Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-05-03
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Hrsa The Rssss uvsr Rsysdls, April ny
Jssk Harris WI dislrat Phoebe bn
SundAy last. wnsa welC known chaJkter
In this StSts, having directly snf In
directly bssn Identified with nis6y Of
the scenes Of violence Of tho sarjf days.
He was Q native Of Massachusetts, and
In his early manhood he followed ths
sea for . livelihood. At the breaking
eut et IL califaxniAs cold sxcitsmsnt. he
went 10 that State. and resided for many
ysars at MarysNils and vteinily. where
be vas known - q desperate character.
and suspected Of bang implicated In
various highway robbsies. In 1859 or
1850 he came 10 washoe. - tho lrsgtcn
Of the Comskock was them called, rvsiding
principally In Carson City. whore he
msnied. For several years he kept q
saloon In Carson, during which time
his reputation was similar to that borne
By him In California.
In 1856 the Pioneer stags,p running
between Virginia City End Plaosryille,
vas stopped just belov Silver City. ono
morning. by three men. and Badly
Green, the driver. politely requested 70
''hand out ,ths box" Baldy's accom-
nodating spirit in matters Of this kind
was provsrbial; ho mover took q second
look down the muxxies Of the double
barrelsd shotgun vhieh was showed
under his nose; but simply said, Scr.
tainly, gentlemen" and handed out
Wells, Fargo a Co.'S treasure box as
soon a. he could got Il out Of ths front
boot. The boz on this occasion con-
tanned . largo amount Of money and
valuablss, and Immediately on the an
nouncemsnt % The robbery. Wells. Far
got Co. oftsred . Large reward for the
arrest and conviction Of tho robbers.
Tho sntife police machinery Of the State
was 1t onSs sst 10 vork. and IN Q abort
ttmsrHxsxfJ md eBD- uqssfS wsrs arrvstr
cd, Charged with tho oonmisSion Of tho
robhery. Harris ana one Of his alleged
A~ccomplioss were arrested In this city.
The party arrested With Harris has
since become u respectable citizen, 90
we xhaii MOI mention his name inFthis
connection. The other man was Al.
Waterman, who was arrested In Hsrra
Valley. The robbery was committed In
Lyon county, and the three arrested
men were incarceratod In the Lyon
County Jail, : at Dayton. Tho party
whose name We do not mention turn
ed Stato's evidence. and showed the
officers vhery o portion OF Ne spoih
were secrstsd; but though there vas
evidently q. dog csss sgldnsttKrtsr-
man and Harris, thers reemed to be an
indisposttion on the pan Of Wells, Far
20 8 Co. TO prosecute them. Az q mat
tas Of form. however. they, were tried.
We forget ths sxastrsult of the case OF
Harris; but, at any ratio, hs left the
eouatry shortly aftor tho trial, and Wat
ermsn was convicted and sentenced 10
thirteen years in the State Prison. He
served bat q short time. however. when
Q motion Of his counsel for I nev trial
was granted. and ho was released on q
worthless bond In the sum OF $1,000.
which was tho end Of the matter.
Harris wont TO Washington, whore for
q short time he served as q detective on
the police force Of that city, but soon
turned baok 10 the Pacific Coast, remain.
ing for several months on the Isthmus.
In 1867 he opened . saloon IN this city,
in partnership with Nicanor. a notori.
Gus cattle thief and highwayman. who
recently escaped from the Lincoln coun-
n Jail. In the Winter Of this year he.
bad q quarrel with Charley Brooks, Gao
OF waterman's bondsmen, In which
knives and pistols were drawn, but
which ended without bloodshsd.
When tho White Pine excitement
broke out. he removed 10 that district
and ppstsd . saloon In Hsnilton, In
1869 removing thence tol Eureka.
Eureka was then . smAll camp and Of
fered . poor field for his genius, and he
returned 70 White Pine. On The day Of
the Hamilton city election OF 1870. he
engaged In . street duel with Charles
Mcintyre, In which he received . shot
through the right hand. which perma-
nently disabled that member.
In 1871 no went TO Phoebe, where he
was more or less mixed MP in tho lot
and mino jumping troubles, and where
uo uuu roEufut hiriUihtoAns oh ouo W"
oasion clipping q lock Of hair from the
side Of the head Of Major O'Keeio, tho
jumper. with q bullet from q "Whist-
ler." Years ago II was p~rophpsied that
Jack Hayes would die with hiS boots on.
and the prophecy would have boon full.
Allied In tho cases OF ninoty;nino mon
out Of every hundred who had, followed
Q similar course Of life; but his DEATH
bed was ehcered with the grim salts
faction Of knowing that these prognos-
tications a. to the manner Of his death
were unfulflled. Waterman. however.
did die with his boots ON, being killed in
Virginia City by Miles Goodman, un-
der circumstance which fully justified
that gentleman.
In the above We have given but q brief
sketch OF o career by no means unoom-
mon on the Pacific Coast, led by q man
who was . typo Of . class now bsoom.
ing extinct. We may have made some
errors In the matter Of dates. but the
facts arc substantially a. stated. and the
lack Of space prevents U giving Thorn
moro In detail.