The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1893-06-22
AN oI.D reAeGDY nEvlvaD.
FitF Endiag OF jim harrington,
- who Killed J"ha Lysch In
- ptochcstn 1879.

A dispatch from Wallace. Idaho, say,
that James Harrington was shot aud
probably fstsily wounded by R A. Gu,
bingham. a cook. on the 10th inst. Har
rington kicked dog belonging to Gun
bingham, and 10 the trouble resulting
from the kick, Harrington was shot.
Harrington is desperate man, formerly
from Virginia. Nevada, and has the rep.
utation Of having killed ten or twelve
men. His only regret now is that his
gun was borrowed one and would not
work readily" -
There is 4 strange coincidence connect.
ed with the affair, as here in Phoebe in
1873. in trouble which grew out of the
kicking Of adog. Harrington killed John
Lynch. who kept restaurant OIL Meadow
/ Valley street; TEE RECORD of July s.
1873, gave an account of the killing of
Lynch and the cause which led to it..
IA maa named Schoonmaker was in the
restaurant, having with him small dog.
While there Harrington, Con. Sullivan
aud Edmund o'Eeili came in; Sullivan
took:hoid Of thesaog and in playing with
it, hurt. the Animal. .Schoonmaker ex-
postulatedi with htm, when he apologized,
saying he had no intention of hurting the
dog When ths parties got out on the
sidewalk, OFeiLopraided Sullivan, say.
ing he was a Odd coward TO-. apologize
about hurting dog. schoonmaker made
some reply which drew an offensive re.
mar k from sO'Neil, and SehoonmAGer
struck him. The parties .clinched, and
then Harrington, who seems not to have
had anything to do with the first diff.
Guilty. opened fire with shooter. One
OF the shots entered the brain of Lynch,
another entered his shoulder, O'Neil was
struck in the hip. schoonmaker in the
side. and Sullivan in the wrist"
The RECORD said in relation to the
popular feeling over the shooting:
"When on Sunday morning the new,
was heard, . profound sensation was ere.
ated People began to wonder if there
was ever to be an end to the reckless use
Of firearms in the streets Of the town,
The propriety q taking steps outside the
forms of law for the preservation of orde,
and the protection Of the lives and prop
erty Of the people was freely discussed
The man by whose hands tn,
shooting was done is regarded as a dan
gerous fellow, and has killed three mel
BEFORE" -.
At that timie Phoebe had within ID
limits probably as hard gang of villains
as ever came together in mining camp
A day thata murder or shooting affai
did not occur was considered very quie
one. Even with this condition of affair
the killing IF Lynch appears to hav
created great deal of excitement for
short time, but was forgotten in day o.
two by other tragedies.
Harrington was sentenced to fifteel
year. imprisonment. but was pardone,
after short term of imprisonment, an,
next was heard Of in Virginia City, wher
in 1875 he, murdered in cold blood mine
named John Sullivan. For this crime h
was sentenced 70 twenty years imprison
ment, The Chronicle says he was par
doned about two years ago. and hi
whereabouts we're not generally know
until the news Of the recent shooting wa
received. II T. probable the wounds h
received in Wallace has put an end t
his earthly career.