Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-10-30
Volume 81.
HARRY EGBERT.
A Complete Story Of His
Crime, Chase and
Arrest.

After the arrival Of Constable McCny
Wednesday with Harry E.bert there
wis considerable excitement ON the
streets aud it WIS some time before the
reporter could get an interview with
him. E.hcri WAS finally taken to Jail
where the cham attached to each Of his
ankles was taken off He then express.
cd wish I" sec the reporter and make
a statement. He nskcd TINT this bc
done privately aud Constable Mccoy,
District Attorney iirndcrsun, the p1ie-
nncr and the editor of the INpErESDENT
went into the back room ni the sheriiI's
office, where EsbcIt made the following
statement uf hid arrest:
-Coustahle McCuy was ho, on my
trail. ! left AmrrirRu Falls Sunday
morning and hc was there that night.
pulled ont TINT day for RuckInnd and
got there about l2:3D nr | o'clock. Tie
saloon WIS crowded With men. ! asked
the saloon Keeper ~ front 0i all these
men la Pu; NV hura-. III mH tarn WAS
III .tnckland all day and the next night
Mctuy tclrphnuCi from bonanza Bar to
hold me. They arrratcd the un the
charge ~ hCrsc stealing. vent to the
hnrn with my horse. tied him up and
went back tO get - bucket ~ oats for
him. Friend Stone. tn" blacksmith,
won't over la III" store about II block
md u half away nmh was TALKING to the
clerk. climbed out u the barn and
kept the hHrn between him and me and
mndc Tor the bills. WIS III tho lead.
Some stranger SAW me gong and told
him. between ten and fifteen men took
after mo nn horseback. armed with pis.
t0s and Winchester riilcs | run be-
tween four aud five miles and hid in the
Engchrush They rode up with WIN.
chcstcrs and surrendered. They took
mc back to town and about thirty min.
utcs after we got there Constable Me.
Coy rode III and took mo in charge. Me.
Coy was abont fifteen miles behind
me. had hired out to II shcrpmnn At
Rncklnnd. He wouli have got me him.
sclf within two hours IL he had not wir-
cd those people at Rocklnud Mccoy
treated me fine rouiHg back. Could
not have been better il had not been a
prisoner.
STORY or ms CRIME.
When Egbert hat finished the above
statement, the rep ,rtcr asked him il hc
wanted I" Gay anything about his
trouble IN Oregon TINT led 10 his arrest.
IIo replied that he did and made tile
following statement:
Especial Deputy Sheriff Saxon arrest.
me ut the Mnhun ranch III llarncy c"un'
~, Oregon, one Saturday morning
about I o'clock. went into my house
to talk 1" my wife nnd went through the
back window. | stayed ont all that dny
and the next night and then walked IN.
Ia Andrrw". Orrgnn, about siXty.fivc
miles. ! got there about I o'clock in
the afternoon ~ the next day. stayed
under cover till nigh, and then went up
to Jack WtBta cabin. lie gave inc Il
shotgun nnd ten shells loadcd with buck
shot. He euid: Nov go down and SEQ
unless y0u have to. 10 they come onto
you blow il through them ! went
down iO the louac mud saw her ! left
the shotgun. got u Winchester, hid
her g0od.by aud started OutI walked NIL
that night 10 Dcnin, u little town over
the Nevada line. stayed under cover
until tho nGxt morning when went up
to Schrubncr'a saloon door, looked In
and asked tho bartender II tho two men
who wore locking Tor mo woro atill
there ifc told inc thRt they Ind gono
bnck Ia Andrews. treated the men IN
the saloon and then naked Tor lunch Of
canned goods While eating tho lunch
two men. whom ] knew, rode up. ]
duit cniing und went ont to epaak
to them. When camo back to pay
Tor my lunch. Dick Dry, tho
bartender, threw u Gun III my
face and told me to get ont ni town. !
wont towards California uaiill lg0t out
~ aigh, mud then bid in tho mountains
until dark. waltcd - Andro~s, Orc.
gon, TINT ni,hl walkcd back Tor tho
purpose Of seeing my wife to mnkc
dnto for ecndnIs her to a
certain point ON the railroad in Nevada.
After talking with her, ! left the came
night. Tho next duy Charley Field
took her to hia ranch to cook Tor HIN un'