Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-09-28
SHERIFF. BURDICK EXPLAINS


why He Failed 60 Execute war.
rants or Arrest ~ Beowawe.
The failure Of Sheriff Burdick Of this
county to capture Carl Brown and Jack
Layton At Beowawe . couple Of weeks
ago is being discussed by some Of the
State papers with some sspsrity and .
degree OF censure the circumstances
hardly Justify. Mr.. Burdiok states that
on the night Of his arrival ct Beowswe,
he was given . warrant for the arrest Of
Brown and Layton, who were then 81
the Benson Hotel, considerably under
the influence Of liquor. That ID had been
previously arranged between the Sheriff
and Messrs. Merchant and Farrell, who
are In charge of the principal large stock
companies in the north end Of the county,
and who have seemed most DESTROYS OF
getting action on whoever was getting
away with their cattle, that . number Of
men should be ct Beowswe on the Sher.
ifs arrival to aid him in making the Or.
rests. Not . single man appeared. and
it was suggested by Justice Of the Peace
Engstrom Of Beowawe that it might pos
sibiy be wiser for Sheriff Burdick TO wsit
until morning. when the men wanted
would be sobered up and more likely to
be tractable than while they were In
their cups, and somewhat reckless with
their guns. That they would with
hardly . doubt be still at Beowawe, %
they had . large number Of horses up the
river near town, which would take them
two or three days to gather. 10 view
Of the circumstances Sheriff Burdick con.
cluded IL to be . much more reasonable
plan than TO wade through . fierce
war" after his men, and possibly be com-
PEELED to hurt some one badly, when il
seemed much more feasible to effect the
arrests with less probability Of serious
consequences in the morning. He there
fore went to bed, and when he arose in
the morning he found that his birds had
flown. having in some amer gotten
wind Of his presence in the hotel.
Sheriff Burdick says he is making
every effort to capture these men who
are charged with cattle stealing, but he
is not doing it with . brass band and
bonfires.
These men, Carl Brown and Jack Lay
ton. are claimed to have changed the
horseshoe brand, owned by G. w. Gray
son, by connecting the lower ends Of the
horseshoe and then making . small hori-
zontal line to the right of the horseshoe
and making . vertical line at the end Of
the horizontal line, thus making what 10
intended to be understood as the Oh
brand.
They recently traded . number Of cat
tie. upon which the brands had been so
changed, with E. WALTZ Of the McCloskey
Creek ranch, south Of Cortez. for horses.
taking the horses TO the railroad at Beo-
wave.
1t is generally believed among the
stock owners in the north end Of this
county that several others are concerned
10 the business Of rustling cattle and
horses in that section besides Layton and
Brown.
A number Of the large stock ~raisers in
Eureka and Lander counties have placed
the matter before the Elko County Cat
tie Association. and that organization lie
now understood to be taking Q lively in
terest in collecting evidence with which
to prosecute any and ell those who have
been engaged in rustling cattle and horses
in the north end.