The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-26

Perry Fuller, and makes application Tor
pardon. This man Fuller claims that he
should receive pardon OH the ground OF
his exemplary conduct while confined In
the penitentiary and the promise OF
penitent resolve of reformation. The
crime for which Fuller was convicted was
murder in the second degree, and the
murder committed by him, like most of
the murders committed in Phoebe, was
cruel and wanton act, there beings no
cause for the committal of the deed
whatsoever. Fuller had been living with
n Spanish courtesan known as panama
Jack" alias Fannie Paterson, and several
months previous to the killing they had
quarreled and separated. At 9 o'clock
on the morning of July IL, 1872, Fuller
issued from his clearinghouse, having
seen the woman passing to her residence,
and, without warning, fired upon her, the
ball taking effect in the right forearm,
badly SCATTERING the radius The woman
attempted to run, but fell, whereupon he
deliberately walked to where she was
lying, and standing almost over her pros
trate form, fired two more shots at her,
one of which took effect in the left hip
and passed through the illium into the
abdominal cavity. The other shot passed
through her clothing without harming
her. Fuller, thinking he had undoubt-
edly killed her, went short distance
away, placed the muzzle of the pistol in
his mouth, when woman standing near
said to him, "You coward, you're afraid
to shoot" Fuller then removed the pis-
tol from his mouth and fired the shot
into the ground. The woman died from
the effects Of her wounds four days after
the shooting. Fuller, some time previous
to the murder, set fire to and attempted
to burn the building occupied by this
woman. Perry Fuller, in Phoebe, was
one of the lowest characters of men,
gaining livelihood by following the pro-
fession of what is called "check
guerrilla, land compelling this poor, fallen
wretch of woman to give him what
little money she could gather, beating
and abusing her if she refused to obey
him. However, this was not Fuller's
first act of this character, for at one
time, in Virginia City, he very narrowly
escaped conviction for horribly mutilating
the face of courtesan in an inhuman
manner with bowie-knife. At the trial
that soon followed the murder of the
Spanish woman, Fuller pleaded "not
guilty." which he afterwards withdrew
and pleaded guilty to murder in the
second degree" and on Saturday, o.
tober 10, 1872, he was sentenced to serve
term of fifteen years in the States
Prison. This sentence was altogether
too light, for if justice had been melted
out to the fiend he would have expiated
his crime on the gallows. Fuller, like
all men of his ilk, feels sorry for the
crimes he has committed, when he is
being punished for the same, and Of
course will promise anything for the sake
Of gaining pardon and being restored tc
citizenship. As Fuller's conduct has
never been exemplary, except while he is
being confined within the prison walls,
we think, for Fuller's own good, the best
thing the Board of Pardons can do is
through the goodness of its members
hearts, to permit this hardened wretch
to serve out the full time allotted to hin
by the District Court in States Prison
We are not opposed to the pardoning o
prisoners, providing such men have bee,
good citizens and law-abiding, for in this
country men get into difficulty, and in
moment, blind with anger, they comm
rash act, for which they are Away
after psnitent. But these are not tn
kind Of men the Board pardons. The,
pick out the toughest and most lawles
characters and turn them loose upon tn
public to again commit the acts for whic
they We're once partially punished. Lik
Harrington, Howard, Jones, and othe
criminals who have been sent to priso
from this county and pardoned out, W
feel sure that Fuller would follow in thei
wake and would hardly have passe
through the prison gate and breathed til
free air ere he would commit crime
some sort.
GET VACcINATED.-As the small.po
is spreading throughout the land, and i
some localities it has become epidemic
we believe it would be well for parent
to have their children vaccinated. Tru,
at the present the children are yer
be- healthy, little or no sickness among then
and not the slightest signs of the dreade
smallpox coming amoung us; but that
no reason why parents should neglect
prepare and protect their little ones al
themselves, for there is no telling at VIII
moment the disease may appear amol
u.s. We dare say there is not child
Phoebe under twelve years of age that h
been vaccinated. All who desire havi
their children vaccinated can now do s
for DR.. Alexander has received supp
Of fresh virus, or vaccine matter.
A New VISITOR. Secretary Pew te
graphs Supt. Gould that A. X. Grim,
the Day directory, will leave for Pioc
the first of next week, with full power
act on behalf of the Day Company in
matters, especially regarding the bui