The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-06-06
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IQE Of INfUL crime
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InberIsed FrOz Father
Record Fscss Given

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Water KerUe~z MO Ezs OG
arrested for setting teCzrso schcol
ho1e oc fire. and NO ! DO- E-
der zrr=-n CzlIforz charged With
TIE murder Of WeEs Fargo agent.
: not The s1n I'LL KerDNn. the
I'D tine Nessdz miner aid inning
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ne zepfzt0er Of the yOCnz nn
nznoed Waiter Kernen Waters
father xzs named Locs Czez1-
ECzzezr and Joe Toorg Started .
butcher shop IN Eureka Nevada.
about tbe year 1876. jCE before the
h1Ezys. They we're both expert
butchers. and they fitted CIT. stock
ID and trimmed and decorated prob
ably the prettie<t butcher shop ever
sen n NeTsdz- Every carcass On
the hook xzs made TO look ike q
bezrtiful flower They sod lambs
for 3 cents 2 quarter. and every
thing else il proportion The other
butchers, Fred Barnes and Tom
HALEY. became suspicious; they
missed some Of their best cattle and
did not know where tbey went 10.
|Czzeau & Tooney's shop was about
30 feet from the county jail, and
right behind the jail there was q
shallow well. A na1seous stencil
was snelIed around the jail. and
upon Investigation the well was
found half full Of deczying hides
Fred Barnes was the fsther-in-law
Of Joe Toomey. The hides showed
Haley ard Barnes brands, ard they
got Toomey and Cazeau indicted for
cattle stealing. and the pair skipped.
However. they returned 70 face the
music. and managed TO settle with
Barnes and Haley, and the cases
were never broughtto trial. Toomey
subsequently went To Montana and
engaged in the Dutchering business.
and became wealthy, according 10
newspaper reports Cazeau re-
NAMED IN bushes in Eureka, and
about the year 1850 was practically
caught at il again He had a stout
healthy young German named Louis
Rodgers working for him who did
the Strengthening, besides working
behind the block Cazeau hung a
vest containing a rich gold watch in
the slaughter house, and then placed
the watch and chain in the clothing
Of Rodgers, and then speeded to
town and got a warrant Of arrest
against Rodgers for stealing his
watch. Rodgers was about the only
wintess against Cazeau for stealing
cattle. After the arrest. Cazeau,
protesting great friendship. told Rod
gers to keep quiet and say nothing
about the cattle or brands. and that
he would not be convicted or prose
cuted, but would see him through
and both would come out alright.
Rodgers kept quiet. Cazeau testi-
fed about the loss of his watch, and
the officer testified that he found
it in Rodgers clothing, and Rodgers
was convicted and sentenced 10 State
prison for three years-and that is
the way Cazeau got rid of the witness
that would have convicted him.
Rodgers was a strong. hearty,
healthy young German. with the APP
petite of a young hard working
butcher. At the prison he could not
get enough to eat. The evening
meal at that time was generally corn
meal mush. half cooked, or partly
cooked. Being very hungry he ate
about all he could get of it. and con-
tracted d~ysentery. from the effects
of which he died within a few weeks.
Cazeau left Eureka soon after the
conviction of Rodgers and went to
Arizona, and from newspaper re-
ports it is believed that he was
caught at it again, and landed in the
State Oh territorial prison at that
time. where he belonged.
But here we are: We have an in
nocent young man buried in the pris-
on ground as aconvict. and criminal.
There is food for a novel in the fore
going statement of facts. most of
which can be verified by the records
of Eureka County.