Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-06-20
JUNE 20. 1878
rIi2 RECENT MURDER AT EUREKA

=, able The story in brief is that Chartz,
tAc man who perpetrated the murder, had
joc4t abusing his rights and privileges as a
r,e~ xgaper writer to annoy Rickar by making
tacutious illusions to his pending nuptials
Ri:kar, so the Sentinel says, went to the Re-
.uhljcau Office where Chartz was engaged,
ana protested against this use of his name,
holding, with great propriety, that such refer
,.uce must necessarily cause the name of his
Siiauced to be bruited about by lips which
ctlgbtuOt properly be licensed to speak of her.
Eharcz insisted upon his Fright" to deal with
,Gch matters as he chose; and the result is
that Rickar is dead and Chartz is now in a
fuUrderers cell. Tho Sentinel tells the story
nt tho killing as follows, prefacing the nara
ger with copy of rough note addressed to
raartz by Rickar in which the latter threat
~ned TO chastise Chartz if he did not cease to
usc his name as he had recently done. Says
'he Seatinel:
On tho arrival of the train Sunday evening,
fSckar rode up from the depot on the outside
Il tue omnibus, and when it halted in front
oE thc international Hotel, jumped off on the
vest side, as was his usual habit He made
= couple of steps to the rear of the stage, when
he saw Chartz, who had come across the street
4ro'G the office.
$50 recognizing him. he spoke. saying, did
you get my note this morning.
Chartz replied, eyes"
well, what are you going to do about it p
Ed asked.
Come over to the office" said Chartz,
md ne will settle it. >
No, we'll settle it here" replied Ed, at
ihy same time taking off his coat He had
reached the rear end Of the bus and was facing
,lt toward the street, when the report of a
pistol was heard and he threw his hands up,
eNclaiming, my God, I'm shot, and fell into
the gGtter close to the sidewalk. Several par
res Sprarg TO his assistance, when voice
plainly heard by dozen people sang out,
Give it to him again" The men let 90 their
sot3, fearing a repetition OF the shot, but no
tpr3&vc demonstration being made the wound
el inan was picked up and carried into the
bo{et Chartz immediately ran to the Jail,
i .iivy-red himself up and was placed in close
<'uMGncment The whole atfray occurred in
rnG space of Is minute from the time that
RicScr alighted from the stage. At least
t@ciI,C people were standing and sitting i'll
icsu, Of the hotel, and with the most of them
Shc sat was the first warning that they had
81 anything Of the kind being in progress.
Fhare were several witnesses, that saw all of
tbs Incidents AMI heard I'll. few words spoken
&y Lo.,s parties. They all agree that Rickar
made "a, threatening demonstrations beyond
removing his coat aud that sanu mt was hang
llr uH lis arm as he fell after receiving the
shot, There is some discrepancy in the state
meat q the byStanders relative to the distance
hetwoCU the two men whom the pistol was
iirr |, some saying that they were eight feet
apart, and others that an arm S length inter
veIlll. The latter is more probable from the
fact that the sleeve of Rickars shirt is powder
~ VIZ ~ blood stained. The pistol used was
d new self-cocking Colts revolver of a late pat
tern, frying a large -sized ball. 1t is nov in
III" possession of the sheriff.
/ is the old story, too many times repeated |
Of the assertion of his ''rights as journalist"
10y newspaper with no higher idea of |
such rights than that they carry with them
h license to pry into family affairs and make
chem rublic regardless of all sense of delicacy |
and quite as regardless of the feelings of the
parties whose private affairs and purposes are
thus dragged into the arena of idle gossip.
We cannot express the full sense of our disap-
prevail of this character of journalism. 1t
breeds mischief, and causes the most cruel in
fictious upon sensitive natures; it degrades
the journalistic profession to the level of a
retailer of Reighborhood scandal; it
breeds guarrels and invites just such dreadful
'eSUlts as this which has shocked a community
ind broken the heart of surviving lover
When rcWspapers are thus diverted from
heir legitimate courses, they lose their right
ul character of conservators of public morals
md public tranquility, and become nuisance
nd promoters of brawls and turmOils A tele
ram in yesterdays Enterprise says that the
publication of the Republican will cease, for
he present at least, by consequence of this
I'D atfair-the community having withdrawn
heir support, While we are sorry to see any
t our contemporaries compelled to suspend,
10 cannot regret the lesson which is taught
y this quick resentment by the people of Eu-
cka of an ll-advised and most disastrous g
curse upon the part of the lessees of the Re- {
ublcan. When it becomes habit or pro- {
ensity Of the newspaper press to injure the .
ceilings OF men and women in private life and r
. stir Up Strife and bitterness of feeling, it v
sd better cease to exist. +
Two b;lc&s were engaged demolishing our &
goodg1e q day or two ago. One got his a