Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-09-04
LOCAL ITEMS
ANOTHER MAN KILLED.
John Manning Shot by an Officer

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quest. which was held in the room back
OF DR.. Deals drug store, at IL n. m. At
$50 o'clock, James Wales and John Man.
ming. while walking down Main street.
met officer W. l.. Mckee in front of the
"City Club Rooms, third door above |
Meadow Valley street. Both Manning
and Wales were somewhat under the in-
fiuence OF liquor. Manning said to
Mckee: " Hold on, Mac, think you're
friend of the party that killed Court.
ney." Mckee replied: " What have YOU
got to say about it?" Manning answered:
Nothing, Mac, but don't like officers
that murder man. Mckee said:
You are drunk now. ANY difference
We have had We will settle when You are
sober. Go to bed, and when you get
sober I'll talk to you" and laid his hand
on Manning's shoulder. Manning re-
piled: " Mac, there's no id son of a
b-h in this town can make me go to bed.
I'll go to bed when get ready" Mckee
said that he didn't want to make. him go
to bed, but that he (Manning) had better
take his advice. Other words may have
passed between them, but if so, they
were not heard, Manning then made
motion as if to draw weapon, and
Mckee, being quicker, drew ont n self
cooking pistol and fired Manning quiv-
cred for moment, holding his right
hand to his hip, beneath his coat,
and then fell on the sidewalk
The only words he spoke were,
I'm shot" Wales thinks that he
also said, I'm murdered. Wales
drew his pistol, cooked it, and leyelled it
at Mckee, saying, MAC, don't shoot any
more or I'll kill YOU" MaKee said
something to the effect that he allowed
no one to draw a gun on him, and
kept in readines IS 10 defend himself in case
Manning should arise, for a short time,
and then walked away, and gave himself
up at the Sheriff's office. Manning tried
to rise several times, but his attempts
were Intellectual. He was carried to
Bishop & Lees drug store. DR.. Lee,
who examined the.wound, found that the
ball had struck him on the left breast.
bone. 1t evidently went little down.
ward, and probably struck one of the
blood
His boots were taken of, and he died
in about half an hour breathing his last
: at 95 a. III. Shortly after, he was put
!. into an express wagon and hauled to the
County Hospital, but his friends soon
took him thence to his cabin on or neal
Panaca Flat, from whence his funeral is
to take place. -.s..
>: During the preceding night Or early in
the morning, O'Brien, Wales, James
1 Hunter and Manning were in company
b They were under the influence of liquor
$ and weapons were freely displayed
! There was good deal of quarreling go
1 ing on. Manning said that he wanted t.
, find some of Travis friends wanted t,
}. kill some s. of b., and desired Hunt
er, who was then or had been in the EN-
!, ploy of Travis, to go out on the stree
a with him. He also talked about Morgal
h Courtney (who was killed by Mckinne
about month ago), and said that Fa
> Mac Nickel, one of Travis pets, ha
put up the game for the killing of Court
ney. ..
o Officer Mckee met the party nc
10 long before the shooting, and probabl
0 thinking they might do some harm wit
% their weapons, he disarmed O'Brien
~ Wales and Hunter. Manning, who wa
=" standing apart from the others, mu'
have escaped his notice. This was o
A Meadow Valley street. Hunter steppe
II into Persons saloon for few minute
Us Us and told Mckee to look out for Maj
q ming, because he blamed him Mckee
IN for the killing OF Courtney. s..l
s. Of the character of Manning, who VT
IN a miner, we known little. As tor Mckee
he has for some time been acting in Il
Q capacity of Deputy Sheriff and nigl
10 Waterman, and is universally respectt
% as fearless and efficient officer.
"a The verdict of the Coroner's jury wa
ey in substance, as follows:
n We, the undersigned. being duly swor
find that the true name of deceased
9 John Manning. that he is native of II
Is land, thirty.five years Of age, and that
ITS died by q gunshot wound inflicted by
20 y. Mckee on this Sd day Of August, 1871
!. 8 W. II. McKillip, James Simmons. A.
me Jones, A. NJ. Berry, j. A. Colwell, Jes
IAN Beene.
P1ocHE DRUNK.-Night before Il
0. 4 Phoebe, or at least certain portion OF
10 inhabitants, got drunk. There W
.N drunks in saloons and DRINKS in
% streets; drunks dancing in a "hurd
hot ball room, DRINKS lying on sidewalks
4l9 boot-black stands, and more drul
affectionately caressing posts. Tn
were lager drunks and whisky drum
% there were peaceable DRINKS and billif
,nts emit drunks--in short there were dru1
or 2 Of all imaginable kinds in every conc'
IN; ~ able place. One lot'of German dru
San sang "Die Yacht am Rhein with
the rich beauty Of tone natural to
natives of Faderland until about
Q ~ =, o'clock, and then INDUCED in q soc't
ssnts knockdown. Some whisky dru
er 5 amused themselves by sticking BIO
r 20 Lr;ves into bar-room tables, and in ISL
NOR in their whistlers " around each 9th
ears. Besides tripping the light fan