Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-08-06

resting the gun on MS lelV nanu' ,"
fred a shot which was the first ntl-
nation Curtis had Of impending dan
GER. The startled boy turned his p
head, saw Sharp with his gun and
Immediately started to run. sharp
seeing that there was no danger to
himsef and that Curtis was running
fred the second shot. which was
better aimed than the first, and this
shot struck home and brought Gurus :,
down wounded to the death. En- :
tirely at the mercy Of his a%ssailant,
wounded and helpness he called out
"Don't shoot, / have no gun, ano
mortally wounded he staggered 10
I his feet and ran as fast as he coulo
To the other side of the street. Sharp ?
=, with brutal murder in his heart dld
not head the cry of the ~defenseless
, boy, but fired again at Curtis when
he was about half way across the
street, and followed with bis gun
S raised ready to shoot again and finish
s his dastardly work. The end of the
n tragedy finds Curtis Kendall sleeping
in an untimely grave, a stricken
|, family mourning his death, and How
d ard Sharp at large and at liberty to
kill the next mar who may incur his
l hatred.
y The testimony is very clear and
Z strongly c~orroborative throughout,
n differing only in some slight matters
Of detail, nor has the cross question
nt ing of the attorneys for the defense
We made any material difference, save
only that it has brought out more
re damaging evidence against Sharp.
IS In the face of all this, the grand jury
90 dismissed the whole matter after an
ne hours elaboration, and did not even
IL; hold Sharp for trial. The grand jury
" cannot be too strongly condemned oy
NJ all fair minded citizens in view OF the
r strong and convincing evidence sub
. mitted. 1t is a disgrace to the OH
GERS and the court of Esmeraldi
ses county and the people OF the state o
OUT Nevada, that murder goes unpublished
Tue that a murderer cannot even b
I'll, brought to the bar OF justice to prov
ing his guilt or innocence. Is there an
,on; uonder that murder stalks abroa
thls in our fair state of Nevada, when
u a man can shoot another in the baci
ana who has not the courage to meet hi
'een face to face and only casual notice
Dan taken of the matter, the grand lul
aid acouits him, the matter does n
rus come up for trial and the public
less hoodwinked by misleading report
own | think the attention of the peoI
was would be aroused, if they had gaz
oacK on the cold clay Of some one near a
liter dear brutally and foully murdered
come a shot in the back.
ne There seems to be some misappI
eketi bension as to what led up to
gun shooting. IT seems to be the impr
hrst sion of the public that Sharp's
NOAH was in danger, but such never v
hred the case. Curtis never carried
) the gun, nor did he, in airy of the dltfC
and t;os no had ever use a weapon OF
Il and cba~ ractar Tn a personal encoun
| then NTH tb;s man Sharn some we
any previous to the killing, he was t
ana tally and numerically beaten
ted 10 Sharp. This scrap came abou'
oharp the same manner as the shoot
over Sharp struck Curtis while he had
some back turned, and when he was d.
Sharp Licked and heat him. Subseo,
the to that time Curtis never evider
osltloh any intention to do Sharp be
n n harm In any way; in fact his only
other sire was to avoid Sharp, and | m,
IN was advised him to leave Sharp seve
Da'es alone. There are people here an
orleh 5 Gold6eld who consider that 81
II us was justified or that he ought I
parent commended for taking the life
: make rorm,ees how without cause. II
out I'M it will appear to any fair-minded
Vhe son, who has acquainted himself
the entire facts in the matter,
| have there was little or no provoc;
arp oe- and that it can only be considerC
ana IN a premeditated, malicious, b
tI1ItlG s1-