Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-08-17
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sheriff owens left here yesterday
norning TO view the scene OF trouble
tor which his five deputies were call
a mon on Tuesday, intending to
oroceed to Rhyolite to witness the
t,ials OF the men who had been ar
,seted by the wholesale for infrac-
,ions Of the law. The sheriff went
from here to Bonnie Claire, or Mon
ANA Station as the place is called
IN the Clark road The camp of the
iracklayers is out about a mile from
mo station. and there the sheriff
harmed as much as he could con-
eerning the trouble, and that was
very little outside the fact that there
was no question between the men
and the railroad people as to wages
Or hours. 1t was a feud among the
men
Just as Sheriff Owens was about
to get into his automobile there were
Two reports rang out, and he heard
cry, "oh, sheriff! !"
The shots came from behind the
tents, which comprise the sleeping
quarters of the men In flash the
sheriff was of in the direction from
which the shots came, and rounding
one Of the tents he almost stumbled
over the lifeless form of a man. Hi
saw the murderer off near the sage
brush and gave chase. II was ho
chase. The officer yelled at the flee
ng man to halt, but the latter pai'
no attention to the summons.
The sheriff stopped and cried agail
to the man to halt, and this time tn
fellow turned and threw up hi
hands The revolver was In hi
hand, and but for the quick eye Q
the sheriff detecting the butt end o
the gun toward him. the county G
Nye would have been spared the e'
pense of at least one murder tria
With his finger on the trigger an
hts eye on his man, the sheriff mad
The murderer walk TO him, and the
took his gun away from him.
The murderer was Mexican, an
he was walked back to his victim.
whom life had been extinct wht
Sheriff Owens first saw the prostra
body Two shots had been fired, Il
second having entered the body Ju
above the heart. Sheriff Owens S
4 cured an eye witness TO the murd
4 and telephoned to the deputy coro
I e al Rhyolite lie lost no time
4 getting away from the camp with I
murderer and his witness. The Il
% Rhyolite was abandoned, the o
Ger coming direct to Tonopah
The trouble, as far as can be leal
ed, Is feud between Mexicans a
u Austrians working on the tracks
y he Clark road II Is hard TO lea
Il anything from either side, althou
n %tter success may attend the effo
VI the court at Rhyolite where
A men are being tried. From all
counts the Austrians are the aggr
sols In the trouble that has b.
started. On Tuesday the work tr
Ns delayed and work was stop
M ~ hfty minutes. When the tr
was righted and ready to proceed
III Nnstle was blown and the train
"ooul to pull out, when there wa
Nlllcy fired arnm The emhankment
me train was loaded with NJ
fans' and upon the banks We're
ausflans pumping lead at them.
~sMeans unloaded themselves off
udih and ran to cover to the tri
Nnere they were living. They Y
sven to understand that they Il
~ return to work and then the
'oaa people got busy with the
paone and appraised Sheriff Owen
the trouble.
me tiye deputies sent from
'Vfe on the ground early Wedne
ofhihg, and the Mexicans retu
" work. Then the Austrians 1
" uown upon them, one man in
,ne gang brandishing a gun.
""road superintendent called