The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-09-10
All JACK AND CHARLEY WING.
The Trial of the Paradise chiifamea


gold pieces, from Wells, Fargo & Co.'S
Express Office at Paradise. One of them
was subjected to little intimidation,
and though he positively denied all COM
plicity in the theft at first, he finally
admitted that he knew the Chinaman
who took the money. He went with
the Constable to the Sedan Mill. ard
pointed out All Jack as the person to
whom he referred. The party, consist
ing of Z. M. Watson, Acting Express
Agent, from whom the money was
stolen, Constable Adams and the two
Cinnamon, returned to Paradise, and
one of the Cinnamon went to the side
of the creek, which runs through the
village, dug into the mud and took out
a package containingsix 2O-dollarpieces.
They then went to the express office
and pointed out the place from which
they took the money They were in
dicted by the Grand Jury for felony,
and their case came up for trial Jester
day. General Buckner acted as counsel
for All Jack, Judge Berry for Charley
Wing, and S. S. Grass for both, while
District Attorney Mcmillan appeared
for the State
After some difficulty, jury compos-
ed of John Guthrie, Thomas Nelson,
Joseph Myers, John Bell, Robert Gift
ford, John Byrnes, A. McAllister, r.
C. Thomas, James Watts, j. N. Dow
dell, G.. 7. Benson and William Coon,
was impaneled to try the case.
f. M. Watson, the prosecuting wit
ness, testified point blank to the facts
above stated, and admitted that he used
threats and coercion to compel Charley
Wing to tell who had the money and
where it was concealed The lawyers
tried every device known to the legal
fraternity to break the force of his evil
dence, but,without avail. His answers
to some of the questions set the spec
taters and jury laughing, and even the
Court could not suppress smile. He
was determined to tell all The circums
stances, and a remark of one Of the
counsel for the defense, that witnesses
frequently said more than was required
of them and things. that counsel did
not care to hear, did not deter him from
doing so: objection after objection was
made by the defense to the testimony,
some of which the Court sustained. IT
became evident that All Jacks and
Charley Wing s>counsel, were each de-
terhined to do the best he could for his
client, regardless of the consequences
to the other, while Judge Grass. who
was acting for both, made a stubborn
fight.
Owing to the objections and argu-
,rents of counsel, the evidence was not
closed until late hour and night SEES
sion was held. The arguments of coun-
sci created considerable merriment
among the spectators. The District At
torney held that both The defendants
were guilty. Judge Berry endeavored
to make it appear that his client,
Charley Wing, was innocent, and that
if any crime had been committed All
Jack was the culprit. General Buck
ner opposed this view of thercase and
argued that Judge Berry's client was
guilty, and his innocent, while Coun.
selor Gross contended that both were
innocent. When the Court charged the
jury, outsiders who manifested q lively
interest in the matter, discussed the
views of counsel, and one of them OF
legal turn Of mind handed the Clerk of
the Court this instruction
eff the jury. believe from the evil
dence' that General Buckner's client was
made cat's-paw by Berry's client,
then Berry's client should be convict.
ell but if the jury believe this job
was put up by Buckner, then his client
should be convicted; and if'the Jury be.
lieve the, theory of GRASS, then both che-
PENDANTS should be discharged and the
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