The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-06-22
THE ELKOINDE PENDENT.
WEDNESDAY. JUNE ~. 1870.

each, for robbing the White Pine stage, two
miles from Elko, on the evening of the LIST of
MayS "a motiop for q nesstrihl Was made, but
oyerru1ed, when counsel FOR defendants init
mated an intention TO appeal To the Supreme
Court. The remarks of Judge keeney. pre-
liminary TO the sentence, &ere philosophical,
appropriate and Impressive: showing how
nearly impossible 1t is for evil doors to escape
detection and punishment; saying that every
deed, goods or bad, left its imprint every
passing object leaves its impress upon what
ever in nature il may come III contact; n broken
twig. IA bruised flower, footprint OH the sand
misplaced shrubbery, the ,twittcTiug Of a bird
or the bark OF n distant Watchdog might, had
furnished the clue to the course taken 10y the
perpetrator of crime, and led ultimately to
conviction, as might also n start at something
spoken. u word, dream, or some otherwise
trivial incident or extrayaeance. The Judge
also expressed regret (Which is doubtless
shared in 10y the entire community that the
necessities of the law had compelled the re-
lease of Servetus QuintOn, one OF the trio who
committed the robbery and turned States evil
dence to escape his share of the punishment
Watson appeared deeply interested in the re-
marks, while Wallcn seemed Indifferent and
morose. When judgment was pronounced,
WatsOns face assumed n pallid hue, and for II
moment he appeared much agitated and anNi-
Gus To speak; then walking up To- the Judges
stand, he leaned upon the corner, and, in
tone of voice inaudible to the bar or assembled
multitude. told the Judge that he could no,
blame him for Overruling the motion for new
trial nor for the term of sentence-whiCh was
complimentary TO the prosecuting attorney.
who bad doubtless convinced Watson that he
ought to be hung. Both prisoners appeared
greatly relieved after the sentence, and Wallen
was particularly cheerful. Watson is a small
nervous, wiry looking man, about - years of
age; Waiten, large, powerful man, agcdHbOut
50. Should they survive, in 1895 they will
again appear in the world, one aged G3 and
he pth ~ q, nil f,r, l.,r
daily brcad--as they should have done in
April last.
SHIPwREcE on TIE HUMBoLDr.-On Satur.
day last II serious accident occurred on the
Humboldt river. which nearly resulted in the
drowning of two Indy residents of our town.
Opposite Shepherd stables and on the fur.
Their Ide OF the rIycr, or rather on ono of the
islands Of the Humboldt, u FrcuChmau cult
Yates flowers, his cabin being on this side of
the river. Miss NJ. G., fascinating mil
liner, Mrs. P, Mrs F and her little
son were taking stroll along the banks Of
the above named river. While hating to
view the Frcnchmqn's garden they noticed a
small raft anchored on the shore, with rope
stretched across the stream, by means Of
which the old Frenchnun passed Ia and from
his garden. Miss C. observed: at will
be no crime To take the boat across the stream
and view the old mans garden, and I, being
an experienced water-wonian, cHu safely row
the craft across the stormy waters" The
temptation was too great for Mrs P and
she replied: Il will embark with you" But
Mrs. r would not 20 until she lad seen
the captain of the craft display her skill in
rowing, ~hcr"uUnn Miss g - took COM
mHnd of the scow. Mrs. p went AS deck
passenger, under ;hc Authorization that she
was la have "a nice ride. Miss G--- set the
craft adrlii, and taking hold of the rope was
presently in IN" middle Of the stream. 1.-The
uNer WAS mp the channel WAS deep, the
tide ran steady and strong" 80 much So that
TIA" raft driitcd around aud Miss 6 - WAS
prccipiintcd into the river. and the current
washed her uudcT. but luckily she chung To
the rope and with great difficulty finally sue
ceedcd III reaching the shore. The other lady
remained on the craft and driftcd hclplcs-ly
down the stream. large crowd of men col
lectcd on the shore, and cxhOrtod her to grasp
after the willows ms the boat loatcd onward
Fortunately the raft dIiftcd within range of u
willow, 10 which the lady held fast until some
gentlemen cnme To her assistance with n hoat
Gpd relieved her from her periions position,
thus saving us The painful necessity OF record
ing terrible catastrophe.
OHE CoMsd The Page & Corwin mine Mt
Secret canyon, near Eureka, il Welding n
hfge quantity of high grade smelling ore, and
a. contract has been entered into hy the own
eis and the forwarding house of Z. NJ. Edcr
Il Co., Of this place, for the shipment Of 100
tons of the ore to san Francisco; 60 tons of
which may be expected here within few
days.
The FOURTH AT CARLIS.-Our ncighboTs ut
Carln propose to celebrate the nincty-fourth
anniversary of orr independence OF n grand
scale. and invite Elko, PaliSadc and the sur
rounding country to join them. The ccchrn-
ton will consist of n procession Of the Fire
Department and others literary exercises and
picnic, the whole to he crowned by grand
ball in tho evening.
TKAYEL.--So far this week the passenger
trains have not been crowded. but tho outgoing
stages from this point IRE packed Yesterday
afternoon, the coach Of Bcachey. Wines g. Co.,
FOR White Pine, went ont jnmincd full and GOV.
cred over with passengers, from the driver
seat To the hind boot, and the Cope stage left
with afull loud. HHr ....,..l...
WOMAN KNoCKRp DowN.--On Sunday after.
noon woman got oil of the cmigrnut trnr
IN front OF the depot. After the train had
started, Tor the purpose Of running down tc
tue hotel, the woman attempted to get on tho
moving cur and was Knocked down thereby
gallant picked her up (uuinjnrcd) and OK.
Pls,ne,i to.hcr that the train would stop again
CorE.-A friend who has spent some tim,
in Mountain City writes us that Mountain
City IL the most fiourishing mining camp tina
ne has ever seen in the State. Politically &
il tho UhitcSt camp in Nevada The Demo
cratic majority in the precinct il not less thar
q ~ r.