The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-11-04
SASSERNOO BOUND OVER
Palisade Merchants Buy Goods
from S. P. Employe That Were
Stolen and Arrests Follow
Thief Makes Good His Escape

noyance to railroad officials for several
weeks past, has at last been accounted
for, and a dishonest railroad employe is
a fugitive from justice. while many
people at Palisade are accused of buying
stolen goods and so far two merchants
of hat town are under arrest ON that
charge.
About six or seven weeks ago the
Southern Pacific Company placed q
man named Sausser in charge of the
S. P. warehouse at Palisade. He had
full charge of the warehouse and also
Of transferring the freight from the
Southern Pacific to the Eureka & Pali-
SADIE. Shortly after Sausser entered
upon his duties the merchants of Eu-
reka, Ely and south of here began filing
complaints of shortage of goods. These
complaints covered most every kind of
merchandise, case goods. liquors, dry
goods, silks, shoes. etc.
The full consignments were checked
o. X. into Palisade and the railroad of.
ficials were at a loss to account for their
shortage. Circumstances pointed to
theft and to find the thief was the task
that confronted them. A investigation
was begun but no clew was obtained
until ON the 10Th of October, when
Agent Travelle noticed Antoine Sas.
serno, who with his father, E. Sasserno.
runs the hotel and a store at Palisade,
taking a half barrel Of whisky up to
Sasserno's house. He suspected some.
thing wrong and looked up the way
bills and saw that no whisky was billed
to the Sassernos hat day or Whereabouts
He asked Antoine Sasserno if that was
his whisky and the latter said that
Sausser told him it was. The agent
of ownership OF it, but noticed that the
name. etc.. had been scraped off. A
few days later a complaint was filed by
q Eureka merchant of the loss Of a half
barrel Of whisky. Way bills showed it
checked into Palisade. A consultation
of railroad officials was held and Agent
Travelle laid the taking of the whisky
by Antoine Sasserno before them.
Special Detective William Sullivan of
the Southern Pacific was sent for. He
followed up the clew given him and
called on the Sassernos, who after being
questioned admitted that they bought
goods from Sausser, the warehouse
man. They produced when requested
to do so about 5000 worth of goods
bought of Sausser, which they had in
their store and cellar.
In explanation for having the goods
in their possession, the Sassernos stated
that Sausser had told them that he was
only getting small wages from the rail-
road company and he had decided to do
a little commission business on the side.
They maintained they did not know
they were buying stolen goods.
Sausser gave further evidence of his
cunning by anticipating something do
ing and when Detective Sullivan
reached Palisade the nimble- fingered
warehouse man had reached some other
place-name unknown. All efforts to
locate him have so far failed.
From the news that has thus far
been received in Eureka, Sausser sold
the stolen goods all over Palisade and
many are surprised he was not detected
sooner. The very daring of the fellow
evidently shielded him. for it has GER
tainly been brought out that he had his
nerve with him. 1t is said that when
the Eureka Live Stock Company was
making its big shipment of lambs East
about three weeks ago that Sausser
opened a car at Palisade at night and
took out a lamb, which he killed and
dressed and sold to the Sassernos, tell
ing them he bought it.
Warrants were sworn out for the ar.
rest of E. Sasserno and Antoine Sasserno
on the charge of receiving stolen goods
and they were taken into custody.
The preliminary hearing of the ac-
cused men was held at Palisade on
Thursday before Justice of the Peace T.
R. Jewell. Charles Henderson of Elko
appeared for the defendants and Dis
trict Attorney Lew Rogers conducted
the prosecution. Only a small amount
of testimony vas introduced by the pros
ecution and non at all by the defense
and the case was submitted. Judge
Jewell took the matter under advise.
ment until 10 o'clock Friday morning.
When Court convened Friday Judge
Jewell held Z. Sasserno and Antoine
Sasserno to answer to the Grand Jury
on the charge of receiving stolen goods,
and fixed their bail at $500 each.
An estimate of the value of the goods
lost during Sausser's stay in Palisade is
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