The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-09-28
THE ELKO INDEPENDENT.
Distric, Court Proceedings.
JUDGE GEO. d. KEESEr, PRESIDING.

6xed as the time Tor passing Juusihent III tnls
ease. the defendant appeared in court with his
counsel, and moved upon statement for II
new trial. The Court overruled the motion,
and ordered the defendant to stand up and re-
eeiye his sentence. when the Judge addressed
him US follows:
"At the May term of this court you were
Indicted by the Grand Jury of this county for
the murder of Annie McMannus, and to that
indictment YOU pleaded not guilty. For that
crime You have been tried by jury at the
present term, and "A verdict of murder i'll the
second degree was returned against you. The
evidence disclosed state of facts OF unusual
horror, brutality and ferocity eclipsing any
thing else in the line of deliberate wickedness
that has ever come under my notice. You
deliberately planned the murder Of your vic
tim the day before you murdered her. You
wrote to your mother saying that you intended
10 kill Annie that night, because you were
Jealous Of her who was your paramount, and
in the same letter conveyed the idea that you
would follow the crime of murder by that of
suicide In accordance with that plan, you that night
entered the where the girl was in bed, and not
only drove the kuife repeatedly into her breast To the
but but actually carved and stabbed her from head
tn foo, Injecting no less than siGty.fiye wounds upon
her Unfortunately. you hid not the nerve o. carry
ont the re; OF your CHASTITY programme and after in
nictins two slight ncsh wounds upon yourself. you
CAV. NJ the idea Of sslfdestTuctOn and hol. As de-
tense you claimed to have been insane At the time Of
committing the decd: but from the evidence. am
satisfied that you perfectly sane. aud 80 thought
The fury before which you tried. The iIurc
consider the circumstances Of the case the greater Is
ny Gstonihhmeut the verdict rendered Ia IL. An
unlawful killing OF human being. with malice aforc-
thought, Is murder; and all such killing which - will
fu deliberate AMI prcmcdtacd. IL murir In the first
degree an u loss To imagine more perfect Illus
traOn Of what circumstances would constitute muir
der IN the hrst degree, that this case affords more
perfect case OF wilfl deliberate and prcTHeditated
butchsry where all the circumstances OF the killing
would show heart more Abandoned by an the better
Hapfaa Il NfFa
not conceive. The question naturally arises,
what OF horror and brutality, what peculiar
circumstances Of wiCkrducss. how much put;lul and
planning. must attend unprOyokrl killigg. In order
20 induce jury Ia render verdict OF murder in the
hrst dcgrref The verdict ~ this caSr renders the
query unanswerabl- Mercy misplaced Is but the
nurre Of crime. There l. -addcr spectacle tina a
human wretch. see Ia you young man who had
every opportunity 10 become useful, respected aud
happy. Nuu hal a pi.us mothers love- her safe
teachings, her tender carr; but to her whose PRIDE
JOY and prop you should have been, you Disgrace
and burden GOur lite II a thousand times worse than
meie failure. When think what you ought to have
been. of the paths Of usefulness and honor which
open 10 you. Of the happiness you might have
brought To the hearts Of those akin to YOU instead
Of the dire misery, even 10 heaTibrraking which now
weighs them down. pity you and them ! pity
world that has such in It. but most Of ALL pity
that fond and aged mother who He'd To your side when
you had brought down upon yourself and her this
new woe, aud has attended you constantly Ia prison,
and In during your trial bcggaring herself In
defending you, and into whose heart you haN" plunged
the shafts of misery deep; whose hcaTisiriugs YOU
have rent and In whose fac. you have torn new lines
OF sOrrow. Young a. you are, You have reached an
awful emincnCe In crime. Think not unkindly Of
your fate II the memory of your crime Is present
with IL every stone of your prison whispers the
name II your victim and Ia the silence Of your cell
you 10 hear the br attn OF that dying R kissing
through the CHASTITY wounds you made nor II the
damp ~ horror stands your brow In sleep ~
midnight you shall hear the tempest shrek Annies
Wild death.cry. barney. you have murdered met
for the path you tread L. Of your own making
Bernard J. C0-Eruyr, have you any legal cause why
sentence should not be- pronounced against you -
The prisoner answered that lao had not. aud thc
Jndg" Proceeded
my whole duty In this case If should pronounce
against you less than the extreme penalty of the Law
allowed In such This Is your sentence: II IL
by the Court ordered aud adjudEcd that for the Of
fcnsc. 81 which you have been found guilty, you be
punished 10y imprisonment ia the State Prison Of this
state for iE" term Of your natural life, commencing at
the date Of your luCATCc. alton therein"
The prisoner then reinanded to the custody OF
tho Sheriff
Core DIsTRICT.-The latest news from Cope
is that the owners of the 81. Nicholas have
struck il rich 80 feet from the surface. Drew
q Nichols are deserving the best Of luck, and
We are glad to hear that they have found the
pure stuff in large quantities.
The owners of the Lord Byron feel very
much encouraged. having struck into regu-
lar vein i've feet wide, pitching in the right
direction, to the east, and well charged with
deposits Of rich ore worth from 5000 to $500
per ton.
Reinhart, Gage, Carter and Wnlbridge have
opened one of the handsOmest and richest
mines in the country i'll the Monitor claim.
The last contract work opens the mino to n
depth of 60 feet, and the discOr verics at that
depth are Of the most gratifying character
Gashwilder, OF mining fame, has bonded
the Crescent, ON the condition that he is "a
sink 100 feet below the present level-lSC
feet from tho surface-and drift 80 feet each
way on the ledge, and then, IL the mine
suits him, pay the owners $4,000 The orr
that will be taken ont Of tho shaft and drifts
will moro than pay the price of the mine.
Good orc is being taken out Of the Excel
sior.
Work is going on vigorously on the Noun
tain City.
Work on the Crown Point will be resumed
next week. A contract to sink $50 feet was
let yesterday.
The two mills now in process Of erection
will be started up in ten days.
BULL RUS.-Samuol IIendy came in iron
Cope and gives us many good items nbou
the mines in Bull Run. Some two month
ago Grant Gilbert struck ledge in Bull Ru,
district and named il tho Ontario. The ledg
was blind, and 1t was traced up 10y the font
and discovered. II lies three feet from tn
surface, and has been opcuod, Mt difercn
points, for 700 feet II shows n regular veil
from three TO five feet in width between
elate and limestone formntion-tho hangn
wall slate and tho foot wall limestone Tn
voin carries orc of n superior character fror
wall 10 wall. Samples of ore, taken ever
fow inches across the ledge, numbering niu
samplcs in all, averaged 10y careful nssnyin
Sl31 % 10 the ton in silver From tho bro'
of the mountain whore tIn win Irnp first die