The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-03
MURDER PROBABLY DONE
BY BRUTAL H|GHWAYMEN
Startling Series of Desperate Crimes
In DIGNITY of RiepetOWn Brought
to Light BY Disclosures of a Dying
Man Testerddy.Omcers at UOrk

Nhas sutea was shot and probably fatally wounded Wed
edav NIGHT between Riepetown Copper Flat by
men suea ran more than mile Copper Flat where he
ceaed himself agony of fright and physical pain In
honse with other with whom he had been living HIS
condition was not until Thursday evening when
becoming frightened the suffering of Sutea those IN the
house with him wagon and quietly took him TO the
home of his brother, saloon keeper at Riepetown
Facts in the learned until yesterday morning
when Dr. Woods summoned from Lane City and later DIR
Wallace summoned from Copper Flat Examinations MADE
y the physicians determined that bullet from S calber
had entered the man back just below the shoulder
and lodged IN his lung The wound is itself extremely
dangerous, while there is added menace oil development
of pneumonia from shock and exposure.
Suea experience has brought the fact that in the last
month there have been number hold ups the immediate
vicinity Repetown and that the roads in that locality are
no safe for the traveller at night The victims to date
have en Ausrians and (rees and the motive robbery Until
time there has been the greatest retmence on the
part the victims to out anything concerning the attacks
made upon them Even Suea desperately wounded as he S
has to this time information with the greatest ret
nence. All he will tell is that he was gong from klepetown
To Copper Flat where he working when two men Jumped
road and called to him to stop Instead OF obeyng
lie point to ahead of them As he did so two
shots fired behind him. of which entered his back
He unable to give descrptoo the men, the night having
been dark besides which he too badly frightened to take
notice Of the appearance of his assailants.
About week two Ausrains employed at the Veteran
set in denteay the same manner between Repe
and Kimberly These men halted and were told to put
mp their hands Not complying immediately they rushed
by the hgwayman and dubbed into nsensbiy with the
butts of heavy revoe In this there three OF the
hlohwaymen The AusfanS held searched after
sensbe and robbed of about thirty dollars which they
had and couple Of Watches week previous to this incident
Greek wavaid at about the place by three two
whom held him while the third robbed his pockets of about
So This beaten after robbed and left lying in the
road All of these the Greeks and Austrans have kept
TO themselves making complaint to outsiders and apparently
fearing to have anything say. The information has only
out since the discovery of the in which Sutea
sustained the injury which will probably result in his death
consequence of the secreveness maintained the office of the
sheriff has had show at the highwaymen and the latter
have had things their is believed that the number
of assaults and obbere they have committed in the last month";
if there way to get at it, would prove to be starngly
large.
With the information of the shooting which secured by
the sherifs Office yesterday morning. immediate steps
taken to round up the murdeou thugs who believed to
the that has been operating Repetown 1t
is the impression that they have been in hiding Que
Onabe at that place. from where they have Jared forth
mt nights to rob- beat and murder necessary order
the belongings of the class of they have made point
attack being of their secretvenes and trading upon
this to keep their nefarious work in the dark
Suea the only victim Of the known to have been fired
upon and the only whose injuries have approached the fatal
line. is Austrian aged about 2s years. He has
been to him Wednesday night He left Repeown for
Copper Flat about o'clock He had about ten dollars in his
pockets During the evening he drank nothing and is known
have been perfectly sober when he left the town 1t be-
eved that he the saloon by the assautng gang
and that they sused that he had been money by his
brother for safe keeping.
With the information in possession of the officers they
have able get work and if the hghwaymen have
fled i'm alarm at the extent to which their last outrage
carried there strong probability that the efforts being made
will result in early rounding up of the gang.