Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-10-10
Phoebe Pleasures.
rFrom The Record, october II

From the Record, October ~
On Sunday morning, ut q quarter to
3 O'Clock, Antonio Csrdinos, u Mex
lean, was shot and killed by Charles
Pessely, In the Union Saloon. lower
Main street. The Union Saloon 10 q
place %irequented by all natlonalities
and colors, and Is situated In that part
Of Phoebe known as Chinatown.
Thither our reporter went OIL Sunday
about u o'clock. In front OF the
saloon were seated perhaps a half
dozen men, while one or two others
stood up. Opening the door, he en-
tered a small bar-room, part OF whose
walls had been bespattered with blood.
There was also dried blood upon the
floor, and on the card table. Behind
the bar stood a ~barkeeper who was ut
the time attending to a thirsty Gus
toner. Several men stood ut and
around the bar. and toward the rear
Of the room, which appeared TO DC
about fifteen feet long, lay the dead
man, with a napkin or handkerchief
over his face, but with his person ex-
posed to the waist. A fellow country
man sat neal the head Of the corpse,
and famed It In order to keep Oft tile
flies. Our reporter ~accostell the gem
tleman behind the bar, Joseph Le-
flower. who. upon learning what was
wanted, politely told him the fol-
lowing story:
The names Of the parties are Charles
Peasely and Antonio Cardlnos. There
had been some little trouble between
them, but not enough Thought to
cause shooting. They hid been scuf-
fling a little, and Csrdlnos was very
Insulting, although PeaSely tried to
evade the Quarrel. Peasely was stand
ing with his elbows upon the counter
Mt the end toward the street. Cardi-
nos was standing half why down the
counter, which Is about eight feet long,
toward the back door from peasely.
Jim. Moran was standing between the
two. Cardinos called Peasely q cow
ard, and dared him to 90 into the street
and fight. Psasely said, 'we are old
friends. and why should we quarrel 2"
speaking In a gentlemanly way. An
tonic continued to abuse. said,
..Come aud take n drink. There's no
use of you. old-timers here In Phoebe,
wrangling about this little thing"
The four Or Us took n drink. Moran
said, ''rhey're both fools. don't see
any cause to quarrel" said, 'Come.
go home | want to close up. don't
see any money In this" asked
them to take another drink. which,
however. they did not do. Cardinos
asked Pcascly why he (Peasely J
talked about him behind his back.
Pesscly said. II don't talkfbout you.
What arc You down on Inc for?" An
tonic remarked. III don't like you no
how" or words to that effect. IL
know Tom Peasely. lie was a man
n fighter !; but you arc a cur, and dare
not 20 out a hundred yards-out on
the strickland fight me. You are q
cur and n c. d. s. of a b."
Peasely asked him two or three times,
"Why are you down on me? Id like
to know what you are down on me
for?" Then Antonio said, 'l'd like
to fight you! and you're no man ~
aud stepped out from the counter
, about ionr feet. All this time he had
been standing with his liquor In a glass
In his left hsid, his right hand behind
OIL the right side, under his coat.
Peasely Immediately pulled out a
pistol, stepped around the counter and
forward, put the weapon nearly up to
his neck and shot. When Cardinoa
was shot he staggered back into a chair,
aud leaning upon q table, died In a
few minutes. The blood spurted from
the wounds. and flowed ~copiously, Ell.
tirely covering the table. The carotid
artery on the right side was cut by one
OF the balls. The other bullet passed
In just where the neck Joins the chest,
both wounds being In front.