Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-04-02
HARRIS
SENTENCED
GETS NINE MONTHS III THE
STOREY COUNTY jnii-.
Harr;. Hac Seen Full It
fjshi I3r ge4Fs.

j. II. B. Harris, who Was convicted
of the crime OF sending Dissent mat
ter through the u. S. mail, was yester-
day sentenced to nine months IL the
storey county Jail.
v. hen the time cameto pass sentence
the Judge asked the prisoner Ii ne mad
any reason to state why sentence
should not be passed. Samuel Piatt,
representing the prisoner, asked the
court for leniency and made d strong
plea. The Judge had overruled the
motion to stay sentence and Cuash the
indictment. Judge Hawley also read
ali opinion from the bench covering
the poi1-ts. in doubt and overruled the
motion on the points cited.
The case of Harris is 4 peculiar one
He has lived the life of a hermit ior
many years, most of the past twenty
years being spent in tunnels that he
claimed were or his property ard the
Silver Peak people have disputed. The
Marshal has On a number OF occasl-
ons elected Harris from the property,
only to find him in new position IN
his next appearance Harris has been
before the court MANY times ard near
~ in every case the trouble has been
between the Elaits. the millionaire
mine owners, and Harris. N nearly
every case he has lost his suit or the
decisions have been rendered again st
him; yet with every dollar he could
scrape, he would face the court ard
take another try at the hig concern
Harris has even been assaulted in TIE
endeavor to get him cut OF the way
and even this did not prevent hin
from coming to the front with auo
Their case.
In his long fight for what he con
siders right, he has grown 20 regart
the whole world with suspicion. MeI
at the Peak refused to converse will
him and he adopted the mails Il
transmit what he had to say. If he hat
a grievance against any party. if was
~. ed through the mail, and III cas'
the postmaster failed to promptly de
liver the paper or letter. Harris woul'
file a complaint with the department
at Washington He kept TIE postal il
spectors in hot water half the time an
was as We'll posted on the laws al
regulations as any of the inspector
or those connected with the service
He received the very latest ruling
and whenever the country postmaste
failed in a branch OF the service O
went complaint This made him q
ditional enemies and when he let b
foot slip and violated one Of the POI
tai avs. the people whom he had K
ported tols the chance to throw tn
boomerang. Harris was caught IA
and square and will have to suffer IN
consequences.
he regarded as a criminal. On the COZ
trary, he is believed to be honest I
the fraction and the fight that he he
Waged against odds al these yeal
would have driven many man out
the country.
It is even claimed that through tt
interference that Harris has put l
that the sale Of the Silver Peak mint
has beer broken on a number of a
casions. How true this is will now
told, as Harris is out Of the way f
some time to come and his old enen
has the situation in his own hand al
can deal without interference CT pr
test of J. H. B. Harris.
The postmasters along the line al
the inspectors will also draw a lol
breath and take a lax moment viii
Harris is laid up temporarily. The
is but one regret and that is that t
man with his natural qualities had
run the gauntlet with millions 4
ainst him.