Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-01-25
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The usual quiet Of Gold Hill vas
rudely disturbed about noon to-day. BY
the announcement that q body had o
short time previously been found hang
ing to tho Beleher trestlework over the
American Flat road. Had such q re-
port been circulated on the heels OF .
series OF outrages committed by the
fslous in our midst. Il would have Gre
aied but little comment. as people would
have concluded Immediately that the
"60l " had been taking q hand at regu-
lating things; but. az this place has for
weeks past been singularly free frou
outlawry Of all kinds, the report created
intense feeling In the town. and people
rushed down TO the Bslcher works in
crowds, to verify the truth Of the report
and see IL they could identify the body.
A NEws reporter. who saw q crowd
collected In front Of Dumars' saloon.
talking excitedly. FASTENED across the
street, and gathered from tho convsrsa-
ton that the body was discovered by .
boy who was passing under the trestle-
work n few minutes previously, and who
accidentally looking overhead. was hor-
rifed to see what he supposed 10 DO the
body Of q man hanging to 4 beam. Tho
sensible thing for the boy to have done
would be to have entered the Belcher
works and appraised some OF the men
Of his discovery; but instead OF doing
this, the lad. who appears to have been
frightened almost but OF his wits, ran
all the way to the Vesey House before
be thought Of telling any m what he
had seen. To the mon he met there he
described the body as apparently that OF
an old man with long gray chin whis-
ksrs. More than this he appears to
have been incapable Of observing.
Our reporter learning the above from
the ngitaied and fragmcntary converse
ton he overheard amongst the group in
front Of Dumars, was soon one OF the
most excited Of the crowd; for. coupling
one thing with another. no arrived ut
the conclusion that the life OF a good.
though somewhat eccentric man, had
been sacrificed to the blind fury OF an
unreasoning mob. How true were his
fears will presently DO seen. To eI-
plain, il may DO necessary to remind our
readers that about a week ago a suspic-
ious character from Carson City was
notified by the ''G0i'' to leave Gold Hill
in q certain specified time, which
il will also DO remembered he was wise
enough to do. Nothing further was
thought Of the matter. and like the triv-
ial events OF every day life II was o
forgotten; but seeing tho same party In
town yesterday. and recalling the cir
cumstance, We trsmbled for his safety.
When, therefore. the finding OF n body
which. in one striking Characteristic,
c~orrsspondei so exactly with the GENTLE
man from Carson, was announced to-
day, va were sure he was the victim.
and with auickened steps fastened to
the Belcher TO verify OF silence our fears.
Arriving ut the place we saw q crowd
standing around some object, and elbow
ing u way amongst them peered INK
iously into the face Of the object OF their
attentions which. instead OF being ~ we
feared, that Of our friend Deacon Parkin-
ION, Of the TiriLane. was tho body OF an
unfortunate billy-eoat which fell through
the trestlework somo time last night,
and being caught by the head between
= couple OF planks, was ~strangled. Our
pleasure on discovering the actual facts.
was scarcely less than we anticipate will
DO that OF the good Deacon and our
readers from the same cause.