Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1922-10-17
DILLENS BACK
HERE TO FACE
MURDER Charge
Held in Close Confinement in
Comfy Jail; Accusations
Thick and Fast

Held incommunicado in the county
Jail, George and Grace Dillen, wanted
in connection with the murder of
Wallace Williams on or about Sept.
Y, were returned to Tonopah last
night at o'clock by Sheriff Thomas
and his deputy, Robert Nelson. The
fugitiyes were arrested at Bakers
fled following the receipt Of descrip
tions that were sent out and the
local authorities notified. The Dillens
made no attempt to fight extradtion
and would likely have waived extra
dition had the officers gone straight
through and made demand for their
persons
George Dillen, the husband, is said
to be only 20 years old, while the
age of his wife is at least 40 years
When arrested Dlllen was employed
in the Southern Pacific shops and
his wife was clerking in store at
Bakersfield.
While the proceedings surrounding
their apprehension are being kept a
profound secret until they can be
put through a gri,ling by the district
attorney and the local officers, it is
understood that they expressed no
surprise over their arrest, insisting
that Mexican named Rois, and now
held in the @ounty Jail, is the guilty
party On the other hand, it is said
that ROis, following his arrest at
Beatty, made a confession wherein
he named the Dilens as the guilty
parties, but the authorities are in
clined to believe that all three were
implicated in what is termed the
most diabolical murder plot ever con
Ceived in this state
The Dillens behaved themselves
admirably during the return trip from
Bakersfield to Tonopah. The party
left Bakersfield Sunday morning at
9 o'clock and arrived at independence
at o'clock that evening, being con.
fined in the Jail at that place unit,
Monday morning, when the departure
was made for Tonopah Upon their
arrival they were Immediately placed
in separate cells, the woman beng
confined in the upper tier, and no
one will be allowed to see them
until the officers have concluded their
examination of the suspects
Both are said to be calm and indif-
ferent concerning their surroundings,
evidently being unaware of the dam
aging evidence that has been woven
around them.
The Dillens are charged with hay.
ing brutally murdered Wallace Will
liams. with whom they were asso,
ciated in the Illicit manufacture and
sale Of whisky. Williams was struck
over the head with a blunt instru-
ment Three sets of wires were
wrapped about his body, pinioning
his arms against his side. and later
he was wrapped in an old comforter
and the body taken to the old Frazier
wells, where it was buried bAeath
IS inches of sand Later 1t became
exposed, or a portion of the body did
and the remains were found by J.
Zampatti and Rols, who claimed to
be out hunting Shortly after the
inquest Rois disappeared, but he was
located at Beatty and returned to
TOnOpah.
The Dillens were taken to the scene
Of the burying ground of Wallace
Williams this afternoon by Sheriff
Thomas and Deputy District Attorney
Taylor, that they might explain the
conditions as they last saw them
when a still was in operation ir
which they were interested. The
result Of the visit has not yet been
made known.
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