| Show athis bien been now over three three months since we have had bd to record the killing of any ally one I 1 in 11 this ibis tiby kiy though a street encounter occurred occurred dhere here on christmas lay day n aich come came near ear re suiting resulting in the death of AV A hickman kroan we have hate now to chronicle another deed of violence and blood which resulted in death the victim ill in in the present case was a note noted d d desperado as by the name of rhodes arid and the facts of the cases case as near as WL jehae I 1 have bien been able to ascertain them are as fol i lows rhodes and a man by the name 0 luce met inet in in one of tile the saloons jn this city early last thursday E ening when some soma altercation took place m between them but i no 0 collision occurred an hour artno or two later rhodes R liodes went to a house bouse on I 1 main street where W A hickman ickman II was confined with a wound received some pome we weeks el a ag ago p rhodes it was believed belonged to a band of persons in this city I 1 and vian ity who vibo were at dead deadly y e enmity i with ith hickman and party i winch aich lie he ll is supposed up to head ile he was nas accordingly refused admittance into the room where I 1 Ili hickman climan was conf confined ined luce who was present with others believing beli eung that MS ills J visit was not of a friendly hia nature ture on being m refused adminta admittance n ce into ino the room where Ilick II ickman mall was modes afew abair a pair of pistols and depla declared reI that he would eni 1 ter er or die at this moment a gentleman by the name of bates who happened to be be present ran up and grasped the pistils in rhodes hands bands and at the same moment both hammers descended on his bis bands thus preventing the discharge or 0 the pistols while this was occurring g luce had also advanced arid and with a bowie knife knifa inflicted several upon pon the breast shoulder and neck of afi rhodes from which he soon bellind fell fel and lind lm im mediately after died The these we understand are the main facts adduced on the trial or oe luce took place on the day following and upon them lie he was discharged from custody the bod body y of rhodes was taken either on the night on n which be was killed or early the next iun to the head quarters of chepo the po lice ice in this city and we weini I 1 iii 1 bon told by y those who saw the wounds on his body while f hile he was w as lying there that they were the most ghastly and horrible that can bo be conceived of an indictment was pending g against rhodes before the district court he herey fer the murder mardir oga ot a man by tb abo of M mancil nil last IE I E bummer in tins this city but we know nothing in regard to ill the e evidence fixing ahat anine upon him authere but bu there is is no doubt of his being a great desperado and capable odthe of the commission of almost any crime whether hether lie he has dons done so or not we have heard beard nota hordof sm sympathy pathy from any quarter for his fate tile the way of the transgressor a is truly hard bard |
