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Collection: Directories and Documents > Nevada County News & Advertisments

1857 (283 pages)

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FEBRUARY 28, 1857 GRASS VALLEY TELEGRAPH asked McClenahan what he had against him, and signified if they had any difference then was the time to settle it. McClenahan, being unarmed, went immediately and procured a pistol, and in company with a friend returned to Heywood’s. Immediately on his entrance Moore drew his pistol and fired, killing him instantly. McClenahan was in the act of raising his weapon, but his antagonist was too quick for him—his (Moore’s) ball striking McClenahan’s arm and passing thence direct through his heart, drew an uncertain fire at random. The concussion of the pistols extinguished the lights, and in the darkness and excitement which followed, Moore was stabbed in the back, by whom is not known. The stab was a fearful one, passing between the ribs into the cavity of the chest, barely avoiding the lungs. The blade of the knife must have been fully an inch and a half wide. Moore is now lying at Dr. E. A. Tompkin’s office. He is under arrest, and will be examined if he ever recovers so as to be moved. His situation is very critical. .. . As we go to press it is reported that Moore cannot live. MINING ACCIDENT.—Just as we go to press we hear that a terrible mining accident occured near San Juan, on Thursday last, where four men were buried by the caving of a bank. They were of course instantly killed. We have not learned the names of the unfortunate men, nor any particulars of the calamity, any further than that they were buried some 20 feet deep and were washed out with a hydraulic, carrying 300 inches of water!