Albert Bigelow Paine

“ Isaiah Sellers, the old pilot who had signed himself "Mark Twain." Mark Twain! That was the name he wanted. It was not trivial. It had all the desired qualities. Captain Sellers would never need it again. It would do no harm to keep it alive—to give it a new meaning in a new land. Clemens took a trip from Carson up to Virginia City. ”

“ And in a postscript, later, he adds:
5 a.m.—The pistol-shots did their work well. One man, a Jackson County Missourian, shot two of my friends (police officers) through the heart—both died within three minutes. ”