The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-02-17
wHALEN MUST STAND TRIAL
Extradited to Sacramento Where
Number Of Stock Dupes Will
Have an Accounting.


Sheriff David Reese left Eureka
Wednesday with William Whalen Of
Alpha, Eureka County. who is wanted
at Sacramento. CAL. on a charge of
obtaining money under false pr~etenses,
as was stated in last weeks SENTINEL.
From the time of Whalen's arrest I'm.
til his departure habeas corpus proceed
ings aud arrests were invoked DER and
DER to stay off the trip to California.
On Saturday, Whalen through his at
torney, II. X. Mitchell, got out a writ
Of habeas corpus and Judge Breen re-
leased Whalen from custody on the
grounds that Sheriff Sweeney had no
right to send Deputy Florio to Alpha to
arrest Whalen without a warrant.
Refused to Ciue WhaIea Up.
: Sheriff Reese arrived in Eureka Mon
day. He had been to Carson and Sc
cured extradition papers and was pre-.
pared to return at once with his
prisoner. But a few hours before the
California officer reached Eureka, P.
Paroni. the Eureka merchant. swore
out a warrant in the Justice Court
charging William whalen with getting
goods under false p~retenses. Whalen'
was again arrested and put in Jail.
The authorities refused to give Whalen
up to Reese, insisting he must be first
tried here. When the case was called
by Judge L. w. Cromer on Tuesday
morning, District Attorney Lew Rogers
stated to the Court that after looking
into the matter he believed the charge
made by Paroni was not specific enough
to secure a conviction and he asked
that the case be dismissed, which was
done.
Another Hitch in the Case.
As o as Whalen was released he
was taken into custody by Sheriff
Reese. aud the latter was at the depot
Tuesday afternoon with his prisoner
when he was served with a habeas cor
pus gotten out by Attorney Mitchell
and the departure was delayed. The
matter came before Judge Breen later
that day and was taken under advise
ment until Wednesday morning, when
the Court ordered:
Cooernor's Warrant in Force.
That the writ of habeas corpus be
dismissed, and the petitioner. William
Whalen, is remanded to the custody of
the Sheriff of Eureka County to be de-
livered to David Reese as commanded
in the warrant issued by the Executive
of the State of Nevada, and for the
purposes named therein.
Iu accordance with the above William
Whalen was turned yer to Sheriff
Reese, who left with him on Wednes-
days train.
The Charge Against Whaien.
The Sacramento Bee of Feb. 8 con.
tanned the following: Sheriff David
Reese to-day received a telegram from
Eureka. Nevada. informing him of the
arrest at that place Of William Whalen.
who is wanted in this city upon com.
plants charging him with having re-
ceived money by false pretenses.
According to stories told in the Office
of the District Attorney. Whalen
succeeded in getting something over
$50. 600 in Sacramento for shares in
mining stock. the properties being To-
Gated in Nevada. somewhere near the
rich Tonopah district. 80 it was claimed
Among the compliments in the suit
are a number Of women, and all Of
them told their stories originally to the
City Attorney. who issued a complaint
for the arrest of Whalen.
1t is claimed by the complainants
that it was represented to them that
the mining company which Whalen
represented had several rich mines in
Nevada. aud that over $400. 900 had
been expended in their development.
Now it is alleged that those state
ments were false. and that is why the
arrest Of Whalen was demanded.
The parties bringing the complaint
against Whalen are as follows: d. s.
.Soares. Urilda NJ. Martin. Antoine
Mendes. A. F. Silva, and Francisco H.
Martin.