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Page: of 283
NEVADA DEMOCRAT SEPTEMBER 30, 1857 189
suitable person to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Bench occasioned by the death of Judge Murray. Mr.
McConnell is in all respects well qualified for the position, and his appointment would be received with
great satisfaction in this and adjoining counties.
MARRIED. In this city, September 28th, by Rev. Mr. Dalton, MR. WILLIAM KILROY to MISS
BRIDGET COX, all of Cherokee.
Fatal Shooting Affray.—A man named John Vedder was shot and instantly killed about twelve
o’clock, last Friday night by Henry Plumer, the City Marshal. Vedder has been living with his wife and
child for some months past in a house on the south side of Spring street. About the first of last week they
separated. Vedder took the child, and on Friday she commenced suit for a divorce. The facts connected
with the homicide are fully elicited in the evidence taken before Justice Clark, before whom Plumer was
examined on Saturday and Sunday.
EVIDENCE FOR THE PROSECUTION.
P.H.S. Corbitt, sworn.—I am acquainted with Henry Plumer. I saw him last night about nine
o’clock, on Commercial street, and again about twenty minutes before twelve, in a house on Spring street
formerly occupied by him. Plumer, Mrs. Vedder and myself were at the house. I left, and in a few minutes
heard reports of fire arms, returned to the house and saw Vedder lying dead. I think I saw no blood about
him. I felt of his head to see whether or not he was dead. The back part of the house is about ten feet from
the ground, and steps lead down. Vedder was lying about four feet from the steps; his feet towards the
steps, and his head towards Deer creek. I next saw Plumer in jail.
Cross-examined.—I heard the report of pistols about twenty minutes after I left the house. The front
of the house is on a level with the ground. There is an alley about two feet wide between the fence and
house. Vedder was lying directly on his back. I don’t recollect the position of his hands. Several persons
were at the house when I got there—perhaps half a dozen.
Chas. Van Hagan, sworn.—I know Henry Plumer. About fifteen minutes past twelve last night he
came to the jail and asked permission to be put in. He stated that he had shot at John Vedder; but didn’t
know whether he had killed him or not. I opened the jail door and let him in. I heard pistol shots about
half an hour before Plumer came to the jail.
Cross-examined.—I was in charge of the jail at the time. Garvey was with Plumer when he came to
the jail.
Wm. J. McFadden, sworn.—I am employed by the Sheriff to guard the jail. I saw Plumer last night.
He came to the jail to deliver himself up. I asked him what he had done. He said he didn’t know as he had
done anything, but thought he had done something. I asked him what it was, but he didn’t tell me. Two
persons came up the hill together—they were Garvey and Plumer. Garvey said that Plumer had given
himself up and wanted to go to jail.
Cross-examined.—I could not see whether Garvey had hold of him.
J. C. Malbon, sworn.—I knew John Vedder; saw him last night. He was dead in the rear of a house
on Spring street. It was the same house Plumer formerly occupied. I was coming up Pine street and saw
two persons running from the house who told me they were looking for a police officer; that a man had
been shot on Spring street. I went to the house and found several persons there, among them was Mrs.
Vedder. She told me her husband was shot. I got a light, went down the back steps and saw the body. The
steps are about three feet wide; I am not sure whether there is any bannister to the steps. Vedder was quite
dead when I saw him. I got a pillow and laid his head upon it, and straightened his legs out to make him
look a little more respectable if he was dead; and then sat down beside him and closed his eyes. The