Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-10-31
ANOTHER VERSION OF THE
ArTEMf T UPON ASIIIM-S LIFE.

ON ASAAAI AAEE '
The Inyo Independent has a lengthy
account of the attempt made upon the
life of young Ashim, from which we
extract the following:
II AsHIM PARTY
consisted, besides himself, of Mrs. Nj.
A. Ashim, his mother, her daughters,
Mrs. E. Il. Nichol, a.d Miss May
Ashiin, and Mr.. NJ. Levin. Among
other passengers on the Stage at the
time were Miss Kate Cook, Mrs. Keene
and two children, residing at Techs
Marsh, Victor Fernbach and S. Pin
chower of Columbus, besides others
names to us unknown. Prior to start
ing for this place it was arranged that
Mrs. Ashim nd younger daughter,
then at Eureka, Nevada, should meet
b. Ashim and his sister, Mrs. Nichol,
both from a Francisco, at Reno.
The party from San Francisco arrived
two days Or more i'm advance and
went on to Virginia City. whence, on
the following day Mrs. NcNicol re-
turned to Carson.
she WAS RECOGNIZED
by a speckled faced, erysipelas marked
Sclavonian waiter at the Ormsby
House, and thus it came bcutthat the
Pera>ich brothers of that city were put
upon the que UiUe, AMI that they, with
Speckled Face, prepared themselves to
murder Ashim on sight. Ashim sub.
sequently passed through from Vir-
ginia to Reno, where he met his moth
er and younger sister. with whom he
returned to Carson on Wednesday of
last week arriving abut 5 in the norm
ing. and but a few m before
stage time. While he was taking
breakfast at the Ormsby House,
Speckle Face notified a Peraslch, who,
with another ma stationed Them
selves, revolver in hand, at the dining
room door, waiting for As!im to come
out. Ashim was made aware of this
fact, and was advised to leave the hotel
by a side door and proceed on down
the road, where he would soon be over
taken and picked up by the stage
which was then hauled up to the office
preparing TO start. He did so. Mean
time, the remainder of the family and
passengers, having 10 knowledge of
Ashim's departure, proceeded to take
their places in the stage. Perasich and
his chum. { not Specified Face J, mar
rowly watching and peering in the
SlhStd tttI all ildl lfhtH NthiS. Cibc W
the two then desired 10 be booked for a
passage, but Superintendent Peck, be-
ing aware or suspicious of the con
templated murder, declined to give him
or any ~Sclavonian a seat i'm that parti
cular stage that day. AS AshiIn did
not present himself Perasich and his
pal, whoever he may he, n Speckled
Face then look the stage road south,
RUNNING WITH DESPERATE ENERGY
and open bosomed shirts mot having
taken time To fully dress so early in
the morning to overtake the proposed
object of their vengeance. who as they
rightly surmised, had gone ahead, a.
before stated. Ashini, 10y this time,
had ~prodeeded, walking rapidly, about
y hall mile. Looking back, naturally
enough under the circumstances. he
saw the three S~clavonians coming.
They had not as yet caught sight OF
him. Jumping ver into a corhheld,
he
CONCEALED HIMSELF
in a shallow ditch. The three men
came up. Speckle Face and Fatty
Perasich much distressed with the
unwonted exercise and excitement.
Directly opposite where Ashim lay
thew met a boy driving some cows.
Fatty, who talks good English, asked
the boy If he had seer "A man passing
along that road. Boy hadn't seen an.
man, at all. On the three wen for
some distance further. but soon re-
turned, apparently satisfied the Object
of their pursuit vas hidden along the
road side. A>him MAS lying about
twenty feet north of a division fence
dividing the field. The three men
climbed into the field about ihe same
distance south of the division fence, or
say forty feet distant from Ashiin, and
commenced the hunt through the corn
and weeds for their intended victim.
rhe approaching stage was then quite
close at hand. When il had arrived
opposite his hiding place, Ashim,
watching his chance made
A SPRING o DEAR LIFE,
and crossing the fence, WAS on the
steps OF the stage before his pursuers
were aware of his Whereabouts. The
three men then Spraiig for the road
aud stage. Perasich firing one shot
and at the same time ordering the
driver to stop. Al this juncture
Asliim fired one shot i'm return. The
six stage horses, at this, started on a
full run from the jump. Asthe stage
was passing, Perasich, or Speckle Face,
it il moi certain which, fired another
shot which passed diagonally clear
THROUGH THE STAGE
quite close to Ashim's head. as he was
falling AS it were into the rear seat,
thence near Miss Cook on the front
seat and opposite side. The pnrsuers
then commenced ruuing AFTER the rap
idly receding stage firing several wild
shots, one of which struck the ground
in such IA manner as to knock gravel
with great force against A>him's pistol
and his mothers hand, extended
mother like, out OF the stage window
for her sons protection. The hand
yet shows effects of the hurt thus re-
ceived. Ashiin. for obvious reasons
exposing nothing but his hand from
the window, fired two or three
MORE RANDOM SHOTS
to the rear, and it is likely It was thus
Mrs. Ashim recei we'd the powder