The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-03-28

exist all over the OLhLe, "neio'oi VIZ
LABOR UNION AND ORDER OF cAUcAsIANs
Have secured foot hold. 1t would
appear from what has already been
learned that the members OF the LABOR
Union are more conspicuous than the
Caucasians in these terrible crimes.
The attempt to shift the responsibility
nnon rival Cinnamon has been salts
factory exploded. The following is
the
STATEMENT OF I. e. CONWAY.
The circumstance of the murder OF
the four Cinnamon at Chico on the
l4th are these: Myself, Charles
Slaughter, John Slaughter, Thomas
w. Stanbrook, Eugene Roberts. all
Chico residents living near together,
started ont, l not knowing whit we
were going to do. John Slaughter
asked me to go along; but did not tell
me what they intended to do till near
the cabin. Roberts said that unless we
kill the Cbinsmen we will be arrested.
The first object was to rob them OF
their money When We entered there
were six Cinnamon there; Roberts
and Charles Slaughter examined the
| person of each Chinaman while the
| rest of us held our pistols on them to
keep them quite. / don't know whether
either of the boys got any money.
Before the shooting commenced Rob
erts scattered coal oil over the cabin
and the Cinnamon. from bottle OF the
| LIQUID which he carried in his pocket.
| don't know if anyone set fire to the
cabin after scattering the oil. All fired.
each selecting Chinaman. Some OF
the crowd fred more than once. Four
| Cinnamon were killed, as We learn, by
our shots, and two were wounded, who
are still alive. AS soon as we fired we
left in haste following down the lumber
compauy's fume through the woods.
The killing occurred about 3 O'Clock,
as near as | can tell. We separated
about half past 9, and went home to
Slaughter's, where we have been living
for few months past. When the
/ L L.. A1rc n fI1E m lr
the mother of the Slaughter boys,
accused me and the boys of having had
a hand in it. Roberts was the prlnci-
pal man and talker. l don't know
whether he suggested the robbery OF
not; John Slaughter mentioned it to
me. Roberts told us all that IL. q,
Wright would swear we were all at the
stable that night at the hour of the
murder.
HIS STATEMENT CONCERNING THE FIRES
Several attempts were made to fire
Chinatown. Henry Wright first sug
gested it about February 10Th. / am
confident that A. M. Ames, president
of the Labor Union, was cognizant Of
the intention of burning Bidwell'i
Soap Factory. The night following
Wright told me that he and Jones, the
carpenter, went to Chinatown and laid
in wait to fire it, but saw several mer
around, and thought they were detect
ives, so they didn't do it. After The
soap factory was burned I saw Wrieh
in the crowd. He called me to one sid,
and said that he and three or fou
others had done " little job, but die
not say who the others were. Or
March Sd John Slaughter told me tina
his brother Charles. Henry @. Wright
the carpenter Jones, and Thomal
Stanbrook were to burn both China
towns; but he did not state definitely
when. When the boys intention wal
made known to me / wanted to turf
back. but dared not. believing then
and now, that they would have killed
me. make this freely. and voluntarily
without fear. menace or hope of re
ward. This statement is sworn to OF
oath the same as the verified complain
on March "a, 1877, before A. Hallett
Justice of the Peace.
A dispatch from Chico. says ten
more arrests were made to-day.