The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-06-18
Of EVIDENCE
HAS DISAPPEARED

Hk U&TuMLU
The sudden disappearance OF q bottle
Of evidence In the case of the state Of |
Nevada against Al limerick. Thurs
day afternoon. created CONSERVATION
Cor few moments In the court room. !
where Mr.. limerick and thirteen bot
Ties OF alleged Intoxicating liquor had |
been brought by Deputy Sheriff Roeder |
as the result OF "A search warrant is
sued the day before.
The defendant and the thirteen bot |
Ties OF evidence were brought into the |
court room by the ofiicials. District At |
torney Scott and Deputy Sheriff Roeder
'heing in the room at the time. The
district attorney stepped into the
Judges chambers and the deputy sher-
IN was called into the hall for a mo-
ment Returning a short time later.
when the court had entered for the
purpose Of viewing the evidence to as
dertain whether or not there was suf.
acient cause for holding the defendant.
IL was discovered that one bottle OF the
precious fluid was missing.
p
to locate the missing evidence. but
short time later a broken bottle was
found on the ground below Que cs the
win lows of the court room. Twelve
hotties remain. however. and the case
was set by Judge Orr to be heard next
Monday, the defendant furnishing bond
in the sum of $500 to appear at tNat
time for trial An analysis Of the con-
/ Ill A1xrA lac
will be made In the meantime.
TWO ALLEGED BOOTLEGGERS
CAPTURED ny CULvERWELL
The diligence with which Lincoln
county oficialsspursue their duties has
been doubly emphasized this week by
the arrest of two more men. Tony Mar
tello and ]. b. Franklin, both of whom
have been employed in the vicinity oy
of Phoebe for some time. They were
apprehended between Panaca and Cal
iente Thursday evening by Sheriff viii
liam Culverwell. who found in the au
tomobile which they we're driving sew
eral Jugs of whisky, which 1t 1
thought was being taken to Calient
from the neighborhood of Ely.
Sheriff Culverwell has had the tw
men under surveillance for some time
and the arrests of last night simpl
completed the task that he has bee
! working on for weeks.
When the sheriff met the car con
tanning the two men he whipped ou
his gun and ordered the men to sto
!. and throw up their hands, which wa
> done without a protest by either.
1n1 I,x M
of Martello but nothing on FRANKLIN
: Ordering Franklin to drive their ca
r and keep within reasonable distant
$ ahead Of him, the sheriff invited MAJ
o tello to occupy the front seat of IL
5. car representing law and order. TIL,
. the drive was made to Phoebe witho'
- mishap. pretty stop being registers
in front of the court house.
!, The preliminary hearing of Martel
:, and Franklin was held this afternoe
: 1T 3 o'clock before Judge William
Orr. who sat as committing magi
n trate in the absence of Justice of Il
lie Peace w. M. Christian.
lie Martello pleaded guilty to the char
j. of having four jugs OF liquor in h
to possession and transporting it in viol
tion of the liquor laws and was plac
!, under bonds of $1,000 to appear befo
:. the district court at some future da
~ He has not furnished the bond and
~ being held in the county jail.
~ Franklin pleaded not guilty a
gave as his reason to the court so d
ing that he had been tricked into dri
he ing the car for Martello and had
n knowledge of the fact that he was
ed be used as tool for the Illegal trar
nd portation Of liquor. His story was
He the effect that he had lost most of
Cd money in a friendly game of poker
few nights previous to their departl
- for Ely. having been employed at @
. of the mines in this vicinity, when
fell in with Martello and frankly 8;
- to the court that Martello seemed II
- the right sort of a fellow and he t
~, him of his troubles of having lost
money when he had planned trip
Arizona. Whereupon, according
ay Franklin, Martello offered him chal
in to make little stake by driving
mic to Ely and back with Martello as
ms. only passenger. This Franklin acce
he ed but he claimed he had no kno'
the edge of the purpose of the trip vi
ace when about twenty miles out from
oche during the night car dr.
alongside and the four jugs were tai
rs 70, from one car and placed in the otl
Franklin told the court that at
time he refused to have, any more
~ do with the car In which Martello
riding and requested that he be =
mitted to ride in the direction of
with the other driver. The latter, HI
ever, would not permit this and it !
ned then imperative. said Franklin. that
me ride to Phoebe with Martello or wall
in District Attorney Scott called the
leir tention Of the court to the fact that
in car had already passed Phoebe W
lni- the two men were apprehended.
drs. that Franklin couId easily have 81
rles ped here had he had any such des
ibe. The prisoner offered to explain thi'
, +. he satisfaction of the court. but Ju
and Orr interrupted him by the staten
Don You will have an opportunity late
IAN .xplain that" and bound him ovel
the district court under a bond of
. He has not furnished the bond
languishes In the county jail