Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-06-30
DISTRICT COURT


day Afternoon Sheriff Harris wa.
being questioned on conversation.
he had with Dye in the Jail.
f. L. Dewey, a Pinkertor
detective VINO was pat in Jail
under the name of Jack Harris,
was then called. He was aues.
toned by Mr.. Levers about the
conversations he had with Dye in
the Jail in which il is claimed Dye
made damaging statement. His
examination was hardly under way
when an adjournment was takcr
until 10 o'clock this forenoon.
Before adjournment Judge
Averill announced to the jury that
ne had taken the matter of night
sessions under his control, but that
II was impossible TO hold a session
that night.
Wien court convened this morn.
ing the examination of Detective
Dewey was resumed. He told
about conversations with Dye in
which Dye had said he went home
early the nigh. of the fire and
knew nothing about it. Later Dye
told him that he went home about
IL O'Clock that night and had spent
the fore part of the night with
friends. He also testified that he
had promised to help Dye get a
Salt Lake attorney 10 defend him.
He was put in Jail at two different
times. The first time he spent
three days in Jail and the second
time two days. He told about a
conversation between himself and
attorneys Cain and Gedney in
which Dye was confronted with
the brace and bits and questioned
about them. He said Dye ad-
mitted the owncr.hip Of ,cveral of
the bits snd the brace. Dye, he
said. was nervous and asked to he
taken back TO his cell.
At the close Of the direct evil
dencc, Judge King began a Cruel
ling cross examination in which
the witness admitted that he mis-.
represented himself to Dye and
had IL some instances lied to him.
Other statements he had made TO
Dye were exaggerated. He was
questioned closely about a letter
he had written to Mr.. Budd. DYES
counsel at the preliminary eXsmin-
alton. in which he pretended TO
he a friend of Dyes and offered
his assistance. In the course of
this examination he admitted
about so per cent of one Of the
statements in the let er was a
lie. He was then asked if so per
cent of his evidence was not of the
same character. This question
was objected to and the objection
was sustained. He was asked
about using "Withering Drops" on
Dye in the Jail and denied any
knowledge of that kind of dope.
He admitted that DE had called
him 4 liar and other pet names at
the time he and Gedney and Game
were questioning him about the
bits. He was still under fire when
the noon recess was taken.
Mr.. Dewey is cool and calm and
answered Judge Kings bitter
questions promptly and without
any show of feeling.
At the afternoon session the
examination Of Dewey was con.
cluded and Sheriff Harris was
called to testify to taking Dewey
to Jail.
The state then rested and the
defense moved to strike out all
the evidence in reg I'd to ropes,
brace and bits. use of hose cart
the day before the fire, Dyes and
Primeaux's dogs. how Mrs. Roy
Primeaux and Mr.. A.. Primeaux
were dressed at the fire, and the
boards with the holes DO red in.
Judge AveriIl overrulcd all the
motions except as to the brace.
Mr.. McCarren was moving the
court to instruct the jury tc
render a verdict of not 2 Iilt y
when this report closed.