Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-05-17

famed for dssperadoss, although COCA
donAlly d~svslopinV one OF the hns
water. Jsck Williams, thsmoss famous
and fearless Of all the desperadoss who
houishsd. and vas killed at Virginia
City. In the early days Of "washos."
came frem Plymouth; and Il seems that
Chrstoper Stoddard. the villainous
hero Of the bloody exploit detailed b.
low. WA inclined 10 b something Of
the same order. although hardly coming
up to tho Jack Williams standard. for
Jack knew no fear and would not have
been taken alive. The idea, however.
Of drowning IN armed Desperate out Of
his place Of refuge by means Of n steam
Are engine, alter the style Of drowning a
woodchuck out Of his hole. 10 not
20 bad. We think Il is an original one.
and those bean eating sons Of the Pill
grims should have . patent for IL.
Even We Of this sagsbrush community
might perhaps adopt the idea, some
dmo TO advantage. We copy the fol-
lowing account Of the tragic affair from
the Old Colony Memorial Of May 9Th:
Shortly before II O'Clock on Monday
4. NJ, our community was startled by
the ringing OF o bell. indicating an
alarm OF fire. Enginemen and citizens
rushed 70 the vicinity OF the steamer
houses In Town Square, and No. I was
Immediately hauled out. BY this time
u had bssn noised about that . murder
had bean committed, and that one Of
our most respected and efficient local
ofiosn. Captain Josiah d. Baxter. had
bssn shot dead while In the discharge Of
his duty, and at that moment lay In Q
pool Of blood, where he had fallen.
while tho murderer with fendish ma
lignity. sntrenched within his domicil
and supplied With an arsenal OF deadly
weapons. no covered the approach a. to
mAts the attempt 10 reach tho body one
Of eminent personal peril.
Tho locality Of the fatal sncountsr il
on Emerald street. leading from Water
street 70 Commercial street, and 10 o
narrow lane, more Familiarity known a
"Cim Shell Alley" Thither the az
cited citizens repaired In o body, the
steamer being already on the way before
this awful truth had become known,
happily. - II proved. 70 be Of most i'm.
portant use In what was TO follow.
The house where the murder was per-
pstrated II . small building, situated
near The edge OF . stone wall, some four
OF Ave feet above the street, and about
the same distance back, q fence running
along the top OF the wall. Tho hnt
visw Of tho premises disclosed tho body
Of the officer lying in front Of the door
Of the house with his head near the
fence. Inside the house was Chris
TOPPER Stoddard, tho murderer. who had
sworn he would not DO taken alive. II
was we'll known from his habit OF
trading in the articles. TINT he was we'll
supplied with firearms. and prepared to
make q most desperate resistance. He
must needs be q brave man, and 60 with
his life In his hand. who would attempt
70 mako the arrest. Hesitation under
these circumstances was natural, and
str,tsoy under these circumstnnoes vas
d.smsd discrstion- ALTHOUGH vbstsve,
nan. vsre sdonted eould only bo ear.
dsd ont A nersonsI IAN
Ys,ious plans vsre suopcsted. such
a. firing the building. Kidding Il with
bullets. etc., but that Of drowning him
" provided. Al The word the stoamer
va placed In position 10 drift water
from ths nond a ths foot Of tbe strret'
and the hosemsn ran me real mn INST
he house unmolestsd. By this time
some Of ths moro yenturesoms had null.
al avay the fence. and bore the body Of
of,cor baxter OF 10 a wagon on Water
strcot whence h wa At once rsmoyedto
the Town House.
An the corpse was brought ont, the
blood and brains streaming from a terri.
bic wound In the left sye, whore The
fatal charge had entered, the spectacle
VA most thrilling. and thu excited
crowd we're incepsed almost 10 madness.
win Wild lhout. and imprecations. a
ush vas made by the most determined.
and an assault on the house began with
axes, timbers, and stones, which speedi-
iy gave tho hremen Q chance. to work.
A. the attack proceeded. shot after shot
rssoundsd from within, but being hrod
ct random, no one was injured. although
there were several narrow escapes. The
powerful stream from the steamer did
its work most effectively. and drove the
now thoroughly desperate man from the
main room into q sort Of shed or lsan-to
attached 10 The building. Hare for q
moment he had Q respite until the board
ina vas ripped Oh By willing hands, and
be- was again exposed 10 the food OF
water. Firing Q parting shot at his as
sailants. he ran again into the main
room, and attempted TO pass out at the
door whore be lad shot ofaosr Baxter.
Whatever may have been his design II
was speedily frustrated, for he had hard
y taken ten steps outside the building
before hs was ssised by strong hands.
which prevented him from using the re-
volvsr, Afterwards found loaded In his
coat pocket. and which he undoubtedly
intended TO protect himself with. Dep
- GLE III 1911 -Isl Nu..Nhl-