Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-12-05

BELMONT, November %, 1873.
EDITOR News: Another man has
been hung in Nevada; hanging In
Nevada Is not played out" At sew
enteen minutes past two o'clock this
afternoon David NJ. Hall paid with his
life the penalty prescribed BY law for
taking the life Of q fellow being.
An Interview.
visited the condemned mar In his
cell this morning, having received
permission from Sheriff Caldwell.
The Jail Is situated In the basement Of
the Court-house-a stone building with
a; brick front. Entering the cell,
saw a man apparently about thirty.
four years of age but stress Of con-
finement may have made him look
older than he really was. His face
was haggard and pale. and as he sa.
luted me . pang Of misery seemed to
shoot across his face, but by no other
Sign did he seem to show any realiza'
tion OF the awful fate so soon to be his
He was seated on his bed, which con.
sisted Of q mattress and blankets laid
on the floor. smoking q cigar, with .
candle stuck In a potato In front OIL
him. He shook hands cordially, and
inquired II I wished him to make q
statement. I informed him that ]
would take down what he wished to
say, and that 1t would be published,
whereupon he made a statement, In
effect as follows:
81 first met Black Jack In North
Star District, Utah, where he was al
work for me !; our relations were al.
ways friendly, and l paid him his
wages regulsrly-paid him every quar-.
ter that was due him ; I don't recol-
lect the exact cause Of his enmity, but
he attacked me on the trail with a
knife. had considerable money, and
thought at the time that his object was
robbery. When he met me on the
trail I grabbed at him, threw him, got
the best Of him, and asked him, Jack,
what do you mean?' He said. Let me
up;' | started and ran ; had not even
a pen-knlfe with me. and went and
hid In a tunnel. He attacked me again
on Eureka Hill as I was coming down
the trail, close to some cabins, and
l armed myself with a revolver. He
came to my cabin at 8 o'clock at night
and said he would kill mo. Iagain ran
and hid In the tunnel, 90 40 10 avoid q
difficulty, II possible. l came out Of
the tunnel and went to Morris store,
where 1 staid all night, because l had
been Informed that he was waiting o.
the trail for me, saying that he would
get the advantage Of me and kill me u
came along. I was informed thai
lie was out stealing horses, aud I ven
tured back to North Star to get my
mail. When I got Within 100 yards o.
nv tent lit was late In the EVENING"
looked around and saw Black Jack be.
hind me ; | rode home as fast as | could
and sat down beside w. n. Cowan,
when Black Jack advanced and said
You s. Il b-l will kill you right
now;' I was armed with . pistol and
asked Cowan II I should shoot him.
Just then the cook called me to supper
and / went Into supper with Cowan.
After supper I laid down and another
one Of the boys threw me \ six-shooter;
Jack stood In the door, still abusing
me. and I went out Of the back door
and went to town. l left North Star
and went to Salt Lake and thence ia
San Francisco; then returned to Sail
Lake and thence to Phoebe. JACK
came to Phoebe from Star, and I was
warned that he had threatened to kill
me ; that be said he would get the droT