Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-06-21

n Iob4l nuu uoosWues RS@
ing ARRAY occurred In Virginia This
morning between I and 2 o'clock, By
which one man Lost his life. another vas
dangerously wounded. and two more
received msmsntoss In the shape Of
bullet wounds.
Alexander Goystts. Q Ffsnehnan.
about % yssrs Of sgs. vas In the Delta
saloon last night shskins dee with .
number Of msp for nity cents . sornss.
until near I o'clock, and lost some little
money. About that time . friend named
Joseph Lsirssnisr attempted TO take
hin home. 0oystts had bssn on . spree
for several days. and while shaking dice
hsd drank some. They started dovA
Union street. bot bad only gone . short
distance whom 0oystts either stumbled
and fell down or deliberately lay down
and refused to 70 further. Finding II
i~mpossibls to ess him on his feet. La
freauisr vent back to O street and got
Caiix Mougas, Q mutual friend. to 20
along and together. . on each side Of
0oystts. they supported him to his
room.
SCENE or TEE szoorrno.
Arriving a the house where aoystts
lives, which L. bslov the Con. virsiais
dump and between Il and The O. 4 O.
shaft on the north side. ~ OF the men
took The key out Of aoystss's pocket and
opened the door. The three men stepped
inside the door when q ssksd about .
candle and the other spoke OF procuring
Q match. Goystis replied he had .
match, OF would give them one. or some
thing to that sffsot. and ct the same In
slant, without another word. 6red q bis
friends, the nrss shot striking Lafreguisr
In the center Of his body directly below
the breast bone and passins through the
pit Of the stomach. Lafregnisr dropped
70 the ground and died almost instantly.
0oystts Immediately frsd again, hit.
ting Mougsr In the brssst on the LETT
side. The ball struck against one Of bis
ribs and glanced. coming out on the
right side. causing but . light vound.
Monsar turned. and ran from the house.
lAxp-ro-zAND srluooLl.
By this time . roommate Of Goystts
had LII . candle In . room sdjoinins.
and was Just entering the room where
the shooting occurred. whom Goyetts
raised his pistol and hred ct him. strik-
Ing him In the muscles OF bis back. In.
hietins nothing more than Q hssh wound.
This f~sllow-roomsr. whose name 10 Chss.
Lanalois. pssesiving that the pistol wss
again pointed towards him, seized Coy.
cite By the Arms and managed to get
behind him. While In this position
0oystts Ared twice, the hrst shot taking
Eject In bis left hand. and the second.
BY Lanelois twisting him around - hs
attempted to poke the musxls OF the
pistol against his (Lanslois' body. also
struck himself, this time inficting .
wound In the bowels. and q which
will probably prove fatal.
TEE DEAD NAN.
Joseph L~sfrsenisr. has lived In Viz.
sinia about seventeen years, and u
spoken Of. By oil who knew him % .
quiet, p~saosabls man. he was often
dimes called Black Jos."
ALIxAxpEl ooYErrE.
Who did the shooting. II . nephew Of
Dennis aoystss. n%ishtiorsaan ct the
O. and O. shaft. and 10 vas In Dennis
house that the ARRAY occurred. He 10 .
member Of the various secret eresniSa-
tons and has never borne . rough name.
TIE orzsl TWO
Concerned In the affair. Charles Lanslois
and Calix Monssr. are. like the others.
Hrsuchmsn. Neither are badly hurt.
bat both had . Gloss call.
TIE wEAPox
Used was Q Colts six.shootsr Of thirty.
eight salibsr and Of the latest patent. II
was taken possession Of By the Coroner,
Who vas ssnt for - soon - 0oystts was
shot. Goystts, In answsr TO questions
By the doctor this morning. said hs
knew nothing Of What had occurred; but
after reaching the hospital hs rsmsm.
bered having been In . shooting ARRAY.
The Coroner found him crying and ap.
parsntly filed with fsmorss for tho deed
be had committed. A warrant vss Issued
for his arrest, but his condition would
not permit Of Il bsing served, and the
man was taken to the hospital, where he