The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-02-18
Rlsal city Correspondent.

DOnalu lulOTHeu MT. IlsHSlRiONC Nhot
they had Just found the dead body of
James o. Brien in the cabin formerly oc.
cupied by him below the companys Of
fee. Mr.. Hazelgrove, unable to so
himself. sent men to the cabin, where
the body was found lying at the bottom
of cellar under the cabin floor.
Men were set to watch the body, and
the coroner at Phoebe was notified, who
appeared next day and saying to Mr..
Hazelgrove that Eve supposed there
were no suspicious of foul play and re-
ceivipg the reply, "No / don't suppose
there were from him. ordered the body
removed to Phoebe for burial, without
holding an inquest. The following facts,
however, came out at meeting, held IN
front of the cabin where jim O'Bren met
his death, on Friday last at noon At
this meeting, which had a presiding Of
fcer and was attended by nearly every
man in camp, Charles Wyman testified
as follows
81 came off shift Tuesday morning at
$3.50 and went with Montgomery and his
partner to their cabin and had break
fast Jim O'Brien lived in the back
part of the cabin. When we got there,
OBrien, Maloncy and third person,
we didn't know, were in the back room
talking loudly. Judging from their con
versation they were very drunk One
said something about being great
fighter. We didn't pay much attention
to what they said till O'Bren finally
said: You'd better get out of here;' as
he spoke he started across the room.
There was slight scuffie, a crash of
broken timber and the sound Of a body
falling. Then all was still for a moment.
Then Maloney began to talk to some one;
we didn't know what he said as lie
talked very low, almost in a whisper.
He was standing in the room while talk
ing Our impression at the time was
that O'Brien and Maloney had kicked
the stranger out Presently Malonoy
and some one else came to the door of
the house we were in and called Frank
Montgomery out We didn't hear what
they said to him. After talking mo-
ment my impression is that Maloney
went back to the room where O'Brien
was. Maloney and the man whom we
supposed to be O'Brien, went away after
while; didn't notice where they went
particularly. Montgomery and myself
went out to find the man whom we sup
posed they had fired out, to put him to
bed but could not iud him. y
Frank Montgomerys testimoney was
the came as Wyman's, with the addi-
ton that when called out by Maloney he
had been asked by him to allow the
stranger, who appears to have been Me-
Donald, to sleep with him that night,
whereupon he shut the cabin door pay
ing no attention to who Maloney's COM
panion was. Also that in the Afternoon
preceding the finding of the body, Ma,
loney had brought pipe to Montgom-
ery's cabin and said to him, "Here
Frank, here's O'Brien pipe, wish you'd
take it into him Montgomery replied,
why don't you take it yourself? Il
haven't got time now" Maloney left
the pipe with Montgomery, who said
that "if he saw 0'Bren he would give it
to him."
Maloney, in his own defense, said that
he and Mcdonald had come home with
O'Brien that night All were pretty
drunk, tried to get Jim to go to bed.
He got mad at us after awhile and said
to Mcdonald: "Here you s-n Of b his,
you'd better get out Of here" when We
both left and tried to get Montgomery
to let Mcdonald sleep in his cabin, as he
was so drunk didn't know what to dc
with him. | was pretty drunk myself
Montgomery wouldn't let him stay and
| left him and went back to 0'Brien'
room. looked in and didn't hear hin
around, so | supposed he had gone t,
bed. l went to my cabin and went t,
bed. y
Mcdonald said that he was so drunl
, that there was actually no impression
5 whatever left upon his mind for severa
hours. He did not remember anything
, whatever about being at the place"
This evidence was the last taken. Tn
> presiding officer asked those assembled
. what was their opinion based upon sucl
4 testimony. Some one then moved tina
> Maloney and Mcdonald be invited t
Q emigrate to fresher fields and pasture
/. new; at the same time suggesting tina
Q were he in their place, he wouldn'
o wait to be invited.
e This motion was seconded, sugpestio,
and all, and unanimously carried. Til
a time allowed them to leave camp bein
one hour, and the penalty for dsobedi
ence or return, being tar and ceda
bark covering Feathers are too great
: luxury here to use in this way. so W
+ substitute cedav bark, old rope, old pa
!. pers, etc. A committee of three wa
appointed to see that the order was car
ried out. but their services were not re
quired, as the two laborers had thei
/, blankets on their backs and were on tn
road in tuantv a Va ,nipntes after raoa;,