Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-12-06
Judge Talbot Scores the Lincoln
County Lynchers


County Lynch.rs.
The Pioclie Rcco,d has the follow.
ing regarding the trial ci the men,
indicted for the attempted lynchng
Of the negro, George Ellis, ut Fay.
Lincoln county, irw weeks ago.
The remarks nf Judge Talbot III dis
charging the trial jury must have
sent Il shivcI down the backbone of
the defendants.
The trial occupied all ~ Monday,
Tuesday. "Wednesday and Friday, the
case g"nR To the jury at haif past
four o'clock un ihnI day. The jury
WIS out all hight and reached "A
verdict at u O'Clock Saturday morn
inp, the verdict beng as follows
Eg inst the following named de-
PENDANTS: n IL Cooper, f. V Tren-
holm, Pete SuhIvich, David ilnustun,
DENNIS Doyle, Elliot McGallurd and
Harry Hayes, guilty Of assault and
battery, and defendants Ernest Gay.
ford. Wm A Schopmau, Thomns
Beck, Burt Rush, Joseph Kennedy
and Phil Beck were found not
guilty.
Juigc Talbot on di=charging the
trial jury took occasion to remark
tliat no doubt majority ~ the jlry
had tried to do thcir full duty. out
that the upppsinuD interpused 10y
outsiders. principally fron Fay and
that vIcnlty Viss such as To tot cc Il
cOmprOmisc and mOdiii 'ation Of their
verdict. He scored numerically all
thn,c persons implicated III the at.
tempted iyuchng Oi Ellis, and cs
pccinlly the officers of the Horse
Shoe Guli Mining Company Tor try.
ing tO lntimIlatu the oil i.crs ~ the
county and stlii' iu uytIce b! threats
Of mon-suppOrt ht subsequent oicC.
tiOns and for attempting To throttle
the newspapers Tor ventilnting the
outrage. lie said in termG that ANY
bslN ilO N'lll'l liltit lp an hilliilH
such bruthlIii8 as were inflicted
upon Ellis without cause, unght to
bc severely punished and that the
parties interested and their ay mpa.
thIZcrs III and about Fay were not
lit companions aud not worthy Of the
as-uciatInn ~ any decent person, and
that III these dpy- Of cnlightcnmei I
aud civilization such people We n" Il
dctriment and Disgrace Ia any re-.
spectacle community.
lie commended the fcarIcgsncss IN
which the officers performed their
duty and pald u rribut' to tho Few
loyal cItiZ"n4 - Fay who had the
moral courage and manhood tn pub.
Ii all, dcuounr" The lynch ~ aud Ia
irarlcssly testify On 5rhalf u the
State.
II il rumorrd IN ihc street 'ha: the
jIry stood ten '"t conviction on 'hc
second bIllp; and tSu for TrQuitnl u
the charge ~ an assault with Iutcut
to kill, and il IL well known hat the
two obstinate jurymcn hal interests
and influence brought to bear upon
them other than thnt tending tn pro-
mote the en- IL of IIstiro The yer
diet no doubt was cOmprOuisc ON,
hrd the beat the jury could do under
the circumstances. II ~ well known
TINT u majority " the jury men were
fear less in the iii .chargC Of their duiy
md had il not been Tor IN" nppUsi'
ton Il ono or two, u yer llct OF as
eauli with intent tu kill wnuid nave
been rendered.
fnu verdict Of the jury however
will enable thc Court To prOnnuncC
judgment that will tO sonc extent
cVpiata the crime l'ho maximum
peunlCy beng tine Oi $1,000 or in
prisuumcnt III the county jail n
hard labor for period not exceed
my Xix mOntha.
rho sentence NJ u the defend "t'
abnYc named Will hr passed on Mon
day. he Dad day oi DoccmOcr, at
n'cIpck.
rho casc ~ the State ~ Nrvnda "
tho sa,nc parties for robbery was con
tinuCd for tho term.