White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-23
Greek Killed
Without Cause
GEORGE sAMURIs SHOOTS FELL
LOW COUNTRYMAN BECAUSE HE
BROKE ENGAGEMENT TO MAR
RY HIS SISTER IN GREECE.

George Samuris. Greek, shot and
killed Nick Koutsouvanis, a fellow
countryman, in the foreign quarter
at McGill about 9 o'clock last Sun
day night. Although there was no
eve witness to the murder, it
seems to have been unprovoked. The
deceased showed no disposition to
quarrel with the man who took his
life. He possessed no means of de-
Tense, and was lying on bed in his
cabin when Samuris fired four shots
at him.
Samuris made no effort to escape
after he had gratified desire to
take the life of the man whom, it is
claimed. had declined to marry his
sister in Greece after the couple had
been engaged. 1t is also asserted
that the two participants in the aw-
full tragedy had quarreled over the
Ownership of certain mining stock,
which the dead man had agreed to
purchase from: Kouts ouvanis.
1t was the contention of the ac-
cused murderer that he had tcndered
sufficient money to Koutsouvanis to
entitle him to possession of ths
stock Samuris was arrested by Dep
pty Sheriff Holmes shortly after the
commfssion of his brutal crime. and
was brought to Ely by Deputy Sheriff
Newman.
The foreigner claims that he wen.
to the quarters occupied by Koutsou-
vanis three distinct times last Sun
cay to obtain ring belonging to his
SISTER, and demanded the stock be-
longing to him. He was finally sue
cessful in locating the party desired.
Instead of acceding to his requests
the murdered man only laughed at
him.
DtltCA ~ 0CSRCi dliOu at Tic ln-
suits that had been hurled at him,
| it is claimed, Samuris whipped out
big revolver and fired point blank
at the helpless man. who lay fully
dressed on bed. He tumbled
Imply forward. Three more shots
we're discharged. but the first bullet
which went through the heart. had
done its work. One shot passed
through the scrotum. Two missed
their mark.
The preliminary examination of
Samuris was held in the justice
court Friday morning Deputy Sher-
III George w. jackson was the only
witness to testify for the state. At
torney C. A. Walker objected to the
efforts of District Attorney Zurich to
get the confession of the defendant
into court. but his contention was
overruled by the court The defense
offered no testimony. Samuris was
held to await the action of the dis
ltrict court
Samuris is about 19 years old. Ap-
parently he has no realization of the
cold blooded murder that he commit :
tied. The coroner and the peace off,
GERS found him peacefully sleeping
in his quarters at the county jail
when they returned from McGill
about midnight Sunday. after inves-
|tigating the circumstances surround
ing the killing.
In spite of the fact that the mur-
/ der seems to have been premeditated,
| 1t appears that the penalty of MUIR
der in the first degree cannot be i'm
posed on the defendant. The last
Legislature designated an offense of
that nature as "all murder which
shall be perpetrated by means of
poison or lying in wait or torture,
Tor which shall be committed by a
Iconvict in the state prison serving a
sentence of life imprisonment" Capt.
tai punishment is practically elm
linated under the provisions of the
!act.
Clothing Man Departs
w. r. Jassoy. who has been man
lager of the Graham Quality shop for