Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-02-22
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! policeman Byrne large sum of money to al
| low him to substitute another man in the place
of the accused party. Byrne refused and in
Breen then took the business in hand and
| started for Reno with the prisoner. And now
1t appears that the Chnaman who is in Jail in
Reno for the alleged crime is the wrong man.
And so there is a direful bobbery; the two
Chinese factions are agog; Frank Drake is on
the rampage; and Chief Breen and Lawyer
Cowie, (the Chinaman's counseD are under
arrest. Some crookedness somewhere, evil
IDENTIFY.
Rover was buried in the Catholic cemetery
at Reno But very few people attended the
sad ceremonies,
Concerning the late devilish attempt at in
ccndiarism and horse roasting at Reno, the
journal of yesterday says;
c. w. Jones offers Il reward of 500 for the
arrest of the person who set fire to his barn,
after saturating it With coal oil, night before
last, the particulars of which we have already
given. We learn that one man was seen run
ming toward Chinatown just before the fire
broke out. If the rascal could only be found.
OF a most sagacious dog, which is evidently
the best fireman in all the Base Range, the
Eureka Sentinel Of Wednesday says: .
Assemhlyman Smith owns a dog that is
noted for intelligence and sagacitv Among
the most curious of his traits is the fact thai
he can already distinguish between the ordi-
nary fire alarm and the sounding of the bells
for the regular meetings Of the fire companies.
On the latter occasions he simply raises his
head for a moment, listens lntently, and then
rs if satisfied that there is no danger reiapses
into Indifference Let the clangor of the bra
zen Threats ring out the fire signal, and his
manner is totally changed. If it be in the
night, his first care is to awake his master and
the other occupants of the rooms, which he
does by Selling the bed clothes i'll his teeth,
and stripping the bed, vociferous barking, etc.
If the incident occurs in the daytime, he will
seek out everybody around the stable, and
soon as he is convinced that they are aware of
the alarm, will accompany the hose cart to the
fire and look on with an eagerness that shows
he is wonderfully interested. Considering the
infammable nature of the building i'll the
neighborhood of the stable, the dog is an III
valuable watchman, and he is appreciated &C
cordingly.
Hon. Jonas Seely and other Improved Red
Men are in Eureka preparing to institute
lodge of that order there.
Harrington, the murderer of Sullivan, as
our readers know, is in the Reno Jail The
Gazette of Wednesday evening says of him
and a peculiar episode of his life:
The Enterprise says that the execution of
Rover yesterday must have been rather dis
taSt mi to Na Il r,t l-rnN hpu
distasteful it may have been, but Harrington
was evidently resolved to know the ropes He
posted himself at the only window from which
view could be obtained, and was a close OBJ
server of the entire affair. 1t would be an in
teresting recital could we give the tenor of his
thoughts as he noted the last brief act i'll the
tragedy.
The fortunate fellow mentioned in the fol
lowing is the owner of the sort of a mine which
we mean to own one of these days when the
fitful fever and ague of journalism have gone
by. Says the Silver State:
S. Wenban shipped from his mine in Cor
tez District near Beowawe yesterday, nine
bars of bullion. valued at So ia. Mr. Wen
ban is the sole owner of the mine that pro-
duced this bullion, and has been realizing
dividend of about $500 day from it for sew
eral weeks He and his family left for San
Francisco yesterday to enjoy for season the
fruits of his labor.
Commenting upon the execution of Rover,
the Eureka Sentinel of Wednesday deals thus
plainly:
J. ". Rover was executed at Reno yeste1- |
day. A commission composed of twelve men
to pass upon his sanity stood five
for insanity to seven for sanity. The wretched |
man was launched into eternity protesting his
innocence up to the very moment of the
springing of the trap. He asserted almost
with his last breath that bIcWorthy was the
guilty man. There is very general convic-
ton throughout the State that the sentence
If this man should have been committed to
for life. No one saw him COM
nit the murder with which he stood charged
md there was at least a reasonable doubt of
lis guilt. If we have understood the circum-
stances surrounding the killing, there was a
otal absence OF motive on the part of Rover
likely to prompt the commission of so foul a
rhine. Imprisonment for life, in view of the
loubt as to guilt. and the still stronger pre-
umption of the sanity of the accused, should
ave been the measure OF his punishment
Had this been an "oti year in elections, we
can very strongly to the opinion that such
would have been his fate. It was unfortunate
or Rover that three members of the Board
# Pardons are candidates for reelection this
all Beatty seldom votes to tighten the SEN
ence of any one; Leonard is a Humboldt man
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