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NEVADA DEMOCRAT DECEMBER 30, 1857 265
Mr. Dunn followed him down stairs shortly after he went out, but he was not found for near
half an hour after he left his room, when he was quite dead. Mr. Espenschied has been engaged
in the boot and shoe business in Nevada for six or seven years, and had accumulated
considerable property. His estate is said to be worth $30,000. He made a will a few months ago
and appointed executors. He was of German descent, and his parents now reside in Wayne
county, New York. His remains were placed in a metallic coffin, for the purpose of having
them sent to his friends should they desire it.
FATAL MINING ACCIDENT.—We are again called upon to record an accident in the mines, the
result of which has proved fatal. On Saturday last a large cave of bed-rock occurred in the
Evans claims on Buckeye Hill, which completely covered the person of Mr. Cornelius Shea, to
the depth of about four feet. There was about one hundred and forty inches of water running
over him, and his head was soon washed out, with the assistance of the miners in the vicinity,
though it required nearly a half hour to entirely release him from the mass of earth and rock
with which he was covered. He was carried to a cabin and well cared for. His injuries were
internal and resulted fatally on Tuesday Evening. Mr. Shea was a sober, industrious citizen,
and much respected. He was a native of county Cork, Ireland, and had lived in Washington, D.
D. about six years. He was about thirty-five years old, and had no relatives in this
country.—San Juan Star.
ATTEMPT TO BREAK JAIL.—Thomas Edwards, alias Thomas Lynch, alias Punkins, convicted at
the late term of the Court of Sessions of grand larceny and sentenced to three years imprisonment in the
State Prison, made an attempt last Saturday evening to escape from the jail. He was securely hand-cuffed,
and a bar of ion was fastened to each of the shackles, so as to keep his hands some two feet apart. The
hand-cuffs were riveted closely around his wrists, and were the same formerly used on Moore. He first
broke the iron bar near one end, by putting it under a rock which he had loosened from the cell floor, and
then broke the rivets which fastened the hand-cuffs. He then put the bar through the grate door and pried
the door off from its hinges, so that it could be opened with little difficulty. His intention was, as he says
himself, to knock the jailor in the head with the iron bar when he brought in his food on Saturday
evening, but he heard so many people around the jail that evening that he concluded to defer the attempt
until a more favorable opportunity presented itself. The next morning, Mr. Lindsey the jailor discovered
that the door was out of place, which lead to an examination and the detection of the plan of escape.
He has since been confined more securely, if possible, than before. The breaking of the iron bar and
rivets which fastened the handcuffs must have been a severe operation, as his wrists are now swollen to
near double the ordinary size. Edwards answers the description of a prisoner who escaped from the
penitentiary a short time since, by the name of Thos. Lynch, alias Punkins.
Since the above was in type, we learn that Edwards again broke the iron bar which fastened the
shackles on his wrists, yesterday afternoon. The bar is about an inch in diameter, and how he managed to
break it, hand-cuffed as he was, is more than we can account for.
THE CASE OF PLUMER.—The Trial of Henry Plumer, indicted for the murder of John Vedder,
was commenced in the District court last Wednesday, the requisite number of jurors to complete the panel
having been obtained in the forenoon of that day. The remainder of the day and the most of the next was
occupied in hearing the testimony of witnesses. The evidence was somewhat stronger against the
defendant than that taken on the preliminary examination and published in the DEMOCRAT of Sept. 29th,
though no new facts of importance were elicited. The case was adjourned over from Thursday evening