The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-07-13
The Victims Of Sunday
Nights Shooting Are
Resting Easy and Il
Is Though Will Recover
DEPUTY SHERIFF ARNOLD AND
DEPUTY CONSTABLE SNIITHEY
ARE ARRESTED AND LATER
RELEASED ON $500 BONDS.

AS a result of the shooting Sun
day night about 1890 o'clock, at the
railroad cut between Kimberly and
Veteran, Deputy Sheriff Edward
Arnold and Deputy Constable Charles
II. Smithey were arrested and Geo.
Mazcnko, who was shot through the
body Is occupying cot at the small
house west of the main hospital and
Geo. Pain, who was hit in the fieshy
part of the left leg. is at the same
institution The shooting was done
by Smithey, who when interviewed
concerning the affair stated that he
would rather not make any statement
at the present time. When News
representative called on the wounded
men, Pain, who talks fairly good
English, stated that he was sitting
in the cut with Mazcnko, when one Of
the officers entered ana knowing him
said Hello Charley" The officer
then said something about holding
up men in the cut and asked them
If they had been doing 1t and being
told no. the officer began 10 search
him and finding no gun went over
to Mazcnko and began to search him
/, after which he hit him with his fist
on the breast and then on the nose.
Mazcnko tried to push Arnold away
and in doing so, both fell across the
track. At this time Smithey came
up and fred shot at Mazcnko, hit
ting him In the side. Pizan said he
stopped over to assist his wounded
friend from the track, when Smithey
fred two shots ct him, one entering
the fieshy part of the left leg. the
other cutting the right leg of his
trousers. When asked IL there were
any other persons in the cut, besides
themselves and the officers, Pizan said
there was but later stated there were
not the others having left about
half an hour before. The men said
that Smithey might have though that
Pain was reaching down to assault
Arnold, but that such was not the
case, as he was simply trying to raise
MaZcnko.
The wound received by Pain was
such as to cause him little trouble
as he was able to walk around with
the assistance of a cane. Mazcnko
was for while thought to be serious
ly wounded but later developments
show that while the ball entered his
left side above the hip and came out
at the corresponding place on the
right side, there is little danger OF
anything of serious nature result
ing DR.. e. l.. r. Wallace when in
teryiewed yesterday, stated that II
was impossible to tell what would be
the result of the wound. yet he
thought it would not be serious. as
all indications were that the man
would make speedy recovery. He
said 1t looked as though the bullet
had followed the tissues between the
kidneys and the spine. AS the man
could move his legs without any
trouble, according to the doctor,
there was little, If any chance foI
his spine to have been injured.
Following the shooting Sheriff
Butler was notified and immediately
left for the scene of the trouble, ar
irving about midnight. After hear
ing all of the particulars. he had
Deputy Sheriff Davis take Smithey
to the county jail by way OF Lyon
spring.
The prisoners were brought before
the justice of the peace last evening
and released on $500 bonds.