White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-10-10
IN ELY SEWERS
ARE MANY KICKS

Tuesday night man ran hurriedly
into the sheriff's office and told the
officer in charge that he had been as
saulted while crossing the bridge over
Murry creek On the main road be-
tween Ely and East Ely
The man was in such an excited
condition that he could not describe
his assailant. but requested the dep
uty sheriff to accompany him to the
bridge where he declared the assail-
ant still lurked.
The officer Immediately strapped
on his six shooter and proceeded to
the scene of the assault, followed by
the badly frightened man. Upon ar
irving at the bridge the officer was
about to investigate when he received
stunning blow on the side of the
head from some Shiny body, which
caused him to stagger back and draw
his gun. The man who accompanied
the officer was standing in the high
sage brush and called out to the
startled officer. there he is on the
edge of the bridge" The officer,
whipping out his flash light, threw
the gieam OF light along the bridge
and disclosed to his startled vision an
enormous trout sitting ON his tail 1t
the edge of the bridge and preparing
to spring Startled by tho sudden
light. the uncanny fish was seen to
slowly weave about on his unsteady
tail, hfs CLASSY eye and the strong
smell of alcohol that emanated from
his Shiny body marking him at once
as being in desperate stage Of intox-
ication. Immediate realization flash
ed through the officers brain, and.
putting up his gun. he made . dive
for the drunken fish, but the pisca-
torial resident of Murry creek, with
a drunken leer on his face and
wave of his I'm. dived from the bridge
and disappeared.
All Ccti60tfOu Vi tnt dn6kI OI
the authorities disclosed the fact thai
the waters in the lower part of Murry
creek east of the court house contain
ed on analysis SO per cent OF alcohol
Following the course of the creek
Wednesday morning, the officers dis
covered several milch cows leaning
against fence posts and seeming to
be suffering from severe headaches.
The strange occurrences were final
ly traced to the sewer of the court
house, which had disgorged ninety
gallons of 110-proof moonshine that
had been pured down the sink Tues
day afternoon at 4:30 O'Clock by two
federal officers.
The moonshine was the liquor of
very high grade discovered by Pro-
baton Officer Haley and Deputy
Sheriff Fred Brown last week Oh the
dairy ranch east of East Ely. The
liquor was stored in the famous
blue room of the colrt house
where many better drink had come
to less ignominious end, and upon
the arrival of the federal officers II
was delivered into their tender care
by an order from the district court.
The order was made by Judge McFad-
den in the afternoon and the officers
Immediately took II into custody.
Several spectators were invited to
witness the death struggle and final
demise. A representative of the News.
who still bears the hall mark" OF
better days, when 1t was not crime
to Gift one." was invited to write
the obsequies and enjoy the favor of
the environment.
Financially speaking. at time
when assessments to promote pure
politics are in order. the drink pour
ed down the sink Tuesday represent
ed 1850 glasses OF moonshine at 50
cents per glass. equal to $3.50.