White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-17
q CHARGED
WITH MURDER
GUARDS ON DUTY AT SHELTER
WHEN STRIKERS WERE SHOT,
ARRESTED AND HELD FOR
GRAND JURY.

Following the verdict of the
coroner's jury to inquire into the
cause of the shooting of the two
Greeks at McGill, October II, in eff
feet that the killing was unnecessary
and recommending that the grand
jury investigate the case, twenty-five
men were arrested, Tuesday morn
ing, on the charge of murder as
having caused the deaths of Nicko-
las Dapagiannakis and G.. Prinaris.
The men arrested with one exception,
were brought into the district by the
Nevada Consolidated Copper COM
pany, to act as guards during the
recent strike. The exception was w.
G.. Allen, who on the morning of the
shooting, was acting as deputy
sheriff, at the west gate to the smelt-
er stockade. Anthony Jurich, attorn-
ey for the Western Federation of
Miners, signed the warrant, and the
men were arrested at McGill, by
Deputy Sheriff Jackson, and brought
to Ely, on the 10 o'clock train. The
respondents besides Allen included
in the warrant are William McGaf-
! fin, John Daniels, Ernest Neithardt,
Arthur Sanders, George Graham,
Edward E. Hutchison, John Martin,
Frank Stuart, John Donovan, j. F.
Mullaney, Carl Schmidt. Ed. F. Room
ey, H. Brady, Albert H. Hoffman,
George Furtell, William Anderson,
]. r. Bryce, John Dillon, Fred Gassi-
er, George W. Davis, J. A. Collins.
1t is alleged that Deputy Sheriff
Allen called the guards at the out
break of the trouble, on the morning
of October II, and that the twenty
one other men named in the warrant,
came at the call, under the command
of their captain, William McGaffin.
Mr.. Jurich claims there were thirty
men in all employed as guards, at the
time of the trouble. and that twenty
seven of tn, number came from New
York and three from Chicago
Mr.. Allen made immediate ap-
plication for bail, which was fixed at
$3.50 for each charge, and the
amount being forthcoming, he was
released. None of the others made
application for bail, and the entire
bunch 70 alleged murderers, we're
kept at the county jail. until Wednes-
day afternoon, when the sum neces-
cary for their release was furnished
by the company. and the men we're
given their liberty. The bail
was $3.50 for each case, or ST.
500 per man, making a grand total
of $4,000.
The preliminary hearing was held
in the justice court, before Judge
Cartwright, and Chandler & Quayle
are retained as attorneys for the re-
spondents.
1t will be remembered that follow
ing the arrival of the guards in the
Ely district, Sheriff Grain and Con-
stable Mclean, refused to deputize
them, and the men were taken in
side the company grounds at McGill,
on the afternoon preceding the shoot
ing.
The killing occurred the next
morning, about 7:45 o'clock, after
Allen and other deputies attempted
to take a man inside the grounds.
who wanted to go to work 1t is
claimed by the deputies that the
strikers interferred and shooting
resulted, which caused the death of
Prinaris and Dapagiannakis. Captain
McGaflin of the guards claims he or
dered his men to shoot over the heads
of the strikers. and that he does not
know who of his men fired the fatal
shots.
At the coroners inquest, the evil
dence introduced was to the effect
that only ten or twelve men were In
the squad of guards outside the gates
that did the shooting, whereas the
warrant includes the names of twen-
ty-one men.
Conductor Edison returned We'd