The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1873-07-12
AT pIocHE.

In tho Record of the 9Th instant, we
find an account of a most extraordinary
shooting scrape, and extract the follow
ing
At one o'clock on Sunday morning,
just after our paper had been put to
press, and most of our people had retired,
a shooting scrape occurred ON Meadow
Valley street, in front of j., Lynch's
chop-house. Lynch was the party most
seriously injured, it being almost certain
at present writing that he cannot cover
The unfortunate man is a native of Ire
land, about SO years of age, and formerly
lived at Portland. Oregon, at Downie-
vile, California, and at San Francisco,
where his wife now lives. ITO prevent
any mistake in i~dentity-John g. Lynch
being also a resident of this city-it
should be understood that John C. Lynch
is proprietor of the Fashion saloon, Cor
ner Main and Lacour streets, and is
formerly from Newport, r. I.) But to
the shooting affair. Three distinct dis
charges from a revolver were heard by
those who had notretired to rest. Officer
Woodruff, hearing a pistol shot, hurried
in the direction of the sound on his
way he heard another shot, and before it
was possible for him to prevent it, an
other shot was fired. Reaching the
scene of the disturbance he seized James
Harrington, by whom the shooting was
done, and conveyed him to Jail. This
ended the shooting. The cause which
led to the lamentable events which We
are called upon to chronicle vas IA very
trihing affair. Frank SHOEMAKER was
in the chop-house, and had with him a
small dog. While there Harrington,
Con. Sullivan aud Edmund O'Neil came
Sullivan took hold of the dog and III
playing with it, hurt the animal
~Schoonmaker expostulated with him,
when he a~pologized, saying that he had
no intention of hurting the dog. The
matter had apparently been settled ami
cably, but when all the parties had GO
out on the sidewalk, 0'Neii unbranded
Sullivan, saying that he was a ID
coward to apologize about hurting a dog
Schoonmaker made some reply, whicl
drew an offensive remark from O'Neil
and Schoonmakker struck him. TIL,
parties clinched and then Harrington
who seems not to have had anything Il
do with the first difficulty, opened fir
with "A six-shooter. 1t is difficult to sa'
with precision just how three shots coul,
nave caused so much mischief, but tim
there were only three shots we have tn
evidence of our own senses and the ties
timony of officer Woodruff and man,
others who heard them, and that fiy
wounds were inflicted the bodies Of tn,
men attest. 1t is most likely. however
that one shot passed through Sullivan
left wrist into Lynch's right shoulder
another struck ~Schoonmaker in the side
and without entering the cavity passed
around and struck O'Neil in the hip
(This apparently strange result may b,
explained by the tact that Schoonmake
was probably STOPPING. and SO brough
the upper portion Of his body in rang,
with ONeil's hips Still another (ant
probably the last shot entered the braii
of John II. Lynch, inficting n wounr
from the effects of which DIR. Bergstein
who was called, could not hope for hi
recovery. James Harrington, the maj
by whose hands the shooting was don,
is regarded as IA dangerous fellow, ant
has killed three men before. He is
small, spare-made man, below the me
dunn height, but is high-tempered, anC
is ever ready to use weapons on an,
plausible pretext. He is now in lai
awaiting the issue of Lynch's woundi
before a preliminary examination can b,
had, and as the Grand Jury will get t.
work in a few days, it is probable thai
his case will not be inquired into by the
committing magistrate.