White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-01-28

The Otncf SLY Ely ChseS asdihst w.
l.. Tuck, John krahenbuhl, Roy Rich
ards, Chris Hansen, Dick House and
Miokc, Breen will be tried in Carson
CITY in the federal court i'm April or
Mas.
Six of the Ely men, who have been
ehristened the Ely delegation,
who went TO Carson City under
bonds TO answer indictments for yio-
lation of the federal prohibition law.
will fight the case, each having en-
tered a plea of not guilty.
AfteHheir Fturn to Ely Thursday
night IN six declared that this
course was made necessary from the
fact that they did not learn the iden-
tity of the complaining witness. and
that not knowing him they could not
plead guilty. Without seeing the
complainant or knowing his identity
they were not in position to know
and say whether or not they are
guilty OF the particular offense
charged. They reserved the right
10 change their pleas. but 1t is a GER
tainty that at least several of them
will go to trial IN their present pleas.
All left here Tuesday morning.
reaching Carson City the next fore
noon. United States Deputy Marshal
G l. Plummer went on the same
train but the men were not in his
custody. they being under bonds
They We're arraigned the day of ar
rival, which was Wednesday. each en-
terlng his plea. aid that afternoon
az ) o'clock they started back They
employed Anthony Jurich as their
attorney.
The same bonds that were execut-
Cd before Justice of the Peace D. c.
Mcdonald hold for their first and
second appearances. Five of them
are for $4,000 and three for $500
each
The ones returning Thursday were
W l.. Tuck. Chris Hansen. Roy Rich
ards. Dick House. John Krahenbuhl
and Mickey Breen. Dave Dortch and
John Weber Jr. stopped off at Reno
and returned last night.
What may b. the line of defense
has not been made known and prob
ably has not been determined upon.
Yet IL Is clear that the first objective
is TO bring the aeouser into the open
and ascertain his identity. He is be-
lieped 10 lie the man calling himself
Roberts. whose true name is declared
by n man knowing him before To be
Rankin II is known and admitted
by one or more of the interested par
ties that Rankin bought liquor here;
that he claimed his wife was sick and
that whisky was imperative. Rankin
brought a woman with him aud they
registered at the Collins hotel rs man
and wife She kept out of view as
much as possible but is supposed to
have been present to receive the
liquor in person when delivered 10
her supposedly sickroom. The OBJ
witnesses against each of the ac-
eused
Rankin is said To have at one time
been a preacher. One person here
who, If this circumstance Is true,
must have known him to be a dry
sleuth Is said to have asked him why
he did not go up into the restricted
district TO get some liquor, and Ii is
related that he replied that he could
not do that on account of his family
As n coincidence II Is cited that no
indictments were found against sell
ers in the redlight. On the other
hand. II thirty-seyen Ely cases were
thrown out it is figured that the re-
stricted district would have to be in
eluded to make up the total of forty
Eve
Expressions of opinion for and
against the men arrested appear TO
he unevenly divided. Ths first and
most frequently heard criticism was
that .he owners of the larger places
were untouched and only the smaller
fry gathered in. Another was that
IL meant taking $4,000 or So 900 out
of Ely Just at time when II could
least afford the loss.
III there has been anv erystalliza-
tion of sentiment against the accused
or demand for their punishment,
and further one To follow 1t up
until The town aud county are bone
dry, II has not taken the form OF a
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