White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-07
NE|CHDORHOOD ROW
JARED IN JUSTICE COURT

At a preliminary hearing before
Judge ID. c. Mcdonald III the justice
court Wednesday morning Matt ko-
gan and Joe Blatniek were held 70.
trial on the charge of grand larceny
and bail named in the sun OF $500
for each respondent. Hogan and
Blatnick were arrested last week on
a warrant sworn to by their neigh
, Tor, ID. Dragosavic, for the alleged
! theft of a cow belonging to the plain
tiff.
At the hearing the state produced
as witnesses the p~laintiff, ID. Dfago-
savic. his wife and their two daugh-
tiers, Mildren and Bojannie Dragosa-
vic, and Deputy Sheriff Charles Ches.
ter, who had served the warrant for
the arrest of Hogan and BlatnicF. All
the parties are residents of the Both
wick district, about twenty miles
north of Ely.
Neither Hogan nor Blatnick re
tanned counsel and at the hearing
waived the right of making any slate-
ment in their own behalf, although
during the testimony both made brief
contradictory answers to statements
offered by the witnesses The ase
was conducted by District Attorney
Charles A Walker and Attorney G.
A. Eddy has been retained by the
plaintiff as special prosecutor.
Matt Hogan has resided in this To-
cality for The last nine years. He is
2 native of Austria and has a wife
and W. children. Joe Blatnick is
a brother nf Kogan's wife. Incidents
connected with the alleged theft If
the COW are said to have occurred on
July rs. 81 and %. The testimony
of the states witnesses was in every
~instarce contrary to the story told
by Hogan. His brother-in-law, Blat-
nick, apparently does not speak En-
giish, as what he said during the
caring vas through an Interpreter.
According to Mr.. kogan's story he
was away from home at the tine Of
the alleged theft. His wife and her
brother were aroused between 10 and
Ii o'clock in the evening by the bark
ing of their dog and on investigating
they found a strange COW had wan
dered to the top of the shed whi.h
was bnilt into the bank and allowed
easy access to the roof. The cew
had fallen off a distance of about ten
feet and was injured in such "A man
ner as to be helpless. After talking
H. owe and upon advice OF Mrs. ko-
gan the cow was shot and killed 10y
Biatnick. The creature was imme.
diately cut up and CHARTERED. the en-
trails given to the pigs. but no eff
fort was made to hide anything. On.
a portion If the hide was the brand
Elark, a capital writing ID" This
portion of the hide was later secured
by Deputy Sheriff Chester and pro-
duced in court as evidence. being
identified by Dragosavic as his brand
1t Is further said that Hogan on
arriving home and learning what hal
teen done questioned the action, but
he is reported as saying hat 30 long
as IL lac been done the only way was
TO make the best OF il.
While neither Hogan nor Blatnick
made any statement at the hearing.
the evidence of Officer Chester. g.,o
lad visited the premises of the re-
sponeents, was in line with Kogan's
explanation of how the COW ea'ae to
the Hogan place and was killed and
was told to the court as Hogan ahd
told 1t to him.
Evidence introduced by the stat,
tended to show that the COW was
stolen from the Dragosayic CORA!
about 3 o'clock in the morning of
July 81. The testimony of Mrs. Drar-
csavic and her two daughters agreed
II this connection. The husband and
father was away from home, having
gone TO Ely. and the three women OF
the family were alone In tho house.
Mrs. Dragosavic was awakened about
3 o'clock in the morning by tho bark
inr of her dog and on looking out
she saw a man driving a GOV out of
the corral. She Immediately aroused
her two daughters, who got on some
clothes In time to see the COW being
driven away. The three women, 81
told to the court, followed the man
and COW TO the Hogan place, a mile
or o distant. and froci n nearby
bill watched what took place-in-
GUIDING principally the sacrifice of
the Dragosavic COW.
Testimony OF the state further
showed that Mrs. Dracosavic and
daughters had gone to tho Hogan
p)uce and asked about the COW: that
Mr.. Hogan had showed them the beef
cut up; that he ha offered TO make
q settlement, saying that the row was
unknown TO him; ard that he had
said that he did not know II was her
ccw that lie had killed. OUT supposed
IL was a McGill cow.
In giving her testimony Mrs. Drag
csavic appeared much in earnest and
was considerably wrought up, and
IL was brought out that the ~unfortu-
rate animal was her COW, a family
pet, and that as the result OF Its un-
timely and she vas very sore in her
heart"
Bojannie Dragosavic, who testified
that she saw the COW driven away by
a man whom slie did not recognize
said that after the creature had t.een
driven to the Hogan shed four men
cane OFT Of the house and the kill
ing and quartering of the beef fol
lowed.
I At the conclusion OF the testimony