The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-04-23
ARE CONVICTED FOR GRIMES
Mexican and Indian Are Found
Guilty of the Crimes of MUIR
der and Rape.

Churchill county criminal calen-
dars have never been large. Indeed.
many successive sessions of the dis
II let sourt often occur without a sim
gle malefactor being hailed before the
tribunal. 1t happend that the ac-
cumulated criminal business of the
last few months was the greatest
within the eounty's history. This
was partially disposed of throughout
the days of last week and Monday
in manner highly satisfactory to
everyone, with the probable excep-
ton of the culprits, who have been
made TO feel the ehastening hand of
the law in no uncertain manner
First came Feliz Andrad, indicted
for the crimes of rape and murder
against the person of an unfortunate
l2-year Indian maiden, and a well
selected jury of representative local
citizens deliberated Thursday even
ing after hearing the introduction of
evidence on the days of Tuesday and
Wednesday. followed by the argu-
ments by district Attorney 7. c.
Hart, for the state, and E. Z. Cam
for the defense throughout Thursday
afternoon, the result being a finding
of first degree murder with the PEN
atty fixed at life's Imprisonment in
the state penitentiary.
Indian Wego, thought to be An
drad's accompliee In crime, by his
attorney, j. E. Campbell, waived the
formality OF jury trial Monday
morning when his case was called in
court, and plead guilty to charge
OF rape, upon which the state
through District Attorney T. C. Hart
moved for dismissal of the murder
charge against the Indian. All of
the evidence introduced at the trial
of Andrad tended to exculpate Wego
so far as the actual strangling of the
girl was concerned.
Andrad's sentence was pronounc-
ed by Jude French Monday morning
In accordance with the findings of
the jury. Wego will be sentenced
today. His crime may be punished
by life Imprisonment in the discre-
ton of the court.
The wisdom of the dismissal of
the murder chare against Wego is
generally conceded. Wizzie, the girls
squaw companion. who starred in
the presentation of the states evil
dence, attempted suicide some time
Sunday by cutting her throat with a
piece of glass, serious but not fatal
wound resulting. In deadly fear of
some sort of reprisal on the part of
the friends of the men against whom
she testified, the Indian department
has promised to provide another hab-
itation for her at come distant point,
not designated.
In the meantime, Jud Terrell, in
dicted for the killing of Louis Car
rara and the wounding of George
Flessa last May in an embroglio over
a mining claim in the Terrell dis
II let will be required to face trial to-
day on the more serious charge.
Hoyt & Gibbons, of Reno. will ap-
pear for the defense and District At
torney T. c. Hart will have charge of
the states case. Mr.. Hart has been
eminently successful in securing con-
vietions, despite his late election to
the Office and he is making an envi-
able record as a prosecuting official.
He IS earnest sincere and painstak-
ing and the manner in which he has
built his several criminal cases gives
rise to the general conclusion that
the voters made no mistake when
they bestowed the honor attached
to the district attorneyship upon
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