White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-03-11
PILGRIMS FOR CARSON;
OUTLINE OF TESTIMONY
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as a grand juror, will be asked about
the Burns transaction.
Mr.. Armand will be questioned
about the alleged delinquency in sign.
ing court minutes. He is likely TO be
asked about the numerous alleged
~discourtesies to attorneys in court.
The grand jury report of two years
ago, wherein the county commission
crs and others were taken to task but
not indicted, will be gone into
through expected testimony from
Messrs. Meyers, Tucker. Mckernan
and Ensiow. The first two as com
missioners will be given a chance to
.ell their side of that controversy and
of their futile efforts to get either ar
Indictment agains them or a retrac-
tion. Mr.. McKernan will be asked
about his notifying the Judge that
the grand jury's figures were wrong
and not the official figures he fur
nished and Of his information being
ignored.
Messrs. Hexem and Bates. as mem
bers of that grand jury, will be ex-
amined about its doings and com.
~munieations with Judge McFadden.
1t IS understood that Mr.. Nichol
son will be expected to testify about
the La Cont raid at Riepetown and
to tell how tho judge called him into
his chambers and asked for the
charge to be reduced TO hat of dis
orderly conduct.
Much interest attaches tc the tes
timony on both sides as 20 the al
legged assault with a cane on Phil Al
jets. Mr.. Aljets will tell about 1t foI
the prosecution, as may some others
and the defense is known to have
worked hard to secure evidence tc
show that Aliets and not McFadden
was the aggressor. Jack Blake has
been summoned by the defense to
upset Aljets' story.
Mr.. Hair, for the defense, will be
asked about the former grand jury.
of which he was a member. IL being
said that the Judge entered the grand
jury room and made certain state
ments that can be repeated as favor
able to him
Mr.. Stevenson was -subpoenaed al
the last minute TO take the place OF
Mr.. Vargas in the hope of offsettine
testimony about the judge condonine
the use CT vile language by Mr.. Var
gas in addressing the jury in the
Dawn Margaret Williams trial.
The whole lineup shows further
that the defense will depend mostly
on drawing from prosecution witness
es statements favorable to the judge
he not having summoned many wit
nesses of his own choosing. Several
OF the state witnesses are reputeC
TO be friendly and possibly favorable
to the Judge. among them being
Messrs. Hexem, Bates and Doyle.
The facts regarding the alleged
false affidavite, swearing that no cas-
es were undecided for more than
ninety days to draw his salary war
rants, will be shown by the records
in the Office of the secretary of state
as compared with the county records
of which Mr.. Oldfeld is believed Il
be custodian. The Hugh Wilson cast
will be considered among these, thu
charge being that 1t was stalled of
for many months on account of tho
approaching election. Wilson's namC
is conspicuous by its absence amonl
the departing witnesses for either
side.
Sergeant at Arms S. G.. Lockwood
CT the assembly was here sevora'
days summoning the witnesses. HI
remained until they left and accom-
panied them.
On the question of whether the
trial will be open or behind closed
doors Mr.. Lockwood declared the
latter was the order when he left the
capital. But this may be changed al
the will OF the joint assembly, as II
has full discretionary power.
The close OF the trial is predicted
In three days. II may take a week