Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-06-09
s.el.. B.ilio. rs.as.

Stolen Ballion HsaAd.
The Reno Journal has thefollowins
letter from All Doten. its Carson cor
respondent. under The date of june
4th.
.The foundations of the Capital city
were npheaved by an earthquake
again this afternoon by the sudden
and une- pectea discovery Of a lot of
crude bullion concealed in the barn OF
William Picker for manyyes- : ecting
in the responsible capacity OF Deposit
Meter at the Carson Mint.
sMr. Picker was 30 employed under
the Garrard superintendency, going
out with Garrard and was subsequent.
ly a Carson City policeman for
couple OF years, going back into tho
mint when Adams came in as Super
intendent. He has been residing in
the south part OF town west OF the
Briggs House a couple OF blocks, iv-
ing with Flo. Stewart the same as
man and wife. and a little boy sevenor
eight years Of age which they had
adopted. This little boy was the
cause OF all the trouble. They had a
quarrel about the ownership Of the
boy last Sunday in which Pickler
struck her and also struck a woman
who i%nterfered, This other woman
had him arrested and it cost him $40.
In consequence OF threats he has since
made, his wife swore out a warrant
to-day and,put him under bonds to
keep the peace.
@He having obtained possession of
the boy, his wife then concluded to be
avenged for all his alleged bad treat.
ment OF her, declaring that she could
and would send him to State Prison.
She applied to the proper authorities
this afternoon, a search warrant was
issued and detectives raided the Pick.
Ter domicile for bullion which she
swore he had stolen from the mint
from. time to time and concealed there.
They searched the house throughout
and last Of all found the bullion right
where she told them it was, hidden be-
meath a manure pile in the barn
which was close by the house.
4In an interview with the lady at
house where she has been stopping
her break with Pickler she free
ly told me the locality OF the bullion.
Said she, @you say they are search
ing but haven't found it, butthey will,
they can't help it." And they did less
than half an hour later.
@She said Picker had been in the
habit of bringing home pieces of the
crude bullion from his first employ
.ent in the mint down to the present
time, OF within the last two or three
Her description of its charac-
ter could not be mistaken, it was sim
ply retorted amalgam or crude bull
in its rough state us received from
the mills or reduction works for melt.
ing into bars.
4She said Mt one time in Garrard's
administration he had sent lot Of this
crude gold and silver bullion by his
brother, l.. A. Pickler, to sam Fran
cisco, where he sold it, amounting to
about $1,000. 1t was taken from their
and she saw and knew all
about it.. This could be traced, as
brother was out in Montana at a
place called Vale or something SINH
lar. All this same story she told in n
very straightforward manner to other
besides myself, and the bullion found
quite corroboratiye, to say the
least.
4This rough, rugged gold and silver
metal is in pieces of all sorts OF shapes
from the size and thickness OF boys
hand, down to small stuff in a sack,
the whole weighing ten and a quarter
pounds. Sheriff Kinney has it in his
Meanwhile Piclder mingled
with the excited crowd in front
Of the county building, looking conf
dent and smiling and at the present
writing is waiting for the problem to
be decided as to who among the civil
Or Government officials will assume
the authority to arrest him.
aBut the proposition is that this
bullion was not embezzled from the
mint, or Government, but from the
therefore cannot be reck.
oned ms mint shortage. Anyhow it is
that this newly discovered leak
age has been quietly going on right
the face OF the sensational mint in
vestigation and examination. Tho an
nual Government clean up can't come
any too soon.
@Pickler says this bullion is all
that it came from his brother
in Idaho. He says he can explain
everything satisfactorily
The Tribune says that Picker
the bullion found was shipped
to him b. q brother in Idaho and that
he had a letter from his brother men,
tioninR the circumstance under which