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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-02-03
SAVOY'S ACCOMPL|CE
HAS BEEN TAKEN IN TOW AT
ELKO BY OFFICERS
He Had the Goods On Him When Ar
rested---Will Be Brought Here---A
Third Man Still Being Looked for By
the Officers.

If this procedure be adopted In
spector Austin will swear to the
complaint, which will be that Of
using the mails for fraudulent pur-
poses.
In case it is found that federal
Indictment may not hold, then Sher-
iff Malley will proceed to Elko and
get Cook, returning with him to
Tonopah, where he will be prose-
cuted by the county officials.
A Timely Exposure.
Local business men are today con-
graduating themselves over their
lucky escape. If the bunko game
had been pulled off by Savoy and
Cook the town would have been
victimized of thousands of dollars
and some of those who would
have been hit would hardly have
been able to. stand the loss.
As one Main street merchant
said today: If this game had
not been uncovered in advance
there is nothing would have saved
us from loss on payday. There is
not a store in town but would have
cashed the phony checks without
suspicion that anything was wrong.
A vote of thanks is due the Tono-
pah Banking Corporation and the
officials for the timely exposure.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-02-03

and later turned into the First
>ational Bank of Goldfeld.
Receiver Hall states that for this
vast sum of money he was unable
to discover where the local bank
had ever got one penny in return
except ten shares of stock in the
First National bank of Goldfield.
Over half million of dollars van
ished into the air! And today the
depositors and creditors are waiting
fer that dollar-for-dollar cleanup.
Among other peculiar transactions
of the period, according to Attorney
Boyd, six thousand dollars in cash
disappeared in one day, and for this
the receiver was unable to find
where the bank had ever got any
return whatever
These are few of the discov-
cries the receiver made, but no
effort fas been made to probe
these matters. Why not?
Counsel Engaged.
Some time after the bank closed
one of the bondsmen of the late
county treasurer entered into an
arrangement with the district at
torney for the retention of spe-
cial counsel to work on the case.
The county was to put up 5000
month for his salary, and the
district attorney and the bonds
man in question $50 each. Fl. AL
ling was put on the case. He work
ed a couple of months or so on
the job.
But in all that time he was not
allowed to devote one minute TO
the probing of the bank case. Nj
Baker kept him busy at otter
things-despite his special salary.
The bondsman, seeing that no eff
fort was to be made to really in
vestigate the affair, retired from
the agreement. This same bonds
man has personally expended about
$1,000 on the case, trying to secure
evidence to convict the looters of
the bank. But no convictions have
ever been made
The Next Grand Jury.
There is whole lot of mystery
about this Nye & Ormsby County
Bank case. 1t is time it was
probed to the bottom.
1t will avail little now to ask
why the last grand jury did not do
little probing in this bank affair
mysterious as it all is-but it is
pertinent to inquire if the new
grand jury will take up the in
vestigation.
All the books of the bank are in
possession of Judge Averill, of the
district court. A new grand jury
is shortly to be called. Less than
a year remains of the time when
the claim of the county becomes
outlawed
Is anything going to be done in
the matter?
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-02-03

Cook, the accomplice of Savoy
in the attempt to bunko this, and
probably two or three other towns
of Nevada, with phony mining COM
pany checks, was arrested in Elko
last evening by Sheriff Harris, act
ing upon instructions from here
1t was because this arrest was
pending that the account of the
bunko conspiracy in last evenings
Bonanza was so guardedly written
Advices from Elko are that Cook
had in his possession enough ev,-
ence to make it interesting for
him. This evidence included the
package supposed to be phony
checks which was received by
Savoy at Goldfield through the ex-
press company and forwarded to
Cook at Elko by the same means.
Harris telegraphs there were some
stamps, too, upon his person. He
was working on the railroad when
arrested.
There is supposed to be still a
third man of the gang at large, but
until his whereabouts are known
and he is arrested little about him
is given out by the officials.
Savoy finds his detention behind
the bars somewhat tedious, but he
will likely spend some of his life
in a cell in future. AS evidence
accumulates, it becomes apparent
that the game intended to be work
ed here-similar to that pulled off
in various other places of the West
the past few would have
meant a loss to the business. COM
munity of thousands of dollars
Just what connection Savoy may
have with the gang that worked
Goldfeld and Globe, Ariz., a couple
of years ago is not yet shown, but
the plan of operations is so similar
in all the cases that there is not
much doubt of them being the work
of one gang.
Government PrOsecutes.
Postoffice Inspector Austin was
here today from San Francisco, go
ing over to Goldfield on the noon
train. He will return on tomor-
row mornings train, when he and
Sheriff Malley will proceed to Reno
and interview Judge Harrington, OF
the federal court, with regard to
making federal charges in the case.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-02-03
FRISCO WIRES
APPRECIATION
THANKS RETURNED FOR ASSIST
ANCE OF GOVERNOR AND
STATE IN THEIR AID.

CARSON, New, Feb. 3.-The fol-
lowing telegram has been received
by Governor Oddie from Washing
ton and is self-explanatory:
Governor Oddie, Carson City, New.
"On behalf of the committee in
Washington, the people of Califor-
MIA and the West, permit me to
thank you and through you the
people of your state for their val
liable assistance rendered our cause
by passing resolutions through your
legislative body and for the many
kilograms forwarded to the presi-
dent Of the United States express
ing the desire of and showing the
spirit of the West.
"R. B. HALE,
Acting President Panama-Pacific
International Exposition Co.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-02-03

government
Of HONDURAS
TOTTERING
BY Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-The
government of President Davilla OF
Honduras is tottering, is the opin-
ion of this government, which, up
on the arrival of General Bonilla
at Puerto Cortez, will tender its
good offices in an effort to bring
about a cessation of internal strife.
The failure of the congress OF
Honduras to ratify the loan con-
vention negotiated between the
United States and Honduras was
reported to the state department
today.
Official advices intimate that the
members of the Honduran congress
are reluctant to commit themselves
to any position while the outcome
of the revolution is in doubt.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-02-03
LYNcHER FOUND GUILTY.

NEWARK, Ohio, Feb. William
Mckinley, a shopkeeper, was yes
terday found guilty of manslaughter
in connection with the lynching here
last July of Carl Etherington, a
detective, for the dry" element of
the community
Mckinley is the second of the
mob leaders to be convicted.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-02-03
FOR THE GENERAL GOOD.

Assemblyman Piercy, who has
introduced a bill regulating and
amending the present drug act, is
working for the benefit of the drug
gists of the state. He will have
his bill amended in several places
in the committee, which win
strengthen it and provides greatly
for the safety of the people in re-
gard to the sale and handling OF
poisons. Carson News.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-02-03
WANT BOXING MATCHES
Rv Associatad prasa

HARTFORD, Conn, Feb. IA
bill to legalize limited boxing con-
tests in Connecticut was introduced
in the legislature yesterday. 1t pro-
yides that scientific exhibitions may
be given with municipal authority
and under direction of a supervisor
and physician. In wrestling the
strangle hold will be allowed
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-02-03
CIVIL PRACTICE ACT
TO BE READY TODAY

CARSON CITY, New, Feb. a.
The civil practice act of the new
code prepared by the code commits
sion will be submitted tomorrow,
or at least the latest on Monday,
depending on it's contemplation by
the state printer. 1t is a volumin-
GUS document
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-02-03
LORIMER IS
ROASTED BY
ROOT TODAY
BY Associated Prenn

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-That
Senator William Lorimer of Illinois
holds his seat as result of brib-
cry, and should not be permitted to
continue in the senate, is the con-
clusior reached by Senator Elihu
Root and announced by him in an
argument on the floor of the senate
today
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-02-03

lumber from SIS to IS. Mining
timbers were formerly $13 straight.
George Woodside, a stockholder
and director, is testing the right
of the commission to enforce the
rate. The case is being heard be-
fore Judges harrington, Morrow and
Van Fleet.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-02-03
KYLE WILL CONTINUE
TO HOLD THE JOB
BY Assocleted Press.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. The
president has nominated Matthew
Kyle surveyor-general of the state
of Nevada.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-02-03
EXPOSITION
SELECTION IS
POSTPONED
By Associated Press.

WASHINGTON. Feb. S.-Further
postponement of the recognition of
any city or cities that desire to
hold a celebration on the compile
ton of the Panama canal was an
nounced by the senate committee
on industrial expositions today
Next Wednesday the committee
will again meet to hear delega-
ton from Baltimore.
1t is expected the committee. will
decide at the "Wednesday meeting
whether to recommend San Frau
cisco or New Orleans be given the
government endorsement as the ex-
position site.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-02-03
SOME BETTER TODAY.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 3.-Arch-
bishop Ryan is slightly improved
but no hope of his recovery is
entertained.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-22
NEGRO WOMAN
 ATTACKS OFFICER
Deputy Sheriff Clint C. Green Forced to Draw His Revolver to Save Him. self From Being Stabbed With
 Pair of Scissors.

When Deputy Sheriff c. c. Greer went to negro resort on East Fourth avenue yesterday morning to summon Rena Johnson, a negress, to appear before the grand jury as witness Bertha Br.nkley, a negress, after ap. plying much profane language to the officer, attacked him with a pair oi scissors. Deputy Green was forced to strike the woman with his fist and floor her. When she came at him with the scissors he was forced tC draw h s revolver to hold her off and escape injury.
 The deputy went to a house next door to where the Brinkley woman lives and while there made inquiry about the Johnson woman. She was not there and he went to the Brinkley woman's house, where he informed her that he was deputy sheriff and was trying to locate the Johnson wo- man to serve a witness subpoena.
 Owing to the fact that a number of arrests have been made in re- sorts Tn that neighborhood recently, at the instance of white men who were robbed, the woman told the deputy sheriff that he was a liar and Green struck her. She then grabbed a pair of scissors and tried to attack the off, ficer. Later she asked for war rant, charging the deputy With assault and battery, but it was not issued. The Johnson woman has not been found.
 The negro resorts on East Fourth avenue are becoming a nu sances and there is some talk of the officials be- ing appealed to compel them U close or move outside the city limits.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-22
.L0R|MFR DAY NOT SETTLED Attempt Made for Vote on Resolution in the Senate
 Doings in the House. FRISCO WANTS NO AID Sends Word to Congress That Gov
 ernment Will Not Be Asked
 to Assist.
FRISCO WANTS NO AID
International News Special

International News Special
 Washington, D. C., Jan. 21.-In the Senate today Senator Beveridge made an attempt to fix date for vote on the Lorimer resolution. February Is was designated for eulog'es on the late Senators Deliver and Clay.
 A statement was received from the California Legislature saying San Francisco would not ask government aid if designated as the city for the Panama Exposition. Senator Cum m ms spoke against the Ship Subsidy Bill. Senator Hepburn spoke in fav- or of it. Senator Carter 'scussed an amendment to Borah's resolution, of fering an amendment to the 'constitu- tion providing for the popular elec- ton of Senator's He said the amend ment would be considered separately n order to insure absolute fairness.
 In the House today the greater part of the day was given over to the discussion of the Postoffice Appro- priation Bill.
 The Naval Committee presented a ma jority and minority report on the bill proposing to reward Captain Peary. The majority recommended that he be retired with the rank of Rear Admiral. The minority report criticises the Nat 'onal Geographical Society for the endorsing of Peary's claims, after only cursery examina- tion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-22
BISHOP TEMPLE WILL,
 PREACH HERE TODAY

shop Edward A. Temple, of North Texas, who is in the city visiting his brother, John Temple, will preach at Trinity Episcopal church this morning at ii o'clock Bishop Temple is q prominent minister and his sermon will be one worth hearing. It is de- sired that large congregation attend to hear Bishop Temple. Rev. Reese pastor of Trinity, returned last night from St. Lou IS, where he has been at- tending the Missionary Council of the Southwest, as a delegate from the diocese of Arkansas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-22

noses on the stand, Handlan made his threat to withdraw from the prosec1 tion. He reconsidered, however, and accepted the ruling
 Lasch, the juryman, into whose home "a girl baby came shortly aftei his acceptance on the jury, jumped up ton ght and said My God, Is this trial going to last over Monday, I cannot stand it.'
 On being told that the condition was necessary and could not be changed, he said: Well, I've got to get out in the fresh ar right away. however. I've got such a headache I cannot see. He got a respite in the open and the trial continued
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-22
o'clock yesterday afternoon, and was

o'clock yesterday afternoon, and waa sweeping over large tract of forest if3 that section of the county.
 The loss is heavy to the timber as We'll is very dangerous to the residen- tial property of the country district. Charles Schultz stated last night that large number of residents had been fighting for hours n an attempt to stop the fire, but had not succeeded at a late hour last night.
 While fighting the flames in the woods yesterday afternoon MT Schultz reports that a COW with a new born calf was found The COW was down in the forests and helpless. The fire lighters raised her and went in search Of the calf. When they returned they found the COW st Il standing but the fire had burned all around her. The COW was uniniur- ed as was also the calf.
 The reflection from the fire was noted by residents Il the city earfly yesterday evening, the sky being illu- minated in the west. It was at first bel eyed by many that Greenville, a negro settlement just west of the Sawyer and Austin Lumber company S plant, was burning.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-22
ANOTHER ALLEGED
 ROBBERY IN RESORT
White Man From Clio Has Negress Ar rested But the Case is Dismissed
 When He Refuses to Prosecute.

Georgia McWilliams, a negress, who conducts resort at Fourth avenue and Tennessee street, was arrested yesterday morning by Assistant Chief of Police James Reidinger on a grand larceny charge. w. s. Crouch, of Clio, a white man, charged that he had been robbed of $SO while in the resort Friday night.
 City Detective Glover, who aided in the arrest, told Deputy Prosecuting Attorney yesterday, after the case had been transferred by Police Judge J. R. Stewart to Magistrate J. A. Frazier's court, that he invest gated the matter and found that the McWilliams woman was not in the house at the time Crouch visited it. The latter finally refused to prosecute the woman and the case was dismissed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-22
OLD LAWSUIT IS
 DECIDED BY ELLIOTT
Judge Jones Did Not Enter Into a Contract For Sale of West Sec. Ond Avenue Lot to Emily
 Phillips, Says Judge.

In the Jefferson chancery court yesterday Judge John M. Elliott de- cided lawsuit that has been pending in that court for seven years. He de- cided in favor of the defendants in the case of Emily Phillips, negress against Judge w. D. Jones and B. B Bloom, in which the plaintiff sought to enforce an alleged contract which she claimed had been made with her by Judge Jones for the sale of Lot 1, block 10 in Woodruff's addition, To. cated at West Second avenue and Poplar street, for a certain sum. The property was sold to B. B. Bloom by Judge Jones and the plaintiff made MT. Bloom one of the defendants in the suit.
 The plaintiff was represented by Attorney J. w. Crawford. JyGge Jones looked after his own interests and E. B. Bloom Was represented by A. H Powell. Judge Elliott held that nc contract existed between the Phillips woman and Judge Jones for the sale oi the property in question, but Judge Jones admitted that he had agreed to sell the woman the south end of the lot at a certain prce. The woman claimed that the whole lot was men, toned.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-22
F VAN LOADS
 OF FLOWERS Public Funeral Held Tester day When Paul Morton Was Laid to Rest.
HIS S JIG c ES s OR?
Many Mentioned Taft and Wife and ROOseyelts Send
 Emblems.
international News Special


 New Yorkk, Jan. 21.-Public funer- al services tor Paul Morton, were had this afternoon at St. Thomas Church. The Reverend Dr. Spires officiated. Private services were held earlier in the Morton home, No. S44 Fifth ave nue. Interment was in Woodlawn cemetery. The floral tributes were most imposing. Twelve big van loads of flowers were sent from the res d. ence to the church. President and Mrs. Taft sent wreath of white roses from the White House and Col onel and Mrs. Roosevelt also sent a magnificent floral piece.
 There was much discussion today in the financial and banking circles over MT. MOrton's successor as president of the Equ table Life Assurance So- ciety. Among those frequently men, tioned are George P. Wilson, second vice president, a man popular with the rank and file of Equitable work CTS; c. B. Tarbell, who was for sev- en years vice president; William A. Day, for several years with the com pany, and George w. Perkins, who re- gently retired from the J. P. Morgan firm.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-22

on her. Troxall, as he afterwards testified in the Little Rock court room, induced the woman to accom- peny him to a room.ng house here while they were there the police, one Of them former Assistant Chief of Po- lice Ed Francis, arrived and arrested the pair.
 The woman was taken to police Headquarters With Troxall. Her name was docketed and she was ordered to leave the city after her fine was paid sh cleft immediately and never re- turned to Pine Bluff.
 A telegram from the St. Louis Re- public last night said:
 Our ttsburg correspondent wires viola Gray who is to be named core. spondent in the divorce suit to follow the Schenk trial, is about 32 years old, about five feet six inches tall and Welghs 150 pounds. She was horn in Arkansas, lived in St. Louis for a tune and came to Wheeling a half aozen years ago where she S said to nave married a travelling salesman. Howard Samuels. They moved to Florida and after stormy cereer she left him. She is a we'll built woman. blonde, and good mixer; drinks Whlskey Ike water. The defense has learned little about her, but knows that she and John Schenk We're on the same boat to Europe last summer. Hairpins found in his stateroom is the chef evidence Schenk s said to have met her in New York;
 The Commercial Appeal got the foi- lowing information regarding the de- tective nurse in the schenk case. "She S foot 5 inches, weight about 135 to 14o pounds, light hair, not bad looking face, chin little prominent brown eyes. about 35 years of age, dresses dowdy, has been in Pittsburg past five years. Acted 'as nurse un- der pr. Edwards. P P'ttsburg Board of Health and detective under Supt. Thomas McQuaid. Nothing known as to where she came from and if police know, they wont give any informa- tion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-22
Woman Who Figured in FL lis Case in This City in
 Schenk Poison Case.
DISCOVERY STARTLES
Papers All Over Country Wire Pin: Bluff For Story of WOman's
 Career Here.

When the editor of the Graphic, who is correspondent for many large met ropol tan journals, learned last night through private sources in Indian apolis, Indiana, that the famous de- the sensational Schenk poison case at Wheeling, w. Va, was no other than Viola Gray, the big blonde who figured in a sensational incident in Pine Bluff two years ago, when she came here as "a private detective to Work up evidence that might prove detri- mental to the character of Mrs. w. V Ell S, whose husband later shot and killed Nathaniel P. Willis, of Indan- apolis, in a Little Rock court room the wires were made hot all over the country to confirm the report and '9t m dnight last night telegrams were pouring into the Graphic office from papers all over the United States making inquiry as to the correctness of the report.
 The St. Louis Republic, MemIt s Commercial Appeal, International News Service and various other jour nals and news agencies represented by the Pine Bluff newspaper man, be- gan an Investigation that ,resu1te din some startling and valuable informa- tion being placed iu the hands of the attorneys for Mrs. Laura Farnsworth Schenk, on trial at Wheeling, charged with having tried to poison her mill lionaire husband, John O. Schenk. The information came to them through the Pine Bluff message, after the at- torneys had spent greater part of Saturday trying to introduce some evidence to impeach the test .mony of the detective-nurse, about whom they had learned very little although the lawyers for the defendant made ev- cry effort to get something of her past life.
 The Gray woman came to Pine Bluff about two years ago as private de- tective from Indianapolis and told Jack Troxall. who got her into his good graces, that she was employed by Willis to get evidence against Mrs Ellis. The woman spent several weeks here and finally made the acqua mt ance of Troxall. who was employed by the Citizens Light and Transit Company, under w. Y. Ellis. Troxall learned of her object here and inform ed Ellis of her movement. Ellis planned with the aid of Troxall tc get some evidence against the detec- tive's character and turn the tables
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-01-22
TAFT SPEAKS IN NEW YORK
Declares For Fertilization of tho Panama Canal and Gives Ills
 Reasons For It.

New York, Jan. 21.-While Andrew Carneg e, the greatest advocate ot peace in the world. sat at his eide. President Taft, speaking tonight at the banquet of the Pennsylvania S0- .ciety, at the Hotel Astor, srenu0usiy reiteratel his demand for the fort A- cation of the Panama Canal.
 Tn one of the strongest pronounced events he has yet made upon the sup-: feet, the president gave the historical diplomatic and sswar' reasons wny the Canal should be fortified by tne Un ted States government.