Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1894-08-04
THE FOLEY HOMICIDE,
Further Particulars Re-
garding the Affair.
buried with Military Honors at
Reno Last Sunday.

afternoon the occupants Of the Bank oil
Nevada building, as we'll % . number Of
persons in adjoining buildings, were
startled by hearing two pistol shots fred
in quick succession. To those on the
street the shots sounded very plain, but
just where TO locate them is . mystery.
Those on the second foor Of the build
ing left their Offices, and NJ. ID. Foley
was seen coming down the stairs from
the third floor. He passed into the
Offices Of Drs. Phillips, closed the door,
and said to DIR. w. A. Phillips: doe
Dor, l am shot and an 9 dead man,"
He staggered into the private Office
and laid down on the couch. The doc
tors administered stimulsnts and imme-
diately made an examination, and found
. pistol shot wound one and one-hali
inches to the Left and the same distance
below the navel. He gave evidence Of
great internal hemorrhsge and 10 was 40.
parent that unless ID was stopped he
would soon die.
DIR. Bergstein arrived and the three
doctors operated by opening the abdo-
men and found the small intestines had
been pierced, which they proceeded to
repair. The flow Of blood was so great,
however, that he soon died from its
effects.
To several who inquired Of Mr.. Foley
before he became unconscious whether
they could do anything for him, he re-
piled Nothing"
He remained conscious for about ten
minutes after the shooting, then passed
into an unconscious state, dying In
thirty-five minutes after he was shot.
He made no statement nor did he refer
to the shooting after the first remark to
the physicians that he was Q dead man.
Mrs. Foley was summoned and ar
rived q few moments before her husband
died, but he was under the influence Of
an anesthetic and the physicisns were
working heroically to save the life that
was fast ebbing, and she was with him
only Q moment.
Mrs. Hartley followed Senator Foley
when he came down the stairs, still
holding the pistol in her right hand.
She walked up to Mr.. 4. r. Dodge and
requested him TO call the Sheriff. and
upon Sheriff Csughlin arriving at
the scene Of the shooting. Mrs. Hart
ley walked toward him and said, II be-
lieve you are the Sheriff. Mr.. CAugh-
lin replied that he was, and Mrs. Hart
Icy said. II surrender as your prisoner"
and handed the pistol to the Sheriff. By
this time q large crowd had assembled
In front OF the bank, and as soon rs con-
veyance could be obtained Sheriff Caugh.
lin brought his prisoner down the stairs
and took her to the Courthouse.
As she passed though the crowd there
was no visible sign OF her face that
showed any agitation. She was slightly
flushed. but in talking betrayed no OK
element or nervousness. Her voice was
firm and she spoke about other matters
when spoken to, but declined TO make
any statement regarding the shooting.
She was locked up in the iury-room Of
the Courthouse and IL under guard. the
Jail not having q place suitable TO put .
woman prisoner into.
There is q mystery about the whole
affair, neither party having made q state.
ment, and the various street rumors
have no foundation ave that somebody
else said SO and so.
Mrs. Hartley told the %isnitor of the
Bank Of Nevada. @. o. Wright, that she
wanted TO see Mr.. Foley at I o'clock.
She told him early yesterday morning
and be left word in the bank later In the
day. MIR. Foley went to the depot while
the ALB train was standing there and
shortly afterwards returned to the bank,
going Immediately to Mrs. Hsrtley's
studio in the bank building. The inter
view must necessarily have been very
brief, for the time seemed but . moment
TO those who had seen him on the street
when they heard he was fatally shot.
Mrs. Hartley had told some parties
that she expected to leave Reno to-day
and her absence would be indefinite.
She paid some bills and seemed to be ar
ranging her affairs prior to leaving the
town. What Significance her interview
with Mr.. Foley has in connection with
the shooting will only be known at the
trial.
II 10 q sad affair, and the death Of Mr..
Foley 10 . serious blow 10 the oommu.
nifty. He was energetic. progressive and
had made large investments and was In
tsrested in many Of the proposition
looking to the Advancement Of Reno and
the State. The poor woman has COM
mitted an unlawful act, and no matter
what the extenuating circumstance
might have been, she cannot be upheld.
neither ought she to be wholly con-
demned until the mystery Of the affair
is cleared up.
A post norton examination was made
last night on the remains Of NJ. d. Foley
and it was found that the bullet had en-
tered the abdomen and passed downward
and to the right, making seven opening
in the small intestines and cutting OF
the femoral vein. The ball was found
lodged in the muscles Of the right thigh
From the Silver state. July 81.