Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-10-09

man. Henry Hatherell. DR.. Kirby
testified that in company with Dr.. F. W.
Conn and DR.. Manson he made the post
mortem examination. DR.. Conn exam.
ined tho brain and took out . portion OF
the ball. The wound in the head was
Of itself sufficient to death.
DIR. Conn testified that when called
on the sventful morning to attend Mr..
Watt, hs found q gunshot wound on the
left anterior lobe Of the brain; took out
several pieces Of fractured skull. and
after cleaning the wound. took out q
portion Of the bullet and two pieces OF
brain matter ; probing the wound he
found II to extend downward and slightly
backward to q depth Of three inches and
q half. and the hemorrhage from the
wound brought away small portions OF
brain tissue. Seeing that the wound
VAS necessarily fatal. he examined but
one OF the other wounds. which was
that in the thigh ; the portion OF the
ball then found with that first taken out
would make . buckshot OF about the
same size as those taken from other
portions Of the body.
The following testimony given by
Henry Hatherell, who did the shooting.
will be read with interest: ! am night
Waterman at the Hale i Norcross mine;
was acting in that capacity on the Sd Of
this month. When I went to work on
the night Of the I'd. at 6 o'clock, Mr..
Crannsy, the foreman Of the mine. told
me that the office had been broken into
the night before and some clothes be-
longing to him and Mr.. Deidssheimer
had been taken. He showed me where
the lock was broken and told me- to be
more careful in the future. / kept a
very strict watch that evening until IL
O'Clock to see II there was any suspi.
cious person prowling around. At IL 80
O'Clock I concluded to thoroughly exam
inc underneath the building. thinking
perhaps that the man had been dis.
turbed the night before and that he
might have pushed the clothes under
the works until q more convenient time.
/ took q bullseye lamp and started I'M
derneath the north end Of the building2
/ went round aud did not see anything
under the north side. and I looked under
the timbers on the south side. While /
was looking there q little Watchdog that
I have ran into the hole where the
clothes were found and commenced
barking. ! turned my light in there,
but could see nothing. So. to be sure
that they were not in there, I went to
the works and into the cellar, raised q
window and got into the same hole from
the inside. ! then found the clothes. l
went up into the main hosting works
for witnesses. The first man I saw was
Mr.. Samuel Sullivan. We both went
down. / held the light OF them and he
pulled them out. He took the clothes
iu his hand. carried them up into the
hosting works. and I led the way with
the light. After We got up into the
works l said: 1.-THE nan may possibly
come back to look for those clothes to.
night. You look out Of the window &C.
casionally for fire. and I'll take my shot.
gun and 60 down there and stay till
morning" I took the gun and went
down below. Sullivan came down with
me to see where I was going to fx my
self. / said to him: "Come down once
in q while and see mt. II the man
comes we will arrest him, IL possible"
He came down after the shooting.
After I had been there about an hour
and a halt. l should judge, l saw q man
crawl into the little hole at the south
end OF the platform. At that time l was
standing about fifteen feet from the win.
dow at which I went in. I let the man
come to within about 10 feet Of me. He
was crawling in all this time. when /
said in a loud voice. "Stop and surrend.
er." He stood a second or 30. and /
said. "Givs yourself up for stealing
those clothes" He did not answer me,
but commenced to crawl back. then
said. "Stop or I will shoot you" he
then again stood for o second or two. /
warned him oncs moro to stop or i
would shoot him, but he kept crawling
back on his hands and knees. 30 / fred
the gun into the timbers that were over
his head. He then called me o son Of q
b, and by that time Mr.. Sullivan
was running down the stairs. ] warned
this man to stop once more, saying.
..You stand now" Just about the time
Mr.. Sullivan came to the window with
that light the man made q desperate
effort to get away. backing very quickly.
and I fred again and the man stopped
there. / fred low 70 as not to let the
msu get away. I took the light out Of
Sullivan's hand and went and looked ut
the man to see IL he was hurt. / saw
that he had q wound ON the side Of his
forehead. I then sent men to no.
tify the officers OF the mine. i
stayed there about q minute and a
half or two minutes. The man ap-
peared to me to be dying. and ! was
very thirsty. and went and got q drink
of water. When I was coming through
the window at which I entered ] took
another look toward the man. ] then
saw that he was backing out into the
moonlight at the back Of the hole. and
ran aud gave the alarm. / told the men
that I diI not think the man was hurt
much-that he was getting away from
US. thought lie was playing 'possum.
then went on the outside and searched
under the timbers. and searched up and
down the railroad and up and down the
street. After searching for about Ave
minutes. We found that he had crawled
into q small hole under the timbers,
about thirty feet from the mouth Of the
hole. We drew him out and assisted
him into the works, partly carrying him.
I then left him in charge Of the other
men. staid in the works until the pc.
liceman came aud gave myself up. /
aware Of the fact that . burglary
had been committed. The foreman
called my attention to II. and I examined
the bundle Of clothes and saw that they
were the same that had been taken from
tho Office. The only words the man
said to me while crawling through the
hole was when he called me ss-n Of .
BIB. I never could have seen him again