Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-06-07

LAST night, at ~ o'clock, Nit Ray
mond. a woman well known to all old
Californians, and years ago one of the
characters of Sacramento, met with her
death at the hands of an unknown assas-
sin, being shot through the head and in
stantly killed while standing behind the
bar of little saloon kept by her on
South c street, in that part of the town
known as the "Barbary Coast" The
only person in the saloon at the time of
the murder was girl who lived with the
old woman and who is called Miss Jen-
ME. Miss Jennie's story is that three
men came into the saloon and took
drinks. Presently two Of the men went
away, leaving the third behind. He was
a good deal under the influence of liquor,
and after n time the old woman, Nit
RAYMOND, or Mrs. Smith, as she was
called here, asked the fellow to pay for
some drinks. The sum demanded was
four bits. The stranger, without any
further words, suddenly drew a pistol,
and exclaiming, I'm give you four
bitsn' reached across the counter, and
placing the pistol close to the old
woman's head, fired, the ball entering
tut ItII eye. nv Tic ltpOlt VI tbo plotoi
she fell behind the bar, with her head
resting against the end of lager beer
keg, and II would seem died almost in.
stantly. The assassin Immediately
darted out of the door Of the saloon and
ran as fast as possible in the direction OF
Gold Hill. He was seen running away
| by several persons, but none of those who
saw him running were aware of the
horrible deed he had just committed.
One man who saw the fleeing murderer
says that during the time he was observ'
ing him he twice stumbled and fell tt
the ground From this it was though
that he must have been much intoxicat
ed, and the officers last night were quit
confident that they would secure th
wretch before daylight
The girl Jennie WAS taken to the sta
tion-house by Chief Lackey, where sh
was kept last night in order that sh
might be on hand to identity the ASSASSIN
in case he was caught. She said sh
would be able to identify either of tn
three men who came to the saloon, an
was sure she would know the murdere
at once. She says she was sitting in tn
back part of the saloon eating SOM
lunch, and had not the slightest ide
: that tragedy was about to be enacte
before her, as she heard no particula
wrangle. The murdered woman cam
here four or five months ago frot
Phoebe, and has since been keeping tn
. vile den in which she came to her deatf
She has husband, who goes by tn
a name of Smith and who lives in Oal
land, California. The old woman
said to have possessed property wort
1 about So, 200, and we are told that he
receipts for rents were about $500 pc
month. They had never been legal
separated, and of late Smith had give
: her good deal of trouble about propert
i matters. In early days Nit Raymon
!. owned several racing horses and We
well-known for her exploits on the Sa
ramento race course. She at one tim
owned famous pacing horse called IL
wisconsin Chief, and on one occasion
IS when she thought her driver was throw
@ ing the race, she pulled him from b
!, seat in the sulky, took the ieins hersel
-" and driving through, won the race.
l. Virg. Enterprise. Sd.