Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-04

Cd II back. affirming that it was second
ticket obtained by misrepresentation.
Oniolev refused to give it back denying
that hs had more tnan one ticket; where
mnon PiyIey stated his case to the con-
drctor instructing him not to allow
On;o1ev to travel on said ticket in dis
,snts The result was that the conductor
elected Quigley somewhere along ,ne
line because he would not pay any other
fare and held on to the validity VI 'uv
ticket he exhibited. The railroad VII.
most probably be sinched IN the amount
demanded by complainant, although as
to the merits of the case IN law Inc un-
dersigned does not depose.
sonIt with intent to kill you will prob
ably get two for the State frisoh. one
of the fellows, Jim Russell, IN hen'
with another man who was after MN III
the fray with knife. filled MIN disas-
trously with two loads OF hne SHOT from
a double-barreled gun:
| The offender who will most assuredly
| add one to the indwellers OF the PRISON
is a man whose name l have forgotten.
The row took place at Carlin. lie shot
his man (whose wife he had previously
carbled) in dastardly manner. from
Behind, without warning and without
giving him the ghost OF show or a
minute to prepare for the transition
from this world into eternity or, as II
NAV be, into humiliation. .,
The case of the thild individual
charged with wantonly seeking the lie
of his neiehbors is strange and holilble.
His name is Metzberger. lie was en-
emigrant, ON his way from Chicago west
tc invest some money he had along WIN
linn. He had brown Jug with MN
also. He irdnls5d in its fiery contents
until he became, evidently. del'flous'
when he went for his pistol and never
rested until in his Wild raviags ne mao
shot somebody With it. The conductor
of the train succeeded in quoting MN
several times, when he became utterly
unmauageable, at LAST, and went ior the
brake man. who, assisted by the con.
drctor. tried to stand him on ana' al
any rate. hold his pistol. Beng man
of immense muscle be tossed them
around, aitL ougE they are both men OF
remarkable strength and activity, IKE
brace of babies. The fight is described
as terrible. The drunken crazy man
only waiting for an opportunity to shoot
and the two railroad men poweriess ever
to hold the maniac's weapon-wlth Ger
tain death awaiting them if they let him
90 and tlied to retreat. At last In tnt
Scramble tho pistol went off, the bal
striking the brakesman just under tn
nose from the front and passing into thu
muscles of the neck. He felt faint from
the loss of blood. and the conductor wa
left to contend alone with the raSln'
giant. He made tracks out OF the ca ca,
< as fast as possible and made a miraeu!
Gus escape with a bullet hole through
, his coat. Returning in a minute with
! six shooter to get rid of the savage leu
, ton the latter was nowhere to be found
/ be had come to a consciousness OF tn
|. nature of his behavior and had lumpe'
t off the train which was not moving rap
: idly. The man had no motive to act II
! such a manner, and his behavior can b
d attributed to whiskey alone. he wa
r duly arrested and within the next weel
will have been tried and sentenced.
NIX"