Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-06-22


ton. That the rich, and therefore
powerful. or delinquents, who, for
one reason or other, can command
such influence, have thousand
times better chance to escape prose-
cution and their just legal deserts,
than the poor, or comparatively
poor, can hardly be denied. In
plain language it is the general be-
lief that the man who steals a
SO horse, COW or other chattel
of small value, has a thousand more
chances of eXpiating his offense be
hind prison bars, than he was COM
mits the highest crime known to
the law, if he have the proper
backing, or he who purloins $780,
600 or 100000, and that the larg-
er the sum stolen the brighter the
prospect for immunity.
What Andrew ID. White Said.
Do you think what | have Just
stated is sensational or extravagant?
Let us see: All, or certainly most
of you, have heard or read of the
well-known American educator, dip
lomatist, historian, statesman, as
we'll as one of the organizers of
Cornell university, Andrew D..
White; and I feel certain no man
who knows, or knows of him,
would for a moment consider that
gentleman as given to extravaganza
expressions of opinion on any sub
pect Well, then, in public adj
dress delivered last year in the state
of New York, Mr. White-and this
| take from a law journal made
the following statement, among
others
zone of the worst results of these
cases (referring to recent trials) is
the growing opinion among people
at large, that men with money can
so delay justice by every sort of
chicanery that there is a virtual inn
munity for the highest crimes"
And what does all this mean?
Simply that there is not impartiality
| before the law. That the law is
not the same for all, whether in
the palace of the rich or in tn,
| howell of the poor; that there is ia
voritism in it's administration at
absolute variance with the constitu-
tons of nation and state and the
principles upon which our govern
ment is founded Gentlemen, it is
to the grand jury room that the
first effort is ever made to Illustrate
justice.
Reasons for Foregoing Reflections.
Gentlemen of the grand jury, my
reason for taking up so much of
your time in giving voice to the
foregoing reflections is to impress
upon you the imperative necessity
for strict compliance on your part
with the letter and spirit of the
you have taken, to treat all alike,
for it is only by so acting that you
and / can make the law respe cted,
and give to my court the opp1r-
tunity of proving that within its
| jurisdiction all stand upon an equal
footing; that justice is meted out
without reference to person or con-
dition, that rich and poor, scholar
and illiterate, miner and mine own
er, millionaire and pauper, have
each and all the same rights and
privileges, and are subject to equal
consideration in all things.
Eureka County Bank Failure.
Gentlemen, l call you attention
to the failure of the Eureka Coun-
ty bank nearly u months ago
Since the discharge of the grand
jury of last year many things have
come to light which deserve in.
vestigation from your body. A list
: of persons, and | fear it is only
a partial list, who drew out, il
some instances every dollar and cen
they had on deposit in the Inflated
bank, few days before aye ant
on the very day the institution
: closed its doors-has been placed
in my hands.
In three instances the partie
drew cut many thousands, and lief
in Limbo" a few dollars, for rea
sons only known to themselves, an,
perhaps one or two other persons
The sums thus withdrawn amour
in the aggregate to between tel
. and eleven thousand dollars, whicI
left the cash on hand so small tina
had anyone of from half a dozen t
dozen depositors called for hi
:. money he could not have receive
it in full.
The reserve fund in the bank wa
thus reduced to about one-ha1f wha