The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1872-09-14
THE SHOOTING or GEORGE WILSON
BY WILLIAM n, PIERCE.
A coLD-sLoo pEn MvRDER,
VERDICT OF CORONER's JURY.

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O'Clock, a fatal ARRAY took place between
William H. Pierce and George Wilson, al
the saloon Of the former on Carson
street, which resulted in the death of the
latter. Pierce is Welchman, Of fair
size, less than middle age, quarrelsome,
ugly and vicious; thinks himself bully,
always carries large-sized army six
shooter, and less than two months ago
shot four or five shots at Frenchman,
one shot Of which took effect in, and
breaking his arm. This cold-blooded
murderer keeps what sporting men call q
hosgins game in his saloon, and keeps
cappers to lead in the stranger and unin-
itiated to be robbed under the guise of a
| square game. The deceased, George
Wilson, was man not far from fifty
years old a sporting man, but a very
quiet, inoffensive, honorable mana
man who had seen better days, but being
SICK and almost dead with consumption
was unable to do anything, and has sub
sisted for several months past upon the
charity of his friends. He was a man
| universally respected by all those who
knew him best, for his honesty and ma
tive goodness, and those who only knew
him by sight, out of pity for a man, pale;
emaciated and wasting by that horrible
disease that kills one long before they
cease to breathe. Pierce had given Will
son money to play at his own game, per-
haps as a capper, at any rate he gave him
money that he expected Wilson to ac-
count for after the game had broken up
for the night, and all had gone away but
Pierce, Wilson and Pierce's barkeeper,
William Mann, Pierce demanded set
Element of Wilson. The evidence shows
that Wilson was considerably under the
influence Of liquor at that time, but he
proceeded to make settlement by hunt
ing in all his pockets and giving him
all the money he could find. Pierce
said the amount was twenty dollars short
and called Wilson "a thief. Upon this he
raised his cane and struck Pierce. In
stantly Pierce fired three shots very rap
idly in succession. Wilson staggered to
the door and fell out on the sidewalk
dead. The shots all passed into the body
near to each other-twO Of them penetrat-
ing the heart and one but q few inches
from it, DR.. Lee, the examining physi-
clan, pronounced two shots fatal, and
the one might or might not be-depend-
ing on the strength and health OF the
individual. The evidence as given by
Mann leaves no doubt but this dastartlly
act was as cold-blooded a murder as can
be conceived of, and that the deceased
was too feeble to even hurt child, and
that any one could have got away from
Wilson had he desired to, and none but
a depraved villain and cowardly murder
er would have considered himself jnsti-
fed in shooting u man so feeble,
that he could not raise his
cane. upon which he leaned for support
as he slowly walked our streets, higher
than his shoulder to strike, and the blow
SO slight that it left no mark on his per- |
son. In keeping with this mans nature,
he assisted in carrying in his subject |
from where he fell, and placed a small |
money consideration as the price of his |
crime. He was arrested by the Sheriff |
who had arrived at his place and he is
now in Jail. The body was laid on the /
music stand in the rear of the bar, in the |
saloon where he was killed, where it re-
manned until after it was viewed by the
Coroner's jury, when it was taken in
charge by his friends, and will be buried
to-day. 1t is not often that any civilized
is called Upon to witness so
cruel and revolving murder. Infants
and feeble old people are sacred in the
eyes of brave strong men, but such
sneaking, cOwardly Williams are only hui
man monsters Below is the verdict of
the Coroncr's Jury:
Verdict Of the Coroncr's Jury.
81 l., IS
Before Richard r. Parkinson, Justice of
The Peace and acting Coroner. In the
matter of the irquisition upon the body
If George Wilson, deceased. We the I'M
lersigned, the jurors summoned to appear
before Richard Il. Parkinson, Justice of
he Peace in and for Carson township,
county and State aforesaid, acting as Cor
sner, at his Office in Carson City, on the
9Th day of September, 1872, to inquire
nto the cause Of the death of George
Wilson, deceased, having been duly sum-
noned according to law, and having made
uch inquisition after inspecting the body,
nd hearing the testimony adduced, upon
ur oaths, each and all do say: That we
md the deceased was named George Will
on, was a native of Kentucky, aged
bout fifty years; that he came to his
cath on the 18th day of September, 1872,
4 the town Of Carson City, county of
'rlnsby and State of Nevada, from the
fleets of three pistol-shot wounds in and
pom the chest and body of said deceased, .
red from six-shooter pistol in the hands