The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-09-30
Warren engaged the attention of

general exposition OF the merits OF
the case relative to the advisability
Of taking jackson Creek precinct by
the seat of the pants and tossing it
beyond the pale Of the county con-
fines. Mr.. Warren made it quite
clear to the lone spectator, even
though Judge Taber made no sign
indicating that he, appreciated the
point that Mr.. Warren was endea-
voring to make, that it was his hon.
est conviction that District Attorney
Wilson's sole object in seeking the
throwing out of the Jungo precinct
was due solely to the fact that the
major part of the ballots cast in
that precinct were registered pro-
tests to the nomination of MIR. Will
son for district attorney. Assuming
that Mr.. Warren's premises were
founded upon evidence justifying
his belief, the large crowd Of specta-
tor could not find any good reason
for picking a quarrel with the dis
trict attorney because Of the atti-
tude taken by the latter.
Judge o. N. Marsh, who made
quite a little talk to the court and
the spectators on Thursday after
noon, was called to the stand Fri
day morning, after the conclusion
of Mr.. Warren's address to the court
and spectator, and he brazenly ad-
mitted, when pressed by counsel,
that he was the same Marsh who
faced the court ON the previous
afternoon. This rather dumfound-
ed the spectator for there was no
good reason, as it appeared to him,
for the man Marsh not denying his
identity.
After being sworn Mr.. Marsh,
with unparalleled effrontery, calmly
confessed that he had not read the
instructions to members of the elec-
ton board prior to the assumption
of the duties Of judge of the elec-
ton. He said that he had merely
glanced at them and afterwards he
read them;' and the spectator de-
duced that Mr.. Marsh was somewhat
dismayed to learn that the same
rules and regulations that are or
dinarily observed in the conduction
of Sunday school are not employed
in running an election precinct,
where Democratic candidates are
vieing with one another for su-
premacy. ~
Mr.. Eugene Petit, clerk of the
Jungo precinct election board, who
had told practically everything that
he knew about the election when on
the witness stand Thursday after
noon, was called to the stand after
Mr.. Marsh had concluded animated
narration of the many things that
he knew nothing of about the cleo
tion in Jackson Creek precinct, and
after he had solemnly sworn to tell
the truth and nothing but the truth,
Mr.. Petit, who appeared none the
worse for wear from his stay in
town over night, made it quite clear
that he had nothing to add that
would tend to clear up the mystery
surrounding the kidnapping of Char
lie Ross.
H. G. Oastler, manager of the
American theatre, was the next wit
ness called and it was anticipated
that Mr.. Oastler would divulge many
things that would rather tend to
cause the spectator to forget the
threats made by his landlady, but
Mr.. Oastler betrayed no particular
eagerness to tell anything more than
he actually knew about things that
transpired at the West Winnemucca
precinct, of which he was the pri-
mary election inspector. The one
thing, as it appeared to the lone
spectator, of particular significance,
as testified to by Mr.. Oastler, was
that at about the hour of 6 O'Clock
he went to supper and did not get
back therefrom until nearly 7
o'clock. That made it quite clear
to the spectator that one of two
things took place that particular
evening, viz, either the man Oastler
is very slow eater, or he had a
heavy feed.
Mr.. Oastler, asked to examine the
seals placed on the envelopes con-
tanning the ballots of West Winnie
mucca precinct, said that it was his
opinion that at the time the en-
velopes left the precinct election
)oard the seals were not broken. As
he seals were broken at the time
hey were exhibited to Mr.. Oastler.
the spectator, after mature ref1ec-
ton, arrived at the conclusion that
the seals had been broken as the
result of careless handling, or had
been broken Intentionally, or that
Mr.. Oastler was mistaken about the
seals having been properly made in
the first place.
w. R. Spenner, resident of VIM
nemucca, testified that he took part
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