Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-12-22
YERINGTON COURT HOUSE

The Reno Gazette has the follow
ing regarding the reported dyna-
hitting Of the Yerington court
house,.
Yerington. New, Dec. 49, The
new courthouse Of Lyon county at
Yerington, valued at about S35,
600 was, about 3:45 Sunday
morning, dynamited and nearly the
entire interior of the building was
destroyed. So far no arrests
have been made. but officers are
working on the case and some
sensational arrests may be made at
any moment. The loss Will fall
upon Ward brothers Of Reno, who
had the contracts for the con-
struc'ion of the building. This
loss is estimated at anywhere from
$4,000 to So, O
People residing near the court
house heard an explosion in the
night time, but paid little heed
to il. and in the morning il was
discovered that the interior con-
crete walls had been destroyed.
The walls in falling allowed the
second floor to fall, and this, to-
gether with the weight Of the
concrete walls, went through the
first floor into the basement.
That the destruction was caused
by a charge of dynamite is proved
by the fact that pieces of fuse are
scattered all over the interior of
the building. and pieces of cement
hurled by the force of the ex-
p~losion have been embedded in the
exterior walls of the building.
The building had been closed up
early the night before and there
was no one in it at the time. That
some one had entered the building
before the explosion was shown by
the fact that a door the Waterman
had locked vas open. the ock
having been forced with an iron
bar. 1t is estimated that the loss
will be between $3.50 and $4,000,
and it is claimed here that the
Ward brothers of Reno will have
to stand for this loss.
Ever since Yerington won out
in the county seat fight there has
been much dissensions among the
citizens of this county and threats
have been made thai the new
courthouse would never be
finished. The attempt to carry
this threat into execution was
made Sunday morning. IL is
strange that the explosion was not
loud but this may be due to the
fact that the exterior walls of the
building deadened the report.
The officers are now investigat-
ing the matter and il is quite
possible that some arrests Will
soon be made.
Mason New. Dec. I8.-Several
concrete partitions in the interior
of the new Lyon county courthouse
caved in about 4 o'clock Sunday
morning and fell through the
cement floor of the first story.
No explosion was heard any dis
lance from the courthouse and the
general suppositioD of the people
of Mason is that the concrete froze
before the cement set and that
when the wooden forms we're
removed Saturday it weakened the
cement so that the cave in followed
Sunday morning. The damage
will amount to several thousand
dollars.
The new building was under
construction by Ward Brothers of
this city and had never been
occupied. II was ready for
occupancy in a short time. Yer.
ington only secured the county
seat after a hard fight with Day
ton and Mason and since that time
there has been much feeling be-
tween the towns.
The report that the explosion
occurred this morning is not
correct. The explosion occurred
early yesterday morning jus, be
fore day break.