Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1886-02-17
DISTRICT COURT.
October Terra, 1855 --hon. N. A. Msr
ply Jadae.
WEDNESDAY, February 10,

with murder. Defendant plead not
gailty. Set for trial February 10th.
State of Nevada vs.. 4. Charlebois-
Ordered that this case be submitted TO
another grand jury
THURSDAY, February 18th
Ty Fook eli al VS.. r. NJ. Smith
Tried BY jury, judgment for plaintiff
for $500 and cost of suit, Execution
stayed until Feb. 18th.
SATURDAY, February 18th
Lizzie J. Fannon Va. S. d. Fannon-.
Decree of divorce granted as prayed
for. s!''- -
.f.s FEBRUARY, 15Tn 1886.
State of Nevada VS.. Lola Montana
Charge Of murder. =
Delenda Elquita--for Stats-Had u
child born in defendants house. Had
been living there before child was born.
A room was prepared for me in the
wood shed where took care Of the
child for ninr days. was placed
there to keep the birth secret. She
often said the child must die, and after
it was born took it ana measured it in
box. Alter she took the child she
would permit NO one to 20 to feed H..
She said she had prepared some kind
Of sage tea and PIT it in his bottle in
order to hasten his death. The child
WAS healthy. often requested to see
nay child, but was not permitted.
When she WAS going to bury the child
she said that ii | did not stop crying
she would throw II out into the grave
yard.
Gross ExAMINED-I did testify
before the committing magistrate that
1t was an eight months chlld. This
was not correct. l used the word
eight months" because | could not
remember the exact time. l testified
before the CDroner that the child was
born sick and not ia time. | testified
before The Coroner that Twas, present
when the child died. II WAS Not cor.
rect l testified before the Coroner
that the chill was not badly treated,
that it was with me night and day, and
that it died in a house across the street.
This was not correct. I said before
the Coroner that / took the child To
where slept every night, but i. was
not correot.
,QuEsTIoN--Did you swear falsely
before the Coroner
swore rs enc directed. Il testified
before the. committing magistrate that
testified as did through fear OF the
defendant, and II WAS true.
! stated in my examalion to-day that I
ain afraid OF defendant aud am still
afraid of her.
as='.5 February, 10th.
l testified yesterday that the defen.
dant told meto make safe tea tn hasten
the death Of the child She did tell
me to make sage tea that the child
might die sooner.
1 was confined in the wood shed
which WIS immediately back OF the
Kitchen, there was no floor In he-wood
shed. ! never told defendant that a
drunken man jumped on me. 1t was
ten or eleven days after the birth. of
the child that the dcfendan. forced me
into prostitution. 1t is not n fact that
the defendant told me repeatedly to
stay at home and take care of the
child, or it,would die. The defendant
never told me to stop fesding the child
with corn starciL or It would die. The
child was never fed with corn starch,
After the afst nine days, never fed
the chii3, the defendant took entire
charge of ~ l did not Examine the
child after il was dead The next
morning after it was buried it WIS
takes pat Of the grave, and l saw sores
Apoh III | did say in my direct exam
ihAhon thai they were sA,edsores they
must have been bed sores. :
PoMposa Padea--SworaA HIVE
known defendant for three years. have
lived in her house. Mrs. Elquita's
baby died on the It'll. OF October 1885.
Was in and about the house from The
time the child was born until 1t died.
Mrs. Elquha took care of the child
until IL vas nine days old, The de.
PENDANT took care of the child after
that until1it died. | saw the child
once or twice aftvr 1t WAS mae day,
old until 1t died. Mrs. Elquita first
told me ,hs baby was dead II vas
bleeding at the nose when saw il
dead. Tho defendant was not prcsen,
when Mrs. Elquita told ;as. the child
WINS dead. The sdefpy,iaht eto;d Mr.