Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-03-29
THE DISCHARGE OF CONK-
LIN G.
RATHER + Y Z + SIN Z
FIR UT.
MORE OF T III L INDIAN
TROUBLES.


tain Mutt lay as his Efe.blood sped
away, his Murderer y. S. Dukes, slept
last night. After resolving the citizens
notice to fx up his business and leave
town in twerty.foar hours, he remained
all day locked up in his room. When
the twenty-four hours expired at noon
to-day, and Dukes had not LETT, and it
was known that he intended to remain
and brave consequences, his few
friends advised him to stay quiet. A
conference has been held during the
day, the citizens meeting by twos and
threes to discuss the best means of rid
ding the town of the man who thus de.
ties public sentiment. The trouble is as
to the mothod by which this shall be
accomplished. /. be were TO show him
self on the streets, the problem would
soon be solved, but he remains behind
lock and key IN back room in Jeu-
nings's Hotel. Jennings is 2 repu table
citizen and there Is hesitancy about
making all assault on MS house. Dukes
owes his safety since noon today
to public respect for Jennings,
but whether this viii save blm
many hours longer Is uncertain. as the
feeling is becoming more intense,
Dukes. 1t is said, is ready to fight to
the death. He fears Captain Nuts
oldest son, James, more than any other
man. This son IS about 20 years old, a
stlil-mouthet, man, but one who thinks
much. His mother had great difficulty
in dissuadlng him from killing Dukes
before the trial. II IS believed here
that since the law fiilei the son has
fully made up his mind to avenge the
death of his father.
Miss Lizzie Nutr. the daughter over
whom al the trouble occurred, Is also
SAID to be pTactlclDg with a revolver,
with the intention of shooting her Sc
New YoRk, March 27.-A.ter hear
Jog the arguments OF counsel relative
to the shooting Of Haverstick by Conk,
ling. Police Justice Saith late this at
tcrnoun rendered a decision that there
were reasonable grounds for defendant
to apprehend griev,us bodily harm at
the hands of deceased. and discharged
Conk:ing from custody. Tne announce
ment was received with tumu!tuuus APP
plaGse by the spectators. Inc testl-
mony submitted TO the Court was taken
at the Coroner 5 inquest. lhe object OF
the examination was to determine
whether Conkliag shonid he held for
the action of the Grand Jury or dis
charged Mrs. Uhlrr entered the Curt
room accompanied by CoUn>eio Howe.
She wore a maroon .colored ve vet dress,
heavy seai-skln cloak aud velvet tur-
ban. Her face was partly conce ,let
by Z thick vail. Conklng. dressed IN
the railing facing the bench. Colonel
King, OF counsel Tor the prisoner, made
a strong plea FOX the accused, bitterly
Hayers5ick for his betrayal
Of Mrs. Uhler, and claimed that there |
was no crime in Conkling's act. II |
was, he said, a case OF jastl1iaDle homi- |
eide, if there ever was one. aud ne |
asked that the prisoner be discharged. |
At the close of his speech, which was |
quite lengthy, the examination OF the |
witnesses began. Mrs. Uhler sobbed |
while King was speaking, |
CHICAGO, March 27.-Sexton won
the second game in the balk line bill
lard tournament at Chicago yesterday. |
beating Morris by score Of 600 to 532.
A good audience witnessed the game |
between SchaefIer and Wallace. |
I p to the twenty-seveDth inning the |
game was rather tame and uninterest |
ing. as Scbaetfer seemed not at all |
anxious to hurry matters, but in this |
inning, after knocking the worries abouo
for sixty points, he changed
tactics and went in for large run. He
held the balls at the right hand side Of |
the rail for 90 shots, seldom making
any change but using the red TO cushion
and to kiss his own ball on the white
At 100 he changed to the end rail and |
At I6I he bad them under perfect cou-
troll Then he deity changed them to |
the side rail and with here and there Il
force up and down clicked away with |
rapidisy. At 200 the audience burst |
INTO loud, continued applause and there
was gen eral sigh of relief when his
2O6.h shot barely missed on the cush-
on stroke. This game was short and
sweet, ending in two hours. Score
Scha. FIR. 600; highest run, POS:
average, II and %.
New YORK, March 2S.-Professor
Newcomb of Salem, taxiderEnist of the
Ieannette expedition, has Just re
:eived letter from St. Petersburg,
tating that the bodies OF De Long and
1is comrades are between Buleen and
akeu tsk, in Siberia, being conveyed by
log or reindeer sleds. rbe bodies are
ewed in deer.skins. The inter.
,reter of the HARDER search party de
cribes tbs condition of their faces
IS follows: The faces are quite
white the eyes have disappeared the
are black. This Interpreter
. a very intelligent Dane. He further
tated that in the whale boat of the
Jeanette he and Lieutenant Har Der
thoroughly explored the Siberian coast.
10 traces OF Lieutenant Chipp were
s:over.d the bodies of Captain
)eLong ADD his comrades will probably
,e detained in Yakoutsk until October .
r November, as the country is well
iyh impossible during the Summer
Months, owing to the numerous boys {
nd lnorasses.