The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-11-16
STANLEY MURDER
TRIAL IS STARTED
Man Charged With the Murder of .
Sheepherder In Alkali Canyon
Faces q Jury of His Peers
In District Court

AS"sVh oedHhey, Jr., tne yOunt
homesteader and dry land farmer
living in Alkali canyon, in the ex
treme northwestern part of the
county, who killed Bonfacio Yragui
sheephreder, on the afternoon Of
Sunday, September II, was ar
raigned for trial, in the district
court, this morning, charged with
murder.
At the time The Silver State goe:
to press the choosing of jury has
not been completed and it may take
quite good part of tomorrow tt
finish the picking of twelve men sat
isfactory to both the state and tn.
defense.
Attorneys Robinet and Wylie, Of
Alturas, California, and Judge j. A
Langwith of this city, constitute tha
counsel that will endeavor to per.
suade the jurors that Newton Stan.
ley, Jr. is not deserving of punish.
ment for the part that he played ir
the tragedy that occurred in Alkali
canyon, that fateful Sunday after
noon; and counsel will put forth its
best efforts to sustain the plea OF
self-defense, submitting, in confir.
nation of their contention, that the
defendant, Stanley, shot Bonofacic
Yragui in protection of his owr
life, after Yragui had shot Stanley
in the hand, with .25-calibre
automatic.
The interest of the people will
be taken care of by District At
torney Wilson, and he will be rend.
cred assistance by Attorneys Powell
and Brandon, who have been en-
ployed for that purpose.
To substantiate the charge which
has been filed against Stanley, the
counsel for the state will submit to
the jury, among other things, proof
that Bonofacio Yragui was shot in
the back, and from the wound thus
inflicted died. This was of the
evidence rendered at the prelimi
nary hearing, testified to by the
county physician, who held the post
mortem examination.
Aside from Stanley, the defen-
dant, there is no living witness to
the tragedy, and the story that he
may relate to the jurors will be
the particular feature of interest
and may, also, be the factor that
will determine the jurors to acquit
else, the verdict will be the result
of conclusions formed by circum-
stantial evidence.
Young Stanley's father, Newton
Stanley, Sr., of advanced years and
OF pleasing personality, accredited
with being a most estimable and
highly respected farmer, came in
yesterday to attend the trial of his
son. Accompanying the old gentle
man is Charles Rusow, a son of Mrs.
Newton Stanley, Sr.-born of a
marriage previous to that with her
present husband-but nowise re-
lated to Newton Stanley, Jr.
Rusow will, however, be one of
the principal witnesses in the case, as
he spent several hours of the day
during which the killing occurred
in the company of the defendant
and with him ate dinner that Sun
day at a sheep camp owned by
Wade Snyder, who will also be one
of the witnesses.
1t was after eating dinner at
the sheep camp and going out of
doors had their attention riveted by
a cloud of dust rising from an area
that they judged to be of Stanley's
homestead, occurred the first thing
that led up to the tragedy.
Rusow and Stanley left the sheer
camp, a very short time after see-
ing the cloud of dust, and went to
Stanley's ranch house. Rusow re-
mained there but Stanley, with a
rifle in his arms, mounted his horse
and headed in direction from
whence they had seen the fog OF
dust arise. He returned in an hour
or so, with his left hand all bloody
and told Rusow that man had shot
him. Rusow asked him if he had
shot the man and he said that he
shot at him and saw him fall, but
did not go over to see where he
had hit him. Rusow helped bind
up the wounded hand and Stanley
then got on his horse and started
to town to have the hand properly
dressed by n doctor.