The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-03-27


ut the county jail.
Al the inquest yesterday the four
men for whom warrants were issued
last evening testified To about the
same thing. which in substance WAS
that Ziglich and Grayorac came 10
Veteran from Riepetown. both much
the worse for drink, and entered the
room in which they were
They had a couple OF bottles of
beer when they came in. Zisiieh had
not been in the room long before he
went into his room and came back
with a 3S automatic gun and a hand
full of cartridges He said he was
going 10 shoot some holes in the
door. at the same time firing one
shot through the bottom of tie door.
He then went over and sat down on
the bed beside GfaYorae. The two
men commenced to sing. \ couple
of the witnesses tried to ger Zigieh
to go 10 bed. He replied: DO YOU
think | am crazy or drunk He
then put the barrel OF the gun in his
mouth and began moving his head.
when the gun went off, the bullet
passing ont of the back of his head
hit Gravorac above the left eye, pen
etrating the skull. They testified
that there were but two shots fired
and that about % minutes elapsed
between these.
An Italian, who has room next
to the one in which the killing took
place. testified that there We're three
shots fired and that only few SEE
onds elapsed between the shots TIE
first made a loud report while the
second was muftled. The third was
another loud one.
The night Waterman at Veteran tes-
tilted to having heard shcts aud after
notifying Timekeeper Luce went TO
the place where the shooting oc-
Cured. When they arrived at the
scene the dead man had been taken
off the bed and laid on the floor. MIR.
Luce asked where the qua was and
one of the Austrians said he had il
in his pocket. Luce told him to put
it where he found il. IL was then
placed on the breast of the dead man.
After the evidence had all been
presented, the jury brought ~ a YER
diet that Zigich came to his death
from a bullet fired from a 3S auto
matte Colts revolver. held in his own
hand and that the weapon had been
discharged by accident.
A. the inquest the story told by
the four men who were in the room
at the time of tie shooting did not
sound true. There was too much
sameness about II. Succeeding that
feature. investigation into the cir
cumstance of the gun having been
placed on the body OF the alleged sui
eide after the tragedy had been dis
covered by outsiders came in fof cen
sideration. Then an examination of
the automatic revealed that the gun
as found was cooked and han an
empty shell in the chamber. 1t is
claimed to be impossible to discharge
an automatic and then cock il and
have the empty shell remain in the
chamber Another damaging fact is
that the men who We're in the room
at the time of the shooting claim
there We're but two shots fired. This
statement has been proven untrue,
as two bullets We're found and are
now in the possession OF the coronef,
while there is still another in the
head of Gravorae.
1t has been intimated that proba-
bly, there was more than one gun
used in the room when the killing
took place.
A jury was impaneled last even
ing TO investigate the death OF GRAY
orac and it is stated that a thorough
investigation will be made. The fol-
lowing are members of the jury: A.
l.. Parker, Anthony Zurich. II. c.
Herrick, Arthur Gardiner Gus Mahrt
and John II. Watson. They viewed
The body last evening at the under
taking parlors OF Neyin. Brown &
Graham and then adjourned until
. clock this afternoon.
Sheriff Butler and Deputy Marshal
Harrington left FOR the Veteran last
night with warrants for the arrest of
the four men who We're in the room
at the time of the shooting and were
reported at an early hour this morn