Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-20
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Says the Virginia Chronicle OF the
10th: The case of John Belcher
charged with tie rape of Lizzie Baker
a little girl of six years, was on trial in
the District Court to day. The first
move of the prosecution was the iden-
LITIGATION of the accused. who, before
the prosecuting witness was BROUGHT in.
WAS placed in the audience. The child
was then produced in court and di-
rected by the Judge to point out the
person who had tempered with her.
A dead silence prevailed in the crowd
Ell court room as the child moved
slowly down the aisle, scanning the
rows Of faces on either side.
II don't see him." said the child,
stopping half way down the aisle.
.'Oh, there he isl" she said suddenly,
catching sight of Belcher; aud going
up TO him took him by the sleeve and
led him up Ia the inclosed space in
side the rail. Here the prisoner took
a seat very coolly, apparently en-
moved by the incident.
DIR. Hopkins testified that he had ex-
amined the child. and found evidences
of the alleged crime having been COM
mitted.
The child nexttook the stand, and
told with perfect calmness a very di-
rect story. The mar Belcher enticed
her into an outbuilding in the rear of
the Ashland House, giving her a dime
"a an inducement. Here he kept her
for two hours, after tying the door in
side with u black ribbon taken from
her hat. After the assault she told her
mother, who went with her to identify
the man. He was sitting at the table
of the Ashland House, eating, when
she wen up to him and returned the
short bit, which he accepted.
Under cross-examiratIOn by r. H.
Taylor, who conducted the defense, the
child admitted that about a year ago a
man named Roach, who was rooining
at her mothers house, tempered with
her in a similar
Most of the child's testimony was OF
a character unfit for publication.
The prisoner declined to testify in
his own behalf, and after short argu
ments by counsel, the case yer to the
Jury. They were out but ten minutes,
when they returned a verdict of guilty.
George Hopkins, says Saturdays
Gold Hill News, a young man who left
Virginia City for the Black Hills ome
thing like three months ago, returne d
yesterday. He says there is some gold
In the Deadwood country. There can
be no doubt of this in his mind. 1t is
impossible, however, to get a claim in
that region without buying in. The
ground il all owned by white men who
are married to squaws, and who have
bean i'm the country for two or thr a
years. Mr.. Hopkins says 1t was the
fault of the driver that Burgesser-for-
merly of Carson and Virginia City
was killed. The driver was drunk
when he started cut, and would not
wait for any teams to accompany him.
From Island Mountain, says the
Elko Tost, we learn that the placer
claims IN that vicinity are being
worked to their full capacity, and are
yielding their wealth OF gold in suffi-
cient quantities TO satisfy all reasonable
expectations. There Is much snow in
the mountains aud there will be plenty
of water until late in the season. Sher
i'll Brown and Walter S'Otiei started for
Island Mountain last Wednesday.
Says the Carson Tribune: Since the
Chinese were threatened with expul-
sion by the alien brigade, they have
armed themselves with navy reviewers
and pract ice shooting at a mark every
evening. They have a beard with q
man drawn on 1t with charcoal, and
every time they hit the figure in the re-
gion OF the spot where the heart Is sup
posed t be, they dance and yell out,