White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-09
Jury FINDS FR|sTOE GUILTY Of.
MURDER N THE FIRST DEGREE
Sentenced to Life imprisonment, by the Jury
Recommendation, the Slayer Of Arthur St.
Clair Appears Unmoved When Fate Is An
nounced.-Defends His Killing of Constable
ON Self-Defense Grounds.

James Russell, superintendent for
the Union Land and Cattle company,
was called to the stand and testified
to the robbery from the company's
store OF the Ford car. two rifles ard
several boxes of cartridges. He told
of the discovery of the robbery and
of calling on Constable Arthur ST..
Clair, who accompanied him until
he also secured the assistance OF
George Requa, when the three men
picked up tine trail of the Ford car
and followed it. The trail OF the
Ford was plainly marked, said Mr..
Russell. as 1t was equipped with
three different makes of tires that
left a plain trail in the light snow
that was on the ground when the car
was driven from the eompany's
garage. The pursuing party follow
ed the fugitives In the Buick car be-
longing to Mr.. Russell and came up
on the Ford car stuck in the mud
about three and one+half miles south
of Cherry Creek. The party got out
and examined the car and st. Clair
and Requa decided to walk ahead
and see II they could pick up the trail
Of the men who had abandoned the
car. Mr.. Russell decided that 1t
would be necessary for him to put
the chains on his car in order to pull
the Ford out OF the mud and told the
other two men that ne could do 1t
without assistance. Mr.. Russell then
said that while he was putting on
the chains he heard several shots
fired and got up from the wheels to
see where they came from, but could
not see a sign of any one. He then
said that he stepped on the running
board of the car and looked In the
direction the men had gone and saw
figure going through the sage
brush in a crouching position. Reach
ing for his field glasses he then stood
on the radiator of the car and looked
the ground over but could not see a
sign of anyone. After waiting for
some time and not seeing any signs
of life, he then decided TO go for
help as he said he then decided that
something serious had happened to
his two partners. According to his
testimony ne then moved to some
higher ground and after looing
around for a while and not being
able to Sc anyone, he started for
Cherry Greek station which he reach
ed short time afterwards and
sent for help. Mr.. Russell was the
most important witness the state had.
The other witnesses. Fred .Borchert
of Cherry Creek. Judge Collins and
Undertaken Horswell of Ely testiflcd
to the finding of the body of st
Clair and the nature of the bullet
wounds, opening the states case in
proving the corpus deIicti.
Deputy Sheriff P. w. Woodward
told of tine capture OF Leonard Fris'
toe. Relating on examination by the
attorneys of his visit to the cinder
pit In the yards of the Neyeda North
orn Railway and of the defendants
subsequent escape to the caboose
where Deputy Woodward called for
Fristoe TO surrender. Fristoe came
out of the car and gave his rifle to
the deputy sheriff who turned him
over to Sheriff Enslow who removed
AS Colts six shooter from F'ristoe
and brought him to Ely.
The sensational feature of the trial
was the cross examination of Deputy
Sheriff Woodward by Attorney Eddy
who at the conclusion of his exam
ination asked the deputy sheriff about
later visit to the scene of the shoot
ing in company with Attorney White
ley and Eddy and Mr.. Bell. the father
of the young man who was with Tris-
toe at the time of the shooting. At
torney Eddy brought out at this time
that while visiting the spot where
George Requa was found wounded,
the deputy sheriff picked up two ex-
ploded shells of 1920 caliber and a
bullet that fitted a $3.50 she'll The
$500 caliber was the same caliber
as the gun declared to have been
owned by George Requa and the
$3.50 bullet fitted the exploded shells
which according TO testimony was
used in the 5000 rifle used by Fris-