Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-05-30

At II o'clock last night, there
was an ARRAY. on North G street,
near North street. Virginia City,
between Joseph Lemont and T. L.
Brophy, engineer at the North Con.
Virginia. which ended in the latter re-
csiving two slisht knife wounds and In
the former getting . pistol ball into the
left side Of the abdomen.
The statement Of Mr.. Brophy is that
hs went to this house to get his clothes,
% the woman with whom Lsmont has
been living for . long time has. Of late.
besn doing his washing. While there
Lsmont came. Brophy, fearing that hs
might DO jealous Of him for being there
at such an hour. tiled to get out the
front way while Lsmont was at the back
door. The room was dark and he had
trouble with the lock. In the meantime
Lsmont kicked In the back door or
window and entered. Knowing
what such proceeding meant,
he drew his pistol. Lemont
made the attack and the first Brophy
knew be felt the blade Of q knife along
the right side OF his head. which In
fiictsd Q slight wound behind the ear.
He then put his pistol In his outside
coat pocket and grabbed the mans nm.
Then oame Q struggle TO disarm the
assailant. The result was successful,
but before Il was accomplished Brophy
received another slight wound in the
heshy part OF the left arm, neal the
shouidsr. These wounds were both
shown to the News representative.
The fight being continued by the as
%sailant, Brophy drew his pistol. which
was Immediately grabbed BY Lsmont
with both hands. II was On English
bulldog and Brophy having the handle
shot Lsmont. Mr.. Brophy says the
struggle for the pistol continued bali an
hour. At the time the shot was delivered
the two men were standing side by side.
After that both were down and both
clinging to the weapon. The two men
are very muscular and the struggle must
have been most violent. At last Brophy
got Lemont down on his bslly on the
door and held him there. After Q while
Lemont said he felt faint from loss OF
blood and that II Brophy would lot him
up and promise not TO shoot him again
hs would call II quits. To this Brophy
agreed and the fght ended.
Subsequently Brophy placed the man
In o comfortable position, came up town
and got his own wounds dressed and
then gave himself up.
Lemont refuses to makes statement
further than that he came homo and
entered at the back door. The house
was dark. He CROPPED his way toward
the front room, and in putting out his
hand to feel for the door. put II on the
head Of . man, who immediately shot
him.
The woman says when Lemont came
In at the back door she went out BY the
same entrance and after the shooting
came in and struck Q light. She cor
roborates Brophy's statement about the
clothes.
DR.. Bsrgstein attended to tho wants Of
Mr.. Lemont and extracted the bullet. Il
passed In at tho left ids of the abdo-
mon, ranged through that region and
lodged to the left Of the spine. He con.
siders the wound Q very dangerous one.
Lemont il this morning In great pain
and talks with great effort. The pistol
bullet was badly worn by coming In con.
tact with the ribs In It's passage.
This morning Judge Moses fxed Mr..
Brophy's bail at $4,000. which he OBJ
readily and gained his freedom.
he claims TO have acted only In self.
defence. His wounds are both slieht,
although they bled somewhat p~rofussly.
Lemont IL an italian and the woman 10
OF the same nationality, very plain look.
Ing. and what Byron would call dumpy.