Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-10-27
JOE carroll MEETS
AN AWFUL DEATH
Shot in the Back by Red-Light
Woman and Dies Almost
Instantly

Shoi 1lf dAGo! y CloCk LII 1SIay night
the people in the Elk saloon heard a
pistol shot and few moments after
ward Joseph D. Carroll staggered into
the barroom and fell by the stove.
Blood was gushing from his mouth as
he entered the door and the bartender
on duty went to him and, thinking
Carroll had hemorrhage, asked him
what was the matter He replied
family Il am shot" and died.
. AS near as We were able 10 learn the
particulars of the shooting are about as
follows: .-..-. . ..
About % minutes before the sh 1T was
fired woman entered the Elk wine
room and rang the bell The bartender.
answered the bell and took the :woman's s,
order. She also told him that she
wished to see Mr.. Carroll. The bar
tender delivered the message and Mr.,
Carroll went back to the. wine room.
This was the last seen of him until he
staggered into the bar room as stated
above. What took place in the room or
whether or not there was quarrel, we
were unable to learn. No one that we
could find knew anything about it.
Neither could we learn how long they
remained in the room. The pistol shot
was the only thing heard.
The shot was fired from the outside
near the corner of the wine room and
the alley running back of the Engler
~ f1xy'c OF 1n1 al
turned to leave the woman as the bullet
entered his back, just below the left
shoulder blade and passed through the
body, lodging under the skin nearly
over the heart. After he was shot,
Carroll walked about 55 or 60 feet
opened an outside screen door and the
inner door of the bar room before he
fell. The bullet evidently pierced his
lungs as he bled copiously from the
mouth.
After the shooting, the woman
entered the gambling room with the
pistol in her hand and offered it to
several with the muzzle toward them.
She finally stuck it toward Luther
Butler; but seeing that he did not like
its looks, she turned it around and he
then took it. She then asked for an
officer. Deputy Sheriff Hardin was the
first officer to arrive and he took her to
Jail. On the way, the only thing she
said was to ask if Carroll was dead.
On being told that he was, she made no
reply. The reporter called at the Jail
this forenoon to interview her and was
told by Jailer Gilmore that she was then
consulting an attorney.
The woman has been a member of the
red light district for over year and
goes by the name of Birdie DeRacey.
She is about % years of age About
4:30 Tuesday afternoon she bought an
Iver-Johnson 80 calibre pistol at the
Smith Company's store, saying that she
wanted it because she was afraid to
come up town at night
AS soon as possible after the shooting,
DR.. Hood arrived and pronounced
Carroll dead. He was then put into the
Hot Springs bus and taken to the Rich
wood hospital where he was washed and
this morning his remains were taken to
the morgue.
A mother, Mrs. DusanY of Battle
Mountain, a wife and daughter survive
him. The mother arrived from Battle
Mountain this morning.
Coroner Bruce summoned a jury and
the inquest was held this afternoon.
Mr. Carroll's remains will be taken to
Battle Mountain for burial.
Since the above was put in tpye, we
have learned that the woman says the
shooting was accidental. She has en-
ployed Attorney Gedney to defend her.
AS we are unable to learn the cause of
the killing, we withhold any comment.
The woman is in the hands of the law
and will be dealt with by the courts.
The whole case will come out at the
trial and people will then he able In