Gambler’s Drunken Stupidity

Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Shooting, It Really Happened, James Mann / Bernard, Louvre Saloon (Goldfield, NV), Oberon (Reno, NV), Reno--Nevada, United States, Wieland Saloon (Reno, NV)Leave a comment

1904-1905 Criminal drama occurred between two men late one November morning in the Wieland saloon in Reno, Nevada in 1904. James Mann, a Wyoming man who sometimes worked in Silver State gambling clubs — the Louvre saloon and Oberon bar — had been imbibing for some time inside the Wieland. He jokingly began to spar with…