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July 1865 George Baker was killed near Butte
Station by Henry Warder. History of Nevada Thompson
& West - 1881
October 4, 1865
Ballard was
killed by Williams, ten miles west of Egan Canon. Both
men were teamsters. History of Nevada Thompson &
West - 1881
February 28, 1868 T. Francis Lawton
was found murdered at White Pine. He was a picture
dealer from San Francisco. No clue to the perpetrators.
History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
July 2, 1869 Thomas Matthews killed
Charles Jones in White Pine County. History of
Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
August 1869 Joseph Buys was found
with his head crushed and pockets turned wrong side out,
near Hamilton, White Pine County. No clue to the
perpetrators. History of Nevada Thompson & West
- 1881
December 1869 Hamilton was killed
by S. P. Howard, at Hamilton, White Pine County.
History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
January 21, 1870 Jonathan Young was
killed at Shermantown, White
Pine County, by Tray M. Johnson. The shot was intended
for another man, but missed its mark. Johnson was
acquitted. History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
March 25 1870 Peruvian Joe was
killed by a Mexican named Corralis, in White Pine
county, during a drunken brawl. History of Nevada
Thompson & West - 1881
May 24, 1870 Richard N. Allen was
killed by Dr. J. N. R. Owen, at Hamilton, White Pine
County. History of Nevada Thompson & West - 1881
June 10, 1870
John F.
Glennon was killed by a "sport" named Ulysses W.
Hutchinson, at Hamilton, with a knife; no cause known.
History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
August 10, 1870 James Wilson was shot and
killed by Alexander McDonald, at Bald Mountain.
History of Nevada Thompson
& West - 1881
December 1872 James Armstrong was killed
by Burbank, known as " Pike," in Ruby
Valley..History of Nevada Thompson
& West -
1881
April 27,
1873 William Mann was killed by highwaymen. He was
driver of the stage from Hamilton to Ward. The robbers
got Wells, Fargo & Co.'s treasure-box. The stage
contained five passengers, none of whom were molested.
History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
May 1873
William H. Bethards killed a man at Schellbourne, while
drunk. Was tried, convicted of manslaughter and sent to
State Prison, he was subsequently killed by a fellow
convict. History of Nevada Thompson
& West -
1881
May 29, 1873 Thomas
Flitcroff was killed by Joseph Watts, at Schellbourne,
White Pine County. History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
June 7, 1873
Benefill was killed by Crary, at Mineral City, White
Pine County. The wives of each of these two men began
quarreling and their row was taken up by the men. Crary
blew the top of Benefill's head off with a shotgun.
History of Nevada Thompson
& West -
1881
Arson
Previous to
1873 H amilton had been
visited by small fires, resulting in loss ranging from
$200 to $5,000; but on the morning of June 27, 1873, the
main portion of the town, including all but two of its
business houses, was entirely destroyed by fire, from
which it has never entirely recovered. The loss was
estimated to be at least $600,000. During the progress
of the fire women and children were to be seen in all
directions, running excitedly to and fro, in an almost
nude condition, having lost all their belongings in the
flames. The White Pine News, in an extra at the time,
said: The
only redeeming circumstances which will give a crumb of
comfort amid the surrounding desolation is the spirit
displayed by the people of all degrees, expressed in
hopeful and assuring words of comfort to each other.
There are so many acts of individual sacrifice of their
own property, to assist others more in need, that our
estimate of human nature has been considerably raised
since half past five this morning. On every hand
offers of assistance, from one to another, could be
heard, and all seemed to vie in offering every comfort
to those in need.
The fire was set by Alexander Cohn to the back
part of his tobacco and cigar store on Main Street, near
the center of the town, at about five o'clock A. M. His
object is supposed to have been to get the small amount
for which his store was insured. To make sure that the
building would burn he turned the stop cock in the main
pipe, near the edge of the town, shutting off nearly all
the water. Before it was discovered where the trouble
was the town was gone. For this crime he was arraigned,
convicted and sentenced, the same year, to seven years
in the State Prison. History of Nevada Thompson
& West - 1881
January 27, 1874 John Donovan was killed by
Charles M. Williams, at Cherry Creek, White Pine County.
A mining claim dispute. History of Nevada Thompson
& West - 1881
July 7, 1875
Jackson and Beck had a fight at Eberhardt City,
concerning a woman. Both were stabbed, and both died
from their wounds. History of Nevada
Thompson & West -
1881
July 26, 1876 D. L.
Leighton was shot and killed by John Donahue, at Ward
City, White Pine County. The next day Donahue was taken
out and hanged by a posse of fifteen armed citizens.
Leighton had testified against Donahue. History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
Lynching
Ward
District -----In the fall of 1876, when the town
was growing rapidly, the usual percentage of the rough
and lawless element came also. A citizen by the name of
Lightner, having refused to loan money to one of these
roughs, who went by the name of Donohue, having hid
behind a wagon-bed for the purpose of shooting him as he
passed. The next morning Donohue was discovered hanging
from a tree just below the town. This seemed to have a
very salutary effect upon the rough element, as there
was no more killing, except among themselves, to which
the citizens paid no particular attention. This was the
only case of lynching in the county. History of Nevada
Thompson & West - 1881
Stage
Robbery
Ward District ----In 1877 J.
Crawford and John Carlo, both of whom had been working
in the mines at this place, and were supposed to be
good, honest men, attempted to rob the stage as it was
coming in about one and a half miles below town. They
stepped out from the brush, where they were hid, and
fired at the driver and the messenger, missing both of
them. The messenger, Eugene Blair, then shot both the
robbers, killing Carlo, but only wounding Crawford, who
escaped. He was afterwards captured, tried and sent to
State Prison. He died of consumption, in prison,
January, 1881. History of Nevada
Thompson & West - 1881
February 23, 1877 William Grover
was killed by Dan Coughlin in Belleville. The men had a
fight some days before, and Coughlin emptied a shotgun
into the body of Grover to settle the matter.
History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
April 2, 1877 Bellows, killed
by John Leonard at Ward, White Pine County; dispute over
a game of cards. Sentenced to ten years in State Prison.
History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
April 27, 1877 Two Pah-Ute
bucks quarreled over a game of cards, in Newark Valley.
They attacked each other with knives, and fought for
half an hour; both were killed. History of Nevada
Thompson & West - 1881
May 1877 Matt Gleason was shot by
John Roach, at Robinson, White Pine County. Gleason sold
a mine in which Roach was interested, without giving an
account to the latter. History of Nevada Thompson
& West - 1881
September 6, 1877
Watson was killed by Henry Drever, in Steptoe Valley.
The men were supposed to be friends. History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
August 1878 John
Tuttle was shot and killed by a woman named Georgie
Syphers, at Belleville. The man had slandered her
sister. History of Nevada Thompson
& West - 1881
October 15,
1878 Otto Scholl was killed by Mike Carney, at Ward,
White Pine County. Scholl charged Carney with selling
himself at the election of 1874. Carney
was acquitted
. History of Nevada Thompson &
West -
1881
July 7, 1879
Joe Apers was shot and killed by Captain Akey, at
Osceola, White Pine County; a dispute over a mine.
History of Nevada Thompson & West -
1881
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