The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-11-10
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The usual quist Of The l:eef has been
broken BY series q fstili,iss in close
succession which have east \ pefpleSing
gloom over The community.
Following close upon the demise a
George Stuart, an eatimable young man.
for several years . resident q this'plaee
which occurred on the Both MI. came
the sudden death u the veteran. Daniel
Brick, a character and pioneer Of the
camp. familiar 10 every one who has ever
visited the Reef. the hero Of three wars
and hundred fights. ever ready TO re.
count his martial experience. bu. on the
10th inst. he answered 10 the last roll
call and crossed over the lines.
Then followed the evident suicide Of
Theo. Paul. jeweler from Cherry Greek.
New. recently established here and doing
profitable business. Paul was an ey.
pert workman. and young man with
apparently but one fault. mania for
gambling. and often lef. his table covered
with broken-down watches and clocks TO
hunt upa game. OF course he didn't
always win: in fact. by persistent effort
he MAS able TO lose more than he could
win and earn at his business combined.
He finally grew respondent and careless,
and for several days prior to his death
paid very little attention to business; but
he gave no indication OF self-destruction,
and 1t therefore caused q very general |
surprise when it was made known, about /
5 o'clock Friday evening, that Paul was
found dead In an opium den in China |
town There was no one present when |
he died. As far as could be learned. but q |
few hastily written lines in pencil on the |
back Of an old letter said, :" / killed my |
self; nobody Il to blame" Evidently J
he had swallowed some deadly drug and
then resorted to the vile opiate to deaden |
the sensibilities, As pipe was found by |
his side, and the air Was thick with poi |
sonous fumes
To end the sad chapter two more casu-
alities occurred early last night Some
burners. having come in from /
the mountains and no doubt finding their |
bank account in excess Of their anticipa-
tons, began to inbibe freely Of that bey-
er1ge known a. the "coal burners de- |
light Their conviviality was 30 pro-
nOunced and their generosity 30 un-
bounded that everybody was invited to |
stand In. The result was that several
stayed with the concert |
during the afternoon. Towards evening
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Finally three of the number adjourned to
Wells Brewery to drink gallon Of beer
won on 3 wager between them. After
accomplishing this, to them not an over
difficult task, they left the brewery, and
that was the last trace Of them, although
dihgent search and inquiry was made
during the entire succeeding day, until
about five O'Clock this evening the three
men were found at the bottom Of an
abandoned prospect shaft on the Luna
mine, about IS feet in depth. Two were
dead, Jose Ochco Mendez and Henry
Aangum; the third, Yeonetus Amaya,
was yet alive, but very seriously injured,
with several ribs broken and numerous
bruises and fractures.
From what can be learned from the
survivor Of the fearful fall, it appears that
after leaving the brewery sometime after
O'Clock they proposed visiting an ac-
9uaintance living in the vicinity Of the
Leeds mill; to 90 there was necessary to
follow q dim. unused road, and in the
darkness they walked into the uncovered
put and two Of them to instant death,
both having their necks broken and
,therwise mangled on the sharp rocks at
The bottom The escape of the third is
little short Of . miracle. REFER.