The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-23
THE SHOOTING OF YVES. IrCKAID.
On,-adictory Reports OF She Alter
What the officer and tac Wouatset;
Man say About L..

what tne OfAicer and tac WO0ntseG
Man say About d.
The Paradise Reporter has the fol-
lowing relative to the unfortunate affair
which resulted in the shooting of Yves.
Richard, and winch at the It OF
friends of both parties we publish:
CONSTABLE RUsE's VERSION OF THE
AFFAIR
j. II. CRE SHAW, ESQ. SIR; Allow
me to inio,m TIE public, through the
columns Of The Repo Ter, that your in.
| Torment in regard to the shooting of
Wcs. Rickald has departed from tine
truth most shamefully; in other wo. tls,
the account is g. lie from beginning TO
end. The correct version OF the affair
is this: Myself and deputy started for
Paradise to arrest Wes., and being in
formed that he was at Weighel's ranch,
started for tAat place. On our way
through the field we net Wes and Ed.
| Bradley. When we saw them they
were Ilding towards us. When wieain
twenty or thirty feet from them, l
checked my horse and called to Yves
TO stop; that HAD warrant for his a
resi-. Instead OF obeying, he clapped
spurs TO his horse aud went off on a
run. Both myself ana deputy called
to him TO stop three or four times. but
he would not. He saw very plainly
that We were going to shoot aad bad an
PIE tine to stop before We did so. A,er
he had goo some distance from u.s. we
fred three shots. When the third shot
, was fired, he turned his horse aad rode
towaid dis us, saying: Don't shoot any
more, boys; Im shot, and unnamed,
and give myself up" When he got TO
us he dismounted, and | followed.
Handing my pistol to Archer, | took a
pair of handouts and put them Oh
Yves, not believing he was shot. He
then said "For Gods sake, Euse,
| take these things oil: I'm unarmed,
and am shot, aud viii so with you.
He spoke so earnestly that ] said,
! ewes, will take them of, ;" and did
! so. | then examined him and found
that one OF the shots had taken effect.
] sent to the house for wagon, which
soon arrived We helped Yves. into it.
end when we got him TO the house did
all we could for his comfort. This is
she true account OF the affair.
S. w. RUsE.
YVES. RICHARDS STATEMENT.
Previous to the shooting, / had ar
ranged with Deputy Sheriff Pryor to
drop me a line and | would go RIGHT
down On The morning of the shooting
Ed. Bradley asked me to 60 out ana
help him corral beef COW. As we
were riding along we saw two men
coming toward us on horseback. Says |
to Bradley, "rhere is Pryor Il knew
the horse Archer was riding, and
thought he was Pryor., let us 50 aud
see him, for he promised to write 10 me
when he wanGel me in Winnemucca. "
| did not know the men, but knew it
was Pryor's horse, and supposed il to be
Pryor on him, and started to meet him.
The other man (Ruse) was riding some
twenty feet to the left. Both men
were muiIIed up in com{ortefs so that |
could not see their faces, and both had
their hands in their right-hand pockets.
When | was within some ten feet OF
Archer, Euse spoke and said: "N es.,
we have "A warrant for yon, aud want
YOU" At almost the same instant both
men drew their pistols and fired. Could
not say which fired first. One bullet
passed over my horses neck and st uck
IN the SNOW to my lett. My horse be-
came frightened and jumped once or
twice before | could stop him. AS
soon as | could regain control of my
horse, / turned around, and was quar-
tering to them when Ruse fired again;
tins shot taking effect IN my back,
about a quarter of an inch to the lett
OF the backbone, passing around my
hip and lod 2ing in my left groin. Both
Rnse and Archer chen covered me with
their pistols. Says /, "Boys, whoever
YOU are, I give myself up to you. Put
up yoar shooting irons; | am shot and
unarmed." Alter had given myself
up, Archer snapped his pistol at me
again, bnt it failed to go off. Ruse dis
mounted, and pulling his comforter