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Volume 068-3 - July 2014 (8 pages)
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NCHS Bulletin July 2014
View of North San Juan in 1857-58 with a pair of tall water flumes running above and through the town.
Three weeks later Stidger was removed from
Timbuctoo to San Juan in a light spring ambulance. He
had so far recovered as to be “entirely relieved of pain,
and quite comfortable and cheerful in the society of his
friends,” according to the Nevada Democrat.
While Judge Stidger recuperated, his brother-inlaw became editor and part-owner of the Nevada Daily
Transcript at Nevada City. Gen. Allen apparently was
having second thoughts about his “retirement.” In
February 1861, Stidger bought a half interest in the San
Juan Hydraulic Press, edited by William Bausman, and
Gen. Allen sold his interest in the Transcript to his partner, Nat Brown, but continued as editor. In May Stidger
retired from the Hydraulic Press, having disposed of his
interest to his partner, William Bausman.
California Stage Co. offered to pay Stidger $25,000 in
damages; he wanted $35,000, and being unable to agree,
the matter was submitted to arbitrators who awarded him
only $16,000. John R. McConnell of Nevada City, represented Stidger, while Thomas B. Rearden of Marysville
(one of Stidger’s seconds in the duel with Rust), appeared
for the stage company. But the matter did not end there.
Because he was dissatisfied with the treatment he had
received, he disputed the amount of the medical bills submitted by Dr. McDaniel (who had been one of the attending physicians at the duel with Col. Rust). This resulted
in a series of legal encounters in August, September and
October 1861. The District Court decided Dr. McDaniel
had provided services worth $1,980.13, but awarded
the physician $500 less because of improper treatment.
Stidger demanded a new trial, and by mutual consent this
was granted. In March 1862, the second trial resulted in
a significantly larger award of $2,300 to Dr. McDaniel.
Adding injury to insult, Judge Stidger then was assaulted
by a fellow townsman on March 22. According to the
Nevada Transcript:
A caning affair came off in that most order-loving
town of North San Juan, on Saturday evening last. The
parties to the affair were M. A. Winham of the first
part, and Judge Stidger of the second part, that is to
say; Marcus Aurelius met the Judge in the street and
proceeded to give him a castigation, with malice aforethought, with a cane in his hand, and sundry weapons
under his clothes. The testimony in the case is said to
be somewhat conflicting, but as near as our informant
could learn, in addition to the foregoing, the following