The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-02-26

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country has ever known-the biggest
silver scramble ever witnessed by
mantle maddest rush for gold in
history-is coming-soon.
Age-old supply and demand says
so. Silver and gold are the two things
that are in greatest demand, and of
which there is the smallest relative
supply. That means. too, that lead
and copper will share heavily in an
development campaign
wherever they may be found or
hunted for
Every old timer who knows the
mining game, and has the faculty for
remembering what has gone before,
will admit to himself that some morn
ing we are going to wake up to a
red hot mining boom. 1t will come
suddenly, as it always has. but just
now the things that accumulate to
bring 1t about are slowly, quietly and
surely working out towards the
eventual end.
1t has been my privilege during the
past year to note the metal and min
ing situation as trained observer,
without any strings of self interest or
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sician passed a large probe through
Requa's head. Yet to the surprise of
everyone the man appears to be get
ing well! He daily seems to gain in
strength, and his eyes are intelli-
gent His vocal cords are paralyZed,
but he answers questions by smiling
or by shaking his head. Undoubtedly
he is fully conscious. The upper part
of his head is as badly discolored as
it might be if horse had kicked it.
Fristoe declares he hopes Requa
will get we'll, because he will make
a good witness for the prisoner when
the latter pleads self-defense. He
says Requa will tell who shot first.
He seems hardly to realize the
plight he is in, and seems to think
plea of self-defense might be sub.
stantiated. However, he says he is all
ready to take his medicine" what
ever it may be.
Bell wrote a pitiful letter to his
father and mother this morning. i
shall not tell now who they are. The
young prisoner merely recited the
foolishness which got him into such
serious trouble. and expressed deep
penitence at bringing such sorrow
disgrace upon his parents. Sheriff
Enslow and Deputy Tamblyn believe
the letter should be published as
lesson to young men who are inclined
to wildness. If the district attorney
conclud. IS the publication will be
proper, your correspondent will send
the letter later.
Fristoe's story of his capture, Mon
day morning, comedies with that told
by the sheriff and his deputy, which
was contained in yesterdays letter to
The Silver State. He declares he
could have killed them easily from
his hiding place in the caboose, had
he wanted to kill. But he says he
knew it could do him no good, and
that he did not want to kill anybody,
anyway.
He also mentioned seeing a couple
of deputies on the railroad track a
hundred yards away whom he might
easily have shot. He declares the Of
ficcers did not fool him bit when
they ran the locomotive over the
cinder pit and pretended to fix up the
CRATE in some way. He say he
knew they were after him. So he got
out.
His stroll up to the caboose, leaving
a plain trail in the snow. seems to
have been an aimless sort of pro-
ceeding. He said he rather expected
the officers would shoot when they
had a chance, and it felt somewhat
like committing suicide when he
opened the rear door of the caboose
and stepped out, with his rifle ex-
tended at arms length.
When the sheriff and his deputy.
with rifles at their shoulders, COM
manded him to drop his gun, he
obeyed, and the rifle tumbled off the
platform of the caboose. Then he
told Sheriff Enslow he had a six
shooter in his hip pocket, and the
sheriff took it away from him while
Deputy Woodward kept him covered.
Fristoe said he could have killed
the sheriff and his deputy even as he
stepped to the caboose platform; but
to this the officers reply that he
hadn't a chance.
Public sentiment in Ely doesn't
seem to offer a particle of condona-
tion for the crime of last Friday; and
yet. among the few men who have
seen him, there is a certain admira-
ton for Fristoe because of the way
in which he takes all the balme for
the killing upon himself. and strives
to shield his more youthful compan-
ion, Joe Bell. Fristoes nerve seems
almost perfect, while Bell is very
remorseful.
Hes a killer, all right" said one
man. speaking of Fristoe. after the