The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-11-19
Another Fatal Shooting
John Z. Stuart, While Assaulting Chas,
II. Weston, Discharges his Pistol
Killing BY SANDER, James
Riley.

Killing BY SANDER. James
I'll. Riley.
On last Tuesday j. e. Stuart, va.
quero, better known everywhere as
"Red," who has been playing the part
of hobo in DeLamar with great sue
cess for several months past, got into a
dispute with Charles H. Weston, who
keeps disreputable housein DaLamar,
over question of wages, claimed by
Stuart to be due him for running the
joint during brief absence of Weston.
The wrangle was kept up for several
hours, and about 500 o'clock at night
Red pursued Weston into FarrePs
saloon, caught him and struck him on
the back of his head with his gun.
Weston then ran into Barkle's saloon
with Red following when in the scuffle
Reds gun was discharged, the bullet
hitting James H. Riley in the abdomen
and lodging in the vertabr9, the victim
dying from the wound an hour later.
Red did not give himselfup but tescaped
from the house, after taking Riley by
the hand and telling him he was sorry,
he escaped and secreted himself for
time in the rear of Forney's stable.
Sheriff Crocheron happened to arrive
in town about the time of the shooting
and was soon on the scene with Deputy
Pascoe, and a number of men were
at once started in search of the shooter.
A man named Redsell found him in
short time and persuaded him to give
himself up to the sheriff. Crocheron,
fearing that violence might be done to
the man, the indignation being so great,
kept him concealed long enough to pro-
cure a team from the livery stable and
hustled him off to Silver City under
guard and lodged him in Jail. Coroner
Weston was notified and came down
the next morning and held an inquest
upon Riley's remains, the jury finding
verdict that deceased came to his
death by reason of gunshot wound
inflicted by the hand of j. G. Stuart"
A complaint was sworn out by the
Coroner and Stuart arraigned on
Thursday, when he pleaded not guilty,
and hearing of the case set for next
Wednesday.
James H, Riley worked in the Della
mar mill for nearly four years up until
abont year ego, when he quit on ac-
count of his health, and went to South
Mountain, where he has been employed
in cutting mine timbers. He came |
into town ON the 11th instant, and had
been settling up small bills. A short
time before the shooting he had been |
playing game of solo with a couple of
friends, but when shot was standing |
near the door, facing the beligerants.
Only during the afternoon before the
shooting he had told the writer he was
SO years of age and that he was war
having been private in Co. A.
135th Indiana Infantry. He was
quiet, innofensive man, known to near
ly every person in DeLamar, and liked
Wy oNciJ Joho'
He left daughter, residing in Seattle,
Wash, and had two sisters living, one
in Red Bluffs, Cal, and one in
the addresses of whom hes gave
to L. G. Haynes before his death, and
be has notified them of the sad occur
renee. A sum of money amounting to
a little more than one hundred dollars
was found in his pocketbook, which he
handed to Mr.. Haynes before dying
and directed him to use it for his fun
sral expenses. A Grand Army badge
vas found on him.
The Funeral took place Thursday
afternoon and the remains were in
erred in the DeLamar cemetery.