The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1890-12-20
CJSSED CARELESSNESS.
4 Young Man at Nampa Tries to be
Smart and Kills a Chinaman.

Young Man at Nampa Tries to be
Smart and Kills a Chinaman.
A quiet, orderly Chinaman was sit
ting in the waiting room of the depot
at Nampa last Monday morning wait
ing for train. Some hoodlums kept
tormenting the celestial, until at last
the night operator, Mr.. E. H. Dunden,
invited him into the Office, where he
would be safe from his tormentors.
Mr.. C. c. Sherman, a bartender in
"Pony" Young's saloon, was in the
office, and begun to joke the operator
about keeping lodging house, and
suggested that the Chinaman set up"
the beer as the price for his bed, and
asked him to do so. The Chinaman
declined and laughed, whereupon Sher-
man drew revolver, evidently with
the intention of frightening him, when
it accidentally discharged, killing the
Chinaman instantly. Sherman gave
himself up, was taken to Boise City,
and after preliminary hearing, was
discharged from custody. There is no
doubt but the killing was accidental,
but such criminal carelessness has the
public condemnation. Smart young men
who make gun plays should in some
way be punished for it. There is law
in Idaho forbidding even the carrying
of deadly weapons, but it is disregarded.
1t should be made criminal offense,
with severe punishment, for drawing
gun on a man, even in fun. 1t is a
Joke that too often ends disastrously.
As in the present case a very foolish
act took human life. That it was
nothing but Chinaman" does not
make the act less condemnable. The
man Sherman is very wort by young
man, but he did very foolish thing
and deserves a public reprimand if
nothing more.
The surrender of Billy Isaacs will
all probability close the campaign on
the Bachelors Club for the winter, and
that famous institution will be given
chance to recuperats. While the war
waged upon it was most bitter and
many gallant bachelor was captured,
yet the foundation remains, and if let
alone during the winter, will be in a
fiourishing condition in the spring.
We cannot account for this lull in the
warfare. The ammunition of the
enemy is not exhausted, for many a
fair beauty can be seen on the streets
most every day. 1t would be hardly
right to say that the remaining bach
elors are not worth wasting ammuni-
ton on, for some good-looking, big
hearted bachelors, who are calculated
to make q woman happy, are still
in the ranks. 1t seems to be cessa-
ton Of hostilitiss by mutual consent.
Caldwell used to be the banner town in
the state for bachelors, but now it
takes the lead for young married men.
THE TRIBUNE, strange as 1t may
seem, needs money to meet its obliga-
lions, and will take the liberty Of send
out statements before the first of the
new year to all its debtors. All per-
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for job work, advertising or subscrip-
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M. B. Gwinn has for sale, four
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heifers, belonging to the Henderson
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