Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-08-25

A. AstetuPs - SuoR
Murder the Resuls The Aob's
search for Him and his Escape.
It seems that our old neighbor OF the
Comstock. George DAILY. has placed him.
self in q prcdicament just ovsr the Dor.
dsrs In California. Following il the
dispatch. which came too late for publ.
cation Saturday:
BoDIE, Aug. ga serious difficulty
took place here last night between the
Jupiter Company and the Owyhse Com.
pany, resulting In the death OF n man
aud slishtly wounding Of two mort. II
seems that the south end OF the Jupiter
crosses the north end OF the Owyhes
claim. and the latter commenced to sink
q new shaft on the grounds In dispute.
They were warned of by Superintendent
DAILY OF the Jupiter, but continued sink
ing. Yesterday DAILY had q shanty built
aud carried on tn the ground and placed
over the new Owyhee shalt. and en-.
ploysd two or three fighters, putting
them under the foreman OF the Jupiter.
In the shanty to hold 1t. The owners OF
the Owyhse claim armed themselves
last night and met in o cabin near the
old shaft, and about IL O'Clock q noise
was heard In that direction but soon
ceased. About 2 4. n. the fighters from
the Jupiter made q charge GU the cabin
occupied by the Owyhee men. and dur.
ing the melee John Goff, one OF the
owners OF the 0wyhee. was shot through
the head and instantly killed. The OK.
element has been very great.
Later. -The Miners Union met at
their hall this evening and dis
cussed the Ovyhee and Jupiter mining
troubles. After the meeting they
marched In q body numbering several
hundred men to tho scene Of the fight.
The men gathered around the building
and inside the rias.pit ian earthwork
hastily thrown up). took formal posses.
sion Of the ground, rolled the cabin
down the hill and burned 1t up. The feel.
ing against DAILY. the superintendent. is
intensely strong and his lite Ia not safe
In Boais. After leaving the ground,
and near the Mono works, amotion was
made to hang DAILY on his first appear.
ance In Bodie. and carried without o dis.
ssnting voice.
II appears from dispatches received
today that DAILY was subsequently ar.
rested for murder. An examination was
waived and be was remanded to the
custody OF the Sheriff. who took him to
the Bridgeport Jail.
This did not. however. satisfy the
miners and they set about s%ndeavoring
to Garry out their resolution adopted
near the Mono works. They no sooner
found that DAILY had been taken to the
jail at Bridgeport than they started for
that place with the intention Of hanging
him.
In the meantime the authorities had
got wind OF what was up. and knowing
that the jail. being principally a wooden
structure, could not withstand the ut.
tacks Of the mob, aud, moreover, that
there was no secur place at hand for
his confinement. allowed Mr.. DAILY 10 be
released on bail. No sooner was this
done than he mounted q horse and
started for Nevada. He had made but q
fow miles before the mob reached
Bridgeport.
Their strong objective point was the
Jail and to this they proceeded. Ignorant
that their bird had flown. II did not
long resist their attack and their bowls
OF disappointment were terrible when
they a~scsrtained that be had taken digit
and that they had uuwittingly con.
tributed to his chances OF escape by
waiting to tear down an empty jail.
It Ia unnecessary to follow the yelling
mob further. Although they pursued
DAILY to the Nevada line. they did not
ovsrtaks him. He made ct oncs q mas.
terly retreat on Carson. which place he
reached yesterday. This morning he
tslegraphsd to Bob Lindsey to come and
defend him. He Is in O bad scrape. and
II may be sons time before he sees Bodis
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