Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-08-12
7 he Hotel Register.

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reporter of clerk in one of the lead
ing hotels as The latter closed up
re gister with The remark, "She's rum
ming over with rames"
40 with itf' was The reply. why
file il. of course. Don't you knew il
has been the custom for us to keep all
our registers un fler We have slowed
away all that we have used for the last
ten wears"
whats the objeci." queried the
reporter.
ut often happens that mans liberty
depends upon his ability 20 prove thai
he was at Il certain place, and then
some,imes II hotel register comes in
M ghty handy. Ii is only few weeks
since an attorney in ore of the south.
ern counties ot this State sent up here
after register. His client .was
charged with serious crime. The
man protested his innocence. declaring
that on the night of The robbery he
was in Tins city. In order to prove
that he stepped at our hoielsihe regis.
ter Was brought into requisition; The
mans name was found. the handwrit.
ing declared by I'm expert to he that of
the prisoner and The man rcgalned his
liberty.
IA more curious Case than the above
occurred about five years ago. A man
had been murdered in he central part
OF the Slate. When last seen he WIS
in company with n yeuag man who
had once been dissipatrd, but WIN had
gone through the mCtinns If reform
ing. AS the murdered NAH bad
considerable SUN of money ON his
| person, and as lis companion WAS the
only one supposed to know of II, you
III see thai an apparently strong case
was made against the prisoner. More
over, the supposed pri ,oner had in his
pocket when caught some bills and
coin which the murdered man bad
been paid during the day. The State
thought thai il had II sure case and The
prisoner himself who mii.nlained tina,
he WAS not in the county where the
murder was committed on the fatal
night, almost gave up in despair in his
attempts TO prove an alibi. He said
he came to this city and from here had
gone through TO Detroit, where he was
captured. M one in Tnledo knew
HIM aud he could bring no Witnesses
| TO prove his presence here. Finally
the attorney who was defending him
asked:
Where did you take supper ?"
IN Toledo"
al restaurant or hotelY
al tie - house.
DID,, you register nj the offlceg'
"Wh,. yes, think / did" answered
the prisoner,
your Lonor,' said the attorney, nd.
lressing the court, Il wish 10 ask for II
pnslpnnmei.t of this case IN order l.
sise nae Time 10 produce the register
If the - house. n roledo"
The cont granted lhr request. and d
elesram WIS nj once sent 10 The hotel
ask ing for the register Of such II date,
| took the book duwn there myself,
and Was present at the closing scenes
| + The lrlal. The prisoner had regis
tered in due TORN, and had left the
same evening after paying his bill
fhe defense had but httle trouble in
having his signature identified. This
.ho sn that The murdered man WAS
alive alter The departure of the Toledo
ram, which was the only way that the
prisoner could reach this city al TIM,
me. II required just two hours after
my arrival with the requisites 10 con.
vince the court that the prisoner was
ilno, EN-, and be Was accordingly dis.
charged"
But how did he come 10 have the
money belonging To the victim 7" asked
the reporter.
Ficeced h IN at poker was the
lreply.-Toie1o Ra1e,
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