The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-05-13


law which is practieed by the gun
packers could be looked into TO the
very large advantage of the COM
munity The offense of one Fester,
who last week dropped a revolver on
Autman street while engaged in a
fight with an unarmed man, should
provide an excellent opening wedge
for gun packing investigation. This
fellow was arraigned in the justice
court on the following day and tinei
$40 for disorderly conduct, We be-
lieve II is not of record that any
thing was said about the gun matter,
the far more serious part of the Of
Tense This, too. Notwithstanding
/ the fact that the justice has in the
past seen fit on number of occa-
sions TO very commercially assess
heavy fines for the same offense upon
men who were i'll able to meet them
and who were guilty in no higher de-
gree than the fellow who got off with
as10 fine In this same connection
the arresting officer might be able TO
enlighten the jury as to some inn
portant points We do not know of
personal knowledge, but the comment
of the streets is that practically ev-
cry man of prominence around the
bars and gambling tables of Ely
packs a gun and is in that respect a
vicious law breaker. These men of
prominence" however, are not the
men whom the officers and the JUS
tice court have dealt with for gun
packing Why not, might interest
the jury and the law abiding public.
The records of the office of the
district attorney, or more correctly
the records of the Office of public adj
ministrator, who is also district at
torney, would seem TO call for care
full inspection, in the conduct of
which the county commissioners
ought to be able TO lend a good deal
of help. 1t appears that in times
past there has been much carelessness
in this office. Under the present ad-
ministration we believe there has
been absence of this and the action
of the attorney before a recent meet
ing of the commissioners, when he
protested against investigation into
records of a previous administration,
would seem TO indicate that he be-
lieves the records as passed over to
him to be free from the shortcom-
ings which were intimated by the
commissioners at that session. these
gentlemen being so. thoroughly con-
WINGED that they were right that they
ordered investigation over the advice
of their legal adviser. Such being
the case it would seem that the mat
ter might profitably be gone into by
the jury and the situation cleared.
As much is due to the ex-publie adj
Mr. Walker, whose name
figures in the investigation the com
called for. The facts rela-
tive to the latter. from the stand
point of the commissioners, have
been in the hands of the News for
some time in the form of communal
cation Its court reporter has exam-
ined the records and found that the
figures as given in the comr uIidation
are apparently correct. This conf
is as follows
Against the advice of the district
attorney and after a heated argu-
ment the board of county commits
sioners at their last meeting ordered
an Investigation of the estate of John
Anderson, deceased. Anderson died
about two years ago. 1t seems An
derson was allowed a monthly pen
sion by the county during the last
few years of his life. This amounted
to several hundred dollars. Some
$3.50 were received from his estate,
which was settled by the public adj
ministrator. but the county received
none of this money, according to the
county records. An Investigation /
revealed the fact that according to
the affidavit of the public administra-
tor, Mr.. Walker, the $3.50 was sup
posed to he distributed as follows
Assessment work on mines 900
Appraisers 49,. ....,.... 81 90
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