Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-07-10
THE MCCULLOUGH CASE.
Its History as Record ID Before Ia
COroner's Jury.

AsSsOEy ~ HhtCOEaT0 btIOEt thhC
COroner's Jury.
After the post-mortem examination, held
yesterday morning by DIR. Owen and DR..
Thoma upon the remains of George X. Nc
Cullough, a jury Of inquest, composed of
the following persons, was summoned:
@. F. Horn. W. E. Griffin. J.. c. Maupin,
John s. Capron and James Csndlish. The
examination was before Coroner F. H.
Harmon, and conducted by District Attor-
ney CARRIER. The verdict Of the jury is
THAT deceased came to his death from the
effects of gun or pistol shots fred by j. j.
DAILY JUNE II, 1884.
N. DIAMONDS TESTIMONY.
Nathaniel Diamond, being sworn, said:
On June II, 1884, / saw George McCul-
Tough at the Reeves and Berry mine,
| Spring Valley. Think it was between 2
aud 3 o'clock in the afternoon. McCul-
Tough, John McMann and myself were
sorting ore or the south gap Of the mine
near the road. l saw j. j. Kermeen, j. j.
Daily and J. W. Walker coming over the
groupings Of the mine from the north.
They were going towards the south along
down the mine. They went straight on,
leaving us to their left. Then came a team
and passed down, leaving us to its right.
Those in the team passed down about 100
yards from the point where l was at work
and threw off some things from the wagon.
The team then passed on. Kermeen, DAILY
and Walker went down to the road about
where the things had been thrown off.
DAILY had a shotgun or q rife. They sat
down. They then pitched their tent. and,
after the wagon returned, they started
to come back upon the mine. In
the meantime, while Kermeen, DAILY
and Walker were walking across
the claim, Mccullough confronted them
and. passing them by, went 70 his cabin.
He then came back and got some tools and
went on that part of the claim upon which
he was afterwards shot. II was somewhere
on the southwest part OF the claim. After
he had begun work there, he called me
from the place where / was working with
him and McMann TO come up to him. l
went up and he did q little work. l told him
l thought those fellows meant fight and that
l did not want to make q target OF myself.
Meanwhile. McMann had quit sorting ore.
He went some 100 feet northeast and re-
sumed work. When / told Mccullough /
didn't want to make q target Of myself, he
said IAN right, 1 will stay here and
| protect this part Of the mine and you go
to where McMann is and work with him"
We could see McMann at work. McCul-
Tough had told McMsnn to go TO work
there. 1t was after this hat he called me
to him. The distance from that point to
where Mccullough was shot is about
100 feet. / worked with McMann
about th~ree-quarters of an hour and McCul-
Tough staid vt the place where we had the
| con versation about the men coming to
fight. After they had pitched their tent,
Kermeen, DAILY and Walker. accompanied,
this time by Hank Storey, came onto the
mine where Mccullough was at work.
Storey was in the lead and had some kind
OF a tool on his shoulder pick, l think.
Kermeen, DAILY and Walker were following
| close behind him. When Storey got up to
the place where Mccullough was at work,
Mccullough raised his hand and said:
"Mr. Storey, / don't want you to come
here and interfere with me and make any
trouble" OF course, / can't repeat the
words exactly. Mccullough stated at the
time: Il AN in possession Of this mine,
and have got my money in it, and / pro-
pose to stay with il until l get my money
out" Mr.. Storey then said: Hold on,
George; | don't want any trouble In
the meantime, while this conversation was
going on, Kermeen, Walker and DAILY came
up and passed, leaving Mccullough
and Storey on the left, and went on q little
way until they got three-quarters behind
Mccullough. When / heard Storey say
there would be no trouble, / thought,
maybe, the matter would be settled, and l
turned my head a little and went on work
ing. Immediately upon my returning to
work, l heard three shots fired in quick
succession. Fromwhere / was working with
McMann / could see Mccullough and
Storey plainly while they were talking.
/ could see Kermeen, Daily and Walker
where they stood, also, but there was q tree
between them aud myself which kept me
from seeing them plainly and entirely.
Upon hearing the shots, |, at once, asked
| McMann if that was George (McCullough)
shooting. He said, no, that George was
shot. l then heard George make a noise or
groan. / ran to where he was and called
TO McMann to come with me. When l got
there, Mccullough scrambled over some
loose rocks and fell At my feet, and then
said: "Nate Diamond, they have murder
ed me-" or something to that effect.
McMsnn arrived just at this time. Storey
was standing close by McCullough's feet.
/ said 10 him "Will you lend US a hand
to convey Mccullough 10 the CABIN ne
said, yes. and offered to help. He came
towards George to help, but George would
not have it, and made q kick at him with
his right foot. / then asked Mccullough
il he would allow Mr.. Walker to help carry
| him. He answered: "No, ! want none of
them to lay a hand upon me-" Then l
asked Hank Storey: Ibid you shoot Nc
| Cullough ?" He said No, and l did not
come for that purpose" He pointed to
DAILY and said; "He DAILY did the shoot
ing" / then asked DAILY why he shot Nc
Cullough: II shot him because l did not
want to see Hank Storey get shot" DAILY,
at the time l asked him these questions
was in the groupings with his pistol in his
hand. / have stated that while McCul-
Tough and Storey were talking could see
them plainly; but l could not see McCul-
Tough after the shots had been fired. He
had fallen down and the rocks hid him
from me.
THE AUTOPSY.
DR.. ]. R. Owen testified. after an au-
topsy made by himself and DR.. Thoms,
| 10 the nature OF the wounds which has