The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1922-09-23
NEVADANS CHARGED
WITH BIG SHEEP THEFT

An alleged conspiracy to ds,,.-,
the United States involving a ssss
900 deal between the War r,,.'
Corporation and live stock in,s--s
In Eastern Nevada and Idaho. w,s
vealed in Reno Tuesday foilovin.
ceipt Of advices by Federal autho,.
ties that the asserted leader 40
group Of sheep men charged with ~.
fraud, is under arrest in Ogden. I-,.s
awaiting removal to this stats 81
prosecution, says the Gazette.
MEN INDICTED SECRETLY
The man held in Utah is Ecou,,,
J%auregui, who is said to have been !,
charge of herding operations for -.
Idaho-Nevada Livestock Company. !,
was also learned to-day that fo.,
others have been taken into custoa.
as alleged co-conspirators, all A.
whom are named In a secret ind,e,
ment returned by the Federal rr.na
jury at its last session. Besides Ia.
regui, the men accused are Anastaslo
Lando. Pete OrdoQui, Jean Etchert
and John Ayarbe. They are Basous.
The true bill returned secretly Nv
the United States grand jury was n.
result Of an investigation EXTENDING
over a period Of many weeks durins
which time department Of justice on.
eratives covered an area Of rs. 0ea
square miles Of the sheep country
from Blackfoot. Idaho, down inta
Central Utah. In bringing to light a.
idence upon which the department
could proceed with the prosecution.
HEAVY LOSS SUSTAINED
The case is based on an ALLEGED
| plot to embezzle sheep entrusted 70
Jaregui on the range. It being
| charged that the men entered into 1
plan to appropriate the sheep after
representing to the stock corporatios
that they had been lost. Just how
many animals we're appropriated, q
charged, probably will never b
known. but the number has been est
mated at from 5000 to $4,000. The
loss runs into the tens of Thousands
| of dollars.
The Governments interest In The
case lies in the fact that the sheep
we're under mortgage to the Wsf
Finance Corporation. this institution
having advanced approximate
S400.O 900 on the stock of the Idaho.
Nevada Livestock Company. The con.
spiracy. the indictment charged. was
in pursuance of an arrangement to
abandon the sheep and report them
lost. a great number of them having
been diverted on April s.
SOME ANIMALS RECOVERED
1t IL understood that a number Of
the sheep have been recovered, Z
part of them through replevin pro.
ceedings instituted in the courts Of
Eastern Nevada. Investigators re.
ported that most of the animals were
appropriated prior to the clipping
season and the men named In the In.
dictment sold the fleeces. II also
was ascertained, according to de.
partment of justice operatives. that
some of the stolen sheep were found
with ear marks changed. Some Of
the men indicted were In the employ
of ~Jauregui. It Is alleged, while 9th.
ers were independent sheep men with
whose fiocks the company sheep were
mingled.
Etchert and Ayarbe are at liberty
under bail executed before one Of the
United States commissioners in East
ern Nevada. while Lando and Ordo.
qui were brought to the Washes
County jail.
This 10 the first criminal prosecu-
| ton started In the Nevada courts In.
volving the newly created War II
nance Corporation. organized by the
Government to assist in financing the
stock interests of the West.