Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-04-20

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to hell. I q live without you. !
went to you with a penitent heart and
you scorned ME. l made n fool Of
myself by taking all tho blame, but
now | am done. When | got that let.
ter last Monday, II | could have found
the author, I would have probably
committed n crime that | would have
been sorry for. But now. u there 10
any truth In It, that Elcck did coax
you away from me, and he 10 D cause
Of our trouble, | would be a dam 100
To shoot him and lay myself to the
law for n hsartless woman Without
any principle. For u 1t Is so that you
allowed yourself to be led astray. oy q
william, you will rue the day beioro 1
will, for | have never heard OF one
case where 1t ever terminated WELL IL
IL 4, truo 1 hope you will both feel the
tortures Of hell before you die, anu NJ.
ter death, for I shall commit no ASH
act, for I want to die with a cIear con-
science. I do not want no human
blood ON my hands. l am satisfied
that you will yet regret the day that
you left me, for there was no cause 10
separate ut the time you left; 80 good
bye, | shant bother you no more there
Is plenty Of woman In the world. thank
God, and I shall never coax another
mans wife away from him either. L
told Eleck that you had n divorce,
aud you shall have another as soon rs
| can get the money. y. MARK.
hope there Is no truth In that let
ter ; but your own conscience will tell
you. II you have any ; II 1t Is 1t an
not be long Before 1t will DO known
public; II you are innocent you need
have no fear.
The last letter she received from him
was ono dated three days later-the
10Th instant-ln which he requested
her not to contract any debts on his
account. as he did not wish to publish
her In the newspapers. IL was SHORT,
aud written la u moro amlcable style
than the preceding one. She replied
to neither Of them. Perhaps lle re-
ceiyed another anonymous letter from
Gold Hill. but whether Ito did or not,
or precisely what actuatcd him, other
than tho frenzy Of Jealousy and des-
peration, 10 not just now apparent, but
She says that on Saturday evening she
had finished n heavy lot OF ironing In
the back room OF her little cabin, aud
had seated herself la u rocking chair
la the front room TO rest q moment,
when suddenly tho door opened and
Marks appeared, with n lighted cigar
In his mouth. He stood looking ut
her half q minute or more, when he
shut the door and CAME toward her,
saving, al can't live without yeu,"or
something to that effect. Ills coun-
tenance wore n haggard aud desperate
look, and feeling that he meant harm,
sho tried TO rush past him and 20
TO McDonald's. lilo however caught
her By tho lett arm with a grip which
leaves It's traces yet plainly percePtl.
bic, and she screamed for help. She
struggled with him aud got the door
partly open, but lie closed IL. She IL
a rather small but stroag woman, aud
directly succeeded In getting the door
wide open, still screaming for help.
lie then said to her, "YOu scream
again and III shoot you. sure" She
did scream, however. and was just
stepping out Of the door when he fired.
She fell, aud stepping back into the
room, he shot himself. The left side
OF his face Is badly swollen aud the
eye much discolored. a small pOr-
ton of the ball was extracted, but she
thinks she swallowed tho rest Of IL.
The wound II severe. Dlt she viii
doubtless recover.
The Inquest
Was held by Coroner Holmes ut .
o'clock T.. NJ. yesterday at Justice
wrlght's Courtroom. Having al
ready given the main points OF tho
story, we will merely give n synopsis
OF the testimony. Mr.. j. ID.
Mcdonnell was not present at
the time OF the tragedy, but
some time afterward heard Of 1t, went
home and found Mrs, Marks there
wounded. having taken refuge In Ills
house. Marks aud wife rented their
cabin from him and lived there togeth-
CIR before they went to Elnpire. Since
her return she has lived there alone,
supporting herself by washing and
sewing and whatever work she could
get. lilo testified to tho excellent
character OF the woman aud that SHE
was very industrious. william Nlcoll
testified that Marks was n sober. indus
trious, hard working man, and that Ito
(Marksl aud wife lived very happily to-
cether ; that she. at times when they
first came to Geld Hill, seemed very
alrrctionate toward him. He took
good care OF her. aud when she LEFT
Empire hc gave her $40. Two weeks
ago. when Marks came up with that
anonymous letter, he came ilrst to
Nicoll's house. Ito was very much
excited. showed a pistol, aud said Ito
had come for blood. Nic0ll reasoned
the case with him and told him he did
not believe n word OF the letter.
Marks finally Gained down and
said that he too did not now believe
IL ; that she was a good, truthful wo-
man, etc. Nico!l lett him OH his way
to the railroad depot, but 1t IL evident
that he changed his mind and went to
the cabin Of his vile, as already de-
scribed. lie did not call on Nlcoll
when he came again on Saturday
evening. and Nicoll did not see him
again till after the tragedy. lie
showed Nlcholl the anonymous letter,
saying "read that and you won't
blame me for boing excited"
Nicholl testified that II was badly
written and spelled, and mentioned
tho name Of a young man, Alex. Fra
ser. saying that no was sleeping ut the
cabin Of Mrs. Marks every night that
he provided furniture and q sewing
machine for her, and was In fact keep
Ing her, aud II he would come up from
Empire lie could see for himself.
al.o testified to the good char
acter OF Airs. Marks and,that she was
\ hard working, industrious woman.
Drs. Hall aud Manson testified
to attending deceased, aud rs
to the character OF tho wound.
II was just above the right
ear, and ranged forward through the
brain; considered It possible for the
deceased TO have killed himself. Jas.
Francis, Waterman ut the Crown Point
works. harried toward the cabin when
he heard tho woman scream and the
shots fired. just rs he got In sight Of
Al Ill.