White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-23

While IL mas been generally under
stood that iarakiri was common only
to h Japanese. what may prove &c be
"a case In White Pine county came Ia
light some weeks ago right In the Of
flee of the sheriff. and II Is believed b.
many that after close confinement in
the inner precincts of the dungeon
known as the safe Stree last summer
John Barleyeorn shufied off this NOR
tai coyle by the harakiri route.
Some time about last April. Harvey
Lambert. proprietor of the Senate bar,
in Ely. was taken into custody by Roy
Speer and Dan Renear. members of
the Nevada state police, who charged
that Lambert was dispensing to his
friends liquid refreshments of a greater
alcoholic content than one-halr of /
per cent, ard as evidence Join Barley
corn was said To have been placed in a
straitjacket. known as a pint flask,
which was securely sealed and delis
cred TO former Sheriff w. S. Enslow.
who thereafter confined the villain III
the dungeon. there to be held as a wit
ness when the Lambert case came up
for trial at Tie next criminal session
of court. Upon opening the safe one
bright morning recently Sheriff n. {.
Nicholson discovered the straitjacket
broken in countless pieces and pool
Johr was no more.
Mary experts have been Interviewed
by a representative of the News. but
the case Is enc on which few will veh-
ture even m opinion. Upon the DIS
aovery OF the remains gases came
from the safe IN quantities which
would have startled orc Of orr boys
who recently took the gas hdlui1s a.
he did his hat. II is said that the iwo
members OF the state police took sim
liar witnesses with them so as to pre-
vent collision before the trial, and
District Attorney Walker is now en-
deavoring TO ascertain whether or not
these may also have fallen victims Of
some dreaded gas. or gasoline. on FOL
any other reason blew up"
II Is said that similar cases nave oe-
CURED even in the best Of regulated
families in this section but were not
reported to tie authorities. In TACT,
such gases are said to have been he
cause of many crimes, and Will" there
seems to be foundation for the state
ments they cannot pc verified.
Anthony Juricli. counsel for MIR. Lam
bert, when interviewed on the subject
said:
Usually in criminal cases gas is
only used at the trial The present
situation. however, has been best ex-
planned to me by my friend John Onion.
n retired army ofiicer and the man who
pat the punch in the American army.
Gases are not only dangerous but In
many cases their operation is peculiar
said Mr.. Onion. They can best be UNI
derstood by those who observe them
only fl a distance. Greatest danger
IL occasioned when attempt Is made
TO in any way control or min GER
tain of the gases. Take Us~quebaugh.
for example. that may sound alarming
but Is by no means dangerous to the
legal fraternity for the reason that ii
always finds a ready outlet through
the mouth. which is never closed. In
fact, those who use this form of gas
Immediately proceed TO allow 1t to es-
cane by means of an open mouth, and
while they expose those who come In
contact with the fumes they frequently
prevent their heads from being blown
open, even at the risk of having then
blown on"