Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1886-01-20

oSteSs ths htSots utnruDIoWn say
in an excited manner: Look cut
there" went into Hartmans saloon.
In few minutes Howard came in and
told me Sellers was cut | went back
to the saloon and We put him ia bed.
| have been taking care of Sellers
since. | have heard Sellers instruct
Brown as to what disposition he
wanted made Of his property in case
of his death. He told Brown that
he wanted 10 pay the Doctor and
those who waited on him first. He
told him there was some money in the
safe and some notes and some book
accounts, and there are some other
little things hare, and you know what
to do with them. The deceased told
me alone and in the presence eff Rysn,
and think Doctor Summers, that he
wanted Brown To attend TO his business
if he should die. There are some
liquors in the cellar. He owns the LOT
where his old saloon was.
Doctor j. +, Summers, being duly
sworn said: My name is j. F. Sum.
mers, born in California, am 30 wears
old live ip Candela'ia, am physician.
attended Sellers the deceased. | first
saw him about II o'clock on the Sth;
hewas delirious aud suffering great
pain from wounds 10 different parts of
his body. There we're four wounds in
his chest in the neighborhood of his
right nipple, and three in the abdo,
men on the lower part Of the right side.
He had very high pulse which midi.
Gated great deal of trouble or dis.
turbance. | visited him frequent.
ly since during the night aad day until
the morning of the 14th, which was
the last time l saw him alive. On tire
-the evuuing ~ the14th | was subpn.
naed to holda post morton examination
which revealed nothing new from the
first described except discoloration
around one Of the wounds in the
the bowels. The autopsy revealed the
fact thGt one of the wounds in the
chest had pierced the cavity but did
not wound any organs therein. l
found the bowels in very bad state
OF decomposition and adhrring in dit.
ferept PLACES to. lhessnlls of the alb
domiual cavity. The bowel had been
punctured and the contents had escu ped.
Death resulted from inflammation of he
bowels. caused by one of the wounds.
saw nothing else that might have
caused death. The wound that caused
death was punciured wound,
cvideatly, made by 9tllrusl Na small
knife. The wound WAS situated On
the right side of the abdomen, ahous
on line midway between the navel
and the pubs. A line drawn around
the odyof''bat-poin: would pass very
near ,he wbund. -
The following verdict was rendered
by the jury:
We lhe undersigned jurors sum.
moned to appear before Daniel Hol.
land, the setting Coroner of the 18th
Township, EsmeraldA County, State of
Nevada, on this 18th day of January,
A. ID. 1896, to inquire into the cause
ofthe death IT John B. Sellers, upon
eur oath ito say that we find the, de.
ceased name WIS John B. 'ellcrs, aged
about As years, and native of Louisi.
ana. And We find that the deceased
came to his death on the 14th day of
January, A. d. 1886, in pickhandle
Gulch, Esmcralda County We do
fini that the deceased came to his
death by knife wounds inflicted by
man named q. r. A. Brown.
Il. w. Reed, Foreman; A. Hartman,
]. w, Dillon. Price Griffith, Y. ID. Ebi,
Frank Dunn.
After The jury had announced their
verdict, the charge Of assault with
deadly weapon was vacated and u new
one entered charging Brown with mur.
der He was given in custody Of Con.
stable Spence, with instructions to he
present III Cour, a. 7p, NJ, to-day
True Fissure