Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-02-27
CoRoNER's JURY TO DECI1E

lomorroW at 10 O'Clock in the mornino nine
ileil-dl OF them representative American cti
nehS and men possessed of the confidence of
lohopah reSdents-will meet and hear testi-
neohy as TO the causes which led up to the death
OF at least seventeen men in the lower 1o,,I
OF the Belmont shaft last Thursday mornino
mere IS judicial attitude which all law.
ABIDING persons will abide by until the dncis;on
ol the coroner jury is had Members of tho
jury, uhtll they have proved themselves nm
worthy OF confidence, should be entitled TO tbe
oa tlne consideration the members Of the United
states supreme court is invested with IF tba
evidence is strong-either for or aqainst-and
lhe Jury fallS to abide by it. then, and not mill
men, should anyone take exception 70 cond;
tlohS as they are. The accident is deplorahlo
Homes have been rendered almost nbearahle
aesolatlon IS everywhere, but there is a cansa
~ e'gr9 erect and that cause should be settled
beyond any question of a doubt before anvona
permits himself to express any unfayorabln com
ment. WV oohl-
me Tonopah Bonanza standing as # docs
as the publlc means of expression of the opnions
OF the multitude, desires to assume iudicial 81
t,tude-the same position any fair-minded man
should assume, until the provisions and limita-
toilS OF the law have been tested TO the ut
oSt The Bonanza feels that the coronar,S
Jury will do its duty regardless of where tbn
blame should lie Therefore, let us wait mill
the Jury $ work is ended before condemnation
IS mad for anyone-either company or workers
employees OF the Belmont mine have made
certain serious charges If these charges are
trle. thefe IS but one course left open TO th.
Jury--to ask the Indictment ofcompany Officials
ON the charge they see fit IT, on the
other hand the charges are disproven-and the
evidence IS at hand so that positive decision can
be mad on the points invoved-the COMPANY
should be utterly absolved
several score OF men went down into the
bowels OF the earth. Nearly a score failed to
return until their comrades went down and
placed their distorted and bloated corpses ON the
belmont cage. SOmeOne-either the men Them
selves or the bosses are to blame IF the latter
IS the case-lf the men went to death under
orders then there is a responsibility for tbe
coroner jury to place IF the men WILLINGLY
went to their deaths the jury is equally bonnd
TO learn beyond all peradventure of doubt
that such is the case, and exonerate the COMPANY
from blame
On the verdict of the coroner's Jury rests
question no human can decide out of hand The
Bonanza has already said that one of the lives
lost IS OF more value than 1000 Belmont mines;
all will admit this It asserts further that mon
ey and mines can be had for the making. but
the agony endured by the wives, children and
relatives of the dead can never be erased from
their memory.
If one life has been sacrificed carelessy. the
person responsible should pay the penalty of the
law Ii the men voluntarily went to death
they have paid their reckoning already-aud
Their sacrifice was greater than that of the armed
patriot fighting for his country