Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-01-04
NOW FOR THE BIG FISH.

The Reno Journal has the following:
James Heney, who occupied the
subordinate position Of 'helrer' at
the Carson Mint. is now in the State
Prison for rotbing the Government,
and Barney Bru!e is behind the bars
for bribing witnesses, who were sup
posed TO know something about the
mint robbery that would incriminate
Heney and others, to keep out Of the
way.
These are small fish. however. moth
ing more than mere minnows in a
pool in which there are large fish that
are beyond doubt more responsible
for the shortage in the mint and the
reprehensible methods u:ed to prevent
a conviction Of those responsible for
it, than those now in Jail.
Intelligent men VINO have worked
in the mint, say it is impossible for a
helper in a department to steal any
appreciahle amount OF bullion or coin
without the knowledge OF the heads of
the department. That being the fact
there must have been collision be
tween Heney and others. He could
not have taken the $4,000 in gold
which he had melted at the Reno Re
ductiOn Works without the knowI-
edge Of others. That is proved by the
spurious melt which is shown to be
worth 81 900, when it should be worth
$23. 600. That melt could not have
been made by Helper Heney, who is
lot a practical metAllurg;s-, butt it was
evidently made by persons who wanted
to conceal the shortage. These per
sons were doubtless the partners to
whom Heney referred, and the Gov
eminent ought to be able to ascertain
who they are and send them to keep
him company.
Again, as the Silver State remarks,
the Government officials cannot think
that Brule, Il deputy constable of Car
son, paid Langevin $500 out OF his
own pocket to keep ont OF the way
during the Heney trial. Brule is but
q small fish in the great pool Of cor
ruption which the mint trials have
disclosed. He had no particular in
terest in keeping witnesses for the
prosecution out Of the way. He had
MT been employed in the mint, was
not ave suspected OF being implicated
in the steal, and it is not to be sup
posed that he paid $500 Of his own
money to Langevin to secret himself
during the progress Of the Heney trial.
The people are not satisfied with the
conviction Of Heney and Brule. and
the Government should not be. There
are much bigger fish than either, who
are more culpable. Heney admitted
when he took the gold to the Reno
Reduction Works that he had three
partners in the mine and the Gov
eminent ought to be able to ascertain
who they are. Brule, no doubt, was
hired by those partners or some per
son acting in their behalf, and the
authorities with the whole power Of
the Government at their back, ought
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those partners and their agents as
easily as they have that Of Heney and
Bruls.
The above is sound talk and the
whole State is waiting anxiously to
see the Government net close about
the big fish, the principal rascals in
the case. The professional jury bri-
bers and corrupters of witnesses, the
men who planed the jobs and furnish
cd the money for the wretched work,
are the parties the people Of this State
want behind the bars. The machin-
cry Of the Government has been idle
for the past week, and if the mill don't
start up on fresh ore mex week people
will begin to enquire the reason. We
think however, that if the public will
wait a few days the stamps will begin
to fall once more.