Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-08-29
OPEN JUSTICE.


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Yesterday mornings Enterprise con.
tanned a sort Of apologize card or state
msnt from r. II. Dsgsstt, editor OF that
paper, and candidate for Governor Of
this State. relative to a terrible story in
circulation calculated to seriously affect
the character and opposing chance, OF
A. ]. Tyrrsll. also candidate for Gov
srnor. Mr.. Daggstt's card does not
come up to the requirements and does
not tell the story. The Carson APPEAL
OF this morning attempts to tell the story.
Is follows:
Yesterdays E@ferpris. contains an
apology from Mr.. Daggett to- Mr.. Tyrrell.
Was committed In Boston BY Q man named
Tyrrsll. Mr.. A. J.. Tyrreli. Of Virginia
City, was In San Francisco at the timo
this murder was comm tilted. Not knowing
this. Daggett. moved by tho fire OF indig-
nation, accused Tyrrsll Of having muir
dsred q woman. This accusation was
brought In tho interest Of humanity.
Politics had nothing 70 do with It."
Setting aside the further remarks and
sarcastic deductions OF the Appeal. the
NEWS will now proceed TO give the true
version Of the story referred to, and We
have no doubt that the memory Of many
Of our readers will assist our own In
this matter /; II not. the files Of certain
Eastern papers will furnish the very
fullest particulars, and all further In
formation required. The really horri-
BILE incident referred to originated. II We
remember Alright. In 1876 or iSi7, In the
town OF Weymouth. Massachusetts,.
The name OF the principal actor In
the tragedy was Albert j. Tirrsll. q
young man some ninstsen or twenty
years OF age. His father was q rich
shoe dealer. and at his death Albert be-
came heir to about $4,000. Az might
DO expected with . pampsrsd. favored
son. he spent the money his father had
40 laboriously accumulated. In u very
lavish and reckless manner. going In for
q jolly good time while It lasted. He
effected the ruin Of a most beautiful
young girl named Maria A. Bick-
ford. residing with her parents
In the same town, and she
became his mistress. One night.
We forget whether In Weymouth or Bos-
ton, in a at Of jealousy. or inspired by
the devil. he deliberately and most cruel
ly murdered her while lying absd, cut.
ting her all to pieces with . Ratchet.
lie was arrested and on trial. through
the ability Of his counsel. the celebrated
Rufus Choate. and the doubts Of clreum-
stantial evidence. his neck was saved and
he got Of with eight years in the State
Prison at Charlsstown. What became
Of him thereafter. or whether he 10 iv.
ing now we know not. but We well rscol.
lsct that this most cruel tragedy created
= very lively sensation at the time.
Some fourteen years ago A. j. Tyr
rsll. whom everybody has known for
many years here in the foundry busi-
ness, rs q very square, straightforward.
honorable citizen. applied for admission
to membership In the Silver Star Lodge.
T. 4 A. NJ. Gold Hill. As . matter Of
course his past record had to be under.
stood. as in case Of admission to any
Masonic lodge. aud thus IL was that
through similarity Of name and initials
this old murder story came up. A
committee was appointed. and after
about q years critical examination
and correspondence 1t was found
eonclusively that Mr.. Tyrrsll could
not by any possibility be that a He
was in another part Of the country when
the murder was committed. and came to
California in lS49. while Albert J. Tir-
rell was In the Massachusetts, State
Prison. Since his admission into Silver
Star Lodge, Mr.. Tyrrell has passed up
ward through every degree Of Masonry.
without one black ball cast against him.
and is at the top round OF the lad
der. u Knight Templsr. AL we'll in
Termed brother Mssons know this to be
true the records are accessible to
them all.
The whole affair is Substantially a.
narrated by us above, and we give Il as
a matter Of simple open justice to the
man whose namo is. by sinsularly unfor-
tunAts coincidence. accidentally con-
nected with so terrible . story. To
bring up this old and most horrible mar
rativs against the character Of q man
who should be known TO be innocent, Is
cruel and reprehsnsibls in the extreme.
To make use Of II for political purposes
is still worse. besides being very mean
and dish0norabls. Open justice and .
fair. square deal. Is all that honorable
men ask for in love, war or politics.
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