The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-10-12
NEWTON STANLEY
HAS HIS HEARING
Preliminary Hearing of Man Held
for Killing Sheepherder Is in
Progress Before Justice of
Peace Ritchie Today

murder of Bonofacio Yragui, is in
progress today in Justice Ritchie's
court, with District Attorney Wilson
in charge of the states interests, as
sisted by special counsel in the per-
sons of Thos. E. Powell and 7. A.
Brandon, while the defendant is
represented by Attorney Kesner
Wylie of the law firm of Robinet
& Wylie, Alturas, Calf. 8.
The first witness on the stand for
the state was Sheriff George w.
Brady, who, in response to direct
examination, conducted by Attorney
7. E. Powell, said that on the 18th
of September last he left here for
Allali Canyon, in response to in
formation received of a killing that
had occurred there the day before !;
and that on his way there he met
up with an auto headed this way, in
which was Joe Yragui bringing to
this place the dead body of his
brother, Bonofacio Yragui. At that
time, the sheriff testified, Joe Yra-
gui turned over to him 5000 rifle
contained in a scabbard, with six
cartridges in the rifle magazine, and
A 25-calibre automatic pistol, with
three cartridges in its magazine; all
Of which were introduced as ex-
hibits by counsel for the state and
marked accordingly.
Sheriff Brady testified that after
meeting up with Yragui he con-
.inued on to the scene of the shoot
ing, accompanied by the driver of
he auto, Carl Haviland; T. E.
Powell, counsel representing the dis
srict attorney, and Justice of the
Peace Ritchie. Reaching the scene
Of the tragedy the party made a
rough sketch of the ground and
then drove to Cedarville, Calf,
and from there proceeded to AL
turas, Calf, where the sheriff
turned over to him Newton Stanley
IT., the man now on trial. At the
same time, the California sheriff
turned over to Sheriff Brady ball
from 25-calibred cartridge, which
corresponds in size to the automatic
pistol given to Sheriff Brady by Joe
Yragui.
In the cross-examination of Sher-
iff Brady by Attorney Wylie the
latter endeavored to get from Sher.
if Brady some positive statements
relative to the contour of the land
Immediately environing the scene
Of the tragedy, and he was aided
and abetted, in his endeavors, by
the states attorneys, but Sheriff
Brady eventually persuaded then
all to believe that he was much
more concerned regarding the ap
prehension of the man who was al
eyed to have committed murder
than he was in studying the topog-
raphy of the country or the scenic
| splendors of the sagebrush. At any
rate, Sheriff Brady finally convinced
the attorneys that he could write 6
more truthful exigesis setting forth
what he does not know about thai
| place than one telling what he doe!
| know, i.e., if it become necessary
to write book Of more than one
| short chapter.
A watch chain and a piece of cot
ton string, found by Sheriff Brad,
in the dust of the ground, near tn,
| point where Bonofacio Yragui'!
dead body was discovered, were alst
identified by him and entered al
evidence, marked exhibits No. s.
The next witness called to tn,
stand by the state was DR.. Giroux
county physician, who testified t,
having made post-mortem exam
nation of the dead body of Bono
facio Yragui, which disclosed ;
wound AN inch to the right of tn,
pinal column and 7la inches below
he base of the neck; and a blacl
md blue spot over the left collar
| one.
lie stated that he opened tn,
ody from front and flushed tn,
'ound from inside out. The bulle
lad ranged upwards, said the doc
or, breaking the spinal column, an,
.e found pieces of lead in the ape,
f the right lung and a number O.
lieces of lead under the left collar
'one; and no exit of the bullet
.here was no means, he said, o
telling anything about what was tn
alibre of the bullet that cause,
ne wound. In his opinion the bul
ct had caused death Immediately.
On cross-examination the physi
clan said that the shattering of tn
bullet, when it struck the spina
column, made it practically impos
sible for one to say, with any de
gree of certainty, just what the rel
ative positions were of the man VIII
did the shooting and the man VIII,
was shot.
At the conclusion of the testi
mony of the county physician tn
court adjourned for the noon hou
and reconvened at 1880.