Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-10-08
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inquest at 10 o'clock A. N. to-day in the
matter Of the recent fatal and uniortun-
ate ARRAY at the Justice mine, whereby
Ave coed men were killed. The fol-
lowing is the continuation Of the testi-
mony:
". Garhart, svorn-Rssids in Viz
ginia; sometime after 4 o'clock Mr..
smith came into our stable; he said I'm
removed from the supsrintsndency; 1
remarked Mr.. Kellogg went out i've
minutes ago: he said ''as soon ~ he
comes in. I shall turn the mine ever to
him."
Z. Cldresy, sworn-Am tims-kseper at
the Justice mine; think II was about 10
or Is minutes after / left the works. /
went TO Mr.. Smith and told him that Mr..
Kellogg lad demanded possession OF the
works. Mr.. Smith Immediately wrote
out a nste telling Mr.. Dunn to turn over
the mine to Mr.. Kellogg. The note ran
as follow: "Dsar John. turn over the
mine to Kellogg. Come up and 1 will ei-
plain hurried back to the works with
the note, but arrived too late; did not
hear during the day that the men were
going to resist; also kept the time OF
the men at the Waller Defeat shaft; used
10 check eff the men AZ they went down
in the mine; the names Of the men were
Chaplin, blacksmith; the car man was .
new man; don't remember his name;
the engineer that morning was L. 3.
Burnell; there were no men working on
the surface Of the mine that night; there
is no Waterman; gave the note to Mr.
| Ed. Boyle, assistant underground fore
man, whom l found at the Piute House,
at the Waller Defeat Shaft; left the
works ten or fifteen minutes after o
O'Clock; WAS gone about nm hour; when
I got back the shooting was over; John
Dunn ID foreman Of the Waller Defeat
works; the last l saw OF John Dunn was
at 4 O'Clock; he and Mr.. kellogg were
together at the works; all OF Mr.
Thonpson's carpenters were at the old
works when l loft.
William MdSterSoa. sworn-I reside IN
Gold Hill; am q saloon keeper; know
Shinett; saw him on Saturday; he want
ed 10 borrow q six-shooter; told him l
had a dsrringer; loaned 1t to him; the
time was about AZ o'clock; he did not
say what he wanted 1t for.
ID. G. She,hdn, sworn-1 reside in
Gold Hill; work in the Crown Point
mine; took q drink with Mr.. G.. +. ksl-
logg in Kennedy K Mallon's; he toldms
he wanted me in Gold Hill at l o'clock;
he did not offer me any weapons.
Trunk Redney, sworn-I reside in
Gold Hill. saw William Kellogg pass
ing through the yard Of tho Sunderland
mill. He was carrying what supposed
to be a gun. covered up with green cloth.
II was at about 3 o'clock in the evening.
7. ?. SmiH.. svorn-I reside in Nir-
ginia; am q mining superintendent. /
received notice on Saturday afternoon
from Mr. John T. Hill, one Of the Di-
rsctors Of the Justice mine. saying that
I was removed. and to come to San
Francisco Immediately. Went to Mr..
stones Office, in the Williams & Bisler
Building, and informed Msssrs. Williams
< Bixlsr Of the contsnts OF the dispatch.
Then went over to Derby 4 Garhart's
stables, where Mr.. Kellogg kept his
horses. Garhart said: What Is the
matter?" said: 81 I'm relieved l
remarked that l wanted to see Mr.
kellogg in order to turn over to him the
Justice mine and property. Shortly
afterwards / met John O'Brien. He
said: "Mr. Kellogg has been employing
fighters all day 20 take the mine away
from you. The men are being employed
through Tom Hughes. You had better
70 Down there" Mr.. Bi1lsr and myself
then went to my house. A little after 0
o'clock tn. time-kespsr at the Justice
mine came in and said Mr.. Kellogg was
down at the mine with 4 number Of men
aud demanded possession. sat down
and wrote a note to Dunn, the foreman.
telling him to turn over the mine and
property to Mr.. kellogg. There ware
no men armed at the Justice mine
through my instructions. There was
n pistol in the mine. IL lad
lain there for several months.
Told Mr.. Dunn when I was down there
in the morning that my instructions
from Hill were to not turn the mine over
10 Kellogg until I heard from him. and
that IL Kellogg came there TO tell him TO
rome 10 me; said 20 Dunn, ] don't want
nny msn hurt, I merely want you to
hold the mine until Mr.. Kellogg comes
here armed with proper authority. Mr.:
Kellogg never notified me that he had
been appointed Superintendent; 1t Is the
custom Tor tho appointss to notify the
Superintendent whom he 10 about to re-
lisys Of his appointment to the Suporin-
tendency Of the mine; did not know that
@. Z. kellogg had a brother.
Drid Birir, swon-Resids in Viz
eipia. am an attorney ut law; about 4
O'clock on Saturday afternoon MIR.
smith came to our Office and showed Us
. dispatch from Mr.. Hill, Of San Fran
cisco. notifying him that he had been re-
lieved from the superintendency OF the
Justice mine and ordering him to turn
oy.r the mine and property to Mr..
Kellogg; Mr.. Williams, remarked That
that would be the proper course TO take
shortly after leaving the Office with Mr..
smith: Mr.. O'Brisn bsckoned to him
from across tho street; did not hear the
conversation whichpassed between them;
than went 10 Mr.. Smiths house with
him; shortly afterwards the tims-keeper
OF the Justice mine came TO the house,
Stain. that Mr. Kellogg was at the mine
and demanded possession; Mr.. Smith
sat down immediately and wrote a note
TO Dunn, the foreman. telling him to
turn over the mine to Kellogg; read
the note: on handing him the note to
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