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Crimes
November 28, 1862 Cornelius
Mason was killed by Edward
Richardson.
December 10, 1862 Jack Williams,
a noted desperado, was killed in Pat Lynch's saloon.
Pistols were fired in the front room to attract
attention, when the rear door of the back room was
opened a few inches and a shot fired from a pistol,
which killed him. He had killed several men in
California and Nevada, had bitter enemies, and expected
to be killed finally. He was out on bail for robbery at
the time.
January 11, 1863 Morris Roach was
killed by William Looney, who was
acquitted.
May 1865 Henry E. Atkins killed
by Daniel Hughes, both
soldiers.
December 25, 1865 Herman Eggert
was shot and killed by T.
McNamara.
1865 Ben Bolton was killed by
Bill Shepherd, who put a derringer to his head and blew
out his victim's brains.
July 13, 1867 Gartrano Labuala
was killed by blows on the head by an old colored man,
who was fined for assault.
October 13, 1870 Lally Whitmore
was killed by Edward Can, with a
carbine.
May 18, 1872 H. A. Wickware was
accidentally shot in an allray between Jesse S. Pitzer
and Al Jonson.
His leg was amputated, but he subsequently died
from the effects of the
wound.
June 5, 1872 James Sullivan was
killed by Morgan Courtney, for calling him "hard names."
Acquitted on jury trial.
September 28, 1873 Henry Thompson
was shot and killed by John G. Wiggins, both of the
Fifth United States Cavalry, while on westward bound
passenger train.
June 30, 1874 Wm. P. O'Reilly,
prize fighter, was stabbed fatally by Charles Huff, also
a bruiser, in Brophy's saloon.
March 1875 John Ledgway was found
dead in the ruins of his house that was burned; he was
an apostate Mormon, and whether he was murdered or not
was never found out.
October 1875 Doe Miller was
killed by Samuel Dorsey, who struck him with a board.
Acquitted.
September 19, 1877 Wilson was
killed, near Rock Creek, by his partner, during a
struggle for the possession of a
gun.
April 1878 John F. Bohm was
killed by Frank Reed, at Rock Creek.
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