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COURT DELAY GIVES
BECKER 2 MORE DAYS
Cortrsed from FIRST Page.

soning his wife. Benham had withheld
certain material facts from his counsel.
After the Court Of Appeals had upheld
Benham's conviction 4 new trial was
sought and obtained on the ground
that the facts withheld by Benham were
newly discovered evidence. At the
next trial Berham was acquitted.
This paralleied Becker's present stu
alton. Mr.. Cochran argued. because
Becker had withheld from HE DUN
the story OF the conference with Big
Tim sullivan the Sunday night before
the murder. Harry A~pelbaum. Big Tins
former secretary. verifes his confer
ance. and so does Jack Rose. Becker's
reason for withholding this inforna-
ton from his lawyers was his promise
20 Big Tim. kept until now Becker has
his foot on the ladder Of the scafYold."
Tells History Of the Crime.
Mr.. Cochran related the history OF
the crime up to the arrest of WALTON.
Rose and Weber. and read from Mr..
Whitman's summation at the second
trial. where tho District Attorney said (:
II pounded and pounded n pounded
away at these men, day after day. con
WINGED as l was that Becker was guilty"
These men and Schepps shortly
afterward received an Immunity agree
ment. There they were with the halter
around their necks and the prosecutor
was the only one who could pull It
tight" said Mr.. Cochran. And they
were told that unless they removed the
halter from their necks and placed II
around Becker's Whitman would tauten
1t on them"
About the Harlem conference. where
Becker IA alleged 10 have given his muir
der Instructions. Mr.. Cochran said that IL
occurred on June 81. before Rossnthai
had made his graft revelations 10 Dis
trio, Attorney Whitman. and therefore
Rosen,haI killed, Then he dwen on
the conference with Big Tim. called Rose
a perJurer Tor having test'fied that on
that Sunday after returning from the
Sam Paul outing n calling up Becker
he went to the Lafayette baths Mr..
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saults increased from 73i to tfs ana
homicides from 81 TO IS.
Commissioner Wood aid the r,aor..
Of his narcotic squad show marked IN.
creases in the price OF drugs botVce,
January 1 and June 80 as the result o,
the enactment of the Harrison law. which
automatically shuts OF the source oil,
supply OF drugs from adjacent Staten
and cities. Opium prepared gum jumped
from $50 and SIS a pound TO 500
pound on January l and S6i on Iu,s
80. Cocaine went from sl75St to SO al,
ounce heroin. from S2S to $40 All so
an ounce. and morphine. from So 10
$40 an ounce. The squad arrested twelvs
druggists for carrying on an unlawrli
business in drugs. Nine have been con.
victed. one committed suicide and Two
cases are pending.
The cooperation of the courts" Com.
missioner Woods said, has been an I'M.
portant factor and has assisted great,
In reducing the drug evil to It's rrcser,
improved condition
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power Of the Supreme Court TO set
aside its own verdict could be limited
by statutory enactments. Mr.. Cochran
recited again the power OF the Kings
Bench In England and then asked the
court TO cite the new witnesses to tes-
tify and be cross-examined. Justice Ford
did not think this necessary. and then
Mr.. Cochran asked for ~forty-eight hours
to submit briefs.
If your Honor would ask Gov. WHIT.
man for a short repr,eve I think Il would
be readily granted" he said.
Mr.. Perkins said that morn
ing would be time enough for him. and
added that II Justice Ford required time
beyond Wednesday morning to decide II
was discretionary with Warden Osborne
as to what time this week Becker dies.
and that Warden Osborne would prob
ably agree TO postpone the execution.
SO Justice Ford fxed noon to-day az
The time for the briefs. and later In the
day communicated with Mr.. Osborne.
who agreed 10 portpone the execution
until Friday morning.
Then District Attorney Perkins hled
a sheaf OF afndavits which he and his
stan have been gathering since Satur-
day TO controvert Mr.. Cockran's new
testimony.
The frst Is from Jack Rose, who
swears that his testimony at both Becker
trial is true and denies specifically the
statements Of Beckers witnesses indi-
eating that Rose admitted having
FRAMED up" Becker.
The next Is from Mrs. LILLIAN Rosen-
thai, widow OF the murdered man. she
denies that her husband was planning
20 leave town the night he was killed.
Bridge Weber reafirms the tes.i-
mony he gave at the trials and denies
that he plotted with Rose and WALTON to
frame up Becker.
Former Assistant District Attorney
Frank Moss and Deputy Assistant Dis
trict Attorney James Z. Smith deny that
benjamin Kaufman told them Rosenthal
was planning 10 leave town. as Kaufman
swears he did.
Deputy Warden Charles II. johnson 81
sing Sing avs he accompanied Joseph
Murphy 20 Albany last Saturday. was
present when Gov. Whitman Intercepted
Murphy and that he heard Murphy state
that he had spoken 20 Becker In the
death house, had told him he knew some.
thing about Beckers case and tina,
Becker told him TO communicate with
Mr. Cochran.
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BANKER HURT IN BALL GAME
Bat slips From Players Hand and
Hits Him IN the Face,

STANFORD. Conn, July Sc Cayer
Dom,nick. Jr. a New York banker. IL
confined TO his bed here by injuries sus-
tained yesterday at Tokeneke. a summer
resort near here. while playing baseball
Alfred II. Renshsw. Jr.. swung hard
at a pitched ball and the bat 81 pped GU,
OF his hand and struck Mr.. Domlnick In
tho face. He was taken in an auto
mobile TO. his home here. Tonight Il
was stated that the young man was
resting easily and that II Was though,
no bones had Keen broken.
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ers of a sovereign. able to save Becker
from being executed unJustly.
"If he is executed 1t will be on a
te~chnicality." he said.
Mr.. Taylor then rose from the midst
OF many stacks of law books. and
argued that the courts powers are not
inherent. but are limited by the stat
utes. Therefore the court can grant
Il new trial only ON the ground Of newly
discovered evidence OF such weight that
IL presented at the trial the verdict
would. In the courts opinion, have been
different.
lie said that In the Benham case.
cited by Mr.. Cochran. the Justice had
assumed inherent power. but that more
recent decisions Of the higher courts
have shown that that Justice was In
error.
Justice Ford here explained that he
had never sat In a criminal case before
and asked Mr.. Taylor TO discuss the
power OF the Supreme Court over It's
own Judgment. Mr.. Taylor answered
that the courts power is only statutory
and that the afidavits offered by Mr..
Cochran do not furnish statutory
grounds on which 10 grant a new trial.
Then he read a number Of musty de-
cisions the burden OF which was that
evidence tending to impeach a witness
is not enough to cause a new trial. The
affidavits Of Joseph Murphy. the sing
| Sing prisoner who alleges that he heard
| WALTON, Weber and Rose plotting to
frame up" Becker the afidavits Of Har-
ford T. Marshall, Edward Ginty. Louis
| Harris, and Roses interview had only
| the tendency to !mpeach the testimony OF
| Rose. WALTON and Weber. he said. and
therefore could not cause a new trial.
"AHidavits of No Merit"
But the point that these men franed
up Becker was raised at the second
trial by the evidence OF Jacob Reich"
he aid. Therefore these new afti-
! davits ere cumulative. do not touch upon
a new set OF allegations and are OF no
merit In requesting another trial"
Beckers own statement. II true. should
have been offered at his trial. said Mr..
Taylor. He added that he could no;
understand why Becker's counsel al
lowed II to be made public now, except
for the purpose OF stirring up SYM
patty. And about tho issue Of Big
Tim Sullivan
IT It was all right for Becker to
keep Big Tins name out OF the case,
why wasn't 10 all right FOR Rose TO do
the same. II Becker Is praised by coun-
sci for keeping his promise 30 Big
Tim. why Is Rose upbraided for keep
Ing q similar promiseT'
Kaufman's highly imaginative" az
ndav,t he dismissed as unworthy of dis
cussion, but said Kaufman had over
reached himself In giving details Kauf-
man had said that Rosenthsl had told
Rim the runks were all packed for
Rosenthal to leave town Mrs. Rosen-
thai has mad affidavit that this Is not
true.
The matter relating 10 the alleged
frameup on the part OF WALTON. Webber
and Rose is all cumulative, the matter
relating TO Big Tim was all known 10
Becker at the time OF the trial, go the
sffdavits touching upon either OF these
points are not enough to cause a new
trial. The only other proof offered Is
Kaufman's statement, which Il un
belevable and which We are ready 10
controvert at m time, was Mr. Tay-
lor's summary OF the evidence 10 supper,
the new trial motion.
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Aldermen Cole, Fink and O'Rourke of
Richmond Borough met again in the
City Hall yesterday In an effort to elect
. Borough President for Richmond.
They were unable to come to an agree
ment and adjourned, for the third lime.
until Thursday at 80 T.. NJ.
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Mr.. Cochran rose for another argu.
mcnt. which Justice Ford prefaced by
saying that he didn't think that the
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-27
Rash KITTY BRAvED LION
And Keeper Almost Sacrificed tils
Own Life to Rescue Pet From
Claws OF Annoyed Animal.

The rashness OF Teddy, plain gray
cat. official rat catcher OF the Zoo,
nearly cost Keeper George Sichert his
life In the cage of an infuriated
lioness
Rats we're scarce about the menag.
erie, so when Teddy spied piece of
meat in the cage of Helen, an eleven.
year-old African lioness, he decided
TO brave the wrath Of his huge cousin.
Cautiously Teddy made his light-foot.
ed way through the bars toward the
discarded remnant of Helen's supper.
Hardly had he touched 1t, however.
than Helen awoke from a seeming
doze. and with a sweep OF her power
ful paw sent the cat flying across the
cage.
Keeper Sichert. whose especial pet
Teddy has been for the last six years,
was cleaning cage near by Calling
several painters to his aid, Sichert
endeavored by reaching through the
bars with his cleaning instrument to
rescue the cat. while the painters with
iron bars kept the snarliag lioness in
a corner
Failing in this, Sichert entered an
adjoining cage which connects with
Helen's by trap door Three times
Sichert diveo through the door 10
reach the cat, but each time the
charge of the lioness drove MIN back
The fourth attempt was successful,
although the trap door was slammed
down Just in time to save the keeper
from the infuriated lioness' claws
New York Sun.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-27

in
actually
business
while
cattle payments
there
date deposited bank the
would not all
settled on the books the bank And the situation slightly
they receive each other which practically themselves
although small balances
every large city there is Clearing House where representatives of the
banks meet daily TO settle their
bank is constantly receiving its
other cities which usually sends for deposit few
this way these scattered credits consolidated and the bank
from home AS each local community sells and about the
the
other Il evident that the banks are intimately related to the trade
and course his own credit be above question He
his credit credits
credit for their but he conduct the business with such
q cash"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-27
HAVE NOT LOST SIGHT OF
WINNEMU((A NORTHERN

The proposed railroad from Boise to
Winnemucca has not been lost sight
of since the Western Pacific has been
placed in the hands of receiver, says
the Tribune, Salt Lake, and probably
will be built as an Independent road
with traffic agreement with the West
ern Pacific, according to George w.
Fletcher, president of the idaho Ma
tional bank, Boise With reference to
tie plans for building the road, Mr..
Fletcher said
A traffic agreement has been ar
ranged in San Francisco between the
manager of the Winnemucca Northern
and the receivers of the Western Pa
eifc, covering the proposed route be-
tween Winnemucca and Boise, that will
result in the citizens of Boise donating
right of way to the new lines and
$250,000 to the Western Pacific.
We expesct to furnish the money
to build the Winnemucca Northern as
an independent line. We were in a po-
sition last January and offered to fur
nish the Western Pacific railway
$5,000.000 in cash and rights of way
toward the construction of its line
which is estimated to cost $4,000, 600,
and our offer was temporarily laid over
until the Indebtedness of the Western
Pacific could be refunded.
"Now that it is in the receivers
hands we are making the traffic agree
ment with the Western Pacific with the
expectation of building the Winnemuc-
ca Northern as an independent line. If
we succeed this win put Boise about
GOO miles nearer to San Francisco than
at the present time and should be of
great benefit to Idaho as well as fur
nish large amount of business to the
Western Pacific, which must have feed
ers in order that ID NAV live and paw
interest on its bonds'
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-27
STEW" ERSkINE
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY

Last Sunday Stewart Erskine, Win
nemueca s star center fielder, had 4
birthday. He proceeded to celebrate, as
any good ball player should, getting a
homerun with the bases full, triple
and double, in five times up
Stew s" fielding average can be
figured from the following: games,
IL flies pulled down, l error Now, if
he can only maintain Sundays bat
ting average, Winnemucca may soon
be able to "point with pride'' to the
name of one of her sons in a league
box score
Schorr, for the locals, pitched great
ball for FIVE or six innings, when he
bruised a finger on his throwing hand
and began to lose control. Goleonda 5
runs in the fourth and sixth were due
to series of errors. Mainwood re-
lieved the southpaw in the eighth and,
with the help of Erskine and Arant
retired FIVE out of seven men up.
The Golconda boys tried hard as ls
shown by the score, their two lone err
rcrs being made by Stadella while try
ing to play second base. "Spaghetti -
is good left fielder. but out of place
inside the diamond.
The score:
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-27

Senator Hesson, who recently was
appointed by Governor Boyle as
member of the state experimental dry
farm, located in Pleasant Valley, has
announced he viii refuse the appoint
ment unless an appropriation is made
with which to carry on the expert
mental work and maintain the farm.
The recent legislature passed a bin
appropriating several thousand dollars
with which to continue the work, but
the bill was vetoed by Governor Boyle.
Such howl and protest went up
that the governor made special trim
of investigation to the farm, afterward
stating that he was in favor of not
abandoning the farm and promising
financial assistance. Up to the present
time, however, no money has been re-
eeived by the board.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-27
NEW POWER DRILL Is
INVENTED BY NEvADAN

A large size model of power drill
invented by Richard Pierson of Nina
looks as though it had in a measure
solved great deal of the problem in
underground work in small mines and
the cost of putting air compressors and
machine drills. The Pierson hand drill
is a box-ike arrangement with a crank
attachment, fitted on pedestal The
whole is made compactly of steel and
will weigh about $50 pounds. 1t is
swung to drill at angle, upper or
downs. The drill is placed in holder
attached to the crank, giving it q II
inch throw, and half revolution of
the crank gives it driving power of
1000 pounds. 1t looks as though it was
destined to take the place of much of
the single and double-jack method.
One man can operate it, and there is
absolutely no jar to the OPERATOR
Nina Miner.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-27
IDAHO MAN A
NEVADA BOOSTER"

What at first sight appeared to be a
cruel prank of fate was converted into
season of pleasure and enlightenment
for Richard w. Childs, secretary of the
Boise City, Idaho, Commercial club.
Mr.. Childs was en- route to the coast
when the train upon which he was
travelling was ordered held up at
Sparks, on account of the fire in the
$. p. snow sheds at Lakeview.
When il became apparent to Mr..
Childs that he was doomed to spend at
least the entire day in the vicinity of
Reno, he waxed wroth at the uneer-
tainty of transportation lines in gen
eral and was bemoaning his fate to
some fellow passengers who suggested
that he come to Reno by street ear
as there might be something here worth
seeing. At first he was not very favor
ably impressed with the idea, giving
vent to his irritation by expressing that
sagebrush and sand and swarthy red
men in soiled blankets had no lure for
him. His better nature finally prevailed
and he boarded ear at Sparks and
came to Reno. Like all publicity men,
he naturally gravitated towards the
Commercial club quarters. and upon
making himself known to Secretary
Buck, expressed himself as being very
agreeably surprised with the appear
ance of Reno, particularly the modern
buildings which had greeted his eve.
The genial host made inquiry of the
visitor what buildings he had seen and
received the reply that he had been
able to form a verv favorable opinion
of this city from the buildings he had
seen upon his trip in from Sparks.
Secretary Buck suppressed a smile and
invited Childs TO accompany him for
a short auto ride about the city. It
was not until after the University Of
Nevada campus had been visited and
a trip had been taken out the South
Virginia road where the stock farm
was viewed, that Mr.. Childs admitted
the chagrin be had felt earlier in the
at being sidetraeked in what
he considered the midst of the Nevada
desert
Before leaving the beautiful resi-
dences along the bluff were pointed
ont and the visitor waxed as enthusi-
astic as an Alice in Wonderland upon
the great possibilities of the future and
the achievements of the past for Rene
and its environs So Interested did he
become that he loaded M on literature
giving data that will be Of benfit to
idaho frinds who NAV make inquiry
concerning this part of the country. -
Reno Journal
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-27

To Danish forever the jinx that has
pursued the Sierra Valley railway COM
pony since one of its engines overturn-
ed and killed an engineer, the Nevada
Caiifornia-Oregon railway fled with
the railroad commission yesterday an
application for a ratification of the
sale of the Sierra property to it by
Cora Healy and her two children.
For the death of her husband the
company contracted to pay Mrs. Heaiy
damages. The Nevada company ae-
quired the Sierra railway, and later,
the damages being unpaid, the widow
procured Judgment against both cost
porations The sheriff of Plumas coun-
ty thereupon gave her deed to all the
railway property.
In 1912 the Healys gave quit-claim
deed to the Nevada California; Oregon
company, and it is this deed that the
company wants the commission to rati-
fy. The company is unable to produce
the widow or children, as they have
disappeared, and mail sent to their sup
posed residence in Indianapolis has
been returned unopened.-S. F. Chron-
icle.
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SANITARY CONDITIONS
BEING LOOKED INTO

DR.. Carroll Fox, Of Washington, d.
G.. arrived in the city yesterday, says
the Carson Appeal DIR. Fox is con-
nected with the United States public
health service, of which DR.. Rupert
Blue, surgeon general of the army is
the head. The doctor is here for the
purpose of making public health sur
vey of the state and to make study
of public health organizations and ad-
ministration. He will visit the differ
ent sectioas of the state, investigating
the water, milk and food supplies, the
conditions under which they are de-
livered to the public, and other mat
ters pertaining to the health of the
people,
From his report the health depart.
ment of the state will be able to gain
valuable formation to lay before the
next Legislature in the hope that health
laws win be enacted and that sufficient
appropriation win be made to carry
out the enforcement of the laws an.
provide a system for preventing cpl
denies and contagious diseases. DIR.
Fox will be here for several days and
is the guest of DR.. 8. L. Lee, secretary
of the state board of health.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-27

Golconia.

Summary: Stolen bases-Walsh 2,
Christian l (Winnemucca 81 Dick
Haaga 2. Burns l. Huffaker 2. Frank
Haaga / (Golconda 50. Sacrifice hits
Wilson 1. Frank Haaga / (Golconda
-. Earned runs-Winnemucca s.
Golconda /. Two-base hits-O'Brien,
Walsh. Giroux, Arant, Erskine. Three
base hits-Schorr. Erskine. Home run
-Erskine. Sacrifice fiy-Christian.
Struck out-by Schorr 3, by Mainwood
2, by Wilson 5. First on balls-On
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-27
FINDS GREAT COPPER CAMP
IN PROSPEROUS CONDITION

w II. Whitmore, county expert ac-
countant, returned yesterday from a
two weeks visit to Ely, where he at
tended a reunion of his family, it be
ing the first time in seven years that
all members had been together at one
time. Mr.. Whitmore states that the
great copper camp is in fourishing
condition and that on August l the
Nevada Consolidated company will
raise the pay of its employees Is cents
per day.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-27
SUIT TO FoRECLOSE
WESTERN PACIFIC MORTGAGE

The New York Trust company, as
trustee, under the adjustment mort
gage of the Denver & Rio Grande rail
road company of Colorado and Utah,
has begun suits in the New York SUI
preme court against the Western Pa
cifie railway, a California corporation.
The first suit is for $14, 10000 and
the second is for '4,375,000.
The adjustment mortgage was dated
May l, 1912, and under it the loans
were made to the Western Pacific rail
way company.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-27
ESCAPED CONVICT ENJOYS
BRIEF SPELL OF LIBERTY

John ('Red'D Burke, a convict at
the state penitentiary, was captured
cn the Kings Canyon road a few hours
after his escape from the prison farm.
Conflicting stories of the escape are
told. One is that Burke wandered from
the farm while in a demented eondi-
tion from blood poisoning.
Another story Is that Burke attacked
fellow prisoner. severely slashing
him with knife. later making his wav
TO saloon and becoming intoxicated
with whisky.
He is serving a two and one-half
wear term for burglary. committed IN
Elko county.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-27
CLOSES OUT LAST CAR
OF FORD AUTOMOBILES

During the past few DAYS G. f. Havi-
land, Of the Winnemueca Garage, sold
a Ford car each to G. Hurtado, of
Quinn river; F. p Ellison, of the Eli
son Ranching company, and A. D. Le-
maire & Sons. Of Battle Mountain.
This closes ont the carload recently
received.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-07-27
sandals worn by Mexieans.

Wooden sandals are now being worn
to a great extent by the laboring
classes in Mexican cities and by ma
tives engaged in farming. in place OF
the old form of leather sandals used
by the Mexicans for many centuries
They are being substituted for the
primitive homemade leather sandals
because OF the scarcity and high price
Of native tanned leather. because Of
the scarcity OF sheepskin thongs for
lacing and because the native Indian
is becoming more particular about the
appearance of his feet