Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-02-25
oRAND JURY REPORT.
Statements Of True Hills Found-
Bills Ignored, and Presentmeni.
Reports Of Committees.

eoanty Of Eureka:
Hereto annexed you will find the fnsl
report Of the Grand jury. Having dis.
posed Of all the business which has been
brought to the attention Of the Grand
Jury, we most respectfully ask to be dis.
charged. Yours respectfully,
A. ". CAMPBELL. Foreman.
INA REPORT.
EURKEA, Nevada, Feb. Is. 1883.
To Hon. A. l.. Fitzgerald, Judge Of the
District Court Of the State OF Nevada,
county Of Eureka:
Pursuant to law, the Grand Jury met and
organized on the 5th Of December, 1887,
composed of the following members:
A. w. Campbell, Foreman; Duncan
Falconer, A. jackson, James Morris, II.
J. B.emsnkampf, Charles Ferraris, A.
SkillInan, Secretary; John Agnew, Is.
Gilman, N. Barlow, Geo. S. Henderson,
I. ri. Hoffman, Luther Clarke, B. f..
McEwen, Geo. X. MULTI, Henry Rad
eliffe and p. Stanton.
We have found the following true hi Is.
State Of Nevada vs.. Joe Wah, charge Of
selling liquor to Indians.
State Of Nevada vs.. Frank Roze, charge
Of selling liquor TO Indians.
Also the following presentments:
State Of Nevada VS.. Benjamin Sanders,
charge Of willful misconduct in office.
State Of Nevada VS.. Benjamin Sanders,
charge Of willful misconduct In ofcs.
The following bills have been ignored:
State Of Nevada vs.. Phillip Paroni,
charge Of rape.
State Of Nevada vs.. All Sing, charge Of
selling liquor to Indians.
State Of Nevada VS.. john Doe and
Richard Rec, charge of assault and bat
terry.
On the night Of the Sd of January last
Phillip Paroni was seized by a band If
masked armed men, taken to the outskirts
Of town, stripped half naked, besmearsd
with tar, and with his hands bound behind
him, under threats Of death If he returned
to town, left 10 perish in the storm and
cold.
We have investigated this affair, and
while keenly realizing the stigma Of
disgrace under viii h this community com
tinues while the perpetrators of this cow
ardly and inhuman outrage are undetected
unpublished, are compelled TO report
that wo have been unable to secure testi-
mony sufficient to warrant the indictment
Of the parties concerned therein.
We therefore earnestly recommend the
law officers Of this county TO use their most
persistent efforts TO obtain testimony in
case until the guilty parties are brought
to trial and punished as they deserve.
Herewith please End the reports of the
various committees. Respectfully,
A. w. CAMPBELL, Foreman.
A. SKILLNAN, Secretary.
oousTY ROCKS AND OFFICERS.
To A. w Campbell, Foreman Of the
to examine the books and accounts
Of tie county officers, have, to the best of
our ability, done so, and are satisfied that
the accounts Of the County Clerk, Recorder
and Auditor, Treasurer, Assessor and
and Constable, are correctly kept,
and that their offices are conducted in a
business like manner.
In the ShsrifTs Office we found bis books
more systematically and better kept than
By any Of his predecessors. lie is entitled
10 much credit for the prompt and ener-
yetic manner in which he has made his
Of the various kinds of county
licenses.
In the office Of the Justice Of the Peace
found his docket very Incorrectly kept,
so much so, that it would be hard fer any
even an expert. to find out how he has
conducted the financial part OF his Office so
far a. the county and State are concerned.
The committee found several cases where
costs had been collected by him and after
wards he had presented his bills aud been
paid by the county for the same costs.
Also, that he had collected fines which he
failed 10 pay over to the Treasurer.
We would recommend that the County
Commissioners Immediately employ some
competent IeTson TO expert his accounts.
On the 18th of February, 1888, your
counted the money in the
County Treasury, and there was Sll 100 SO
in coin, ard q State School warrant for
81, S25 &C, the amount called for by the
Auditors books, making a total Of
s13, 4e6 81.
We find on the County Auditors books
delinquent taxes for the year 1886 charged
10 the District Attorney, amounting to
81, 203 a., assessed to the following COM
panies: Central Pacific Railroad Com
pany, 1896 a.; Monitor Mill Company,
1908; also, in 1887, Diamond Valley Stock
Company, X. Sadler, agent, for 1914 %,
and s. Wenban for 81, s25. We recom-
that the District Attorney give this
his immediate attention.
We recommend that the County Com
m~issioners make a thorough examination
of the bonds Of all the county officers, for
the reason that some Of the former bonds
men have died, and others have left the
county.
We would recommend that the District
Attorney hereafter keep a book, shelving
what revenue he receives and discusses.
A. SKILLMAN,
LUTHER CLARKE,
III. RADcLIvYa.
PUBLIC MORALS.
A. w. Campbell, Foreman Of the Grand
Jury-Sir: Your Committee on Public
Morals, having had the matter under con-
sideration, and after a careful investiga-
tion, respectfully submit the following re-
port: That a number Of the proprietors OF
saloons in our town, contrary to the stat
ute made and provided, are permitting
Young BOYS Of the age of from IA to IL
years TO visit and engage in various games,
frequently remaining until IL o'clock in
the evening at their establishments. We
feel confident If the ~proprietors above re-
ferred to would only consider for a moment
they would not only see what an injustice
they are doing TO these youths, but also to
their parents, and not permit this state
of affairs to exist any longer.
We also find that the statute prohibiting
the giving OF selling of cigarettes to
youths under the age of II years is openly
violated daily in our midst. Therefore,
yonr committee would earnestly request
the Sheriff Of Eureka county, and all other
officers, to use all due diligence to prevent
all violations Of the statute in such cases
made and provided.
We also recommend that the District
| Attorney, the Sheriff and his deputies pay
| strict attention to the "400-yard" law,
| and also to the "curfew law, and see that
| the law be strictly enforced in both cases
a. JACKSON,
! +. j. BRIMENKAhPF.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS,