Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-08-24
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tho long list OF crimes committed i'll
the Mardis mining district. On
Wednesday afternoJn, john Nelson
Hicks, nn old man seventy years OF
sge. was shot down by Andrew And
erson Schole. Il native OF Denmark.
aged about thirty years. Tho par
ticulars OF the killing rs given by
John j. O'Douncll, who witnessed it,
before the coroner's jury are ms fol-
lows:
Mr.. Hicks aud myself went to Mr..
Graham's Oh Wednesday morning to
get Il horse. We left Graham's to.
gether aud were going along the road
when a man told u tn hold on. We
waited until he came up. He asked
Hicks what he WIS going to do about
that COW that he had stolen from him.
Hicks replied that he had no. stolen
my COW from him-that he got it
from his brother. The man called
Hicks "a lying -. Hicks
told him that il he WIS Il young fell
low .as Young as he WIS. he would not
allow him to call HIN tlIat name. lie
told Hicks to move on or he would
! shoot the - -. Hicks
said Shoot" aud the a shot. When
the shot was fired the man WIS stand.
ing inside tie fence Of Jessen's field.
Hicks was ON his horse. When the
shot WIS fired the horse whIrled and
Hicks fell i'll the road. Hicks was
shot in the back. Hicks said
nothing after he was shot. Tho gan
was Il breech loading shot gun. Only
one shot was fired. The man said
nothing after the shooting. but walk
ell down the field and came in the
house. Hicks saw the man when he
fired. Hicks had no weapons oh him
that day that know uf. Hick start
ed To move On when told to.
The man alluded to in the evidence
Of O'Donneil was afterward proven
TO he Andrew Anderson Sc!;oIe.
Nick Mccoy testified that the de-
ceased was John Nelson Hicks, Il
native OF Missouri, aged about
seventy years. There was Il difficulty
about Il yearling and a COW. Hicks
once accused Schole OF taking some
wire from him aud also Of stealing a
yearling. | only know Of this 10y
hearsay. | believe there has been
hard feelings on account OF the
trouble about the COW. never
heard any threats.
The jury found that the deceased
wins John Nelson Hicks. aged about
10 years, a native Of Missouri. That
he came to his death by gunshot
wounds inflicted by Andrew Ander-
sol Schole on the 22nd day Of .Au-
gust. 1900.
We learn from Constable Graham
Of Mardis that after the shooting
Schole went to his house and told
what he had done and surrendered
himself. The constable went imme.
diatcly to the seem OF the shooting
and found Justice Pearson by the
side Of the dead man. Learning that
Hicks was dead he returned to his
house and took charge OF SchUle.
Schole was taken before Justice
Pearson and charged with murder.
He waived a preliminary cxamiua.
ton and was held to appear before
the grand jury without bail. lie was
brought to EIko last night and lnhg.
ed in Jail.
We learn from Mr.. lessen. who nc.
companied the constable, that
Hicks was shot from nearly in
front and that ono shot penetrated
his left side III the region OF the heart
and that cvera others lodged in the
right shoulder.
1t is Impossible to get Scholr's yer.
sion OF the shooting ns he and his
friends refuse Ia talk. lie las en-.
ployed Brown IL Henderson To defend
him aud will doubtless mike n II
iigh, for his liberty.
Tho INDEPENDENT will not COM
ment ON the tragedy further than to
cay the evidence adduced at the in.
quest. il true, places Mr.. SchOlc in mn
~unenviable position. Ills side Of tie
affair 10 yet to hc told and when
heard i'll court may place him in II
more favorable light lie must now
answer To the law for his crime. lie
is spoken OF highly by those who
know him as a quiet, %pcaceable ciii
zen.
Those who knew Mr.. Hicks in his
lifetime speak Of him ns n quiet, in
offensive man and a good citizen.
They regret, ~ all good citizens
must. the violent mnnuer Of his
death.
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