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NEVADA TRANSCRIPT JANUARY 15, 17, 18, 1865 27
condensing the quicksilver, Mr. Sargent raised the conductor, at the same time remarking the thing was
going to explode, when the air was suddenly filled with flying cinders, vapor and amalgam. Some tall
traveling ensued, but luckily, the hot mess did not happen to touch the flesh of the operators. A large part
of the amalgam was collected the next day.
SAD ACCIDENT.—On Friday last as Richard McDonald, a very intelligent and worthy Irishman,
was working about the shaft of the Illinois Company’s diggings [at Moore’s Flat], he was
carried down the shaft and through the tunnel, by a rush of water, thereby causing instant
death. His remains were found some half mile below the end of the tunnel. He was about
thirty-five years of age, and leaves a wife and three small children. He was a large owner in the
Illinois Company, and was a hard working and successful miner. He was universally respected
by all who knew him, and will be sadly missed by his many personal friends.
MURDER CASE.—The examination of E. W. Garvey [Garvin], Joseph [Josiah] Dodge and Robert
Dodge, charged with murdering Mark Hammock, in a saloon at Allison Ranch, last week, will take place
before Judge McFarland in this city, tomorrow.
COLORED CHURCH.—The colored people’s church which was damaged during the late storm, by
the giving way of the underpining [sic], is to be put in good order again as soon as timbers can be had for
the purpose of bracing it up to its former place.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1865
EXAMINATION.—The examination of Josiah Dodge and Garvin before Judge McFarland took
place yesterday. The prosecution was conducted by the District Attorney, assisted by Messrs. Sargent and
Waters; the defense by Dibble, Belden, Maslin and Taylor. Robert Dodge waived examination and was
held to answer. [An abstract of the testimony filled two columns of the Transcript.]
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1865
BIRTH. At Red Dog, on the 14th inst., to [Susan Kissel] the wife of [Wm.] J. Willis, a son.
THE COLORED PEOPLE’S CHURCH.—We notice that this structure still remains in a critical
position. The underpinning gave way early in the season letting it down upon an uneven hill side. The
damage might have been repaired at much less expense than now. Every day that the building remains in
its present position it becomes more damaged. It is fast going to ruin. The timbers are warped, the window
frames ruined, the roof almost broken in twain, and unless it is soon repaired it will be worthless. The
colored people of this city should take the matter in hand immediately. They need a church and should not
allow the neat little building to fall to pieces. The workmen who built it would no doubt assist in placing
it in position again, and upon a more stable foundation.
EXAMINATION OF DODGE.—At the opening of Court yesterday Judge McFarland requested
reporters not publish further testimony in the case, because it would render the obtaining of a jury difficult
in the future. He had made the suggestion privately to one of the papers [Nevada Transcript] the day
before, but not to the TRANSCRIPT. We would have cheerfully complied with the wish of the Judge had we
known it. The examination proceeded yesterday. Garvin was discharged on motion of the prosecution and
examined as a witness.