Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-10-07
THE DAYTON HOMICIDE.
Further Pal ticu'ars OF The Trag-
edy.

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The man Batagna who committed the
terrible murder in Dayton day before
yesterday is now in the county Jail Of
Storey where he was taken to keep him
from the vengeance of the mob which
would certainly have hanged him had lie
not been renewed.
1t was not many minutes after Zeiuo"t2
died that threats against the life of the
murderer began to be heard in Dayton
and by the time Sheriff Littell arrived on
the scene a mob of citizens had begun to
organize. Shotguns and firearms Of all
descriptions suddenly became in demand
and the outlook was that unless the pris-
oner was quickly removed from the
Lyon county jail that a demand for
Ratagna would be made upon Sheriff
Littell, which that official would find diff
ticultv in refusing. Accordingly. without
embarrassing the horse which the Sheriff
drove down from this city Ratagna was
bundled into the buggy and no time was
lost in bringing hin to Virginia, where
the slayer of Ieimetz was expeditiOusly
locked up in the dungeon of the County
jail. Batagna was seen by an Enterprise
representative. He is a short, stout Ital-
ian with iron gray hair and muStachc.
He was still ignorant that his victim was
deed and avOwet that he had stabbed no
Mr.. DOwnev, the brother-in-law Of
one.
Sheriff Littell, said thai the murder was
an extremely cold hloodcd one, and that
the evidence o~btainahle would undoubt-
odly result in the hanging ofIhe murder
Gus knife wielder.
After the stahhing atfrav Batagna at
tempted to use his knife on the Deputy
sheriff and Justice of the Peace, who
arrested him.
The body of the murdered man was
brought to this city last evening to pe
prepared for burial.
The MAJ who did the killing had fer
some time past been hunting Bob Logan
of this city, with a view of killing him.
He insisted that Logan had jumped a
valuable mine of his in Como and
Swindled him out oft.
He came to Gen. Clarke and Jewett
Adams some time ago and laid his griev-
ance before them. He retained Clarke as
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t good case until the General went to the
spot and examined his loacation stakes.
He told the Italian tina the two claims
! were some distance apart and that
/eimetz' claim in no way interfcrred
with his and declined to take the case.
Batagna then claimed that Adams and
: Clarke had been bought off by Logan.
The same man accused John Nackay
with having cheated him out of the Bo-
nanza mines; because he had a claim
somewhere in the n~eighborhOod of Six
t Mile Canyon.
i He seemed to have the idea fixed in his
mind that the end ines extend without
limit along the surface, independent OF
the course of the vein.
The man who was so ruthlessly slain
was a quiet German who had always
borne the best reputati 3 an honor,
able, p~eaceloving either. + had been q
miner and prospector in .ue Como hills
almost since the close OF the civil war. in
which he took an active part and had
seen much active service, being at differ.
ent times a private in Company II, go
New FORK Infantry; Company d. 54tf
" New York Infantry, and Company F. 20tf
~Illionis Infantry.
He was a member of the Grand Army
of the Rep1blic, under the auspices o
which organization his funeral was helt
yesterday.
Thomas Zeimetz was a native of SET
fern, Germany, aged so years. His onl.
relative is a brother living in Wabashs
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. brothers tragic death.