Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-05-22
Communicated
WANTED AN ~ EXPLANATION.

EDITORS SENTINEL: Citizen, in this
mornings issue of the SENTINEL, asks
for an explanation regarding the con-
duct of certain officers in respect to a
robbery of jewelry, and an effort to
screen the party or parties obtaining it.
From the tenor of the ~communica-
ton, it is easy to infer who the au-
thor is, and emanating from such a
source, is in bad taste, as "Citizen I"
is, in fact, nc citizen, and, being an
officer, should not be the n to give
publicity TO an affair which required
some days to work up to a success
full termination. But as he has rushed
into print, ii is now Il duty to give
the public such facts as we are
in possession of relative to the mat
ter, and ask the favor of you to pub
lish the following: When first in
formed of the robbery, by the woman
losing the jewely. we started ont to
work up the case. We lad only the
slightest clue to act upon, but while
periecting onr plans, a stranger came
and gave one of us a packet, saving
that it was from the party who had the
jewelry in his possession, but who
had no knowledge how he came by it.
While we were examining the jewelry,
this man suddenly left. and with this
clue we started to ferret cut the guilty
party. The publicity given to the
matter has proved a detrilnent to our
success, and up to this time we have
failed to make sure Of the right party,
but from circumstances G coming to our
knowledge we are now almost certain
that the man taking the jewelry has
either been got out OF town, or is hid
den at some place unknown to rs. Sew
eral parties have come to us in the en-
deavor to find out whom we suspected
and the probabilities of u securing
his arrest. To these we replied IN IL
manner calculated to put them on the
wrong scent, as our success de
pended mainly ON the matter being
kept a. still as possible until we had
secured the proper evidence to insure
a conviction. Had not envious per-
sons given publicity to the affair, the
man would have been apprehended
before this; but now our efforts So to
do are considerably weakened, owing
10 the fact that parties have so
noised il about that the man has
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the jewelry TO the proper owners, and
cautioned theu to keep quiet for a
time, ~ we were on the track of the
thief, and whose capture was only a
matter of time. if our instructions
we're obeyed. This the woman as
scented 10, al rs the reward-S35
promised 10, 40 recovery of the
iewelry. Since then, other rartie~
have been induced To wotk III tie
mater, and the result is the suspect
ed parry is gone, and the probability
OF his being oyertaken very II ght. A
20 what we told certain parties regard
ing the affair, We claim that we are
justified in saying AL we did, as we had
TO work without awakening suspicion
in certain quarters, and until they
o meuced talking about the matter
we were in a fair way of ultimate Sue
cess. Had we been left alone, the
MAJ would have been captured. We
were not, and the blame rests not with
Us, but with euyiOus persons, who
seem To delight TO thwart our every
endeavOr. As to any aitemp t 20 screen q
wroug-doer, We deny II emplIaliciilY,
and the production of the cOmmuni-
cation in your journal this morning is
the result OF IL feeling entertained by a
faw officers against others, who, in
stead of endeavoring to act in har-
mony, seem to delight in Offering every
impeachment to amy business entrusted
10 the latter.
This is our explanation, and to those
directly and indirectly interested" we
can only say, had We been lett alone
we would have had the thief, but who,
owing To manifested interest taken by
others. is now still at large, aud ia all
probability far enough away to avoid
capture. }. PArrEN,
PErE TAYLOR.
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