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NEVADA JOURNAL OCTOBER 29, 1858 231
shots; I fired five shots and Stone five; Stone tried to get away from the Chinamen but
couldn’t; when I looked back saw Stone down and Chinamen shooting and stoning him;
Stone’s pistol was a five shooter and mine six; when I left several of the Chinamen had fallen;
the affray was 7 or 8 yards from the river on the Placer side; the ground was rocky, loose
stones thrown on it from sluices. I lost my knife and Stone his hat on the ground; the knife in
Court is mine and the hat is Stone’s. Stone said he was shot in the ear and leg. The ear was
split and a bullet appeared to have hit his leg and glanced down. After the fight started for Bear
Valley; got on a cliff of rocks and dressed my leg; it bled badly; Stone loaded our pistols and
tied up my leg with a handkerchief about 200 yards from the Chinamen. Got on a ditch and
followed up till we came to a road on which we traveled till we reached a cabin in which
Kidd’s men stopped; reached Kidd’s camp about 4 o’clock Monday morning; stayed till sun up
when we went on to Wheelers; the Spaniard left us at the scene of the fight; Stone told Kidd’s
men we were witnesses in the Griffin case, and was on his way from Rabbit Creek to testify
but we had fallen over a precipice and got wounded. Got a horse of Wheeler and rode out to
Alpha; Wheeler went along. I stopped on the hill near Skillman’s mill and Stone and the
Spaniard went to town and bought me a hat and overalls. Stone took my hat. I rode on
Wheeler’s horse to Grass Valley and Stone with a teamster. Stayed at Meeker’s Monday night.
Got into Nevada at 11 o’clock next morning. I did not stop but went on to Grass Valley. Stone
stopped in Nevada. Was arrested on Tuesday night by J. Bence Van Hagan. Dont know what
hour as I was asleep. We intended to go on the robbing expedition a week before we started. I
proposed the place and Stone assented. We robbed some Chinamen Thursday night before we
started from Grass Valley. When the affray commenced at Bear River, I went up to the cabin
with the Spaniard. A Chinaman tried to come out I pushed him back. A Chinaman behind cut
me in the leg. There were 8 Chinese in camp.
Stone was 25 yards from camp when he fired. The Spaniard took no part in the affair. The Chinamen fired
first at Stone. Stone tried to leave after they shot at him. There were twenty shots fired.
On Thursday night robbed a camp on Bear River; 9 Chinamen there. We pushed the door
open, went in, drank tea and brandy; drew our weapons and demanded their money. Got $8 and
some dust.
Stone sold the dust at Alpha for $44. The hat of Stone and knife of Pascoe were found upon the
place of the killing and fully identified. Stone and Pascoe were literally tracked by the blood of the latter
to the place where they were arrested. The defence offered no testimony and the case was submitted to the
jury about 3 o’clock on Wednesday. The defendants counsel admitted the truth of Pascoe’s statement and
the villainy of Stone, but urged upon the jury, that from the evidence it appeared that the prisoners had
abandoned their attempt at robbery, and were endeavoring to escape, and that the Chinese were not
attempting to capture but to kill the defendant. The jury were out about three hours and returned a verdict
of guilty of murder in the second degree. Great surprise is manifested at the verdict, as it was thought the
jury must find Stone guilty of murder in the first degree, from the evidence. Yesterday morning Spanish
John, by leave of Court, withdrew his plea of not guilty, and plead guilty to murder in the second degree.
Sentence will be pronounced against both prisoners to-morrow morning at 10 o’clock.
RATHER SEVERE.—George Alger, a defaulting juror, who had been summoned to serve in the
District Court, was yesterday sent to Jail for five days. On being conducted out of court he enquired if
there were any furnished rooms in the Hotel de Lenhardt. The answer being in the affirmative, Mr. Alger