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1859 " French Pete " was killed by
Billy Brown, in a saloon
on B Street, in Virginia City.
History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
April 29, 1859 Jessup, alias "
Pike," was stabbed and killed by William Sides, at
Gold Hill. A quarrel over a game of cards.
History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
June 1859 Knabler was
shot and killed near the Sierra Nevada Works, Virginia
City, in a quarrel about his wife. History of
Nevada Thompson & West - 1881
September 13, 1859 Sailor Jack
was shot by William Newman, at Virginia City.
History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
January 1860 Homer
Woodruff was stabbed and killed by Sam.
Brown, in Virginia City. History of Nevada Thompson
& West - 1881
January 1860, Henriques
was stabbed and killed by Isaac Lanier, at Virginia
City. A countryman of Henriques
killed Lanier with a pick-axe. History of Nevada
Thompson & West - 1881
April 1860, Domingo was
shot and killed in his tent by some
person unknown. History of Nevada Thompson &
West - 1881
April 1860, A Mexican was
killed in Light's saloon, Virginia City, Bill Burns and Jeff
Standifer both claiming
the honor of firing the shot. History of Nevada
Thompson & West - 1881
1860 Martin Burke was stabbed fatally
by Fitzgerald, in
Virginia City. History of Nevada Thompson & West
- 1881
1860 Billy Brown was killed by
Jack Williams, in a billiard saloon on
North C Street, Virginia City. History of Nevada
Thompson & West - 1881
1860 " Balz" was shot and
killed by a man who subsesequently left the
country with Mrs. " Balz." History of Nevada
Thompson & West - 1881
1861, McKenzie was killed by Sam
Brown, in Virginia City. Brown ran a knife into
his victim, and then turned it around, completely
cutting the heart out, then wiped his bloody knife
and laid down on a billiard
table and went to sleep. History of Nevada Thompson
& West - 1881
1862 An unknown man, a German,
was found murdered on North B Street, Virginia City.
History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
December 1862, Thomas
Reader was shot and cut in such a manner as to cause his
death, on B Street, Virginia
City. History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
March, 1863 Kelly was
shot in a cellar on North C Street,
Virginia City. History of Nevada Thompson & West
- 1881
April 12, 1863 John Reed and
John McMahon were shot and killed on North C Street,
Virginia City, by a man named Campbell. The
victims were policemen. Campbell was acquitted. History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
1863 An Italian was shot and killed in a
saloon on B
Street.
History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
July 4,
1863 The proprietor of the San Francisco Saloon,
corner of B and
Union Streets, Virginia City, was shot and killed by Joseph
McGee. History of Nevada Thompson &
West - 1881
August, 1863 Richardson was
killed by J. P. Cullen at Virginia City. Cullen
sentenced to two and one-half years in State Prison. The
sentence was considered severe. History of Nevada
Thompson & West - 1881
October 24, 1863 John Dennis,
alias " EI Dorado Johnny," was shot and killed at
Virginia City, by Langford Peel, known as " Farmer
Peel." Peel was acquitted on the grounds of
self-defense. Peel was killed in Montana in 1867, by a
man named Bull. History of Nevada Thompson &
West - 1881
October 26, 1863 Yuk Lee was shot
and killed by another Chinaman, four miles out on the
Ophir road from Gold Hill. History of Nevada
Thompson & West - 1881
October 28, 1863 Horace Smith,
once Mayor of Sacramento, California, was shot by Capt.
F. W. H. Johnson, at Virginia City, from the effects of
which he died in December following. These men had been
very friendly, but a dispute arose between them
concerning the payment of a sum of money claimed by
Smith as his share of percentage from the sale of some
Yellow Jacket stock, which the two were interested in
selling for a woman living in Victoria, British
Columbia. Captain .Johnson was agent for Wells, Fargo
& Co., and Smith was a prominent lawyer. The latter
struck the former with a cane, knocking him down, and
while in this position Johnson drew a pistol and fired.
The wound was not supposed to be mortal at first, but
after a time Smith began to grow worse and finally died,
the bullet having abraded an intestine, causing
inflammation and death. Johnson was tried and acquitted.
History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
1863 "Sugar Foot Jack " was
killed on B Street, Virginia City. History of Nevada
Thompson & West -
1881
October 30, 1863 Wm. Jones was
stabbed and killed in the Texas
saloon, Virginia City. History of Nevada Thompson
& West - 1881
November 11,
1863 James Dodd was shot and killed by Daniel Farny at
Gold Hill, Storey County. Two dogs were fighting in a
saloon, when Farny threatened to shoot the man who
interfered with them. The jury disagreed. History of
Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
November 28, 1863 Merrill was
shot and killed by Gleason. History of Nevada
Thompson & West - 1881
December 1, 1863 Mac was stabbed
and killed by George Morton, at Everett House, at the
foot of Geiger Grade. Mac was beating Morton at the
time. He was acquitted. History of Nevada Thompson
& West - 1881
December 11,
1863 Charles Steer was shot and killed by Deborah Ann
Phillips, at Virginia City, for insulting language. She
was sentenced to one year in State Prison. She was
pardoned out by Governor Nye, prior to April 9, 1864.
History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
1863 Jack Butler known as "Sailor
Jack," was killed by a Spanish woman in Virginia
City-the woman was his mistress. She was acquitted.
History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
February
10, 1864 John Scott was shot and killed by William
Brown, at Virginia City, (both colored). A colored
woman, the reputed wife of Brown, in her testimony
before the Coroner's Jury, said she was married to him "
By nature and God Almighty for four months." History
of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
March 2,
1864 Joseph Gurtey was shot and killed by Louis Seldt,
on the Divide in Gold Hill, Storey County. Seldt went to
State Prison. History of Nevada Thompson & West
- 1881
March 4,
1864 P. H. Dowd was shot and killed by William Janes, in
the Gem Saloon, Gold Hill; Quarrel about business. Janes
sent to State Prison for life. History of Nevada
Thompson & West - 1881
April 29,
1864 William Jones was stabbed and killed by Martin
Harvey, in a saloon near Devil's Gate, Storey County.
His only excuse for committing the murder was that Jones
was a Union man. History of Nevada Thompson &
West - 1881
April,
1864 James Thompson was killed by Ford, at the What
Cheer House, Gold Hill. History of Nevada Thompson
& West - 1881
May 26,
1864 John Clark was shot and killed by Thomas Wilkinson,
in Virginia City. Clark was tearing down Wilkinson's
fence. History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
June 6,
1864 John E. Campbell was killed by H. T. Parlin, in a
saloon. Campbell was the aggressor and was trying to
shoot Parlin, when the latter crushed his skull by a
blow from a pistol. Parlin was acquitted. History of
Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
December
20, 1864 Michael Madden, alias "Mickey Free," was
stabbed and killed by Charles Smith, in Gold Hill,
Storey County. Quarrel over a game of cards. Sentenced
to twenty-one years in State Prison. History of
Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
March 8,
1865 Christopher Penny was stabbed and killed by Eugene
Lefore on the Geiger Grade. History of Nevada
Thompson & West -
1881
March 12,
1865 Benjamin Melcalf was shot and killed by John E.
Doyle. A drunken quarrel. History of Nevada Thompson
& West - 1881
April 8,
1865 Peter O. Foster was killed at Gold Hill by parties
unknown. History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
May 29,
1865 Charles McNair was shot and killed by Elgin, at
American Flat, Storey County. The latter expressed
pleasure that Booth had killed Lincoln, when McNair
attempted to chastise him for his expressions, and was
killed. Elgin fled to parts unknown. History of
Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
July 1865
John Templeton was killed by Charles Duval, at Gold
Hill. Grand Jury failed to indict Duval History of
Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
August 4,
1865 Guilermo was killed by Carle Christine, in Virginia
City, with a double-edged knife, in a billiard-room.
History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
August 28, 1865. Jack Harris, A. Waterman, Mose Haynes, Pitcher,
and Love, were put on trial for highway robbery. Haynes
turned States evidence. Harris was acquitted, and
Waterman was sentenced to thirteen years
imprisonment.
History of
Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
September
19, 1865 Jose Maria Pinto was shot and killed by I. V.
Castro, in Virginia City. Pinto endeavored to shoot a
woman, and Castro interfered, with the above result.
History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
October 7, 1865. The stage was
robbed in Six mile Canon of about $2,300.
History of Nevada Thompson &
West - 1881
October
10, 1865 Patrick Mulloy was stabbed and killed at a
brewery, in Virginia City. History of Nevada
Thompson & West - 1881
1865 Jessie Leister
was shot and killed, at Virginia City, by some one whose
identity was never known except to herself. She would
not tell who did the shooting. History
of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
October 31, 1866. The stage
was stopped on the Geiger Grade, and the safe,
containing $5,150, was taken and blown open. The
passengers also lost several thousand. Wells, Fargo
& Company offered $9,000 for the apprehension of the
robbers.
History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
November 14, 1866. A party
entered the toll house at American City, and compelled
the toll collector to open the safe, which contained
about $550. History of Nevada
Thompson & West - 1881
April 9,
1867 Cornelius Hill was found dead, with his throat cut
from ear to ear, in a stone house at the upper end of
Spring Valley, Storey County, he had been robbed of all
valuables, his hands tied behind his back. A large
reward was offered for the perpetrators of the murder.
History of Nevada Thompson & West - 1881
July 1867
John Milleain murdered a woman named Julia Prulette, at
Virginia. He was tried, convicted and hung April 24,
1868. History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
July 4,
1867 Policeman Hawkins attempted to enter a house kept
by Cad. Woods, in Virginia City, when John Dalton tried
to prevent him, and was shot dead by the officer.
History of Nevada Thompson & West - 1881
November
25, 1867 John Laddy was beaten to death by Ike Hubbel,
at Gold Hill, Storey County. History of Nevada
Thompson & West - 1881
January
18, 1868 Charles Thompson was killed by officer Conley,
at Gold Hill, Storey County. The officer had arrested
Thompson for carrying a concealed weapon, and after
reaching the station-house attempted to kill Conley,
when the latter shot him dead. History of Nevada
Thompson & West - 1881
March 29, 1868
Antonio Valencia was shot and killed by Calestro
California, at Virginia City, the result of an old
quarrel. History of Nevada Thompson
& West - 1881
April 16, 1868 Michael Dunne
was killed by Leslie F Blackburn, at Virginia
City. Dunne was a "
shoulder striker " from Montana, and was a bad man.
History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
June 10, 1868. The overland stage
was met by three men with double-barreled shot guns, and
the passengers-four gentlemen and two ladies-ordered
out. The ladies were not molested, although one of them
had $900 on her person, but the men were relieved of
about $4,000.
History of Nevada Thompson &
West - 1881
August 26,
1868 W. B. Hawsley was killed by Al Hawley, between Gold
Hill and American Flat. After committing the murder
Hawley climbed the hill towards the Ophir Grade, and
seating himself on a rock committed
suicide. History of Nevada Thompson
& West - 1881
November 20, 1868 AI
P. Waterman was shot by Miles
Good
man, at
Virginia City, Storey County. History of Nevada
Thompson & West - 1881
August 24,
1869 Beneditto Macestrell was killed by Angelo Lombardi
at Virginia City, Storey County, Beneditto had slandered
Lombardi's sister. History of Nevada Thompson &
West - 1881
March 5,
1871 William Smith was killed by Arthur Perkins Heffnan,
at Virginia City, Heffnan was hung at Gold Hill, March
24th, for the
crime. History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
May 11,
1871 Ah Foo, a Chinawoman, was shot and killed on Plaza
Street, Virginia City, by a Chinaman. History of
Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
July 13,
1871 George Kirk was hung by Vigilants, at Virginia
City. He had been ordered to leave town, and came back;
was found drunk in a dancehouse, taken to the Sierra
Nevada works and hung; had "601" pinned to him.
History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
October 26, 1872. Lieut. Col. M. N.
Stone, Democratic stump speaker, was stopped near Spring
Valley by two road agents and robbed of a valuable watch
and fifty-five dollars. He was out making speeches.
History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
July 1, 1873 Peter
Fitzgerald, engineer of the Gould and Curry mine, had a
street duel with Sam. Hamilton, a prize-ring sport.
After the exchange of numerous shots, Hamilton was
fatally wounded. History of Nevada
Thompson & West - 1881
April 12, 1874 Barney Kenney,
known as "Little Barney," was shot and killed by Matt
Redding, in the El Dorado Saloon, Virginia City.
History of Nevada Thompson & West - 1881
April 1874 ---King
was killed by -----Pyatt, at El Dorado Canon. The
difficulty was first between Pyatt and a man named
Jones, when the former took refuge behind some rocks.
King went to inform him that Jones was not hurt much,
when Pyatt shot him dead. The citizen's thereupon
surrounded the murderer and killed him. History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
June 3, 1874 Mit
Raymond, an old woman, well known to the sporting
fraternity, was shot dead by unknown parties in Virginia
City. History of Nevada Thompson &
West - 1881
September 9, 1874
Samuel Wilcoxen was shot and killed by James W. Glaze,
at Virginia City. The latter was a barkeeper for the
former, and was on a protracted drunk; when remonstrated
with by Wilcoxen, he drew a pistol and killed him. History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
October 3, 1874 W.
Kellogg, M. Kane and Reilly were killed during a fight
for possession of the Justice mine. Several others
mortally wounded. History of Nevada
Thompson & West - 1881
August 4, 1875
Corcoran was killed by Peter Larkin, Virginia City.
Larkin was hung at Virginia City on the nineteenth of
January, 1877. History of Nevada
Thompson & West - 1881
April 23, 1876 John
Dallie was shot and killed by R. H. Carter, at
Virginia City. A woman who had been living with Dallie,
left him and went to live with Carter, this caused the
difficulty. History of Nevada Thompson
& West - 1881
December 11, 1876
Frank Reidy was shot and killed by James Price at
Virginia City. The pair were "hoodlums," and the former
refused to loan the latter two dollars, the cause. History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
December 16, 1876
Andrew Elholm was killed by James Graham in Six-mile
Canon, Storey County. Elholm had called the latter a
liar. History of Nevada Thompson &
West - 1881
January 2,
1877 Richard Paddock was killed by Thomas Hughes in a
saloon row in Virginia City. History of
Nevada Thompson & West - 1881
January 2, 1877
Thos. Hughes was killed by officer McDonald in Virginia
City during a row in a saloon. History
of Nevada Thompson & West - 1881
October 8, 1877
Louis Ash was shot and killed by Special Policeman Wm.
Davis, at Virginia City, Storey County. Those who saw
the shooting, proclaim it a deliberate murder. History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
January 27, 1878 A
Chinaman was shot and killed by Wm. Hy. Doane, at
Virginia City. He was a domestic in the family, and was
caught in the act of committing an outrage on Doane's
little girl, aged nine years. History
of Nevada Thompson & West - 1881
July 12, 1878
Fletcher was shot and killed by Daley, at Virginia City,
Storey County, Fletcher having struck Daley with an axe.
History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
April 1879 Adam
Clark was shot and killed by Hugh J. Brady, at the
Justice Mine. Clark was shift boss, and refused to allow
Brady to go below, as the latter was drunk. History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
July 21, 1879 H.
Symons, a Constable, was shot by John F. Pritehard, at
Virginia City. Symons was endeavoring to arrest the
latter. Pritehard was sentenced to be hung, January 16,
1880. History of Nevada Thompson &
West - 1881
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