Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-14
HOMICIDE IN VIRGINIA.
A Ehrekn HOodluin Gets His Man
Hc Claisms 20 Have Acted I'm

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A Eureka HOodIum Gets Ills Man
He Claims TO Mave Acted In
Self. defense.
James Rice, alias ''The Kid" an in.
dividual not unknown to fame in East
ern Nevada, and particularly in this
town, where he tarried for a time about
one year ago, shot and instantly killed
Frank Reidy, a Jamaca negro, during
a gambling debauch in Virginia City
last Monday night. The Chronicle
gives the following account Of the
affair:
The game went on all night, with the
parties drinking quite frequently and
%dispuling ut intervals Over the cards.
About 4 o'clock "The Kid" and Frank
had a hot alteration, in which the
foulest language waS used, and about $
o'clock Frank went out suddenly, as III
to arm himself. A couple Of hours
later he returned and opened up the
row again. 1.-THE Kid" seemed to APP
prehend danger and retrea ed to the
further side of n billiard table, asking,
Have you got a gnn?" at which
Frank pulled off his coat and said, II
! can lick you and your crowd" He
advanced toward 1.-The Kid" making a
motion az II TO draw. ''The Kid" then
pulled a five-shooter and fred.
THE SHOT
Took effect In Franks breast, and en-
tering. passed entirely through his
body in an upward direction, and bur.
led itself in the south wall of the "a
loon about eight feet from the floor.
The negro threw up his hands and fell
forward upon the floor at the o;her's
feet, the blood streaming from his
wound and forming in q pool about his
head. 1.-The Kid" coolly put the pistol
back in his pocket, and, as he turned
to leave the saloon, remarked, II guess
Irl give myself up" AMI. passing up
Union street, started for the City
Prison. On arriving there he stated
that he had killed a man and wished
to give himself up. He was iniH,e.
diately placed in a cell.
THE EXCITEMENT
About the place was intense, and az
loon as The Kid" left several persons
wished to take up the body and place
it somewhere else, while others insisted
that 1t should lie where it was until
the arrival Of the Coroner, who was
Immediately sent for. The place was
Don crowded with people, who were
packed ten deep about the billiard
table trying tn get a look at the body.
The man had fallen upon his side and
face, the latter lying in a pool OF blood
some three feet in diameter. The
blood had begun to coagulate, and was
OF a bright crimson mixed with dark
stains about as black az ink. The men
who stood about the dead body seemed
fascinated with the sight, and would
not move on until crowded away by
the pressure OF those iehind. When
the doors were closed against the
throng some OF the windows were
broken in. About 8 o'clock Coroner
the body renewed IL to the morXue.
1.-THE KIDS" STATEMENT.
A Chronicle reporter called at the
Jail and interviewed "rhs Kid" He
talked quite freely about the matter,
and admitted the %shr0ting. he said
that aimut W. months brfore he INST
the nan in Il saloon and was asked ty
him for the loan of two dollars. This
he refused, and from that time the ne
gro seemed to cherish a deadly hatred
for him, and sought quarr.ls on every
OCCASION. In the game If cards he
was very quarrelsoue, and went out
about . O'Clock, as he supposed. to heel
himself. On his return he called him
a bastard and son of ~ b., and
checked him w a billiard tabla. after
which the shot WAS fired. The inquest
will take place this evening.
A BIG LAW SUrr.-There are some
whispers in a very quiet way of an
important mining suit against one or
more of the principal mines of the dis
trio. Just who are the parties or
where tile legal attack is to he made,
has not yet come to u knowledge.
We are satisfied, however, that a big
suit is brewing and likely TO tie
launched IN the public at any time. We
shal endeavor to find III more about
it before many days.
RECIPE FOR THE CRoUP.-An onion
chopped fine and sweetensd with IL
gar, ISL an excellent remedy for Group.
Most children will eat it readily. In
severe cases n leaf OF tobacco or II snuff
plaster applied on the stomach il very
oiIlcaciOuS. II u HuaNtS tne pdtieiit
sick to vomiting, all the better, as that
carries the phlegm. The tobacco should
be creased with sw eet oil or lard; and
the stuff plaster is made simply by
dredging snuff on a creased flannel
cloth.
Ice ON THE HUMBoLDr.--The weather
must be much colder at Palisade than
here. Capt. Rabbits informs us that
there In already a coating of Ice on the
Humboldt river, and or the sloughs
where the water is still 1t is
six inches thick. The Palisadeans
have been having excellent spot at
skating for the last two weeks. There
IN a slough near the town which fur
nishes a splendid tield for this health
giving exercise.
CoAL.-There Is being brought In
these dsyss larger amount of coal than
we remember to have noticed for
months past. The greater part of 1t
goes to the Richmond. The roads are
In excellent order for teaming, and
/ those who have GOAL seem to he push