Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1874-12-10
TELEGRAPHIC.
Special to the Tri-WeekIy Times
by WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH LINR.l

| Truckee. Dec. S.-ThiS morning a.
No. 6 west-bound passenger train
was side-tracking for the west bound
passenger train at Boca, a freight
train broke in two and collided with
the passenger. completely demolish.
ing the caboose and one emigrant
car. killing two passengers instantly
and badly wounding three others
who are not expected to live; also
seriously wounding conductor Ben
nett, who was a passenger at the
time. He was thrown some sixty
feet down an embankment into a pile
of rock. Quite a number are still
missing, supposed to be in the river
as the emigrant car was thrown down
the Ell. bankment. The dead and
wounded were brought to this place
one of the men killed is supposed to
be brother of Litchenstein, bro
ker of San Francisco. No one was
injured on the passenger train; il
left here five hours late.
MERGED, Dec. T. Granice, who
shot Madden, has been in the hands
OF the Sheriff since the affair occur
red. An attempt to lynch him was
expected: a rope was purchased and
everything prepared, but on going
to the Jail after dark it appeared that
the prisoner had been spirited away
by the Sherlff-no one knows where.
The party, on the discovery OF the
prisoners absence, went to the office
of the San Joaquin Argus and mob
bed it, smashing forms, mixing type,
etc. Steele, the editor, has disap-
peared. The excitement still coutin-
ues, but it is hoped that young Gran
ice has been taken out of the reach
of the excited crowd.
MERGED, Dec. S.-The town is all
in a state of excitement in conse-
quence of the shooting OF Edward
Madden, editor of the Tribune, by
Harry Granice yesterday. Last
night crowds gathered on the street
and meant to deal summarily with
the murderer of Madden. The Sher-
if, anticipating the condition of
affairs, had removed the prisoner to
Huffman ranch, one mile from
town, in charge of two responsible
sub officers. The people found the
prisoner had been removed, and at
about o'clock Information reached
town as to his whereabouts. The
mob, mounted on mustangs, went
out to his place of concealment and
him of the officers. One
of the officers was in bed with him
and had him handcutfed, one of the
cuffs being placed upon his own per-
son to guard against any possible
escape. The two got out of bed and
ran out of doors in the night. 1t
seems that the prisoner here made
his escape. Reports are numerous
as to how he made his escape. The
officers are now in search of him.
Great excitement prevails, and the
town is full OF parties who have
come from abroad to learn the par
ticulars of the tragedy. Last night
the mother Of the deceased arrived
and his remains We're taken to Stock
ton to-day, where they will be in
TERED in the family lot. A great
many accompanied the cortege from
here, The crowd broke into Jail af-
ter the prisoner had been removed,
and then went to the -ir9us office
and upset things generally. The
office looks like wreck this morn
ing. 1t seems that Steele made a
bill of sale OF the property to Wig
gington, banker here, who held
mortgage of 81, 800 on it at the time
of the atfray. There is no likelihood
of the murderer's escape. He is
hemmed in on all sides. Madden
was man universally esteemed; he
was young and promising, and had
not an enemy in the whole valley.
He was unarmed. Granice is step
son of Steele, editor of the argus.
He is young and of little account.
He was instiSated by Steele no
doubt. The citizens understood this
and they waited upon Steele last
night and gave him twenty-four
hours to get out of town.. He left
Immediately, which was the best
thing to do under the circumstances
The escape of Granice from the
authorities has created immense ex-
element. The country for miles
around is being searched. Large
of citizens have been out
all day, but owing to a dense fog
which hangs over the valley, there
is little or no prospect of his recap
ture until he is driven by hunger
and privation to seek shelter in some
farmhouse. The Sheriff has just re-
turned from the hunt and states that
the fog is so dense that one cannot
see ten feet. The fields are scatter
ed over with determined men. The
murderer is so hemmed in that es-
cape is impossible.
Midnight DISPATCHES !