Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-08-06
THEIR DEFENSE.

In making a statement of their |
side of the case the men agreed on |
all material facts and we're extremely |
anxious that the public should be n
formed of what they denounce as IN |
unfair trial. They we're inclined to |
allow SEWER to act as their spokes- |
man, and to his interv1ewers he talk |
ed without restraint for half an hour,
answering all questions as they were
put to him. At times in his statement
his companions would interrupt to
cOrroborate some important remark
or would interiect . few words to
to bring to light some point that he
was about to overlook.
SEWER has cellar the keenest
mind of the four. All seem to be intel
into the forties, is their intellectual
superior. He is charged with possess
ing bad record b. Sheriff Lamb who
says he has been IN trouble before.
There was never another trial like
it, from the time We were lined up
in the justice court up to the time
Of our conviction exclaimed SEWER
First we were arrested in the Owl
! Saloon at GOlconda h. Sheriff Lamb,
who thought that we had robbed Wal
| dron and this man Kelly Then we
! We're released as neither Waldron nor
! Kelly identified Us as the men who
! did the work. A half hour afterwards
! Lamb arrested US again and we were
! examined by WaldGon and Kelly with
the result that we were eXhOnOrated
| by them. We Were released again
! hut were taken into custody late,
when it was learned that Welsh had
, been killed. They immagined that We
might have had some connection with
the case. Then We were arranged be
fore the justice OF the peace. You
| ought to have seen that court of JUS
tice. We We're taken into it in irons
with deputy sheriff sitting beside us
with a shotgun across his lap while
another sat near by smoking a cigar-
cite and twirling a siX-shOOter. Ev-
eryone about us was armed to the
teeth and we were there to receive jul 5
tice at the hands OF = court that was
supposed to be unprecedented. You can
imagine how we received it.
In the circuit court our show was
no better. There was no armed dem
onstration. but we were not allowed
to take the stand in our defense or per
mitted to introduce our most strongest
testimony. Somehow the lawyers
did not seem to want it Nor we e
We allowed a change Of Venue or sep
t crate trials, both of which were du,
us as a matter of right. No, We wert
dragged into court to be convict ),
and we were. 1t was foregone con
clusion from the opening Of the trial
WANT CHANGE OF VENUE
What if we are tried there again
| We will be convicted again. | sup
pose. But We are going TO secur;
other attorneys and insist On a chang
i Of venue and seperate trials. w
, raised $3.50 from our friends and rel
atives and were able to secure a re
hearing through the efforts Of MI
| WOODBURY., who carried the case i
:, the supreme court, and now we 2r
-, trying to get enough funds to make
:, defense at our trial that is approach
, ing. We will probably get a Sa
=, Francisco lawyer and Mr.. Woodbu"
i, again. l am sure that We can rails
:, the funds that will be needed, at leas
o I hope so. Ritz has received So
= from his sister and | have $50 no'
and can get $3.50 more. Gonna
- thinks, too, thathe can raise som
II funds. We mean to make fight fl
C our freedom and estau..al our in1t
i, cence"