The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-13

road at E p. m.
For Dayton, Silver City, Gold Hill and
Virginia at 4 p. III.
For Genoa, Pine Grove and Aurora at
a. IN.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT before last,
about 8 o'clock, a Chinaman named
ALI Foo was assassinated on Plaza
street CLEAR Creek side-track of the
v. 4 T. r. r., between Third and
Fourth. Two shots were heard in the
vicinity, at that hour, and the body
was found about an hour afterward,
a pistol ball having entered near the
center of the back and lodged in the
bit of the stomach. Drs. Lee and
Thompson Yesterday made Il post
mortem examination of the body and
extracted the ball, the Coroner's in
quest being postponed until 9o'clock
this morning. SO far as Is known, no
one saw the shooting a the assassin
and his victim. Sheriff Swift, special
officer Lewis aud Constable Sam.
IIodgkin>on, being informed of h
affair, instituted search for the II
Ierer, and aScertaincd the following
facts: deceased had long been i'll the
employ of a white Oma named
Louisa Fletcher. and Il short time be
fore he was killed left the premises
for Chinatown, III company with Il
Chinannau known As Charley. The
officers the made search for thar.ey.
and H~Odgkin>On 1t length succeeded
in finding him sitting on Il bunk be-
hind the door in a Chinese wash house
IN town. A. the officer entered Char
lev spran- TO his feet aS il i'll the act of
running, when IIodgkinson hailed
him bv name. The ChiuaInan re-
manned in his place, and replied:
..IIalloa. Sam, is that you? What
YOU want?-vou want to see mel
haven't done auytliug!" speaking rap
idly and IN an excited name On a
kind of sideboard or table in the same
room, and near where Charley sat, the
officer found a box OF percussion caps,
and upon further investigation found
a Colt ; shooter showed under solne
clothes which were lying on the back
part ofthe same table. Two chambers
of 1.-THE pistol had been freshly loaded
and the caps to them were fresh ana
bright. while all the other> were
blackened by smoke. Charley was
then taken to the County Jail. The
ball taken from All Zoos body yes
ierdav was we'll preserved. and upon
irving it. it was found that the ridge
lets on the bail fitted exactly To the
oov or rifles of the pistol found in
the room with Charley. 1t should he
remarked also thatthe two fresh loads
in the pistol bore evidence of having
been put in hurriedly. as they were
both short in powder, while all the
others were uniform. When All Foo
left the premises of Louisa Fletcher
lin company with Charley he had
with him some Chinese female APP
parel and two feather pillows. the
latter being the property of Fletcher.
All Foo taking them to Chinatown tor
sale, stating that he knew parties who
would purchase them. The suppose
ton is that he was taking the pillows
and the apparel to some ChlnaWoman
of whom Charley Was also enamored.
and that at the place mentioned the
latter shot him. 1t is thought that the
first shot. fired at close range. did the
fatal work. and that deceased ran some
little distance before the second shot
was fired. which missed him. Charley
admits having started toward China
town with All Foo, hut says he lett
him on the way, and stoutly denies
the shooting,
STATE TREAsURY.-We are indebted
to NJ. l.. Wager, Deputy State Treas
urer. for the following items relative
to transactions in the Treasurer's
office for the month Of April: Balance
on hand April 1st, coin S45,959 IL;
currency. S7,755 IL. Coin receipts Tor
April, S763 %; currency, 1871 So.
Coin disbursements, S4,61S 80; curren-
CIV deposits made by applicants for
State lands during the Rhoades ad-
m~inistIation, sum missing which the
State has To make gOoi). Sl,60S.
Amount of currency sold during the
month OF April, 5000 80; amount OF
coin thus realized. S5,40i s.. Curren-
cy purchased. $500; coin paid therefor.
$50. Apporlioned balance on hand
Nav Ist, coin, S46,99S G5: currency,
s.. GS3 Al. Coin on hand Apri! lst no.
apportioned. $3.50 90. Received
from Nve County Treasurer during
April, S2,1lS 81. Balance on hand
April l>t, special deposits of currency
made by applicants for location OF
State lands. S24,S59 80; currency de-
posts for same during month of April,
$3.50 As; total, S26,235 01-less (pur-
chases completed and money appor-
tioned), 81, l05 SO; leaving, May lst,
S24, l29 50. Stamps on hand April LIST,
S2O6,l 3 81; returned from White
Pine county, $3.50; total, S207, 91s 81.
Stamps sold during April, S2,725.
Balance on hand May LIST, s2O5,253 81.
SKATISG.-Moore & Parkers skating
rink will be open this afternoon and
evening. Ladies admitted free; skates