Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-07-01

Charlie Hun ss~bs Brsthsr Pusii.
tss Six Tines-The Wounded Man
moi Expected % Recover.

AT about half-past 0 last night in Bro
phys Saloon on d street. the FIRST door
north Of Union. Charles Huff stabbed,
and 1t Is supposed, MORALLY wounded
William p. o'Reilly.
Cause OF ths Dinscuity.
On account Of the excitement last
evening. 1t was impossible to obtain any
reliable information regarding the cause
OF the difficulty. but this morning.
through the courtesy Of Deputy Sheriff
Saunders, our reporter wa permitted to
interview tho assailant, Hun, in the
County Jail, and from him obtained the
following
Particulars
81 was walking down ID street, (said
HUFF about 0 O'Clock, when I sawB Bill
| Davis, an intimate friend Of mine. and
another man go into Brophy's saloon; l
followed them in and slapped Bin
on the back; the man O'Reilly
| turned on me and called me a
"dirty loafer" for striking an old man.
I did not know what TO make OF 1t, for
l was not familiar with 0'Rielly, and
supposed he was joking. Then he said
he would spar with me without gloves;
| / told him there was nothing in it-that
II he had a set Of gloves I would spar
him. This did not seem to satisfy him,
and he commenced pulling me around.
and at last we got n little hot, and ! told
him t. quit that, IL lac did not
Ell woaid KIN Him."
Thenh he wentinto the room behind the
bar. and from there he walked through
the hallway leading to the street and
then returned to the saloon and caught
hold Of me again. I had my knife in
my hand and was sitting on n Of the
| tables. and as no pulled me l cut him.
/ then rushed out Of the saloon and ran
up here Ito the County Jail) and gave
myself up. I think I was perfectly
justified in cutting him, for / acted in
sclf-defense. He tore the lapel Of my
coat of and also the sleeve"
Scene nj shc saloon.
As soon Us We reached the saloon we
found the wounded man. covered with
blood, sitting in q chair and bidding
farewell to those around him. He
evidently Supposed that he had received
his call" He asked ~affectionately for
his wife, "Mary." and appeared much
distressed because she answered not.
Messengers had been dispatched for
doctors, and in about half IN hour after
the stabbing occurred. Drs. McMeans
and Hopkins arrived and examined the
patient, who was carefully laid OIL the
fioor. The doctors found three wounds
in the abdomen, through n OF which
his intes,ines protruded, and also three
cuts in the head; one behind tho left
ear, another severins the lobe OF the
ear and scratching his face, and another
just above the left eye. After dressing
his wounds, DIR. McMeans ordered him
TO be removed to his house and great ut
tention paid him. His wife, in the mean
time, had arrived. but, being unable to
restrain her feelings, was removed.
william r. O'RsiiIy
Has only been in Virginia for some three
months. previous to which timo he had
resided in San Francisco and also in
Colorado. He has been q professional
fighter. and it is said had not q match
on the coast. He was very low this
morning. the priest and doctor were
called for. and he wal not expected to
live through the day.
Charles Hun
Has been in Virginia for the past five
years, working in the mines of and on,
Of late has been rather quiet, and has
not figured in tho police books as much
as in former days.
The knifs
With which tho deed was committed is
a knife with the blade about four or four
and q half inches in length ; not n
Bowie, as stated by a morning cotempo-
rary.