Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-10-05

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Shiflett until he died yesterday morning;
found him in the cabin; Doctor Kirby
asked him IL he was shot in the front or
in the back; he replied Gin the back"
Aaron Po,eL, sworn-I reside in Sill
yer City; am q miner; helped to take
two OF the men out; the first I heard OF
the affair vas from a man who came into
town for . Doctor; in q few minutes saw
Doctor Harris going up the street on
horseback A. fast rs he could 60; we fell
in with a great many men as we went
up; one said. Don't go up there, Mr..
POWELL the boys are excited and may
shoot ysu; asked II anybody else was
| hurt; they said there was one man down
in the ditch; Angel and i started to
| bring him out; there were about 100
men who offered to 60 after him; Angel
| and I called to the men in the works;
they asked us what we wanted; I said
| there is q man down the bank who Is
hurt; We went around the back way to
| the man who was hurt; the men in tho
building helped us to pick him
up; he gaspsd q few times; We
then carried him up the bank ;
| we went back and took Boisot with us;
Il was very dark inside: Boisot was CO.
| inc to strike a match when n voice from
the back part said, "no lights" L
stumbled against the steps; Angel got
hold OF one arm Of the dead man and
Boisot the other; l got hold OF his legs;
q man on the inside helped us carry him
out Of the building; we took him to the
cabin; heard voices in tho works: saw the
glimpse Of five or six men in the dark;
couldn't recognize any OF them; think
could recognize the man who spoke to
me; he had grsyish vhisksrs; he said
he was not there when the shooting os-
Cured.
DR.. Zibriskee, sworn-I reside in Sill
yer City; am a praeticing physician; q
ma came down to Silver and told me to
GO up ( o the Justice mine an some men
were shot; went up right away and
found three men In q cabin just below
Waller Defeat shaft; one Of them, Rio
ley. was dying; found 81 buckshot holes
in Kellogg's thigh; took a look at Shit
lett; he was shot through the back, the
ball passing cut at the naval; all Of the
men were MORALLY wounded; two were
dead when they were brought into tho
room.
Hin. III. Watson, sworn-Rsside at
Silver City; am Clerk for Succor Mining
Company; last Saturday night at twi-
light, while l was standing ON this porch,
I saw a flash and heard the report OF a
gun: aftsr the first shot | saw three men
running across tho road; n OF them
went up on the bank and fell
down; a few minutes afterwards / heard
tho report OF u pistol; We found Mr..
Kellogg, Mr.. Shifett and Mr.. Rieley ~
ing along side OF zach other. They were
all alive at that time. II was about
twilight when the shooting occurred;
there was considerable parleying before
we got the msn. There was some talk
that there would be trouble at tho mine
AZ there were two superintendent.
Chds. Boisot, sworn-I reside in Silver
City, am n Druggist and telegraph opera
tor: on Saturday evening about Z o'clock
soma gentlemen came in the store and
said three men were shot in the Justice
mine; / told Doctor Zabriskio to hurry
up and go up to the mine; we stopped
at the cabin where we found n man
killed and two wounded; some said
there are two more out side; l went out
and when near tho Waller Defeat shaft
some IA said don't 60 any further or
there will be another man shot. About
eight feet from the door We picked up
Cain.
Thomas HdrkiE, sworn-I reside in
Gold Hill; am Constable OF Gold Hill
Township; Mr.. Kellogg asked me to 30
down with him. TO the Justice
mine; he showed me dispatches hat an
nounccd that he had been appointed
Sup srintsndsnt, and said he %apprehsnd.
ed trouble; we won't down and he read
his orders to the men in the upper
works; when | went down Dunn had boon
to Silver City and returned again; ksl.
logg ordered his brother To 60 down and
take charge Of the Waller Defeat shaft;
told Bill Kellogg what his brothers or
ders were, and turned around u came
M town; shortly afterward heard oil the
shooting; tried to get MI armed posse 10
90 down, but could not find any guns;
the weapons used in the shooting are In
nv possession; they are n shotgun,
Henry rife. and some pistols; no ar
rests were made that night; stationed a
guard over the building all night; the
first time / went down there were six
men at the old Justice Works, who said
they were armed and prepared to hold
the mine; they said IL ! came there IN
the night they would kill me; told them
I would take the chances; when kel-
logc's men went down to the Waller De
feat shaft these six men followed closely
after them; went down to tho mine to
act m mediator and prevent any trouble
between the Kellogg and Smith parties.
Hurry Foster, sworn j reside in Gold
Hill at about 81 o'clock in the after
noon ssmo one told me Kellogg had
been appointed Superintendent oil the
Justice ; I said to some acquaintance,
let's 90 down TO the Justice a. there Is
going 10 be some fun there we went
down TO the Waller Defeat shaft as we
were coming up to the door, n man threw
up his hands and said, "don'toome in;
Kellogg and the man were talking with
each other ; lie s,id to Kellogg, "don't
CONS III Il saw " mhh AANAtO "'NH
shot gun he pointed it apparently al
me-; / dro; ped on "a knee and slid
away McSfartin and Humphreys went
down with me ; the man with the shot
gun bad black whiskers.
Doctor Harris, sworn-I reside In Sil-
YER City; am a practising physician; was
called to the wsllsr-Dsiea shaft at seven
O'Clock; examined IA man named RE
ley: found a gun-shot wound in his
thigh: another man named Brown was
shot in the breast;a third man had a
gan.sbot wound in the groin; they were
all MORALLY wounded.
M. B. +. S. A,irs1s. s~orn-l re-
side in Gold Hill; am = miner; on Sat
urday / met VIM. Kellogg at 2 o'clock +.
NJ; he said. ~ want you to 60 down
with me to the iaine; Mr.. Kellogg has
been appointed Superintendent" went
down at 81, o'clock with q number OF
men; We went to the lower works; ] was
in tho rear; there was u man standing at
the door; q few moments aiterward the
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