The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-03-13

Grand Juryi Ahearn being accused of
sending threatening letters to Robin
sou. The investigation failed to sustain
the charges and no indictment was
found.
Later in thesummet, report loud and
strong hath it, that several secret
meetings were held in Hamilton by a
few men at which as high sum as
$500 were offered to put Mike Ahearn
''out of the way" But it seems no one
was anxious to take the job. Indeed
it is reported noted thug received the
money and skipped out, leaving the
job unfinished. A Mr.. Foster, Sec
rotary for the Sweetwater Mining Co.,
is said to have made an expose of this
whole matter on the streets of Halnil-
ton. He was suddenly hustled into a
carriage, driven to Eureka, put on
board the train for San Francisco, with
barely funds enough to get there. A
citizen of Taylor met him there a few
days after and gave him the means to
live till he could get something to
do.
A resident of this county told US in
our Office at Cherry Creek that he was
called in at one of those star-chamber
meetings and given to understand he
could get $500 if"Mike Ahearn didn't
turn up some morning. His re-
ply, as stated to US, was !: 'Gentlemen,
] am not in that line Of business, +" and
he walked out. Perhaps before the
next Grand Jury meets he will be sent
to-follow Foster.
Now, all these reports ofconnivance
at the assassination of Mike Ahearn
are open talk in Hamilton, under the
very nose of the officers of the law.
Have they taken any steps to prove
these charges against prominent cti-
zens falsel or tn prove them true; and
punish the guilty on one side or the
otEerY None that we know of.
But still later--on the 25th of July
last-the following appeared in the
NEWS, from our Hamilton correspond
ent:
About a week since Mike Ahearn who had
previously been TO Eureka, went out from here
10 his mine at White Pine Mountain. near the
Jennie road He came in the first Of the
week apparently pretty badly bunged up, and
reported that when be reached home he found
his cabin broken open. but nothing missing:
that he made some bread and tea the sugar
didn't taste right took more of II. felt awful
sick and went to bed. In bis own words.
could just get his boots of and pray 10 the
Lord 20 LET him live just one week" Mike
eays he could not get TO water, but part of n
roll or butter was within his reach. which he
ate, which acted a. an emetic. He remained
IN h IL F.~ aNfn
eonyulsions, twitching. etc. DIR. Hagar, who
was In town, pronounced the symptoms as
those arisiug from strychnine and gave Nike
milk diet. That evening Deputy Sheriff Min
shall and Constable Prfehard went out 10 the
cabin and brought in the remaining portion Of
the loaf of bread. sugar etc. Suspicious
looking crystals were picked ont OF he sugar.
and an experiment WAS made on an lnolan
dog with some of the sugar enclosed in piece
Of meat. The result was that In due time the
'pnrp" sfi1eued. fell over and went into con-
NnlsiOns aud in pity was shot. The jar OF
sugar was stated to be impragnated with
enough strychnine 10 Kill every man, woman
and child IN Hamilton
Now all this looks bad. There is
either a most diabo.ical scheme on foot
To kill Mike Ahearn. for some real or
imaginary end. or. on the other hand,
there is a deep-laid plot to blackel
the fair name of men who stand high
in the community in which they live.
What have the judicial officer of
Hamilton and the District Attorney
of White Pine county, who cannot be
ignorant of these things, done Ia sift
this ugly matter and see that Justices
scales were evenly balancedl Nothing.
To candid and unprejudiced obser
yer in this controversy it looks as if II
makes a big difference with those
whose duty it is to administer the
law, "whose OK is gored.n
ACCIDENTALLY Kflfad.