Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-05-29
Homicide.

Yesterday Mrs. Mclaughlin, OF the
sr,nbur Spring Ranch, on the old Salt
Lake road, arrived in town, bringing
iii her the dead body of her son, Geo.
w Rsvis who was shot and MORALLY
Funded on Sunday last at place called
,,e Mountain Spring Ranch. situate
hon. twelve miles from the Sulphur
Snring Ranch. Hearing of the affair
from officer Knerr, we accompanied him
10 the house where the body lay, and
fonnd some attendants in the act of pre-
,aripa it for burial. The deceased APP
neared to be quite young man, scarcely
of age, and while living must have been
a stout we'll proportioned, active young
fellow. There was wound in his left
breast, apparently caused by a bullet.
Mrs. Mclaughlin was not present, but
we afterwards had an interview with her
at the house of friend with whom she
is staying, and obtained from her the
following account Of the affair: 1t APP
nears that some short time since the de-
ceased, George W. Bevis, took up q
ranch at q point called the Mountain
Spring, situate about twelve miles from
a station on the old Salt Lake road called
the Sulphur Spring Ranch, which was
kept by his mother. Mrs. Mclaughlin.
A few days since Bevis, accompanied by
Young man called Colonel Richardson,
took q load of lumber to the ground
taken up by Bevis, aud commenced to
build house and also to dig a we'll.
While the young men were so en-
gagged, a man named Heb. Sedwick,
with companion named John
Green, appeared on the scene.
Sedgwiek said he claimed the ranch /;
that he had jumped it, and that no d
s. of a b should take it away
from him, adding that he would fill up
the well. Bevis said, laughingly, that
he guessed not. Sedgwick answered
that he would, and stopped to pick up a
shovel While STOPPING he exposed a
pistol at his side, and young bevis
pulled it from the scabbard and gave it
to Green, at the same time saying, "You
can't kill me now" But at the instant
Sedwick snatched the pistol from Green
and fired at Beyis, inflicting the wound
from the effects of which the latter
died. After the shooting all the party
put the wounded man into his own
wagon and drove it to his mothers house
at the Sulphur Spring, where he fingered
until Tuesday evening, dying about 8
o'clock. After Bevis had been taken to
bis mothers, Sedwick, who killed him,
said he would ride to Phoebe for medical
assistance, but has not been seen since
he left the ranch. After some delay
young Richardson came to Phoebe for
physician, and DIR. Al. Shobe went out,
but he did not reach the ranch until
after the death of the unfortunate young
man. Mrs. Mclaughlin started day be-
fore yesterday at o'clock from the Sui
phur Spring, and after travelling all
night reached Phoebe yesterday forenoon
with her sons corpse-truly long, Sc
we're and melancholy journey. She
reached here in wretched and pitiable
condition, and was found ina sad plight
by officer knerr. He at once went to
work and procured men to prepare the
body for burial and to take
the necessary steps for the funeral,
as he found Mrs. Mclaughlin with
out any available means. Knerr took
subscription paper round and raised
small sum, but not sufficient to pay all
the expenses, still it was help. There
is much credit due to Knerr for the
earnest manner i'll which he went to
work to assist the poor woman in her
affection. In view of all circumstances
of the case, and Of the fact that a corpse
is brought into town with what appears
to have been mortal wound, we submit
1t would be proper for the judicial au-
thoritles to step in and cause an inquest
and post mortem examination to be
held, so that the fact could be established
II the murderer is ever arrested and tried,
that the wound was sufficient, or must
necessarily cause death. Certainly, for
the ends of public justice, the judicial
oihcers Of the county ought to make some
formal lr inquiry into the alleged homicide.
Inc TACT that the killing is supposed to
nave taken place without the State, does
NO. relieve the officers charged with ad-
lnlnistration of justice in this county,
from dong the duty of making a legal
.hquisltlon into the causes of the death
; ahen the corpse is brought here, and OF
itseii shows that death must have been