Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-12
COLONEL REEVES

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Ro"scvelt's clustering manager in
this state. After telling of Reeves
early life in Texas and his enlist.
mont in Texas regiment during
the Spanish American war and
his lack Of service therein, the
Tribune gives the following con-
corning the noisy Col. during his
res idence in Nevada:
Being of venturesome and
daring temperament. Col. Reeves,
following the close of the war,
drifted west and in due time,
landed in Nevada establishing him
sef in White Pine county. Four
years ago the voters of that county
for reasons unknown to others
elected him to the office of district
attorney in which he proved him
self Joke" if the word of a
number of residents of the county
seat, can he accept d. His tenure
Of Office was one continuous round
Df errors, with the result that he
was responsible for large amount
of unnecessary expense to the
taxpayers. His knowledge of legal
lore during his term of office, was
pitiful. He depended upot the
ability IF hi wife to conduct the
business Of his office. which duties
also partly devolved on his assis-
tant. Anthony Zurich, a young
attorney from Seattle, Washington,
who received salary equal to, if
not greater than, that of his
superior. Reeves seldom ever ap-
peared in court to prosecute a case.
this duty lie usually assigned to
his assistant.
In consequence OF Col. Reeves
judgment in the indiscriminate
issuance of complaints for the ar
rest of persons for alleged offenses,
which. for tire most part. were
trivial and of no import, the
county Jail had some twenty or
thirty boarders on its register
when the grand jury convened in
the spring of 1910. Scores of
witnesses were summoned from
all parts of the county to appear
before the inquisitorial body when
it probed many alleged crimes.
The result of the deliberations of
the grand jury caused q dismissal
of the charges filed by Col. Reeves
against a large percentage Of the
prisoners, while many of those
indicted were freed when their
cases came to trial. in all, not
more than 25 per cent of the
prisoners arrested upon the orders
of Col. Reeves were convicted of
tie offerse for which they were
held. ... ..
In its report upon the various
departments of the county govern
ment, the grand jury failed to
compliment Col. Reeves upon the
conduct of the affairs of his Office
and he was greatly peeved and
discouraged. Sui sequently. Gov
ernor Dickerson, at the instance of
the county commissioners, who
had refused to recognize Col.
Reeves, appointed Anthony Jrich,
Reeves assistant, as deputy dis
t'ict attorney at the expense of the
county and thereby completely
Invested the colonel Of power.
Col. Reeves raved and tore large
holes in the air and vowed that
Re would SHOW the county COM
missioners and the governor "a
thing or two" He likewise de-
clared war on his former faithful
assistant. ZURICH. iand for time
their friends feared that the APP
pointmeDt of the latter as deputy
district attorney would lead to the
spllling Of blood. Fortunately, it
did not and when election time
rolled around. Col. Reeves as far
as can be ascertained did not an
nounce himself as candidate for
reelection. Following the close
of his inglorious term of Office,
Col. Reeves removed to Reno and
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