Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-08-03

as If his shoulder were broken. Mori-
arty ran on down the street, perhaps fif-
teen PAGES, into the Main-street entrance
Of Pres. Wards saloon, ard out of the
Meadow Valley-street entrance, then on
across the sidewalk and into the street
Mckinney followed his victim closely.
the distance between them being never
more than ten feet, and generally be-
tween three and six, and as he ran he
discharged the remaining loaded chara-
bers of the pistol. Officer j. r. Hoge,
who was not far distant, ran after Me-
kinney as soon as he fred the first shot,
and as he ran he commanded him to
stop shooting. He could not arrest the
man, however, until just as he was dis
charging the last shot.
The officer at the same time that he
laid his hand upon Mckinney shoulder,
caught the hand which held the pistol,
and Mckinney snapped the revolver three
times after his hand had been caught,
although the chambers were empty.
When the last shot was fired, Mckin-
ney stood upon the sidewalk, and his
victim was in the street. The murderer
was taken off to Jail, and Moriarty went
up the street a distance Of forty or fifty
passes, and then returned holding pistol
in his left hand,
He gave the pistol to John Tyler, say
ing I'm gone.'' The number on the
weapon was 1877, 1856. Moriarty was then
taken by two or three gentlemen into the
drugstore on Main street, opposite to the
place where the shooting was done.
DR.. Bergstein, the physician who at
tended the man, testified that either of
the two wounds inflicted would have
proved fatal, and third might have been
fatal.
AS to the cause of the shooting, moth
ing definite was brought out.
Mckinney had remarked before the
shooting that Moriarty had come to the
window of the room in which
he lodged and abused him like Il
thief. He also had been heard to make
indirect threats against Moriarty.
When arrested he said, HE called me
names which white man can't stand,
and | would not let him get the best OF
me-"
George Syphers testified that she knew
both parties, but did not know any cause
of dispute between them. She knew
that there was i'll feeling on Mckinney 5
part; never heard them speak together;
had heard Mckinney make indirect
threats.
WIN. j. Kelly, cousin OF the deceased.
said he had known him "a or % years
that his true name was Richard Mori-
arty, and that he was born in Cabaret
veen, county Kerry, Ireland, where his
father and mother now reside,
The above, though not the exact
words of all the evidence that was elici-
ted, and which was taken down by us
verbatim, but for which VIC have not SUI
flclent space, contains the whole sub
stance of it.
The jury returned verdict that the
name OF deceased was Richard Moriarty.
a native of ireland, aged 30 years, and
that he was killed by George Mckinney.
When George Syphers had finished
her testimony she walked over to the
corpse, where she was mostly hidden
from our sight In few moments she
tainted and fell heavily to the floor.
without, however, making any other
noise than that caused by her fall. When
she was restored she left the room quick
ly, weak and faint, and weeping bitterly.
Moriarty died at six minutes past Il
O'Clock, noon. Blood was flowing from
wound or wounds in his back at 80
p. m. He was dressed in suit of black
with a large and beautiful wreath of white
flowers on his breast. His appearance
was very lifelike.