Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-23
THE PISTOL.
A Man Plugged with Two Balls
While Seated at the Break
fast Table.

About 7 o'clock yesterday morning
Mrs. Browns restaurant, two doors
above the International Hotel, was
the scene of a shooting scrape. The
principals in the difficulty were j,
w. Flemming, better known as
- Multitude" the noted bull-whacker,
aud John Marsh. Flemming did the
shooting, w%ounding Marsh in two
places. Following are the particulars
of the affair as we learned them from
various sources: AS above stated,
Flemming is the owner of several OK
teams, and his business is that Of a
general freighter to all points within
the neighborinE counties. Last spring
he made a trip to White Pine, taking
with him Marsh as a sort Of helper.
The roads and weather were bad and
the trip "a necessarily a tedious
one, the teams some days not NOV
ing at all. Under the agreement, as
1t appears, Marsh was not to receive
wages except for the days when &C.
tually at work. On other days, when
the team did not move, he was to
have his board only. After return
ing to Eureka a settlement followed,
but the parties disagreed with refer
ence to the number of days for which
wages were due. Finally, however,
Flemming paid the whole amount
claimed, save 80. This he would
have paid also, but he had not the
requisite amount of change about
him. Marsh soon after went TO Ruby
Valley, where he was engaged for
some time in working on a ranch.
While out In Ruby Valley. he sent
to Flemming for the balance due
him, but Flemming for some cause
or another did not pay 1t. The mat
ter stood in this way until night be-
fore last, when the parties CHANGED to
meet in Joe Mendes' saloon. Elem
ming Immediately Paid the 81, and
they drank together, everything ap-
parently being satisfactory all round.
Later in the night, however, they
again met in the same place, and
Marsh being slightly under the in.
fluence OF liquor, seemed disposed to
quarrel with Flenlming over what
he claimed TO be bad treatment about
the So. High words were used, and,
finally, Marsh chased Flemming out
of the saloon with a five-shooter pis-
toll, swearing as he did so that he
would kill him. Officer Johnson, at
this juncture, put in an appearance
and took charge of both Marsh and
his pistol. He started to Jail with
him, but Marsh promising to go to
bed and behave himself, he turned
him loose. Flemming also went to
bed 1t about the same time.
Two or three hours later, rs Mr..
Mendes informs US, Marsh re
turned with his blanket oat turned
wrong side out and peered about
the premises as though he was
looking anxiously for some one. He
walked hurriediy into the saloon two
or three times seemingly on the same
errand. This was the last seen of
either of the parties for the night.
Flemming, when in town, was in the
habit of taking his meals at Mrs.
Browns restaurant. Entering that
place at the time stated yesterday
morning, to his surprise, as he express.
ed it, he encountered Marsh with two
other men seated at one of the tables.
Remembering what had occurred the
night before and supposing that he
would have TO fight, he instantly drew
his pistol and fired two shots, both
taking effect. One of the balls took
effect in the right breast near the nip
pie and CHANGING across to the LETT with
out entering the cavity, lodged under
the skin about five or six inches from
the point of entrance. The other en-
tered the left leg six or eight inches be-
low the hip joint and assuming a
downward course passed half way
around the limb and lodged lea the
knee. Both are flesh wounds, but
very painful, and the shock to the ner.
vous system seems to have completely
Frustrated the patient, who suffered
greatly during the day and last night.
Doctors Cram and Bishop are the at
tending physicians. Both of the balls
were extracted without much diff
Guilty, aud there is no well.grounded
reason why the patient should die,
though his condition at midnight last
night was considered extremely ortiz
cal. Flemming was arrested and
lodged in Jail. We interviewed him
during the afternoon. He talked freely
and gave us a very correct version Of
the whole affair, his statement differ
ing in no important particular from
the testimony of other witnesses.