The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-11-01
The Trial OF jenkins,

The trial Of jenkins for the killing OF
Joe Dean, in the District Court at Eur,-
ka, was continued Tuesday. A large
number Of Witnesses were called To the
stand, but their testimony was simply
III regard to what they knew Of the
character OF the defendant, which WAS
very generally in jenkins favor. A
few also testified to the previous char
acter of the deceased, Dean, the gist of
which was. that while he was n very de-
termined mnn and somewhat overbear-
ing, he was n square man and good citi-
Zen. The part Of the proceedings cal
culated to attract attention was the tes-
timony Of the defendant. followed by
that of Joaquin Espenozei, a vaquero
Ia the employ Of Dean at the time Of
the homicide. and present at the first
meeting between Dean and Jenkins.
The %lHtter's testimony was as follows:
son the 29th Of August last Joe
Dean and one II his men came to my
camp; Dean asked ne, Whose sheep
ARE those?" 1 told him they were mine;
"You s-of n b.. who told you You
could keep your sheep on my range?"
said Dean; | asked him his name; he
said it was Dean; / said ] thought /
was on Government land; that other
parties had told me l was on Govern
ment land; Dean said, 81 don't care
what you OF any other s. Of II b. says;
you can't come on my ranges | asked
him how far his ranges extended down
n certain direction; he sud, az claim
all the ranges down this way for 80
miles, or wherever my cattle go; ] said,
"As l am on Government land ! want
to remain here until the first snow, SO
that l can get water for my sheep while
moving them on; Dean said: God
d-n You, 1 will put you out right now
/ said. call right, l shun't assist you;''
Then he got maj and stepped toward
me and said, Good d-n you / have "a
big mind to finish you right here now"
i said, 'Dean, l did net come II re t.
have any trouble;'' Eyes, you id, YOU
Id g. Of n b; l can tear Il dozen
like you to pieces with my hands tie |
behind my back; you nre no part Of "A
man; you are "A cowardly s-n of a b.;
l dare you to call me a 5 of n b.
he went on; 1 said, "No, / don't Gull
people such names;' he got on his
horse and said, II will give you three
days to leave in, or l will fix you; THAT
was the first time / ever saw Joe Dean "
jenkins further testified that he wanted
tn Start with his sheep eastward, but If.
ter some days search tailed to find dis
horses, that Dean again came to his
camp and asked, "Arc you going to
stop here" that he answered, "No, /
would have gone away yesterday bad I
found my horses" that Dean said, 81
would like TO have you say you were 20.
ing to stop here;'' that on Sept. 18th
Dean came again to his camp and said,
damn you 1 want you to get ont Of
here before night or else I'll kill you on
the spot; mind you, this il the last time
l will tell you;'' that Dean refused 10
hire him horses, saying. damn you |
will make you pnCk hat stuff across the
valley on your back" that he then
hunted his horses but still failed to lind
them, and fearing trouble with Dean, re.
manned In the hills supperless all night:
resumed search neSt morning, but with.
out success. and about noon went 10
camp TO get something to eat; Willie
there saw Dean approaching with a
spade in his hand; Dean said: Didn't
l tell you 10 leave here1" | said, "a
find my horse. bat / will pack the
across the valley on my back"
and l commenced packing up; I picked
Up a piece Of willow TO put under the
and he advanced toward me as II