Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-02-04

A white Pine Murderer Turns I'm
in y New Role-The Downfall OF n
Prominent Citizen.


Tbs divorce suit Of Miriam A. LiddJ,
against james Liddle, which has been on
trial in Judge Wsllace's court for thEe,
days, was concluded this morning. II
was submitted without argument, and the
Court granted a divorce to plaintiff On
the ground Of adultery. The defendant !.
a ranoher from Taylor, White Pins
county, Nevada. The testimony intro.
duced during the trial showed that h.
was criminally intimate with a young
squaw, and that the latter gave birth 10
a child, which he recognized as his %.
spring. The community property in.
volved in the suit amounted TO about
$4,000. The Court has not yet deter.
mined upon the amount which the wife
Is entitled TO receives. 4. Evening
Post.
James Liddle Is the sweet-scented dill
that all the elite Of White Pine and In.
reks counties combined to save from the
gallOws for the murder Of old man Nor
ton, not far from Hamilton in 1879.
The circumstance of the case, in short.
are these: Norton took up a piece Of
land about 80 miles from Hamilton. Lid.
die was a Prominent and influential citi-
zen of White Pine, and he claimed the
land upon which Norton settled. Find.
ing Norton working on the ranch prop
erty, building upon il and improving 1t
by fencing and everything that was nee
essary for its cultivation, he went to
Hamilton, bought a rife, returned To the
ranch, and while the old man was swing.
ing a pick hundreds Of yards away, he
shot him down like a dog and killed
him. The case never came to trial. The
trouble was with the Judge and the pow
erty OF the county, but it is never too
late to mend, and cold-blooded murder is
too hideous to be long CLOSED over by
" prominence" OF "infusnce. Virginia
Enterprise.
A gentleman who is c~onversant
with all the facts in relation to the
shooting OF Norton, sends us the fol-
lowing IN reply to the Enterprises
charge OF Liddle being a murderer:
Prior to the difficulty which cul-
minated in the death OF Norton,
Liddle had, owned and claimed what
is known as "30-Mile Springs" for
several years. Some improvements
had been made from time to time on
the "30-Mile Springs" ranch by Lid
die. Norton assuming that he could
junp il, went on the ranch and
commenced TO pillow and fence it.
Liddle, who then resided in Hamil-
ton or Ward, was informed Jf It, and
went to the ranch, and demanded OF
Norton 10 quit. This was refused,
and Iiddle got together three friends,
who, with himself, went TO the
ranch, and a difficulty ensued, in
which Norton raised a shovel and
rushed at Liddle, who shot one single
shot, at very close quarters, and
killed Norton. The case was investi-
gated by one Grand Jury, which
brought in a report exonerating Lid
die, and Immediately on the filing OF
said report Judge Rives, who then
presided in White Pine county, or
dered that the case be again sub
mitted to another Grand Jury. An
other Grand Jury, composed, as
Grand Juries usually are, Of the
best men in the county, again ig-
nored a bin of any kind against Lid
die. This second submission ex-
hausted the power Of the Judge, and
it having been twice submitted, and
Mr.. Liddle having been twice exon
Grated from blame in the killing Of
Norton, it behooves all good citizens
to a%cquiesce in the course the law
has taken, and especially should peo-
pie. who live in glass houses, be
cautious, If they are devoid Of mod
esty, before they insinuate " murder
against men who have never been in
dicted, much less, not only not in
dicted, but tried, found guilty and SEN
fenced, for killing a fellow-man.