Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-05-11
Double Murder at the Silver Age
House, Near Austin!
Two Large, Athletic Men Killed by n
D~inaiDuiiye PersonI
TIE MURDERER ESCAPES

of a horrible double murder committed
at the Silver Age House, nine miles
from Austin:
AUSTIN, New, May 10.
The following is from the Recei!ie of
this evening:
The greatest excitement prevailed in
town this morning y e the
ment of a fearful tragedy which was
enacted some time this morning at the
Silver Age Ranch OIL Big creek, abou
ten miles from Austin. The ranch is
the properly of Geo. F. Dinsrnore, by
whom a portion was leased to two
Italians, named Luigi Bordanaco and
Nagoine Giuseppe, who were engaged
in cultivating vegetables thereon. The
house on the ranch was occupied by
these W. and James McCreery, a wood
team ster, and John Beal, commonly
called Jack Bell, who acted as Il sort Of
overseer for Dinsmore. Early thi>
morning, Guiseppi rode into town.
bringing word of the tragedy, which
had been enacted during the night, and
as little is known of the affair beyond
what is related by him, we deem il
best to give his story: He says thai
during the greater part of yes'er
day he was out in the hills hunting
horses, and when he returned he
found three men drunk and quarrel
ing. lie demonstrated with his partner
Borianaco, who, making tllrea enin2
gestures to kill him, and being, he says,
in fear of his life, and knowing Bor
danaco TO be a dangerous man, he took
his blankets and retreated to the sage
brush, where he made his bed. Me-
Creepy and Bordanaco had been, or
were shaking dice, and Guiseppi says
the noise and quarreling continued
until about 2 O'Clock i'm the morning
At daylight he arose, and going to the
house he discovered Beal lying ON the
floor dead, and McCreery alive but
his skull crushed in and unconscious,
while the floor was covered with pools
of bl )od and spattered with brains.
Bordanaco VAS nowhere to be seen,
and GIUSEPPE mounted a horse and
rode to town to give word o. the bloody
affair. DR.. Wixom was summoned
and at once departed for the scene, be-
ing soon after followed by Mr.. Dins-
more, Sheriff Emery, Marshal Day.
and Mr.. Dreyfuss, tile Corone-. From
Dreyfuss, who returned from the
scene of the tragedy about 3 O'Clock
this afternoon, we learn that ON tho
arrival of the party at the ranch a
fearful scene was presented. In the
middle of the floor of the front room
of the house lay the two men; Bea
dead, with his skull crushed in be-
hind, his left ear lying in a pool If
blood, and bl )od oozing from the
wound; and McCreery lying on his
side weltering in his own blood, still
breathing, but totally unconscious; the
back of his skull was crushed in, and
DIR. Wixom extracted pieces of bone a
large as a fifty cent piece, and gave i
as his opinion that the mans recovery
was impossible. On the arrival of The
officers they discovered races of Bar
danaco, and at once started in pursuit,
giving Guiseppi in charge OF Fred
Conn, who brought him to town and
delivered him into the custody of Dep
uty Sheriff Spiers, who locked him up
Gui>eppi is a man of about five fee,
five inches in height, with the dark
skin and piercing black eyes IN
to his race, and his face when in repose
has a quiet ami rather pleasant loo :.
Luigi Bordanaco, the fleeing murdeiei
is described a. a d~iIniuutive man, mol
weighing over ITO pounds, but said to
be "a vicious and desperate man-it be
ing stated that he stabbed two men in
Virginia City some time ago 1t seem
incredil lie that a man such as he is de-
scribed to be could overpower two
ldIA0S SllOtiS HiCl SUM as A>Cos ois
McCreery, even with the aid of an ak.
In the ease OF McCreery he might,
from the hypothesis that he was so
overpowered by drink as to render
him an easy victim, but those who
knew Beal intimately state that he was
a quiet man who drank liquor.
If the facts are as stated by Giuseppe.
and he himself had no hand in the
affair, It is supposed that McCreery
was attacked first and overpowered,
and Beal coming to his assistance wa
then attacked and killed by the in
furiated murderer. McCreery Is well
known in town, having for some time
been engaged driving a wood team.
He is said to be not a bad man, but
addicted to drink, and qnarrelsome
when under its influence. Beal was d
man advanced in years. Of a quiet and
peaceable disposition and not given te
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