The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-11-18
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On the Sunday morning of the
killing, Rusow said that he and
Newton Stanley went over to the
sheep camp of Wade Snyder, on
visit and for the purpose of getting
a mutton, which they killed and
stayed there for about three hours.
During their stay there he heard
Snyder say something about hav-
ing seen cloud of dust but did
not hear Stanley make any reply.
He and Stanley, he said, left Sny-
der's place in the afternoon, taking
with them the mutton to the Stan
ley ranch. After they arrived there
Stanley went out to the field and
drove in some horses, one of which
he saddled and, taking his rifle,
mounted the horse and rode away.
The next he saw of Stanley was at
the barn, in the corral, along about
sundown. 81 asked him what was
the matter with him and he said
he had been shot and that he
thought it was Joe Yragui's brother
who had shot him. | asked him
where was the man and he said that
he had left him up in the canyon;
and he said he didn't know whether
he was alive or dead. l asked him
II he shot the man and he said
that he had shot at him. That was
about the size of the conversation.
| wrapped up his left hand in a
cloth and he got on his horse and
started for Cedarvill.e
Rusow testified that he then got
on horse and went over to Sny-
der's sheep camp and found Sny-
der about mile from camp, at the
head of Pole canyon. Snyder and
Rusow then proceeded to round up
Snyder's sheep for the night and
after they had built some fires
around the sheep, Rusow filled a
canteen with water and Rusow, rid
ing horse and Snyder on foot,
started out to locate the man that
Rusow thought Stanley had prob
| ably wounded. They went from the
head of Pole canyon, in a north
westerly direction, halloaing as they
proceeded, to locate the man; and
as they continued on their way they
| finally heard some dogs barking and
going in that direction finally came
| up to the dogs, where they found
| the body of Bonofacio Yragui lying
face downwards on the ground, with
his head pointing to the west and
feet to the east. The dead mans
face was bloody and there was quite
3 pool. of blood on the ground by
his face. Snyder felt of the pulse
of the man and said that it was cold
and the body was dead. By the side
of the body, not more than six
inches, or such matter away they
found an automatic pistol. Rusow
said that it was dark when they got
to the place where they found the
body and they built up a fire and it
was from the light made by the fire
that they made their hasty examina-
ton of the surroundings, then COW
cred the body with saddle blanket;
and Snyder left for his sheep camp
and Rusow went back to the STAN
ley ranchhouse, arriving there about
9 o'clock.
1t was the next day, in the after
noon, that Rusow and a man named
Martin accompanied DIR. Kennedy,
who had come out from Cedarville
to the place where Bonofacio Yra-
gui was killed and after the trio
had gotten there, Rusow and Martin
left DR.. Kennedy there in charge,
while they went over to the Sny-
der sheep camp to get Snyder to
come over and counsel with the
party as to what was the proper
steps to take without committing any
infraction of the law, in the matter
of handling the body of corpse
under the conditions that existed.
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