Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-28
DEPUTY SHERIFF DAVIS OF MONO
AND THE KILLING OF BIG FRANK

DEPUTY SHERIFF DAVIS OF MONO
AND THE KILLING OF BIG FRANK.
Mr.. Chas Davis, widely known as one
armed Davis, who killed Big Frank at Bodie
recently, called upon the editor of the MORN
ING APPEAL yesterday and asked for hearing
of the facts of that unfortunate affair. He
says that the deceased was one of a gang of
desperadoes and that he had, some time prior
to his DEATH cut man in dreadful manner
about the face with butcher knife. Having
been arrested for this ofense, he threatened
vengence upon Sheriff Patterson. On the
day of the killing Frank had drank enough to
make him quarrelsome He was in the store
kept by Bryant, McGaff and WEIGH, and with
pistol in his hand, was threatening TO kill
McGaff and daring any one to try and arrest
him. Davis, (who was aud still is deputy
Sheriff of Mono), entered the store and re-
quested Frank to be quiet. Frank was very
abusive''a pointed his pistol at Davis, threat
ening to shoot. Davis went to his room, got a
shot gun and returned He told Frank to
surrender, but instead of doing so he attemp-
ted to use his pistol. Then Davis shot him.
This is his story and the fact that the Grand
Jury have unanimously ignored the case so
far as to not bring in bill against him, goes
far to corroborate it, The fact would seem to
be that the man whose life was taken was one
of faction or party of desperadoes, or hard,
IL E,,Ic
almost all mining camps), and that his killing
created or intensified feeling of bitterness
between that faction and their opponents,
At all events, Davis is still retained in the
position of deputy Sheriff and seems to be sus-
tanned by the better part of the people of
Bodie. Anyhow, he is entitled to this show
ing in these columns-if for nothing else, for
the very polite and respectful bearing with
which he stated his side of the story.
REJECTED APPLICATIONS. The Board of Di-
rectors of the State Orphans Home yesterday
rejected the applications for the admission OF
three and the day before of four halferphans
on account of the fathers being alive, There
are so many applications coming before the
Board, which they are compelled to reject,
that the inference is the public do not under
stand the regulations as to admission, We
have taken the pains to interview the Board
on the subject, with the following result,
which will serve the double purpose of giving
information through our widely circulated
journal, and, we hope, of saving the Board
few applications and the pain of refusing
them. Whole orphans are admitted only on
the order of District Court. Half-orphans
are admitted at the discretion of the Board.
The rule adopted under this discretionary
provision is: That evidence of the death Of
one parent be produced, and that the case be
one of real charity. In case the surviving
parent be the father, it must be an extreme
case of charity-the man being cripple or
otherwise prevented from procuring l1vel-
hood The Board holds that that any man
in ordinary health ought to be able to support
his family. In no case is pay received for
the support of children in the Home, it being
strictly charitable institution. In all cases
half-orphans are received exactly as if they
were whole orphans, they becoming wards of
the State, and the Board being at liberty to
bind them out at its pleasure.
IMMERsED.-During the absence of the
workmen who were repairing the fire eistern
at the corner of Spear and Minnesota streets,
it being noon time, few school children
gathered to note the improvements or to look
at the water or to play upon the timbers or
something of the sort. One urchin more
daring than the rest, ventured to walk out
upon the rafters, and after playing while
quite successfully, lost his balance and doused
himself in The water not being very deep,
and the lower stringer laying just on the
surface of the water, he succeeded in getting
out without much difficulty, and with the
pleasure of thorough wetting. Unlike most
boys he did not "bawl," so he lost the benefit
of the sympathy which ordinarily comes from
the gathering crowd His mother has prob
ably made him howl by this time. He will be
a candidate for membership in the first
Baptist Sunday school started Is Carson, and
will not need to have the cleansing operation