Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-02-09
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In The matter Of the shooting affair OF
LA, Saturday morning in this tsvn.
wherein young Buckley wa 20 danger
ou.ly wounded. the News has been
unwilling to present any more than
the plain facts. or to prejudice or
prejudgs the case. knowing well
that all the facts must necessarily
come out st the judicial examination.
A Nssns reporter was ct the scene Of the
shooting almost Immediately. getting
the particulars regarding Il. Some
ilformaats said that the pistol which
Brown had was handed to him
by Town Marshal Kennedy. This
disputed by others. yet all
agreed that Mr.. Kennedy was too in.
timstsly and r~sprshsnsibly mixed up In
the affair. On such IN important point
the News preferred giving the officer the
benefit Of the doubt and leave the true
statement Of the case to come out at the
examination; leaving. also. the cloud
resting on young Brown, who was under
arrest. to remain until be should be thus
squarsly vindioated.
In accordance with this proposition. .
full and correct report Of the examina-
tioa held last evening before Justice
Flannipsham will b found in nj local
columns today. It is . source Of
deep regret 70 the numerous friends
OF Mr.. Kennedy that he should b
thus proven to be the most culpable and
blamsbls party concerned in this dis
graceful affair. Even his own testimony
shows very ~oouslusivsly that no neg
lscted TO do his plain duty - the chief
officer elected by the citizens to preserve
the peace. Instead Of taking messurssto
quiet those young men who we're csrous-
ing up and down street, making night
hidsous with their drunken shouts. or
behaving themselves uabecomingly in
the ballroom, hs associated with them
On familiar terms. and In . msnnsr that
gave them no respsot for what few words
Of authority he feebly attempted to
intsrpose.
The elimination Of his trifing inef.
hcisnsy was when he deliberately threw
aside all dignity and authority as an
officer and handed his pistol to
Brown. . drunken oversrown boy. In
the sepselsss scufae which resulted,
the sbo. vas accidentally fred from the
pistol which 80 nearly killed young
Buckley. II was we'll that Rhodes,
another young man. wal bravo enough
to spring forward and wrench the pistol
from their writhing grasp. or more shots
might have resulted and perhaps with
more fatal effect on some unfortunate
b~ystsnder. In reading the testimony
no one can understand Why the Officer
thas literally gave himself away. II
fact. when asked his reason for 80 do
ing. he could give none; he merely said
"I was much excited at the time. snt
don't know what possessed me to Civ
Brown the pistol"
The true explanation Of the matte
lies in the fact that Kennedy 10 Is 20
mere boy. and wal among . lot o
other boys who. like himself. hav'
grown up in Gold Hill. and on thii
occasion no failed to inspire them with
any efficient degree Of respect for siths'
himself or his authority as an officer.
The full blame in this sadly disgrace
full matter 10 transferred from Brown Il
Officer Kennedy. Many. even Of Mr.
Ksnnsdy's friends. call for his resigua
ton. He was elected to Office BY thu
citizens. therefore the Town Trustees
have no power to depose him. ant
unless he voluntarily resigss b
will continue in office till the eIpira
ton OF his term In May next. I
90. this affair will most certainly prov,
sslatary lesson to him and be
will endsavor to make all possibl,
amends. 1t certainly will prove . goo,
and much needed lesson to all the othe
young men who were concerned in thii
grisveus disgrace. for many Of them ar
apparently growing up to DO raths
tough citizens.