Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-05-26
The DEADLY PISTOL.
MAX TRIETSCHEL SHOT AND
KILLED BY ADOLPHE
HERVE.

The Shooter Runs Through the
Heart of Town and Escapes-Un.
successful search OF the sheriff
n His FOrce-ConhictIng Ac.
counts of the Affair Singular
Statements Of -wifnesses-Etc.
A fatal shooting scrape occurred yester.
day afternoon several minutes before
o'clock, in the rear OF Bremenkampf &
Regli's City Brewery saloon, and facing
the brewery, on lower Main street, a few
hundred yards from the Eureka Con.
furnaces. The parties in the quarrel we're
Adolphe Herve and Max Trietschel, the
latter being killed almost instantly by o
bullet through the heart. Both had been
employed by Bremenkampf & Regli, who
run a soda factory and brewery.
Herve was engaged in the soda works and
drove the delivery wagon, while Trietschel
was the brewer Of the firm. Immediately
after the shooting, Herve, in his shirt.
sleeves and bleeding profusely from the
mouth, ran up Main street and entered
Dumas saloon, where he met the elder
Dumas and told him he had shot q man
for striking him. Dumas took Herve into
a back room, which Is still marked with
blood stains, and proceeded to wash his
face. While performing this sympathetic
duty, a man rushed into the saloon in an
excited state, and cried out for Herve to
fly, as the man was dead. Who this man
was could not be- learned. There were
several persons in the saloon, but they did
not recognize him. Herve, having rested
for about five minutes, rushed out Of the
back door and fed up Buel street. Sew
eral parties met him and questioned him
as to the cause Of his excited state, but to
all he returned the answer that nothing
had occurred. The last seen of him was
by some blacksmiths as he was turning
Lamereaux shop, opposite the Richmond
Stag dump, making his way toward Goodwin
Canyon or Ruby Hill. By this time in.
tense excitement prevailed, and the Sheriff
and a posse on horseback and on foot
dashed off in every direction in pursuit Of
the fugitive, and secured the hills hither
and thither, but up to a late hour this
morning no trace Of him had been found.
He had had fully 80 minutes start, and
this is something remarkable. The shoot.
ing was done in broad daylight, before q
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the man walked and ran through the full
length and very heart of town, and has
perhaps escaped. The officers are not to
blame in this. They were out in force the
moment they were appraised of the killing,
Not one Of those who claim to have been
eye-witnesses either made an effort to ap-
prehend Herve or took any pains to
inform the authorities until nearly half an
hour after the ARRAY had occurred.
CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS OF TIL SHOOTING.
There are two very conflicting accounts
OF the causes which led to the shooting.
The SENTINEL, always anxious to get az
close to the facts as possible, has made
diligent inquiry into the matter, and
learned the following particulars: In an
interview with Mr.. Bremenkampf, one OF
the employers Of the parties, that gentle
man stated: "I.was in the saloon when
my attention was drawn to some persons
quarreling in the rear. / went out and
found Herve and the dead man in q little
dispute. l tried to settle the matter,
when all Of a sudden Herve
fred a shot which grazed my
head. Trietschel said Damn it, the
fellow is shooting at me- and started after
him. They ran around the corner out OF
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the two men came around the corner again,
Herye in front, Trietschel shouting Stop
him. Trietschel followed about fifteen
yards and fell dead. That is all I know OF
the affair" In answer to q question as to
whether the deceased had struck Herve be-
fore the shooting, Mr.. Bremenkampf said
he did not see q blow exchanged, and
thought that Herve had no occasion what
ever to fear any danger to his life. In re-
ply to a question as to whether the parties
had ever quarreled before, he said yes,
about ten days ago. On that occasion two
waiter girls visited the brewery, and Triet-
schel was showing them about the estab-
lishment, when Herve appeared at the
door and yelled out some filthy epithet.
Trietschel came out and asked Herve why
he had insulted him and the young ladies
in that manner, and slapped his face two
or three times. Otherwise nothing had
occurred between them to his knowledge,
and be thought the whole affair had been
settled.
Antonio Therkaui, employed about the
brewery, who was an eyewitness to every
thing but the last shot, c~orroborates Mr..
Bremenkampf's statement in every partic-
ular, the parties being questioned sep
arately.
On the other hand, two persons living
in cabins within twenty yards Of where the
shooting occurred, and who also claim to
have been eye-witnesses, give an entirely
different version Of the preliminary causes
which led to the fatal ARRAY.
Antoine Santell, q Frenchman who deals
I" 21 " in Joe Mendes' saloon, says 81
was in q cabin within o few yards Of the
soda factory. I saw the dead man strike
Herye before the shooting after they had
quarreled for some time. A friend OF
Nerves called Bob attempted to interfere,
but the brewer knocked him down. Herve,
before he was struck, said to the brewer,
why do you want to quarrel with me ?
I'm only q boy, and you are a big man.
After he was struck he went for a pistol
and returned. I did not see the shooting.
l went back into the cabin. heard two
shots, and shortly afterward learned that
Herve had killed the brewer.
John b. Boone, who lives in the same
cabin with, or directly adjacent to San
tells, makes substantially the same state
ments and did not see the shooting.
Mr.. Allen, Q mason at the Eureka Con.
furnaces, states that after the shooting
Herye came to him and offered to deliver
up his revolver and give himself up to the
authorities, but that he told him he did
not want to have anything to do with the
matter. Herve then started up the street.
Billy Lachman, employed at Sadlers
blacksmith shop, lower Main street, saw
Herve coming up the street in his shirt
sleeves and bleeding at the mouth. Saw
him 60 into Dumas. saloon. Thought he
was crying when he passed the shop.
Didn't know he had shot a man.
Trietschel was q native Of Brandenburg,
Germany, and aged about &c years. He
was a powerful man, of pleasant physique,
and we'll thought OF by the Germans as an
unobtrusive, quiet man. Herve is a youth
1 OF about 90, and is well known in the com
munity. The French portion Of the
Eureka speak very highly Of his
character, but there are others who state
| that the Young man is not only a desper-