Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-01-19
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Altar Larkin had been hanging for
about two minutes, Drs. Kirby and Conn
advanced and felt his pulse. II was then
beating at The rate OF eight per minute;
then ths beating became irregular, and
advanced to ten, twelve. fifteen and
twenty per minute - the time adj
vanced. The other physicians whs were
present were then permitted 10 enter
the inclosurs asd make an sxAmina-
ton Of the body. Altar . few more inter
Militant pulsations caused. as the doctor
explained, by the reflex astisn Of the
blood, the pulse entirely ceased AID the
man was pronounced dead. This was ex-
actly seven minutes after the body drop
ped. Upon examination II was found that
the face was almest ~ natural as In life.
bsinr scarcely discolored. The doctors
expressed the opinion that the neck was
broken BY the fall and that the cessation
Of feeling was instantaneous. Ps',r Lar
kin's death was painless. Az thirty-six
minutes past ~ o'clock Shsriff Kelly cut
the rops and the body was lowered into
the coffin. which was placed immediately
beneath. The burial will take place TO-
DAY or tomorrow 1t tho Catholic seine
tsry east Of virginia City.
The Murder.
The crime for which Peter Larkiu suf-
fsrsd to-day was = cruel aud cowardly
murder. The circumstances Of the MUIR
der Of Daniel Corcorsn are probably fanil-
lar to the readers Of the NEWS. Larkin
was the keeper Of = low drinking saloon on
South @ street. Virginia. nearly opposite
the Savage hosting works. Living with
him a. his wife. without being such, was .
woman named Nellie Saysrs. A more I'M
attractive female could scarcely exist.
Low. ignorant and drunken. and devoid OF
all personal charms. she WAS yet 80 valua-
HE In tho eyes Of W men that they gave
their lives for her. Larkin and tho woman
Sayers did not get along very comfortably
together. and after much quarreling, n
nally parted. Larkiu went To San Fran
cisco, and on his return brought with him
. young and passsbly COED looking youns
woman named Susie Brown, who took the
place In La-kin's household that had been
formerly occupied by Nellie sayers. Tho
latter opened q saloon next TO that OF her
former paramour. Between the two houses
IL a. alley absut thrss feet wide. Toward
the rear Of the Larkin establishment q
small window opens upon this alley, a.
docs also . window from the sayers house.
The windows are opposite one another.
Larkin never Loot his hankcring tor Nellie
Saysrs and when Daniel Corcoran, . fat,
good-natured. ignorant irishman ap.
pearsd upon tho scene IS the accepted
lover Of the Sayers. rows between the
rival gin-mills became frequent. Then
differences grew up between Lsrkin and
Susie Brown. which ended by Susie Brown
leaving him aud becoming an inmat, OF
Nellie saysrs' house. Both dens became
so disordsrly that ON the evening Of
August 3. 1875. the Board Of Aldermen. OF
Virginia City. rsseindsd tho license Of
both. At half-past O o'clock on the fol-
lowing morning the murder was commit.
It'd. According to the testimony Of Srsis
Brown. given al the Coroner inquest and
at the trial. she was awakened by hearing
Csrcsran jumping out Of bed In Nellie
Sayers' room and crying out. Who was
that?" She ran TO the doorway OF the
bar-room and saw L.arkin jump from the
window int the little alley. Corcoran
was following with q boot In his hand.
A. soon ~ Larkin got out Of the window =
pistol was FIR I and Coreoran. who had
reached the window. fell. lie died next
da-. Susie Brown saw tbs flash Of the
pistol. bat did not see who hrod 10. Cor
cosan was sleeping In the same bed with
Nellie Sayers.
At the iaquest Nellie Saysrs fatty con-