Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-07-02
THE LATEST SClCIDE AT DUTCH
FLAT.

trrom tho Auburn Argus. June 81
Last Monday the village of Dutch
Flat was thrown into a great excite
ment by one of the most desperate and
bloody tragedies ever known in the
annals of sclf-murder. Young Rosey,
the victim, was well known to every
body in the vicinity, and his sudden
and shocking death took everyone by
surprise. William Roscy is German
nv birth. but came To this State from
ohio, whce lac has mother and
sister. lie WAS aged about thirty. and
worked as engineer at Green Valley,
but had formerly been in the employ
of rowlc Bros, at Alta, and performed
the deed that took him out of this
sphere of existence i'm little cabin that
he had himself helped to build on their
premises, at the Canyon creek saw
mills. On Monday Mr.. Rosey ap-
pearcd at the mills, where he was well
known to all the hands, and asked Mr..
Bailey, an old friend, to give him
papcr, rs he wanted to write some let
tcrs, BAILEY furnished him the pa
per, and told him to go into his cabin,
which was within IL few feet Of the en-
yinc-room to write. .Aftcr writing for
some time, he came back To where
Bailey WAS and gave him letter, ask
ing him to have it mailed. While do
ing this he was perfectly cool and col
lec,cd, and no one dreamed that lie
WAS deliberately planning his own
destruction and making the necessary
arrangements. On being asked for
chew oftObacco, he gave Bailey plug
of that article, and declined taking il
back, saving that he had no further
use for ii. and on turning to leave. i'll
answer an inquiry as 10 when they
should see him again. he said: "About
the Fourth of july Returning 10
tho little cabin. he lay down on the
bed. and placing tho muzzle of
Sr.ith Il Wcssou revolver TO his right
temple. fired. The ball glanced off and
plowcd across his forehead, mtiicting
an ugly flesh wound. but did not sell
oIslv injure him. Determined TO ac
complish his purpose lie fired another
chamber. the ball this time penetrating
the skull, but still not producing deaf h.
With a resolution rarely witnessed he
again turned the deadly weapon
against his own life. Wounded and
diving. he placed the muzzle against
the inner corner of his left eye. and
buried another ball in his brain. BY
this time the repeated shots had at
traetcd attention, and his former corn-
radcs rushed to the cabin To find him
stretched unconscious on the bed, COW
cred with blood. and i'll Il dying condi-
ton. \ physician WAS hastily sum-
mcned from Dutch Flat, but to no pur-
pose, death ensuing at 1 o'clock l.. NJ,
about three hours after the shooting.
On the table hear him WAS found n
note addressed to the odd Fellows
Lodge of Dutch Flat, of which he was
n member, requesting them to give his
body decent burial. and after paving
funeral expenses and erecting tomb
stone over his crave, to transmit what
money Was left to his mother and
sister in Ohio. He no:ed minu'cly all
the particulars about his business. and
the directions about the disposal of his
body were written in clear language
and an mistaken hand. As request
ed, the odd Fellows took charge of The
cenlains. and under their directions
they vera con -igncd to the grave on
She following day, at 3 o'clock T. NJ.
\. usual, there is y woman Al the
bottom of the case, and disappointed
love is supposed to be the cause of the
Desperate decd. Mrs. Calhoun, to
whose destinations and t!rtationS Ro-
sey's death is a,cribcd, has once before
figured i'll love. jealousy and murder
romance, and the terrible tragedy of n
lew months ago, IN Wnlcn she SO near
ly lost her life. is still fresh in the
memory of our citizens. Rumor gives
it that Ro>ey and Mr.. Calhoun Mere
both suitorS for the iivors of the fas-
cinating widow, Mrs. Orange Boke.
ard that with charming impariiality
she engaged herself to both. Calhoun,
however, carried oil the prize. but his
bride continued to flirt with her for
snor lover 10 such an extent that his
jealousy was aroused, and on the 18th
of February, after IA short trial of mar,
ried life, he >ho, his wife i'll the face,
iniiictiug \ severe but not dangerous
wound, and blew out his own brains.
Mrs. calhoun, freed from the incubus
of a jealous husband, seems To have
returned to her ilirta:ions. and RoSey,
quite infatuated, has been her devoted
follower. On sunday last he accom-
panied her to Sacramento, returning
.nn the freight train to butch Flat that
night. Ii is presumed that his suit
Was unsuccessful. or that his feelings
had been triiled with to such an extent
a. to recder his life unhearablc, as it
WAS but few hours after his return
that he committed the fatal act. The
letter intrustCd To Bailey to be mailed
was addressed 10 her, and il opened
might throw some light on the tran,ac-
ton.