The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-05-21
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The unfortunate victim Of his own
rashncss-the account of whose mclan-
choly death We take from the 'San Jose
-Hfrt"G& Of the 10th instant-wus we'll
known to many persons III this section
of country, lie having filed the position
of booli-kecper Tor The Leopard Mining
Company, ut COrnucopia, for !. some-
where about u year, md was highly es-
tccnel by all his acqunintances. Fol-
lowing is the -KcrrHcy's statement of the
fnctS: .......-- ....... ....-.... .
One Of the most rlclimSh6iy and
henrt-rCn,iing Affairs that has ever fallen
to our lot to record, happened i'll. this
city last evening nj III O'Clock, ut tho
residence of y. II. A. Mason; on Mar
l:ct street, south of the plaza. Among
the acquGintunccs OF Miss Ursula Ma
sou, the ,lnughtcr, n;cGd eighteen, was
Louis BGs'oI, son of DrfL. II. Bns-
com, of Santn CLARA, u young man of
good presence and fine abilities. Lat
trrly Bnscou hnd not been in gold
health. 4 few days since lie returned
from Piuchc, Ncvn,in, mud lust evening
called upon Miss Mason ut her home.
lilo had previously visited huru ;ewtimcs,
not more than the generality of her
friends and acluaininnccs. She lind
never exhibited the slightest preference
for his society, but he, il seems, bccniiio
infatuntrd with her and his object in
going TO see her last evening was 10
learn his flute from her lips. Al nbcut
the hour of eleven he unuoSo,ucd him
L.,
She laughed Mt his Outhurat, not irrniu-
in6 that ho WIS sd deeply in, earnest,
nlid replied that she must refuse us she
had never cherished lovers feeling
lor him, neither had she given lliin. any
encouragement that would cnIiHc him. to
believe otherwise. Dascom turned
IDENTIFY pale, and looked her full in tic
face rcnnrking thnt she hnd given him
his death blnwy or words to that cfIGct,
md then with rapid drew n
revolver, Rlid placing the InuZZle to the
left side OF tho hcntl jhat above the chr,
pulled the trigger aud srlt the bullet
crashing through his brain and thou
fell forward In the igunirs of death.
The suddcnncsg Of the action, together
with the surroundings, drove the young
lady into Mysteries. Her shricks
brought the family to the room, aud it
was SOME time before rho riIdId be
quoted SO rs to give succinct account
of what Ind Happened. Dfs. Turner,
ThOrnc and Caldwell were summoned,
but the first glance wns sufficient to
sJinc' that tho wound was mntnl. just
before our reporter left tho housr. ut 2
\. NJ, the physicians did mt Think The
yong imam had half au hour 10 live. lie
was II years Of age. ..-..
Dun towmsman, j. e. CT0inhic, who
lhs just returned frnm Mineral Hill in
forms Viz that the mill ut that place will
conmCncc operations agnin on the first
Of next month. All tho necessary picImr.
ntions have been undo for OH extended
ruin y number Of tho boys who hold
leases from the Mineral Hill Company,
have been successful in their search
after rich ore, md are anxiously await
ing tho starting ot tho mill, iu nr.lcr
that they mny yet il converted into coin.
Although tho ''lIill;" in COMPARISON
with its former brilliant career, il q.itct
il is hy no means ''plnycd ont" but
continues to yield literally get.
A FtGur. Yesterday AFTERNOON ahou
half past ono O'Clock, slight unplcns
nmtncs9 ocCdrJcd in Henry Hnrroun';
restaurants IN which the waiter an,
Chinese cuok were the principal con
tdsianta. Tho difficulty was finall
qucllcd however, without serious n
suits To either patty.
john II. Bradley after M nitssuco 4
several days on business Int tho sontl
crm part Of tho county arrived hoiir
again last evenings
The six-h1tBc coach for Cornncolii
yesterday morning went out loaded
: the guards with passengers aud ,li" I
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