Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-04

vlceable long-range guns. At this
hurried writing W ;ca1not detail the
long and arduous pur1nit given the
Williams by these men ; but suffice 1t TO
say that they tracked them up into .
rough precipitous canyon leading out
OF Round Valley into the Sierra Ne
vadas, and pressed them so hard that
they were compelled to abandon and
shoot one tired horse and lose another
over a precipice. From Sunday morn
ing to Tuesday night the plucky farm
ers were without a mouthful to eat ;
their faithful Indians were dispatched
to Round Valley several times for sup
piles, but with no success worth speak
Ing Of. 4
Of the operations Of a Round Valley
party who were out, we have been I'M
able to learn sufficient to report, but
from them the word seems to have
come about the citizens corrallinR five
Of the murderers In an unapproacha-
BILE canyon, where their superior guns
rendered successful approach impos-
sible. $40
On this report Mr.. Yaney started at
once for Camp independence and this
place. On the reception of the news,
Major Egbert, with the promptitude
Of an efficient officer and true gentle
man, as he Is, Immediately selected
five Of his company, and, taking COM
mand himself, started to tho field. At
the same time he proffered guns and
equipments to any desiring to 60 and
use them, and a party of six citizens
started from this place, making the
trip to Bishop Creek in seven hours,
including stoppages.
At the present writing "Wednesday
night the summing up Of the situation
Is about as follows: The four outlaws
are still alive and uncaptured; two
are being pursued In the Sierras west
of Round Valley by Major Egbert and
men /; Burke and his partner are being
tralled and hunted across Blind Springs
valley by the party from this place,
and Devine and party from the Hot
Springs.
THE LATEST. ra
On Wednesday night Sherwln, Hub
bard, Armstadt and McCloud, with the
assistance of o Mexican and Indians,
succeeded In capturing two of the con-
vlcts, Morton aud Black, In the sand
hills, about five miles southeast OF
Round Valley. On taking them, a
few shots were exchanged, when the
escapes left their arms and threw up
their hands as If to surrender. An In
dian mistook the motion and fired, the
shot taking effect a little above the left
temple Of the man Black, breaking the
skull and passing out on the other side
of the head, but, strangely enough.
not killing hun. Upon being assured
of protection from violence at the
hands of the citizens, they surrendered
and were taken to Bircham's place In
Round Valley. -s1 @ ID.
Visiting the place, our reporter
found Morton to be a very Intelligent,
fair looking man, almost supernatu-
rally calm, considering that he was In
such imminent peril Of being lynched.
Black wal In . hopeless condition, al.
though able to speak, and Is, In all
probability, dead at this time. Nor.
ton Is q 30-year man, IN for mail rob.
berry Mt Toana, but all conclude he Ia
not as bad As the company he was In.
His story, and we believe 1t true, com.
pletely upsets all ideas hitherto enter
talned concerning the affair. 1t Ii
impossible for u5 this week to give
more than the substance of tho most
important portions OF his statement.
He says when the party met Poor he
was ahead. the bulk Of the party just
behind him and Jones way In the rear.
He heard a rifle shot, and after awhile
Jones came up and said lie was
"fxed," having supplied himself with
clothes and the pony riders rig !; he
gave Morton tile boots taken, they
being too small for him (Jones.) Nor
ton. with these boots, made what were
supposed to be Poor's tracks. There
were six men in the party. but only
three in the Monte Diablo canyon
fight. Roberts killed Morrison. Nor
ton says he himself killed the Indian.
He states that Jones was the leader OF
the party, and had said that no man
should pass them to carry tidings
either way ; that Jones claimed to have
friends here by the names Of Smith and
Hutchinson, and that lie would take
them through, "but," says Morton,
"he run us into o hornets nest.
prefer being shot rather than to be
taken to Carson"
During the week We shall issue an
extra containing the terrible story MS
related by this man, and an account oil
the lynching which'the outraged COM
munity will doubtless enact, either at
Round Valley or Benton.
On the statement Of Morton, action
was deferred, and four resolute men
started for the mountains where Nor
rison's murderer, Roberts, was left,
wounded In the shoulder and foot /; and
doubtless he is now In Round Valley
and probably dsad.~ 3
Major Egbert and men, Steve Gregg.
Duncan Campbell and two men, with
some thirty Indians, are In pursuit OF
six more convlcts, tracked to Coyote
Valley, in the mountains west Of Big
Pine |H HC"-E
Morton. there were many more of the
nrison breakers coming this way, so
IT, o,,r citizans fairly usleep ON their