The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-11-25
JURY IS HEARING
ABOUT A HE|FER
State Is Trying to Make 1t Plain to
Jury That Steve Boggio Stole
Heifer From Tom Dooley
Which Steve Denies

The last two days the attention
of district court jury, composed
of B. ]. Bynon, Sylvan Siard, A.
T. Jackson, ]. T. Collins, E. Gran.
quist, H. C. Pearson, J. M. Reidel
Mark Fitzgerald, r. c. Bergwin
Vance Nelson, J. d. Kilfoyle, and
J. d. Murray, has been devoted to
listening to witnesses giving testi-
mony in the case of the State OF
Nevada, VS.. Steve Boggio, the latter
a quite well-known Paradise Val
icy district citizen, whom Thomas
Dooley alleges stole and slaughtered
a heifer calf belonging to Dooley
one reasonably warm day last July
The state has introduced several
witnesses to the jury and among
them Thomas Dooley, the man from
whom the heifer is alleged to have
been stolen. Dooley told, in a
way that hardly left room for a
reasonable doubt that he found him.
self short one heifer, which turned
up absent. And almost concurrent
with his discovery of the shortage
in his herd he also discovered the
hide of heifer hanging on fence
in close proximity to the market of
the Paradise Valley butcher; and
as it had color close resembling
the hide of the heifer belonging to
him, that had failed to answer roll
call, he went over to the fence and
examination of the hide convinced
him, beyond the peradventure of a
doubt, that it was the hide which
had, in its lifetime, encased his
missing heifer.
Dooley took possession of the
hide and turned it over to Sheriff
Brady and the hide, bearing brand
that Dooley claimed was his-a
letter "D"-was exhibited to the
jury and by the jurors closely
scrutinized.
Two or three old-time cowmen
were placed upon the stand and
after qualifying as experienced men
in reference to cattle-branding and
cattle brands, they were shown the
hide and asked to examine it; and
after so doing they all testified to
the same general effect, viz, that
the hide very plainly shows the
brand of 3D." which was stamped
upon the hide in such position that
it is that which is known at a"Lazy
d."
Attorneys Campbell & Robins are
acting as counsel for Mr.. Boggio,
while Attorney Brandon is serving
as special counsel in assisting the
state to conclusively prove to the
jury that a crime has been COM
mitted and that the man charged is
guilty and should be convicted.
Steve Boggio, the defendant,
made a very good witness for him.
self and told very plausible
story anent his connection with that
heifer branded, 3D." during her
lifetime.
Boggio said that on the day of
the heifer's demise he was at work
putting up hay, out in the field,
when Charlie Gondra, the Paradise
Valley packinghouse proprietor and
the latter's foreman Of the beef
slaughtering department, Joe Sug-
arde, made their appearance and en-.
gagged him in conversation relative
to his disposition regarding letting
them have permission to manifest
their homicidal propensities on the
Boggio premises. Steve was as
busy, that eventful evening of July
2s, as one-armed paperhanger
with the itch, and he quite briefly
told Charlie and Joe that they
might slaughter one of his bovines
indicating. where they might be
found and Charlie and Joe went
their way and, later on, Steve
learned that they had murdered
that which he naturally assumed