The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-01-05
CATTLE STEALING HEARING
Preliminary Examination of Earl
Overton Results in His Being
Held to Answer

In the Justice Court Monday when
Justice J. J. Lucey called up the case
of the State against Earl Overton
and Ross Parker, charged with grand
larceny in being accused of taking
two head of cattle belonging to the
Eureka Land & Stock Company from
the range and slaughtering them,
Attorney w. r. Reynolds asked that
separate hearings be given the de-
fendants and that Mr.. Overton's case
be heard first. District Attorney N.
P. Morgan said this arrangement
would be satisfactory to the State.
and Mr.. Overton's hearing was COM
menced. Miss Maud Harris of Eu-
reka was sworn in as Court Reporter
and the testimony was taken down
in short hand.
Hiram Kitchen, in charge of the
cattle and horses of the Eureka Land
& Stock Company. was the first wit
ness called and sworn. and to the
Interrogation of the District Attor-
ney testified in part that at 8 o'clock
D. m. on December 16 he was at the
pump about miles south of Fish
Creek, close to the Nye County line.
and saw quite few head of cattle;
not all the cattle belonged to the
company, but five head in this bunch
did. On objection he was not per-
mitted to answer as to who owned
the other cattle. Said he saw the
same bunch of cattle again on De-
cember %. except that two head we're
then missing; after leaving the pump
on the 10th went up to the camp and
saw Wylie and sheepherder; while
there saw a man and burro about a
mile west of the pump and watched
him for about three-quarters of an
hour; man first appeared to be going
northeast toward cattle. then trav-
eled southwest away from cattle;
Wylie was with me and he also saw
the party; at first thought there was
only one man, but later saw there
we're two men where the first man
had stopped; stayed at pump that
night, next morning rode horse up to
where | had seen man with burro;
found the tracks of two men and two
barefoot horses and tracked them to
where they got the two head of cattle;
there were a good many tracks; found
there were two persons by their
two different sizes of feet; one track
was probably two inches longer than
the other; small track was made by a
boot, larger one by shoe or rubber.
When could not track them out
went to little mountain in the val
ley and looked with field glasses to
see if | could see any one driving
anything; could not; then went to the
Willow Creek road and south on that
road to see if any cattle had passed;
as | was going along the road found
where these two barefoot horses had
crossed the road going in northeast
erly direction; kept along road and
went down small ravine or canyon
and there found the tracks of two
head of cattle driven by two barefoot
horses; tracked cattle over a noun
tain and then over another smaller
hill; then came back to pump and
told Wylie some one had got away
with two head; went to Fish Creek
and then started for town; met Peter
Ardans and told him what had hap
pened; later met Mr.. Sara and told
him; did not examine horses tracks
on the 17th; did not get off horse;
followed tracks of these horses to
where they started to drive the cat
tie; made many tracks; could not tell
at that time how many cattle there
were; too many tracks; found when
they got down to the white sage there
were only two head of cattle: tracks
showed one animal larger than other;
tracks of horses here were similar to
those first discovered.
Came to Eureka about a p. M.
Monday: left for Fish Creek again
the next morning: was Joined there