Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-01-19
THE PISTOL.
Richard ". tsuiberson Meets His Death
at the Hands Of George Afll-'Tsse Diff
Guilty and the Causes Which Led to 1t.
[Eure Ia l eader, 10th. ]

Eure Ia eade< l6th.l
Although Eureka has been cursed
with as worthless lot of scalawags Al
ever looked through the bsrs of peni-
Tertiary for the past few months, ye
it has been singularly free from persona
encounters, and no killing has occurred
since the night when Billy Martin met
his tragic death through his own fatal
recklessness until yesterday morning,
when the town was startled by the re-
port that Dick Guiherson and George
Hill had both been shot in all encoun-
ter in the Empire saloon.
THE MEN.
Both men are we'll known, not only
in Eureka, but on the Coast. Guiber-
son hailed from Iowa, and in the days
when staging was the best means of
| transportation between the Mississippi
and the Pacific, he held the reins on
one of Ben Holidays coaches and
rivaled Hank Monk as driver and
humorist. He was an irrepressible
"josher," always disposed to look at
the pleasant side of all circumstances,
and soon won the soubrequet of sIaugh-
ing Dick Guiberson." When the Pa
ciic roads were built Dicks occupation
was gone, and he drifted with the first
tide that set Eurekaward. For some
time he acted as salesman in 3 Main
street store, and finally in the session of
the Legislature Of 1877, when the Sen
ate was tied through the absence of
Dickinson in the East, he secured the
position of Sergeant-at-Arms of the
Senate at the hands of the Democrats.
1t was a trade in which Guiberson and
Dan Patterson were both benefited,
and now, within a few days of each
other, they have both passed over the
silent way. Guiberson has led q wan
eering life since he vacated the office,
and made his appearance in Eureka at
intervals. a brother lives in Texas,
and 4 married sister, to whom he was
attached, in Iowa, but, with these ex-I
ceptions, it is not positively known
who he left behind save woman of
iIl-repute, who acted in most cold
blooded manner when he was at deaths
door.
GEORGE HILL
Is nlan apparently not more than
thirty years, of rather pleasing appear
aDce and address, but has enjoyed the
reputation of being one of the most
dangerous men in the community. He
has been in Eureka off and on for sew
eral years. Some months ago he killed
Tom Smith, in Elko, but, although it
i, generally claimed that the act was
unjustiiable, he escaped without pun
ishment. He has had no visible means
of support, unless it was gambling, or
aid extended by a woman on BueI
street.
WHAT LED TO THE FIGHT.
Both men were "buckins the tiger
i'll Joe Mende's saloon during the night,
when Hill got into an alteration with
the lease keeper" whose let he APP
propriated. Hot words passed between
the two men, and Guiberson asserted |
that the bet did not belong to Hill, an |
opinion that was freely expressed by |
others. 1t looked at one time as though |
it would end in a row, but Guiberson |
said he was unarmed, and the parties |
finally adjourned to the bar and drank,
Guiberson was then taken to his room |
by his friends, but Ire left shortly after, |
and going down street borrowed a |
worthless pistol from an acquaintance. |
About O'Clock on Sunday morning |
he entered the Empire saloon with !
Mack Sweeney, and going to the bar
called for a drink. Gus Heintz was on |
"shift," and at the time of Guiberson's |
entrance was talking to Hill, who was
angry because Heintz had refused him |
liquor. Guiberson and his friend were
served, and Heintz then stepped from
behind the bar. Hill then stepped up
to the end of the bar, and addressing