Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-07-10

the statement made by the former, and
which Was generally accepted As correct.
II appears now very conclusively that this
version does injustice to Mr.. Fletcher.
At any rate. II Is but fair to give the oppo
site side an opportunity Of being heard
through tho press, and hence We publish
the
ASrE.MoRrEM STATEMENT
OF j. W. Fletcher. taken before Justice
Moses. July 0. 1873;
Ny name IL John William Fletcher.
am not positive; I was born In England ;
I am now In my right mind and senses.
and know what I I'm about 70 say. To-day
/ saw Daley and another mar working on
his fence I; l went outside TO split some
wood one Of the pieces that I split rolled
over against the corner post Of Daley's
fence ; I took two or three steps 10 pick IL
up before ! got so ! could reach II Daley
picked II up and threw II away down the
dump /; I asked him why he did that and
he said Il was inside his lot; / then said ;
"This wire rope 10 In my lot and ! will put
n over into your lot" When l stopped
down TO pick the wire rope up he came
through tho ienco and grabbed me /;
no said I should not touch III;
I said I had As much right
TO throw that in out Of my lot ~ he had to
throw my stick Of wood In out OF his lot.
when he said : "You son OF Q bitch. leave
that alone 20 I then called him. Daley. .
son Of . bitch !; he then pulled out his pis.
toll and I told him when j saw him pull out
his pistol that BIO was Q damned coward ;
he then pulled his Arm from behind and
put tho pistol In front OF him and com.
menced TO shoot. The first Ishotl he fred
through my bowels. Before he fired the
first shot / tried TO knock the pistol away
from him. II I thought for . moment
he was going 70 shoot ! should have used
tho AZ, but he took me by surprise and !
was not prepared. I think after he fred
four times | grabbed the pistol. We bad .
scufie, both having hold Of the pistol. l
got down, and him. Daley. on the top OF
me, when he called for his man that Wa
helping him on the fence to come and take
the pistol away from me the man did 90
and ran away with IL aud ! could not help
myself. That 10 all ! have TO say. Ny
bowels are very painful at present. l
would like to get we'll but feel IL 10 very
doubtful. MS
J. W. X PLErcurR.
mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
9th day Of July. 1878.
Tn. MosEs,
Justice Of tho Peace Of Township No. I,
Storey County.
p. P%lAnningham.
The a Mr.. Fletcher made his mark
instead Of signing his NAM was because II
would have disturbed him too much to
turn over and raise up to afiI his sigma
ture.
THE STATEMENT
Was made by Mr.. Fletcher ct Z o'clock
last evening. after the doctors had sue
ceeded In extracting tho bullet from tho
base Of his brain. and while ho was In .
conscious state. The ball broke the skull
and nearly split itself In twain upon one
Of the edges OF the fracture. II also drove
q piece OF bone an inch or more In length
through into tho brain, making q trephi.
ming process necessary. This wound 10 oil
itself extremely dangerous. but the more
fatal shot was the one through the body,
and which was the first u fired by MT.
Daley, As testified TO IN the foregoing ante
norton statement.
,r,vvxr =. coppono,Iryp
Moreover by the statements Of Mrs.
Fletcher. her daughter Of eight years, and
that NJ tbo.e frat upon the scene OF the
49, ,---- =. A.. ..,o.,o.
CONNECT LAs' e''u'"s' we.
visited the fie'cners, tue wis nAa no''po.
ken with her husband about the affair. nor
had the daughter conyersed win eisnet o.
n9r p.rf ic,ou' ~ ! trumped.up story are
sii.yed. Tho point which was yesterday
most difficult to explain, except upon the
theory OF DALEY Una. no ~ 1870 ~
Fletcher WIN we ~, snu ,Iom ~ 49,
tue wouhu on III neau, ~ ,.a,.,sJ
up. MIS- r,e.cne, says I'M. mn. h.S
u win : p,iiet OF "oou "nh' Jaw "
her husoahu uo"n'
THE STATEMENT or ms. Y%I.ErcHER,
WIN las nov recovered sufficiently from
A.. 49, =, Az. n-,ni.hn.,, inaicted Inv
'no !,
Mrs. Daley ana hcr nervous pIosuauou w
enable her 10 care for her husband aud 70
attend 10 her household duties. corrobo.
rates. In all important particulars, that Of
lie diving man, She Is positive, also, thai
| four shots were fired. In regard 10 tho
number Of shots, all Of the neighbors who
heard them agree. That they, were All,
without : single e.csp.iTn, " 81 ,ss .bir,
which Fletcher wore bears testimony. All
agree. also, that the AZ WAS not used In The
hghi.
THE SCENE OF u o'S'
Has remained nearly unchanged since tho
occurrence of Yesterday. The billets Of
~ooa -h,., v.,. thrown and 0ev .bou,
wooa when "e'. " -su
have been allowed 10 remain 'ney 'ei''
Mrs. Fletcher pointed out the one with
thrown by Daley 10 also shown. The
ground T. sun bloody, as J, ai.1 'h ~ ' .hS,,
.,ru,.,a There was no blood on the AZ
oi Ahtts w.