Elko County NV Archives Obituaries.....Kepplar, J. July 25, 1887 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nv/nvfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kathy Grace http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002598 November 26, 2010, 9:34 am Reno Evening Gazette July 26, 1887 Homicide at Carlin Killed by a Blow on the Neck J. Kepplar and Wm. Griffith, proprietor of the rival butcher shops in Carlin, got into a row Thursday evening. Griffith, who is a powerful man, struck Kepplar a violent below on the neck knocking him insensible and from the effects of which he died at 4 o’clock yesterday morning. There has been a bitter business rivalry between the two men for some time and blows have been exchanged on two occasions in which Kepplar was roughly handled. Deceased leaves a wife and four children and Griffith is also a man of family. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nv/elko/obits/kepplar1066gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nvfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb