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Show Dastardly Murder. Out Nevada exchanges bring particulars of a dastardly das-tardly murder committed by one WU-iatn WU-iatn H. Pierce, in CarsOD, early last Friday morning. Pierce was proprietor proprie-tor of a saloon, was a gambler, and kept what sporting men call a "hogging "hog-ging game" in his place; and Wilson, who is described as an inoffensive old man, nearly dead with consumption, was acting as a sort of "capper" for him. Pierce called for a settlement after play last Thursday night. Wilson Wil-son turned out his money, when the other said it was twenty dollars short, and accused Wilson of theft. The old man raised his cane and struck Pierce a feeble blow, when the latter drew a pistol instantly and fired three balls into the body of the consumptive, two of them passing through the heart-Pieroo heart-Pieroo was arrested and lodged in jail, aDd will stretch hemp if he gets jus-tice. jus-tice. There was much excitement in Carson over the affair. |