The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-12-15

been reindexing the county records.
This work has been rushed with all
possible speed in orde' that it might
be completed and the bill for the
work secure allowance from the COM
missioners VINO made The contract.
New the sran1 jury has been look
ing into the reindcXing matter and
if rumors arr correct "A good part
OF its final report H.ill leal with this
subject, which on all sides recently
has been criticized with The utmost
severity lr he event hat lie grand
jury report 5 what i is expected TO
be in this relation II is readily to
be seen that me members Of the jury
would naturally he very anxious in
the performance of duty to the tax
payers to get the report before the
district court before the session CT
the commissioners. That is presum-
ably what WIS intended when il was
stated last week that the report
would he IN without fail on Monday.
On the streets last night this view
OF the matter was taken, with the
added expression of much opinion
which may later be brought out in
the courts as 10 the reason of the
absence of Chamberlain. That gen
tleman, no matter where he hap
pened 10 be last night, must have
had pair of burning ears. Street
talk is not backward about charging
him with having absented himself
from the city for the purpose of aid
ing the reindexing collection before
the commissioners today and it Is
h IL al. oh
suit in the payemnt going through,
those who receive the money could
very well afford to set aside a very
liberal sum of their proceeds from
the game to pay Chamberlain for his
trouble.
Whether there is any truth in these
surmises and reports remains to be
seen. 1t will be up to Chamberlain
TO clear his skirts when he gets back,
and he may return sooner than he
expects if an officer meets him at
Smelter this evening. as it is to be
presumed the grand jury will ar
range. What the grand jury knows
about the causes of his absence is
absolutely unknown at this time to
the public, but there was report last
night that it had been looking around
and had gathered some important in
formation. The jurymen held
meeting i'm the Pheby building about
8 o'clock at which il is reported they
devoted their attention TO discussion
of Chamberlain.
On the streets the comment was
freely made that If the reindeXing
game was such as to warrant the
practical kidnapping OF a juryman and
the defiance in this way of the law
in effort TO get through the big bill
for the work, il must be a desperate
one indeed However. that Cham
berlain is away at the instigation of
the reindeXing interests, is merely
matter of surmise and may be inCor-
rect. There is not known to be any
thing directly connecting him. Sus-
pieion is all that prevails at present,
so far as can be learned. but it is an
ugly kind of suspicion and if Cham
berlain cannot throw it off he is in
bad predicament. as are also his
associates In the matter, whoever
they may be.
It was reported last night that the
grand jury had taken legal advice
as TO its predicament in inability to
Ilt Ito ltpOil anu NOulu plOtttu dI-
eordingly until the return of Cham
berlain. 1t was also reported that
some of its time might be used in
further Investigations in the lighl
of late Developments.
As 10 the action OF the commits
sioners today in connection with the
bill for reindexing which it is ex-
pected will be presented, there will
also probably lac something doing
1t is expected that if the allowance
is made there will be immediate steps
taken by Attorney +. X. Murphy, who
has been open in his charges that the
transaction represents a bold steal
10 secure an Injunction preventing
the payment of the money from the
treasury. It is possible that in this
action Mr.. Murphy may be joined by
others who have interest In the mat