Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-11-25

uOort OpopinR INTO tue nhil. Ouo uoOf
opsns into the kitchen. one into . bed
room, ons into the saloon and one out
Of doors, or outi;e Of the house. The
door opening TO the outside Of the house
has one Of the upper panels broken out.
Tho party hrt searched the bedroom
opening from the hall. As I turned
from the bedroom door. I saw q man on
the outside Of the door with the broken
panel, with a pistol Of some kind in his
hand. lsvslsd al me through the panel.
The nearest man TO me in the house
fred q shot in the direction OF the man
who was pointing his pistol through the
broken panel. My light was sxtin-
guished by the discharge Of the pistol.
Tho man at the broken panel door. out
side, said: "Oh! Oh! OH and fell. I
saw no more Of him at that door. I was
then ordered by the masked men, to re-
new my Light, which I did. and showed
the men through my house. After
searching my house they all left by tho
front door. I followed them 10 tho front
door. / heard what / thought q police
mans whistle. "A part Of the crowd
started toward F. Rabel's dwelling and
passed on toward Front street. In a
minute or two / saw three or four men
come out Of the alley leading from tho
broken panel door OF my house. TO the
street. They were carrying q man or
human body. II was masked. Cap and
mask shown witness which he states was
like that worn by the person being car
ried away from my house. When the
bearers OF the body got Of the sidewalk,
ono OF them took the body on his Shout
der and went in the same direction the
other part OF the crowd Of masked men
bad gone, toward Front street. I saw
no more Of that crowd, I saw the man
Who fred the shot / havs spoken Of. ]
think he wore a short gray coal. and black
cap and mnAk; was about 9 feet 8 inches
in height; heavy set or build. l think II
waa Q short fvs-shooter that this man
fred. / heard no other shots fred last
night. There was no other shots fred
about my house during the night.
J. ~. Sheppard, sworn-I was at
George Hayvard's house last night
between II and II o'clock. to the best
OF my recollection. Some msn-I don't
know how many-camo into the saloon.
One man had a six-shooter. or Q pistol, in
his hand. I heard q pistol shot fred; II
sounded 10 me like IL was outside OF the
house, towards the back Of the house.
Did not hear but one shot AIRED. I was
asleep on the bench in the saloon just
before the shot was fred. There was
no one In the house, except Hayward
and myself, whom / went 70 bed. Was
awake when I heard the shot. I saw no
marked men in Hayward's house last
night.
". r. Ehcaris, sworn Was ac-
quaintsd with the deceased In his hfe-
time. His name was David Beldsn
Frink. aged about forty years, born in
New York.
Andrer johnson, sworn.-was OF the
house OF George Hayward on East Main
street, Truckee, last night. Sometime
in the night several persons, masked.
came into Haywards's saloon, all OF
than were armed; there was n or two
shot-guns and a number OF pistols In
the hands Of the masked men. They
pointed their weapons all around. The
masked party OF men came in at the
front door OF the saloon. armed, and
took quiet possession OF the house.
They were not boisterous or noisy. l
did not hear q shot fired while I was at
Hayward's house; As o as the masked
party camo into the saloon I left II. i
saw no more OF the masked men. Did
rot recognize any OF the masked men.
George n. Person, sworn-Was at the
house Of Geo. Hayward about midnight
last night. I went to Hayward's to get
A. johnson home. i saw n masked man
come in ut the front door Of the saloon
with a double barrel shotgun. He pre-
sented II OF me and told me to stop. i
said no. and very soon they separated
and left me q passage to the door. /
went out on the sidewalk, or platform;
Just az I was going down tho stops from
the sidewalk. ! heard q shot fred from
the inside Of the house. II might have
been q half minute after the masked
men entered the front door. when the
shot was fred. l saw the party OF
masked men on OF near River street af-
forwards. They called on me to halt,
but I did not do 30. This was some
Ave or ten minutes after I had seen these
men Of Hayward's. / did not recognize
any one in the party OF masked men.
There VA time enough after the masked
party came into the saloon, before the
shot was fred, for some OF them to have
passed through the front or bar-room TO
the back part Of the house.
THE VERDICT.
The following IL the verdict Of the
Coroner's jury:
We, the undersigned jurors, summon
cd to appear before John Ksiser. JUS
tics Of the Peace OF Meadow Lake
Township, Acting Coroner for said
said township, county and State. on the
Gath day OF November. A. d. 1874. TO in
quirs into the cause OF the death Of ID.
B. Frink. found lying dead in Hurd's
Hall. in the Office Of Justice Ksissr, hav-
ing been duly sworn. according to law,
and hearing the testimony adducsd,
upon our oaths. each and all do say,
that we find the deceased was named d.
b. Frink, WINS q native OF New York.
aged about forty years, that he camo 10
his death ON the 23d day Of November.
A. d. 1874. by a bullet or gun-shot
wound through the breast, inflicted by
the hand OF some person unknown TO
this jury. =. Bu~RcxHALrER, Foreman.
NJ. NJ. RICHARDSON,
W. RICHARDSON,
NJ. X. BuRx,