Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-09-02
HOLLANDS I

HOLLANDS LETTER.
PIocHE, New, Aug. 80, 1877.
EDITOR SENTINEL: In your paper
of the 2yih inst. there appears al arti-
Gle under the head Of "Old Times Re-
vived at Pioche," the same purport-
Ing to be a true statement concerning
an unfortunate affair that occurred
here on Saturday evening last. The
circumstances as stated are, in the
main, quite untrue. The facts are
these: German and a man by the
name of Turner assaulted me on the
street, and had it not been for the
timely warning given by a friend, l
certainly would have been assassinat-
ed, but seeing German and Turner
with pistols in their hands coming to-
ward me L attempted to draw my
pistol, and in doing so my pistol went
Off accidentally, the ball enter
ing the sidewalk in front of me.
Both men then commenced firing
at me. / received two wounds
from them, one in the left side and
one in the left hand. l fired but M
shot besides the accidental n when
my pistol refused to work. 1t would
not revolve and I thought discretion
the better part of valor, and done some
good lodging. There were in all nine
shots fired, aud no n hit but my
self. German and Turner have been
bound over to appear before the Grand
Jury, and l expect to be arraigned as
soon as / am able to get out of bed.
Now, these are the facts as far as re-
lated, and / trust you will publish this,
my statement, as am anxious TO have
the facts Known.
Respectfully, Yours, etc.,
PAT HOLLAND.
II will be observed hat Mr.. Holland
admits some pretty lively lodging.
He is a crack shot, and it has been
the wonder of his acquaintance
throughout the State that he did not
get his man at the first fire. OF course,
no one acquainted with him would be-
lieve for q that he was the
least disconnected even when the bull
lets rained thickest. We are in receipt
from another source Of an account of
the affair which does not harmonic
THE oTHER SIDE.
This last account denies emphatical.
ly that Mr.. Turner participated in the
fight, though in the immediate vicinity
when it took place. The card which
Mr.. Holland posted regarding the
Record managers was a vile thing, and
constituted an offense which a man of
his years and experience should never
have been guilty of. 1t dragged in the
name of an innocent female, If we are
correctly informed, whose good name
Mr.. German was bound to protect. In
this particular, Mr.. Hollands action
was wholly ineXcusable, and can only
be accounted for, and not palliated, on
the ground that be was greatly and I'M
reasonably exasperated. But the diff
Guilty had originated through articles
in the public press, and MIR. Holland,
being an old newspaper man, should
have been content with dealing such
blows as might be proper for the col
umns of a respectable journal. He
was guilty of a grave error when he
posted the card aforesaid. 1t meant
fight, if it meant anything, and he
should not have been surprised when
Nh. German, whom we know to be a
peaceable and quiet man, sought him
out with hostile intent. The card was
posted during Mr.. Germans absence
to Bullionville and taken down before
his return. When he learned what
had TRANSFERRED, he very naturally
sought to interview his traducer. Ac
cording to the account on which these
latter comments are based, the fight
opened in the front part of a saloon,
and closed just as Mr.. Holland
''dodged" out t the back door, MI.
German having exhausted the contents
of his weapon. The same authority
stales that the sympathy of the COM
munity is largely with Mr.. German.
Personally we know nothing about
the affair, but, inaSmuch as We always
endeavor % be fair and impartial, we
have given both sides as detailed to
us in letters from trustworthy resi-
dents of Phoebe. We hope that all
hands may be able to speedily get
themselves out of the trouble which
the law threatens, and then let the
maftar drop-