Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-12-20
INTELLIcENCE
,or or DAN. MATHENEY.

VoN -.,,c.s issue we left Matheiey
r,rot, County Jail, at the point
=. narrative where had just con
I his first statement TO Deputy
'"ritf Walsh. He continues:
n,. same night Finncy was also
Ina, and lodged in Jail. In my
presto; TO Mike Walsh l said that
MES oame to the ranch at about 3
lnntii i, the morning. II Killed
clocN Tbis was not correct. we
Hree,' i'm inst as I have related in this
kllieu 'anniession. We had a great
ylns ,.;s;tors i'm the Eureka Jail, and
many n,Lt that | was looked upon as
pc liver nearly set me wild. | was
MUD in the extreme, and prayed
ErecT" might die. And thus matters
lat ~ Finney and / occupied diff
(ore ak. did not see him during
ere, sr.t few days, but finally by chance
Ne u. an oppurtunity to communicate
~" lie said to me, You are a
H. 40 rs YOU did: why did YOU I'M
Dm mo. did | not tell you what to
q. we have now but II ciiance get
y, of this: vol must take it all on
L"urself and let me out; l VIII then
,reak the Jail and let You out, having
horse ready for your escape; II L re-
,a;n here we can neither of us do any
hinr. and both of us will be strung
:. 20 do As | tell You and we will be
prol. this is all; think about it and
"o that it don't get too late | did
,,;,t about it. over and we again,
nd as I had nothing to lose
md all to gain, | finally determined
= do As Finnev had suggested.
tbon sent for District Attorney Bak-
r and shouldered the entire response
bIi,y of the crime myself. Finney
..s immediately released and | be-
anne the murderer. During the sue
kcedinr DAYS and nights I was anxious
r awaiting assistance from Finney,
linking that he would keep his word
md help me to break jail; but the
(oward never made an effort in my be-
half, .Aftera time l gave up all hope,
a md thought | would be hanged in Il
hort time. The Eureka Grand Jury
Z discharged Finnev and indicted me for
murder in. the first degree. My trial
e. oon came on. but they unable to
let an unbiased jury and SO | was
transferred to Hamilton. Here again
= great many people, prompted by idle
II uriositv. anne to see the murderer.
kometimeS | felt like | could kill my
#elf, and at other times like l could
Iii them. / was. and have been, we'll
q treated by Sheriff Patterson and his
deputies. | soon made up my mind
o tell Sheriff Patterson the whole
~ ruth about the case. and so | did. He
y hen telegraphed to Eureka and had
8innev arrested and brought and
4 lodged in Jail. Finncy, on his arrival,
alked very highly of himself and very
= nuch against me; but we not al
owed to talk to each other.
lie informed the officers, as l
. afterwards learned, that my
xnothor was an Indian wOm-
Il prisoners in the jail were all favorable
o me and used to pump Finney and
fhen tell me what he had to say. In a
few weeks the Grand Jury of White
Pine met. and again / was indicted for
murder while Finncy's case was taken
Under advi>emcnt for several weeks by
the Jury, he the meanwhile remaining
n Jail. When my trial canle on, Mr..
anderson was appointed to defend me,
put | made no defense. With the I'M
tlers.anding that finncy should be
held also. | pleaded guilty; and so l
pas, but not half so guilty as Finney.
N the Resembling of the Grand jury
'mnoy was acquitted and when he
@Ealkcd forth he said 'Gcntlemen, YOU
4i!d we'll, but the Eureka Grand Jury
iil better; they discharged me in half
N hoUr.' But he was not in much fay
VT those who knew all of the cir
flmSlanceS; both District Attorney
R%kttrHll and Sheriff Patterson refused
-. speak to him. Although now
Rnioying his liberty, l have faith
nat the sur hand of Justice
VIII yet over'ake him. He has ruined
Ihr' and worse still, rendered my poor
a'her II mother and sisters and
3n,ro'hcrs miserable forever. | know
Snat / am a doomed man that the
kliid trends here have done all that
['"iid ne done to w my life; that
&'pir efforts We're unavailing, and that
must dle Just as sure as the 10th of
ptcetnher shall quickly arrive vet
Ehllc thus stand on the very brink of
F1erhHy, | most solemnly declare as
~ last, diving words, that Finney is
knore guilty than |, and that this state
hen.' IN every essential particular. is
God" i"'' ''ciP nic
4 concludes all of the material
po!h'S III Mathcncy'S confession. We
~Nr omitted "A long and rambling APP
nM" Young men to Shun bad COM
'"hH' etc., as POSSESSING no pcnpral in
e'eNNl: 1t is. perhaps, proper to state
Hmann connection that many of the
rho,lH VINO are cOnverSant with the
HWY. !" history ofthe case. characterize
tm coileSSion as no better, and de-
+ ing "l no more weight, than some
hon o'ler statements made by Ma
Ian ne this as it may, the confess
Son WAS taken down as related by Ma
onndi AT a time when he had ADAM
u al nope of having his sentence
n, iinlu'ed. He is an ignorant boy
n !; "lSahe-but bordering on idiocy.
ave- VI course, possible that he NAV
IeiahLLohe flnney, who is still in this
ket th;o iood, the grosseSt injustice,
Eatixc,, II a matter that no man can
lis .''r'iF Determine. In giving
Eh,rn.n", ihentS, We have simply dis
nr eu our duty to he public, lcav-
ion mem to form their own conclu-
n,n For aught we know. Matheney
~. be sn"h a persistent li,r thnt ho
ronnII II me truth even with a rope
ARrED.-Pat. Holland, of the Pr
h'cord, who has been viewing tho