Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-25

| DTOtDttS. mere were more, tut SOliIt
. have been killed These Wal,acss never
die natural deaths. They could moi
think Of getting sick and going to bet
and dying like sonic people. They fall
on the war-path. and Sid. Wallice is
likely TO fall through trap.
In 1871 Sid. waylaid and attempted Il
aSSassiuate ST Louis drummer, named
Dickev. near Clarksvillc. Dick.y ana a
friend named Turner were out driving
in buggy, and Dickey was shot ana
wounded by Sid. Wallace, and Turner
WAS the only witness. An indictment
vas found against hia aui the Case
| postponed, Wallace having rich rela-
lions and giving bonds. The Wallace
| Brothers Elw set about hunting Turner
! down, as be was an unpleasant witness.
| They made one attelnp;;D kill him and
! failed. They kept on his track. ati.l
finally brought down their game, and
| heard ci his funeral. The bontismen of
| Sill. Wallace now wished To give him no
| and n reward was Offered for his arrest
| I'h= officers could not lay tl.sir hands on
him AMI nobody else could Oae night
= rode into Ii.lg:,vil.e AMI sAO. and
fatally wounded acoGstabie ,.:..:.e! Ward
AMI rod out cf town unl:alasttd.
A week after this Elisha Me.rS. tt
r:r,-J.is Judge before whom his case y as
l. b. tried, VS. SHIT AM killed. la-f :.
mike from C,srss7yi.ir. Circ ,.iG stances
pointed 10 SID. Wallace IS the assassin.
fbe Governor o:;eret! a reward Of 50 coo
e.: the arrest AID conviction. uf the muir
a~rer cf the judge. soon after Sill.
Wallace WIS aTresie,! and t!i9,: in CiarES-
vile for attempting Il assassiuste Diclpy
and also for killing Constable Wa--! ans!
Judge Ulcers. He Was trie;l first an the
Indictment Tor attempting to murder, rs
that ease w.s first on the docket and
WAS sentenced to four years lii I'll. PEN:
-eI.tiary. Next he was tried FOR the .nur-
der Of Ward. convicted and sentenced to
he hung Oh the 222ilti Of December. The
bonds we're tighteneuS around Sid
Wallace
The prisoners 8: GAINESVILLE were con-
fined Ill the third story OF q brick build
ing, there being no regular built Jail.
There were SIX prisoners in all: Sid,
Mat, and Tom Wallace, brothers. and
three Others. All were chained except
Mat. and Tom Wallace, and there were
four guards with guns to keep the pris-
oners from getting lonesome. The
other day one OF the guards went down
stairs to get Il bucket of water, another
went to let HIM out and q third euar1
stepped into baci, room fo- a moment.
Nat. ana Tom Wallace sr.rans upon the
remaining guard AID ';isarlned him in =
ts.4kiirg. They took possession O: TIE
-,i:.s of the other guards and had thing
all their own way. SID. Wallace and tEe
otte. prisoners were released from t:Itir
iron-, and all as -u.nct u lighting att!
tue!e.
~ i,'.r..s s,,gea,? thr0ugl ,1c town and |
tl@ citIze rs surrounded tie thiri story |
TIP. S.i.ls filing vas done ;..Isl ssvar.i !
prison, were woln 81 il the street Tn |
i'll Ids hcil a p r;@y with the pe1pl.- |
from their hi1Il Tcsch. Thy sin;ly |
N..,,ss3 pe-iI:5,:nu t. cone ipUA an. ". I
:. '.ty without LH..jn. s,uyO ,iy. THIS !
wII nui 3r:.tc.; them. IL
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...:.. in a box, ant c.:vt:,.i Ill, i,.y .a;a
ii. char q; III bail i4g, a,a=l il4t4...,.
Il, ,;l the h,x 10 u s,fc distance. Tn
s.. -: t...s- l,.isl9us p.e,.r..:i ..is
.or thtir Destruction. AMI al s;l.l.:la,l but
...--Si!- Waii.ee. ! month q 50 OF
si,-- more or less made very listia diff