The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-01-05
T0GN0NI HELD TO ANSWER
Valves Preliminary Examination
In Justice Court-Pistol and
Missing Clothing Found, But
No Trace of Money Discovered
In Statement duplicates An
other Party

At noon Thursday, January 3, JUS
tice of the Peace J. j. Lucey ordered
the Sheriff to bring j. j. Tognoni.
charged with robbery. into court in
order to have the time set for his
preliminary hearing.
Tognoni was thereupon brought
into court. Attorney w. r. Reynolds
appeared for him, and District At
torney N. P. Morgan represented
the State. The defendant, through
his attorney waived a preliminary
examination.
The Court then ordered since the
defendant had appeared and waived
his right to a preliminary hearing,
that he be held to answer to the Dis
trict Court. and placed his bonds at
$4,000.
Further Developments in This Case
The pistol used in the attack upon
Samuel Dennison early Thursday of
last week. when he was so brutally
beaten at his cabin door and robbed
of $700, was found last Saturday
afternoon on the Sadler premises on
Monroe street by Frank Romano.
who was gathering junk. The pistol
was considerably smeared up with
blood when found. and was turned
over to the Sheriff. This pistol had
been removed from behind the bar
at the Zadow Hotel, where it had
been left by Martin Mahoney.
On last Tuesday two young boys,
Albert Bale and Julius F%arovini,
found the clothes which were worn
by the robber at the time of the
crime. The clothes. consisting of a
coat. trousers. and a pair of new
shoes, all done up in a bundle and
tied with a necktie. we're discovered
in an clubhouse on Monroe street in
the zeal of the Bale warehouse. All
of these articles were bloody. and
the trousers were especially bloody
where they had come in contact with
Dennison's head. as he bent I'VE
trying to protect himself from the
blows of the pistol.
When confronted with these clothes
Tognoni confessed that they belonged
to him, but stated that he was not
wearing them at the time of the
robbery.
No trace of the 500 taken from
Dennison has been found, and it is a
rumor about the streets that
Tognoni claims he did not get the
money. However, Dennison is posi-
tive that Tognoni was the only man
present when he was assaulted. and
is the man who took the money from
his pockets. 1t also appears that the
blood stains on Tognoni's underwear
do not tally with the stains on the
suit he claims to have worn at the
time. but do tally with the blood
stains on the suit which he claims
the other party was wearing.
Samuel Dennison, the victim. has
largely recovered from the assault
made upon him and is now consid-
cred to be out of danger.
Jack Wright. one of the spectators
at the trial in the Justice Court. on
Wednesday. was called out of the
room and taken into custody by the
Sheriff upon information that he was
implicated with Tognoni in the rob-
berry of Samuel Dennison. After
being kept in custody for "a hours
he was released on account of the
lack of sufficient evidence to hold
him for trial. He is a recent arrival
in Eureka from Newark Valley.
where he is said to have worked for
w. A. Moore, He has been here
about two months.
Tosnoni Makes Statement to Sentinel
In an interview Friday afternoon
in the COUNT, Jail with j. J. Tognoni,
who was held to answer to the Dis
trict Court on Thursday on a charge
of robbery by Justice of the Peace
Lucey. Tognoni stated to SENTINEL
reporter that the blood-stained
clothes found in an clubhouse on low