The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-12-12
WILD SHOOTING.
A Young Man From Antelope Val
ley Tries to Kill Himself.

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Last Tuesday night between 6 and Z
O'Clock young man known here as
tharles Curtis, after losing heavily at
the gambling table, attempted to COM
nit suicide in a room over Rice &
Neddenriep's saloon. Curtis came
here Monday from Antelope Valley.
During the afternoon of Tuesday he
shook dice for money in the saloon.
He lost what money he had and then
sold his horse and saddle for $50 and
lost that.
Shortly after the game broke up,
Curtis asked Edward Rice, one of the
proprietors of the saloon, for piece of
paper. Securing the paper he wrote a
few words on it with lead pencil and
then asked Rice to go with him to his
room over the saloon, saying he
wanted to show him something.
In the room Curtis handed Rice the
paper and told him to read it. The
writing was not very plain and Rice
read it with difficulty, but made out
the words, Forgive me, Ed; send me
home.n A moment later Curtis said
he had something else he wanted to
show Rice and went to his bed and
took out large Colts revolver.
He handled the revolver carelessly
and Ed. said, Don't point it towards
me-" mo, this is not for you; it's for
me-" said Curtis. He then turned the
gun toward his own head and Mr.. Rice
grabbed it, in an effort to prevent the
man from harming himself
Mr.. Rice struggled with the young
man, throwing him down several times,
but could not get possession of the re-
volver. He finally gave up the strug-
gle and jumped through window on
to the front porch of the saloon and
ran down stairs calling for help.
The moment Curtis found himself
alone he commenced firing his re-
volver. Five shots were fired and
every one of the bullets entered the
walls and ceiling of the room, and one
entered Curtis head short distance
above the right ear, glanced and came
out the top of his head, making an
ugly scalp wound.
Help was secured and the man was
taken down stairs. A physician was
called but Curtis would not permit
him to dress the wound. The wounded
man was sober and quiet, but half
crazy. He ran out of the door and up
the street with the blood streaming
down his face. He was captured and
taken back to the saloon, but would
not permit any one to dress his wound,
and later on grew quarrelsome and got
out a large pocket knife. He was
finally overpowered and taken to Genoa
in handouts by Constable King and
two assistants. He spent the night in
the county jail and the next morning
appeared to be sorry for his rash acts.
Later in the day he was released and
started for Carson.
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eral parties that he tried to shoot Rice
as he went through the window. The
pistol is large one and the bullets
passed through the double walls of the
building and whistled over the streets
of the town. Three bullets passed
over Mission street just as Bert Selkirk
was coming down town. Bert thought
some one was shooting at him and
struck out for tall timber with rapid
strides.
Curtis is about 25 years of age and
was employed on the Hickey ranch in
Antelope Valley the past summer. No
one in Gardnerville knows much about
him, but it is said that both here and
in Antelope he was extremely quiet
and appeared to have something on
his mind. 1t is also reported that Cur
tbs is not his right name.
A..