Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-07-03

-Delighsed Spectators
At half past @ O'Clock last evening
Miles Finfen and David Crosby had q
gun fsht in the wood and coal ofaoe OF
John J.. Crosby & Co.. opposite the In.
~ternationai Hotel. @ street, Virginia, In
which Finlen received . bad shot in tho
right arm. David Crosby escaped un-
hurt.
In less than q minute after the shoot
ing began O street was crowded with an
excited throng OF men and boys, and 1t
wa not until half an hour after the
shooting that teams could get through
without stopping.
Crosby and Finlen are both wood and
coal dealers. and have had several bust
ness Misunderstanding. but have gsuer.
ally managed to fI up their matters in .
psacsabls II not an altogether satisfao-
tory manner.
AN UGLY DISPUTE.
Yesterday forenoon Finlsn and Crosby
met ON @ street and INDUCED In . very
abusive conversation. They called one
another all the ugly names they could
think Of, and being experts in such mat.
tiers their achievements were simply
grand. The trouble In this case seemed
to grow out Of the management Of
Fourth OF July matters.
At about Q O'Clock last evening. ~ Q
NEWS reporter was walking north on Q
street, John Crosby David Crosby's
brother) called him across and said;
"Milss Finlen was in here just now
looking for Dave. He had his hand In
his pocket and I think hs had Q pistol.
II they meet there IL liable to be
trouble"
This remark was made In . rather
careless manner. although It was evident
that the speaker Vas not free from snx.
iety. He continued: ~ told him there
was NO use fighting about the matter;
that men OF good sense ought to be able
to settle their difficulties without any.
thing Of that kind. I have told Dave
the same thing q dozen times"
TIE YIoHr.
About half an hour after that the re-
porter was standing in front OF the Palace
saloon when hs heard . shot fired. and
turning around, saw Miles Fnlen strua.
Cling with John Crosby in the middle OF
the street. John appeared to DO trying
TO hold Finlen, but Fiulen jerked loose
and ran for the door Of the coal office.
As he opened the door he raised his
hand as IL to Are, and there were two
shots Just then so close together that
nobody on the outside could tell whether
the frst came from Finlen's pistol or
from the pistol Of somebody in.
side. He then went into the office
out Of sight, and two more shots
were heard. Mr.. Breed. Dave Crosby's
former partner, was the first man to 60
in. As he did 80 be picked up o pistol
that had fallen from the inside OF the
Office on to tho sidewalk. The crowd
then rushed In and the fighters were
separated. Finlen did not shoot through
the glass door. as has been stated. de
opened the door and went in. The glass
door was broken by the crowd Ave min.
utes after the shooting had ceased.
cRosBY's STORY.
The crosbys give this version Of the
case. Dave Crosby says that after oom'
ing to his brothers ofaos and being
warned OF Finlen's threats, his brother
persuaded him to heel himself, as Fin.
len was across the street looking for
him. Finlen and Dennis Nevin were talk.
ing together across the street, and Dave
told his brother to 60 to Fnlen and tell
| him to come over and let him know Just
what all this was about-what he had
said or done to him.
John Crosby went across the street
and delivered the message. saying that
Dave could not understand why he
should want to kill him and that he
wanted to talk the matter over.
When about half way across the street
John Crosby says Finlen drew his pistol
and said be would kill the son Of .
b." John Crosby seized Finlsn'.
wrists when the pistol was drawn and
tried to hold him. Fiplen, however.
twisted the pistol downward and 1t was
discharged.
John Crosby felt himself struck on
the left thigh. and thinking himself
wounded let 20 his hold on Fnlsn.
Finlsn then rushed into the Office. After
that David Crosby says be advanced
upon Finlsn and putting his pistol
almost against him. fred. He thinks be
fred two shots at this time and Finlsn
one. At one OF his shots Finlen's pistol
fell, and. falling over against . chair, ID
said: "You son OF O ". you've eo'
me-" but Immediately began to rise
again.
The two men were then In close quar-
tiers and clinched. Crosby was trying 70
fire his pistol. but II would not work
He thinks Fnlen bad hold OF II In such
q way that his hand was over the ham
msr, as afterwards be discharged II again,
Fiulen has not made any statement OF
the affair.
MARROW ESCAPE.
The shot discharged by Finlsn in thu
street while John Crosby had hold o.
him passed through the left pocket IL
the lover part OF the coat oil the latter
In it's course the bullet cut through .
case containing Ave cigars. cutting them
all in two, then struck o metal match
boz, which II Aa,tsned through Its whole
length. The bullet then cut through
Crosby's pantsloops. grazing his thigh
for a distance OF about four inches, bu'
only cutting through the skin ct on'
place, and that . mere point.
The fighters were both arrested %.
were subsequently, liberated upon s2oot
bail each.
YrSLES's WOUND.
Upon examination 1t was found thai
Crosby was unhurt, but that Finlsn had
received q very bad wound in the rish'
arm. The ball entered on the inside o.
the arm. about two and q half inchei