White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-21

AFTER having retained lIS entity lol
eight months, the grand jury sub
mitted its final report yesterday aft
ernoon in the district court and was
discharged from further service by
Judge Moran. The recommendations
and findings of that body pale into
linsignificance compared with the par
tial report that was returned Friday
afternoon, when the grand jury ig-
nored the charges of gambling
against J. f. Burke, Thomas Murray
and Mau Sing, otherwise known as
"Frenohie," who were caught in
drag net laid by the state police.
The news that the grand jury hid
failed TO indict the three accused
gamblers created considerable con-
sternation in business and other cir
cles, and came like thunderbolt out
of a clear atmosphere. The indiyid-
ual members are being censured on
the streets in view of the newspaper
accounts of the raid. which gave a
correct description of the arrest and
the circumstances leading up 10 it,
and which to the average citizen
seemed to be sufficient evidence to
warrant the grand jury requesting
the state to try the case in the dis
trict court.
The criticism heard in various
quarters differs materially, some per-
sons assigning a marked hatred for
the anti-gambling law while others
give divers reasons for the outcome,
! but no one has so far ventured the
opinion, so far as the News has been
able to learn, that lack of evidence
entered into the case, some citizens
being so bold as 10 refer to the grand
/ jury as the official white-washing
body.
| How the vote stood on the question
will probably never be known by the
public The grand jurors refuse to
divulge the secrets of their delibera-
! tions and all that can be learned is
! that there were sixteen members
at roll call in district court at the
time the report was returned and it
requires twelve to find an Indictment.
The question most frequently heard
on the streets the past two days is
I ha hi
why?"
! Several members were interview
ed by News reporter with
view to learning how the vote stood
and other matters that brought
about the result. but nothing definite
could be learned as to the cause of
the failure to indict. However these
members did not hesitate to declare
themselves emphatically on the sub
ect of how they stood and showed
mingled disappointment and disgust
/ in every word and look.
| The Indictment against Harry
/ Heher was no surprise to the public,
as it was generally expected that the
grand jury would put this matter up
/ to the district court, but after the
partial report filed on Friday the peo-
pie of he district would not have been
shocked at any action that body
might have taken.
The report in detail follows:
Ely. Nevada, January 20, 1912.
/ Honorable Thomas F. Moran. Acting
/ District Judge If the Ninth Judi
! cial District Court of the State of
! Nevada
Your grand jury has cimpleted its
labor and herewith begs to submit a
/ final report of its doings supplement-
airy to what has been reported previ-
ously.
We return herewith one indict-
ment against Harry Heher who is
charged with the crime of murder in
causing the death of one Jennie Fitz-
gerald. about December 3, 1911.
We recommend that one George
Cahill. now in the custody of the
sheriff of this county, be prosecuted
In the Justices court at the expirat-
tion of his present sentence, In the
charge of fiourishing deadly
weapon in public place.
Your grand jury, as a body. has
visited the county Jail, and find the
same to be in good condition and