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NEVADA JOURNAL OCTOBER 16, 1857 229
guarded. Had not Mr. Angell arrested him when he did he no doubt would have killed Mr. Bowman. It is
the calculation to bring the prisoner to Nevada in a short time, where he will have his trial.
CASE OF PLUMER.—Henry Plumer was brought before Judge Searls on a writ of Habeas Corpus
on Tuesday. The amount of his bonds not being sufficient to meet the requirements of the statute, he was
not allowed admittance to bail, but was remanded to jail. The grand jury empanneled for the case,
returned on yesterday an indictment for murder. It is probable a change of venue will be applied for, to try
the case either in Placer or Yuba counties.
Case of Charles Davis.—A new jury having been obtained, [the case of Charles Davis] was retried
on Monday and Tuesday. Excellent efforts were again made by Messrs. Churchman and Musser for the
defense, when the case was given the jury on Tuesday afternoon. A verdict was rendered at about 2
o’clock, P.M. of manslaughter accompanied by a recommendation of the prisoner to the mercy of the
court. The prisoner will be sentenced tomorrow at 9 o’clock.
REMOVED.—Charley Young has removed into the brick building formerly occupied by Sol.
Kohlman, two doors below his old stand. For upwards of a year Mr. Young has been accustomed to carry
his stock nightly to a vault some distance off for safe keeping. We congratulate him on having his
valuable stock safe hereafter without the trouble. Alston, Newman & Co. have also removed to the stand
formerly occupied by Guerin & Co., on Broad street, where a white man can get a bargain to suit.
Massacre of Immigrants by Indians.—The steamer Senator from the Southern Coast, brings the
painful intelligence of the murder of over a hundred immigrants by the Indians about 300 miles from Salt
Lake city. The horrible deed is supposed to have been committed at the instigation of Mormons. The
causes given by the Mormons, as having been alleged by the Indians, are, that the murdered men cheated
them in trade, besides poisoned an ox with strychnine, and pools of water also, by which several Indians
lost their lives. The train of immigrants consisted of 130 in number, of which only fifteen infant children
were saved alive and brought to Cedar city and sold to the Mormons. The train was from Arkansas, and it
is supposed the massacre was committed to avenge the death of Parley P. Pratt, who was shot in that state.
SUPREME COURT.—The Governor has done well in filling the Supreme bench. Judge Burnett
continues upon it until the next general election, and Stephen J. Field was sworn in on Tuesday to fill the
vacancy till the first of January, when the term for which he was elected by the people commences. With
this arrangement all parties are satisfied.
BRICK CHURCH.—The corner stone of the Congregational Church was laid on the 4th of July.
since which time the work of re-building has been at a complete stand still. A few days ago, however, a
large quantity of bricks began to be unloaded on the ground, workmen appeared, and now the walls are
going up rapidly. It is designed to have the structure in a tolerable state of completion by the first of
November.
BORN. To the lady of A. A. SARGENT, on Sunday the 11th inst. a daughter [Elizabeth].
[James Churchman and J. J. Musser have applied to the Governor for a pardon of Charles Davis,
convicted of manslaughter in the death of Louis Mueller. ]