Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-08-05
RI. knlins Of Foley.

The killing OF Foley.
The Reno Gazette OF yesterday
gives the following interview had
with Mrs. Hartley and DR.. Phillips
Immediately after the shooting OF NJ.
ID. Foley:
The Gazette man asked Mrs Hart
ley il she desired TO talk with 4 re
porter, or desired 10 wait until after
she had overcome some Of her excite
ment. Mrs Hartley replied:
-oh. l am not excited l have
thought W this too much 10 get eN-
cited now. l have shot Senator Fo-
ley and hope he will die. BE has
ruined my life, and l am willing -
stand the ccnse4uence& l only
regret not having done It public
~.
The reporter then asked her where
the shooting took place and what she
shot him with
The shooting occurred II this
r>om. and the Sheriff has the pistol
she replied
Sheriff CauGhir took from his
pocket the pstol. which was : Seal
iber Colts With ;wo empty chambers,
Mrs Hs.tls! cautioned him 10 han.
Gle It carefully a. If contained three
cartridges
Nov many tines did you shoo,s
inquired the reporter.
IE=- sic replied.
Did both shots take edecI.' uas
then asked
4 don't know. / hope 50 wzS tie
reply.
The Gazette reporter next inter
viewed DIS ". \. and p. 7. Phillips
IN wkas oifoe Senator Foley died in
about twenty-five minutes after the
shooting.
Dr.. Phillips said that lie ~as in his
Office, on thesoond floor Of the hank
building. about i:31. when he heard
two shots fred in quick succession
and something fall heavily TO the floor
above him. Stepping TO the door he
saw Senator Foley a" the head OF the
third flight OF stairs Just coming
down. Mr. Foley waved Ms. Hart
ley back with his night hand SAYING:
No no. Gro back and walked per
fectly natural down stairs. He fol-
lowed Dr.. Phillips into the office turn
eli around and closed the door after
him. then said:
Doctor. am shot and | am killed.
The doctor replied: oh. no. Sen.
ator. ! guess not.
Yes, / am replied Senator Foley
and then he began TO stagger and the
doctor assisted him To a couch. He
was at this time puIseless. The ply.
stefan turned him on his back and at
once found that he had been shot
through the left side Of his abdomen.
Realizing that there was great in
ternal hemorrhage and that unless i'm
mediately checked would prove fatal.
the DIS. W. \. and p. T. Phillips and
DR.. Bergstein opened the abdomen
and found the intestine perforated in
several places, and proceeded to re-
pair the wounds, but before this
could be accomplished
zr<.TNn a. ,,-
He made no statement whatever.
not ever alluded 10 the shooting be
yond the announcement that Il am
ehot and will die.
Last evening a Gazette reporter
visited Mrs. Hartley at the Court
House and again asked her il she de-
sised 10 make any statement for pub
LEGATION. to which she replied: Moth.
ing further than that | shot Senator
Foley and intended 20 do it. / have
known Senator Foley since last Octo-
Der. Yesterday afternoon | SEMI him
word that desired to see him. and
about i O'Clock he came TO my rom.
l do not care to talk further.
An autopsy Was held on the bodyot
the deceased Thursday night and il
was found that the bullet entered the
sbdoman and passed downward and
to the right, making several openings
In the small intestInes and cutting of
the temoral artery. The ball was
found lodged in the muscles Of the
rghs thigh.
The ooroner'sjury bTough, in a ver.
diet that the deceased vas a native Of
New Brunswick. aged about II years
and that he came TO his death from
a ganshot wound inflicted b. Alice
NJ. Hartley.
Cleveland in EnEy-
On Friday night some psrties who