
operator above alluded to, and Il wo-
man which he has represented to be
his wife. Shortly after the newly ar
rived woman was shown to her room,
three pistol shots were heard, and the
g conner left the house and request
ed Edwin l.. Dole, the owner of the
Grand Hotel omnibus, to direct her to
the Sheritf'S office. On their way
along the street, she asked where the
Express office was. and being shown,
she stepped into the telegraph office
adjoining caught the operator by the
collar and remarked, II have done
il at last; | have shot her three times,
and L ought To kill you," and SO say
ing made an effort 10 pull a pistol from
her breast, out was prevented by her
hand being caught by Mr.. Dole. She
kept hold of the operator, saying that
lie was her husband and that he had
got to 90 along. They both then went
along To Jail and We're locked up. At
the Grand Hotel it was found that the
woman, whom the operator claimed
to be his wife, had been shet three
times. receiving II flesh wound on
the right shoulder, II bullet having
passed through the thigh, int1icting a
severe wound, but breaking no bones.
and the third penetrated the centre of
the abdomen and passed almost di-
.rectly through the body. DR.. Samuel
Langdon was called, examined the
wounds, found two of the bullets, but
failed to discover the third. The Doe
tor thinks the inteStine> are wounded.
and her recovery is Il matter of
great doubt. The unfortunate wo-
man called for her husband, but
that gentleman was not forthcoming.
The operator and the wounded woma
arrived al the Grand Hotel, as shown
by the register, on the 29th of June
la,t, under which date the following
entry is made: N. j.. SAVERS ami
wife, Carsen. Nevada" and they have
been constantly living there since, eN-
ceptiGg Il few days that the man MAS
absent. When he left particular in
strucIionS We're given to have his wife
well cared for. At IL O'Clock last
might the woIuan who fired the ShOTS
was suffering greatly in jail from merry
OuS pro>tratiou. On her arrest at the
prison, Il Smith Il Wesson five shooter.
WIKI three barrels empty and two
was found upon her person.
L. appears that she has recently been
gIiIe i'll and that she had only been
three DAYS put of a sick bed before she
i'll this city.