The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-01-04
KILLED WIFE'S ASSAILANT.
j. A. Gale Rhoots @. II. Colson to Death at
Formers Residence.

The new residence Of j. A. Gale, stu
of Fourth street, was the scene of a
horrible tragedy early last evening
There, somewhere about o'clock, Gale
shot G. II. Colson to death, emptying
the contents of both barrels of a shot
gun into his body.
The first public knowledge of the kill
ing was when, presumably few mo-
ments thereafter. Gale appeared with
his wife at the courthouse and gave
himself up to Sheriff McDeid saying
that he had killed Colson and that the
body was lying in one of the rooms OF
his residence.
Gale was locked up and the officers
proceeded at once to Gales hoe, to
which place a large crowd of p.ople
was attracted, the news of the trag
edy spreading rapidly.
The Gale house is one which was
built but short time ago and is only
partially finished on the inside. 1t
stands Isolated, the last house on
Fourth street. and probably $50 feet
from the nearest residence-so far, in
fact, that none of those in the neigh
borhood heard the sound of the shots.
Arriving at the Gale house the Sheriff's
party found the door of the dining
room standing partly open. Inside all
was darkness save for the last sputter-
ing rays of candle, which threw a
ghastly glare on the upturned fact of
Colson, stretched on his back upon the
floor. The left foot was bent under the
body, great pools of blood crimsoned
the floor and the red stains were also
on both sides of the half-opened door.
Close beside his right hand lay an open
pocket-knife, door-key and several
matches; just outside the door, on the
porch, was his hat. and near his right
foot was a corncob pipe. The light
hand pocket of the oseralls which he
wore was partly turned inside cut. A
glance showed that the man was dead
and hasty examination disclosed. the
wounds which had been the cause-a
terrible hole in the breast and another
in the left side of the neck. A 16-bore
shotgun, in which were two empty
shells, stood in a corner of the room.
The scant furniture in this room SEEM
ed to have been in nowise disturbed and
there was nothing to indicate that there
had been a struggle. Sheriff McDeid
placed a guard over the body until the
Coroner could be notified and take
charge of the case.
Gale, the man who did the killing, is
q carpenter by trade. He removed to
Winnemucca from Golconda with his
wife and young son six months ago.
They had lived in the latter place sew
eral years, and before going there had
resided in Petaluma, Cal. In this COM
munity Gale has always been regarded
as hard working, industrious man and
good citizen. He is of an excellent
Missouri family and has, so far as can
be ascertained, two brothers living in
| California. One, ID. K. Gale. is a prom
inent attorney of Santa Rosa, and the
other, Otis Gale, is a practicing phy-
sician in Arbuckle, Colusa county. w.
l.. Gale. another brother, is merchant
in Louisville, KY.
| Colson, the man killed, is a miner by
occupation, and has been a resident OF
Golconda for the past fifteen or twenty
years. He was interested in numbe.
oi mining claims near that place. Dur
| ing the time the Gales lived in Golconda
Colson made his home with them. He
came here a month or SO ago and as
sisted Gale in building his house, board
ing and rooming with the family. The
relations between the men caused them
to be looked upon as close friends and
they evidently were until a few days
ago, when Gale found that he had been
dishonored by the man he had trusted
and heard from wife's lips the story
OF = terrible wrong she had suffered
the story upon which rests all that 10
known of what led To the encounter be-
tween Gale and Coson and 40 the lat
/ Ler'- death.
The story of the Billing, 80 far as known
today, is made up OF rumors, considered
authentic, OF admissions made by both
Gale and wife to friends, and the par
ticnlars as given below are reasonably
certain to be substantially what they