Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-20

Says the Virginia Chronicle OF the
10th: The case of John Belclier
charged with tie rape of Lizzie Baker
a little girl Of six years, was or trial in
the District Court to day. The first
move of the prosecution was the iden-
LITIGATION of the accused. who, before
the prosecuting times was broughtin.
was placed in the audience. The child
was then produced in court and di-
rected by the Judge to point ont the
person who had tempered with her.
A dead silence prevailed in the crowd
ed 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; and going
up TO him took him by the sleeve and
led him up to the inclosed space in
side the rail. Here the prisoner took
a seat very coolly, apparently Tn
moved by the incident.
DR.. 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 outhuilding in the rear of
the Ashland House, giving her a dime
as an inducement. Here he kept her
for two hours, after tying the door in
side with a 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 went up to him and returned the
short bit, which he accepted.
Under cross-examiratIon by Il. III.
Taylor, who conducted the defense, the
child admitted that about a year ago a
man named Roach, who was rooming
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 wen: to the
jury. They were out but ten minutes,
when they returned a verdict of guilty.
George Hopkins, says Saturdays
Gold Hill NeOs, a young man who left
Virginia City for the Black Hills some
| 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 is all owned by white men who
are married to squaws, and who have
been in the country for two or thr g
years. Mr.. Hopkins says it was the
fault of the driver that Burgesser-for.
merly Of Carson and Virginia City
was killed. The driver was drunk
when he started ont, and would not
wait for any teams to accompany him.
From Island Mountain, says the
Elko Tost, we learn that the placer
claims i'm that vicinity are being
worked to their full capacity, and are
yielding their wealth of gold i'm suffi
Gent quantities to satisfy all reasonable
ex Expectations. There is much snow in
the mountains and there will be plenty
OF water until late in the season. Sher-
itf Brown and WalterS'ofiel 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 revolvers
and practice shooting at a mark every
evening. They have a beard with .
mar drawn on it with charcoal, and
every time they hit the figure in the re-
gion of the spot where the heart is sup
posed to be, they dance and yell out,