Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-30

The readers Of the APPEAL are more
or less familiar with the outlines of
the story of the fatal shooting, at Oar
win, inyo county, California. on the
Eleventh of March last, whereby Mich
olas Perasich lost his life at the hands
of one Il. Ashim. Both parties, the
murderer and his victim, were known
here; and Tor that reason, and others,
no little interest has been felt in the
case. our readers also know, Ito their
as:oniShmentl, that Ashim, who has
lately undergone trial in the District
Court for Inyo county, California, has
been acquitted of the crime with the
committing OF which he stood charged.
It bein. fact, that, since his trial,
Ashin aud his friends have sought to
create the impression in the public
mind that he occupies the position of
an innocg mt man who is in danger of
being as>assinated by the surviving
brothers of his victim aud that i'm
preston and tatemrnts leading 10
it being utterly false; and the suspi-
ciOn being entertained that he is try
ing to foressall pU bile opinion in order
that the extraordinary proceedings
which resulted i'll his acquittal may be
lost sight Of. and in order that this
case may be made the subject of an
unbought verdict by this community,
we herewith present a synopsis of the
testimony as given and reported dur
ing the said trial. We condense. as
follows. from the account published
in the Inyo Independent, after COM
pairing the same with the report made
for. and retained i'll the possession OF,
one of the attorneys for the prosecu-
ton I'VE will preface this epitome
of the testimony by repeating the
statement of the case as made by Dist
riot Attorney Smelling. to wit: "That
Nicholas Perasich came TO mis- death
If, IN pistol shots fired by 3. Ashim,
the defendant, while deceased was
quietly takeng dinner in Sullfvan's
Restaurant, on the llth of March,
and county; ari that the killing was
wholly urj istifable.
THE TESTIMONY OF THREE EYE WITNESSES |
OF THE MURDER.
}. 3Ilstadt, native of Copenhagen, |
Denmark, partner in the proprietor
ship OF the restaurant in which the MUIR
der took place, after describing the .
building, swears, That witness and
partner Sullivan, the deceased. Nicholas
Perasiei and his partner, Y. Petrovicb,
were IN the room or kitchen Just prior
TO the entrance of the Ashim party"
Here We omit certain descriptions of
the lay of the premises. ETC., which are
not material to this exhibit Carroll"
lone of Ashim's backers) "stooj to the
right of the front door, coming in; stood
facing Perasich: Montgomery (Ashim' 5
clerk, twas in the door; witness stood
three or four feet to the right and rear
Of the deceased on n line toward the
kitchen door; defendant stood at the
md of the table witness was in full
Tiew of all the parties; Ashim said to
Perasich. want you to pay me that
,ill now, as he advanced to the table.
Deceased said, Yes, I'll pay YOU '
Ashim said, God damn you, pay ne (
row. He then pulled ont his pistol and {
;red it off towards deceased. Witness
vas about three or four feet from him;
ant say what kind of pistol it was; s
hink it was like this in court; Ia six q
nch, self-cocking Whistler, large cali s
er). Before this, in answer to Ashim's
econd demand, deceased said something i
bout paying the bill; Ashim drew his I
istol at the instant of making the Sec S
nd demand fired instantly; might J
ave delayed few seconds; deceased l
'as then in a standing position; had q
lain view of him; after the first shot,
eceased kind of turned to run; not t
ositive. but think his hands were in
lis position (ciasped, and held up near G
Z touching his left ear; had nothing IL q
IS hands !: he started to go toward the /
ar or kitchen door. Deceased was /
Icing to the rear Of the room from >
SHIN was then five or six feet from b