Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-11-22
THE N
The Position Of the Appeal Re-
garding it

rant issued 1 r The arrest of q. S. Dis :
trict Attornty Jones on a charge Il
assault with a deadly weapon but that
Mr. Davis objected emphatically to ,
any such course.-NeWs.
The above paragraph is not entirely {
correct. The day TIT assault was made {
the APPEAL editor was asked by Deputy
Sheriff Knoblock to swear to a COM I
plant. He declined to do 50 for the I
reason that be did MT feel like call
ing on the County authorities to pro-
tect him from d man Of Jones c,li-
her.
He considered the fact that Jones,
after attacking an unarmed man nn-
awares and beatiDg him with steel
kGuckles nearly Into a state ~ E--+-;-
sibility, was Obliged to pull a six
shooter and funk the finish OF he
fight as sooD as his antagonist go, up,
aud concluded that the contempt of
| scores of people who witnessed his
cowardness and he disgust of the
community would ,e a sufficient puu-
| ishment.
tDiU'e tldj tli!t, HoWtNti, 'h0 ma
ha- denied to everyone that he had
steel knuckles on or a gun, aud his
lying has BEEN 80 persistent and his
clustering 50 notorious that it ecomes
necessary for the APPEAL batn 10 prove
the charge that led to the attack aud
to demonstrate publicly Jhat Jones
made the assault with steel knuck'es.
The fact thar the man whom be de-
cIined to prosecute Tor witness brihing
is now active in defending hiIa, that
he congratulated him after the as
sault and offered t. pay his fine,
shows to the community exactly the
way the wind blows.
The ring that Mr.. Jones publicly
hGasted he would break UP are now
his most active supporters and SYM
pathisers, simply because they realize
that legal investigation Of the assault
will result in a vacancy in the office
of United States District Attorney,
and this is mere to be feared by them
than anything that could happen.
This gang has carried its usual
tactics into this case aud circulated
. the report that the APPEAL lied when
, it charged Jones with an assault with
deadly and has tried to bull
ly witnesses into r%etractirg their state
\ ments. So far they have not been able
to really browbeat a single eye wit
ness Of the affair. The men who saw
the assault and the steel knuckles on
Jones hand are not the SOFT of men
@ 70 be browbeaten into silence, nor cal
i, they run them off into Canada as III
the re, mt theft and bribery cases.
20 The davafter the assault a private
citizen called on his office and offer
20 ed to swear to a complaint. He wa:
Thanked for his kindly consideration
=, 10 he matter and Informed t0at tn
ri Grand Jury would make an investig;
"a ton upon the presentation of the cas-,
by the District Attorney. A littl
in while after the assault Jones, VIII,
had taken council with Coffin, cam
TO the District Attorney and tried {
get out of his bad scrape by Offering
in to plead guilty toa simple assault an
10 paw a money fine. But the DiStriC
!, Attorney who had learned from
~ dozen reputable witnesses Of the chal
al acter of the assault declined to allo'
this to be done and will bring it reg
=, ularly before the Grand Jury on tn
In proper charge.
The Rec wOn16 not pycn n ore it's III
Of sition in California journalism tn-da,
o. with either the Chronicle or the cal
ay As for the pie counter, pastries Oh
tanned at the sacrifice Of principle al
ruinous to the health and moral stan
- ing of any Dewspaper.-Bee.
"S This is correct talk. The Bee toda
~ stands on a higher pedestal of decen
cy and principle. 4 bigger circuli
&C ton than it had when She campaig
To- started and several scaips danglin
he from its belt.
Phillip Carroll, agent for the Oh
cago Powder and Dynamite firm, WI
went over on the last expedition i
'tle Dauntless and who passed throug
San Francisco yesterday, says a con
pany Of sixty Texas rangers. arme
with rifles, landed on the islar
three weeks ago, and these men a
~ on the lookout all the time for SPANS
officers. For every officer whom the
kill or fatally wound they are said
get $1,000, aud the man who Kill
Weyler is to get $1,000. An insurge
with a glass watches the result of
,ck. shot and he can tell whether it kills
not.