Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-08
CoEoNEE's. inquest tPHN TIE
lDtsY OF JAMES si.JA..

lie. Of OrfnShF county, HSiu RIA 1IiI'tS''
uron the remains OF James Sloan, the
man killed at Empire on Thursday
evening. Following is a report OF the
proceedings in fnll;
!. J. Lockwood sworn Have been
acGuaintei with deceased for two years;
have known him at Empire City; his
na;i;e was James \. Sloan. he was forty
three wears old and from the State Of
Missouri; saw him alive April 9th about
4p.M u: was in Nick amhrose'S saloon
AT Empire; was sitting at the faro table;
Sloan vas sitting in the lockout char;
j Ohm Murphy came III and handed
Sloan q paper; Sloan asked what it was;
Murphy replied, You look and you
, will See" Sloan opened the paper and
read it and said. Il don't owe her q
cent" Murphy said, You receipt thai. -
pointing to the paper, Sloan said. -
won't do til don't owe her cent;
then Murphy struck him with some i'll
s.rument unknown and put the same IN
his pocket, calling him at the same time
"a sln Of a b-h;" Sloan said, 'Johnuy,
that is not right" aud attempted to rise
from MS chair when Murphy struck
min again and Sloan fell over on Am
brose; Sloan thea Strengthened up and
said, II All not fxrt-yon have the best
| of me" and Murphy then said. You
| son Of b-h, III fix you-l am bet
ter man than you are anyway; about
that time David Best came round AID
stood between them and remarked,
There must lie no fighting here. ami
pushed Murphy back, Best then took
Murphy by the arm and started ior the
door with him; about the time they
reached the door Sloan left his chair
and Wet. into an ad joining bedroom and
cane out with revolver il his hand
and started towards the front door; in
looking at him l saw Murphy and Fest
standing outside looking in through the
| CLASS doors. and | went out at the back
door; Immediately afterwards l hoard
| five shots fred; came back in and
| found Sloan lying dead on tue door;
Murphy had gone; Best was there; saw
10 weapons With Best; l think three
shots were fred from the outside Of the
! building through the glass doors and
three shots fired from the inside: knsw
Of a difficulty between Sloan, Murphy
and Best within q few days il regard to
some moneys over at the game; hard
words aud threats passed between them.
DR.. II. Is. Dawson, sworn-I have tx
| amiued the body Of the deceased now
| lying before the jury; on examination l
found q woGnd between the eyebrows
| having the appearance of having been
made by some lIurt instrument: by
cutting and usi.s probe | detected a
slight fracture Of the skull over tie
right eyebrow near the inner angle OF
the right eye; Oh further examination Of
the BODY | discovered a wound on the
right side near the arnpit, under the col
lar bone. presenting the appearance Of a
pistol OF gun ball, ranging across IL q
downward direction, making its exit on
the lett side between the fifth and sixth
ribs, under the left armpit; ! Trobed
the wound and thus found the direction
the bail had taken, the first wound be-
ing the point Of entrance and the other
that Of exit, those being the only
| wounds; said wound from the pistol
ball was sufficient TO cause death; the
blow on the forehead would have the
tendency to stun the person.
|, John Black svorn-I have resided in
Empira mostly since 1862, end during
the past year; knew the deceased, James
A. Sloan, for the last six months; his
ago IL OF American birth; last saw him
alive about P. N. April 6, 1876, in good
health. WAS tending bar in Ambroses
saloon last evening; John Murphy came
in ana walked by the faro table where
Sloan VAS IL the lool, on. chair; | heard
him say, sloan look at this" handing
him d paper; after while Murphy said,
whit do you think Of this? what are
YOU going to do about it," Sloan re-
piled, John don't owe her one cent. -
Murphy said TO Sloan, you are Z
damned liar" Sloan raised up in his
chair and made some reply, and Murphy
struck him, Sloan falling aGains. the
table and knocking over the checks; then
Sloan Strengthened up and words passed
between them; then Murphy struck him
again, I heard the sound OF the blow,
ing freely; lie rallied from it and said,
"Johry that amt right and if was fixed
as you are l would meet you any way.
bu: am 10. fxsd;' then Murphy said.
Il viii fix you ligh: now" and made a
motion as though drawing something
from his pocket. when David Best step
ped between them and took Murphy
away. Sloan waa bleeding badly but
seemed to recover a little and stepped
staggering from his chair and wen: to
my bedroom and took pistol from I'M
der my bed where he had been sleeping.
I thought he was going for the pistol
and stepped TO the door with the inten-
ton OF stopping him from getting it, but
met him coming out Of the bedroom door
with the pistol in his hand. Sloan then