White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-07-29

aid Being asked a general ques-
ton on the effect of sniff trains Mr.
Shaughnessy stopped the witness,
asking if he had special knowledge
of transportation questions. or was
he a business man, and objected to
the time taken. Mr.. Chandler siren
uously objected, saying that while
the whole. forenoon Thursday had
been taken up by a mere professional
man making reckless statements on
transportation matters. The wit
ness was allowed to proceed but the
examination was confined to business
effects of the shift trains. He said
there were sufficient business houses
in McGill to take are of the needs
of the population and all of them
had been enlarged more or less on
account of the increased business
due to no shift trans and upon the
understanding that there would be
none.
Then came the comedy Of the
hearing. Happy Hope, after testi-
flying in opposition to the shift
trains as a jitney man, was asked
if he as such and as a previous laun-
dry wagon driver did not know prac-
tically all the people in Ely. Sew
eral of the names of the signers of
Mr.. Jurich's petition were called out
to him, Mr.. Chandler asking their
occupation. He asked about Gus
Mahrt, Oscar Foreman and John
Krahenbuhl. Happy did not know
Krahenbuhl. Mr.. Chandler asked il
he were not under indictment for
violation of the Volstead act. Mr..
Eddy objected, declaring that he
had been prevented from asking Mr..
Draper about a rakeoff at his games.
Mr.. Zurich objected also, saying a
person was presumed innocent until
proved guilty.
yet you are presuming the Ne
vada Northern to be guilty" de-
clared Mr.. Chandler.
The objection was sustained and
the eXaminatio proceeded. Tho
names of c. l.. Osterlund, w. A. Wat
son, j. E. johnson. Ed Conley, w.
II. Lambert, Fl. A. Rinehart, Charley
Johnson, Thomas Vivian, Ed Wilson.
Fred Baldwin, Dave Dortch, w. A
, Peck. II. H. Muller and several 9TH
ers were read and Happy said they
We're either soft drink men, gam
blers, dance hall owners, home brew
makers or in occupations Of that
nature, though he could not place
Muller.
Mr.. Shaughnessy asked Mr.. Chand-
Ter if he were reading the names as
they came, to which the answer was
that he was skipping some.
Mr.. Zurich asked about a few of
those skipped, if the City market
were a soft drink place and gambling
house, if E. q. Ringer were in that
business, what was D. c. McDon-
aids business and ]. E. Galatians;
about E. f. Campbell, w. o. Moor
man, the j. c. Penney Company,
Jesse Hildebrandt, an emplcye of
Happy's, Earl Bath, Creighton Whit
more, w. E. Meyers, F. E. Lewis, d.
T. Stong, J. o. McKernan, J. D. Wal
lace, Lee H. Murdoch, Jerry Ma
honey, the Northern hotel and a
large number Of others.
Happy admitted that the Northern
was a first-class hotel, that Peck had
a few chickens and he had made Il
few other mistakes, one he called a
bartender never having tended bar.
Finally Mr. Shaughnessy asked
the witness if these citizens ever
travelled. Also if he had ever been
to Tonopah and if the morals OF Ely
were any worse than that place or
any other Nevada town he knew
about, causing him to admit they
were about the same.
Thomas r. King, county agent,
was put on the stand to refute Mr..
Branson's testimony about the at
titude of the ranchers On shift trains
and daily trains. He had never
heard them mention the subject and
on cross-examination admitted he
knew nothing whatever about their
attitude. Confronted with 4 petition
signed by the citizens of Lund, this
was objected to and ruled out on OBJ
lection of Mr.. Chandler on the ground
that it would be using his witness to
prove Mr.. Jurich's case. Replying
to a question of Mr.. Shaughnessy,
summing up the whole matter. Mr.
King said Ely was considered by the
ranchers to be their trade headquar-
tiers.
+. A. Brimmer, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce. read the
minutes of two meetings to prove
that Mr.. ZURICH had repudiated his
agreement to dismiss the complaint
on being notified of a compromise
with Mr.. Hickey. The second min
utes said Mr.. Hickey had no com
promise to offer.
Then you had nothing to com
municate to me?' demanded Mr.. Jul
rich.
After much sidestepping the wit
ness answered No"
His testimony proved a liability
to his side.