Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-07-10
Eureka Items.
From the Sentinel OF july s,h.l

lEEohu tuc otntlnel Ol July otn.J
John Maxwell. All old colored man,
who was In the habit OF cleaning
lamps aud doing other odd Jobs about
saloons and Offices. deliberately COM.
United suicide ut his residence OIL
Spring street. Sunday night. Early
Sunday morning he called on DR..
Schneider, of the Eureka drug store.
tor a Quantity of strychnine, repre-
senting that rats were troubling his
premises, aud that he knew how TO use
It, with the view Of exterminating
them. During the day he Was about
as usual. and appeared quite cheerful
and lively. In the evening. or rather
at about 10 o'clock at night. he swal-
lowed the fatal dose. He was discov-
cred almost Immediately. but those
who were first to arrive ut his house
did not realize the situation, aud for
this reason medical aid was not sum-
moned In time to be Of any avail. He
survived but n short time, dying In
great agony. Deceased, we should
think, Was not less than sixty years OF
age. He came to Eureka from White
Pine q few months ago. Several years
since no served as porter of the Bank
Exchange saloon in Gold Hill. The
strangest thing connected with his
death, Is TINT unrequlted love Is said
to have been the cauSe prompting the
rash act. Uncle John loved loudly
but not wisely. A soiled dove Of AT
rican descent was the object OF his ad-
oratlon. She took his money. jewelrY
and things, but when he proposed to
make her Mrs. Maxwell she could not
see It, and laughed at his presump.
ton. This knocked all Of the back
bone u of old John, aud the romance
Of younger days getting the better Of
his Judgment, he had recourse to cold
poison. The dark cause OF his trou-
bles was present during his brief i'll
ness $50 minutesl and almost with his
last breath he exclaimed, Lizzie,
Lizzie. how could you do it?" Uncle
John, old as he was. was susceptible
in a high degree. In Gold Hill he got
Into some sort Of a scrape about II
young white girl, which caused him to
make tracks for the great East. LII the
main, however, he was a good, truSty
servant. aud was generally well liked
by those who employed him.
We learn that tho Grand Jury OF
White Pine county has found II true
bill against Alec. COIN for kindling
the great fire at Hamilton. or course
no II OH the outside has any right to
know what TRANSFERRED In the jury room,
yet It Is asserted that the evidence was
very strong against him. His Dail has
been fixed at $4,000. The warrant
was issued for his arrest yesterday.
a soiled dove, known BY the sug-
gestive soubriquet OF Crazy Jane"
attempted suicide ut u house OH North
Main street last night. through the
medium Of laudanum. DR.. Clmmblin
Vas called, pumped her out, aud at
latest accounts IL was thought she
would recover. This Is her second at.
tempt ut suicide within a year.
There were shipped by W. J.. Pritcll-
ards's freight line yesterday the fol.
lowing lots of bullion: For the Rich.
mond, 0,0U0 pounds; for the Eureka
Consolidated. 2i.000 pounds; Tor the
Ruby Consolidated. $1,000 pounds.
Total. los, 900 pounds.
The many friends Of Red Frank
Wheeler viii be glad to learn that lie
has recently realized thirty OF forty
thousand dollars in stock speculationS.
Frank will doubtless now turn out as
4 flrst.class bull"