Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-09-04
Eureka fsms.
From the Sentinel q sept. .,

From the Sentinel q Sept. adj
The Court was yesterday occupied
In tho trial Of the case oil the State VS..
George Endas, charged with the muir
der OF James Fl. Oldfeld, at Palisade,
on the 18th Of June last. The evil
dence disclosed substantially the fol-
lowing facts About IL p. u. on tho
18th Of June sf this year. the defend
ant, In codpany with william smith
and Jarpes Ganor, was drinking at the
bar ofMr. Mulch, In Palisade. The
entire town had been that day celebra-
tIag the nuptial festivities OF two we'll
known citizens. Nj. Foster. the bar
keeper, and Mr.. Morrison were In the
bar.room at the hour mentioned, and
to these and the aforementioned par
ties entered the deceased Oldfeld.
Upon entering the latter announced
his ability and determination to whip
anybody In sight, at the same time
making use Of the customary phrase
of endearment. He at once proceeded
to establish his character for veracity
by ussaulting the defendant, and after
a short struggle knocking him down
BY a blow from the shoulder. He
then, Selling him by tile hair, COM
menced kicking him about the head
and the body. The evidence as to the
extent of the injuries received was
somewhat conflicting, but there Is no
doubt that the attack upon defendant
was wanton and brutal In the extreme.
Mr.. Ganor took deceased of Of the de-
PENDANT, and went with deceased to
the bar, inviting him to drink. As
they we're about to drink, the defend
ant, struggling to his feet, drew q
knife, with q blade about eight inches
long. and making across the bar-room,
closed with deceased, and In . short
struggle inflicted several wounds upon
him, from which he died In less than
two minutes. After argument Of
counsel, the case was given to the jury
at S:15 p. N. In less than an hour tho
jury returned into court and rendered
a verdict Of manslau2hter, accompa-
MED by a recommendation to the nier-
cy OF the Court. In reply to a ques-
tlon OF His Honor, Judge Beatty, the
foreman Of the jury, Mr.. A. Benedict.
stated that It was the unanimously ex-
pressed desire Of the jury that a every
light sentence" should be imposed.
Wednesday, September Sd, at 10 A. NJ,
has beeh fixed as the time for passing
sentence.
We collate from our flee and other
sources the total bullion shipment for
August. It will be seen that the fig
ures are positively immense. No man
but Pritchard could we'll handle such
on enormous amount Of freight. Fol-
lowing are the shipments Of the sever
al companies: Richmond Company,
9Sl. APO pounds ; Eureka Consolidated
Company, S80.6S3 pounds; Ruby Con-
solidated Company, 44O.6Sa pounds;
X X Con. Company, 100. COO pounds.
Grand total, 2,432, 500. No place In
the United States. aud perhaps none
In the civilized world, can equal the
above figures. What Eureka Is cspa-
bio of doing, and Is doing, we allow
her bullion shipments to tell. It Is
enough for US to say that the mines Of
the district are looking better than
ever before, and that our facilities for
producing bullion are being constantly
increased.
Eureka exported bullion yesterday
rs follows: Richmond Company,
100. 2i0 pounds ; Eureka Consolidated,
OF, 32O; Ruby Consolidated. 63,022;
X X Company. 1858 pounds. Total,
256. l37 pounds. This Is the largest
shipment ever made from the district
I'm a single div.