White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-01-14

inch from the center and above the
edge OF the red. DR.. Cook found the
bullet later after the body had been
removed to the Wilson Bates morgue,
1t being lodged in the skull at the
back of the brain, and says death
must have occurred in few sec-
onds.
The gun used was a 3S-ealiber
Iver Johnson and belonged to Mrs.
Buster. The Coyerly woman had re-
moved it from beneath a pillow on
one Of the beds One shot only had
been fired and by the smell of pow
der It was evident to the sheriff that
it was but a few minutes before II
came into his hands.
Mrs. Coverly was locked in the
county jail for the night, where she
is still held, and Harlow was locked
up as a witness. Mrs. Buster was
kept under surveillance.
Yesterday afternoon at the Justice
court room m inquest was held The
verdict was that deceased came to
his death from revolver bullet fired
by a party or parties unknown.
The members of the jury were A.
+. Miller, Rufus Sellers and Thomas
Vivian. The witnesses were Mrs.
Buster. DIR. w. w. Cook, Samuel Har-
low and Sheriff Nicholson
That the members OF the party
with the exception of Harlow had
been drinking was brought out a.
the inquest. One of the jurors asked
Mrs. Buster IL they had not been
drinking She responded affirna-
lively. but when the questionar fol-
lowed that Ivy asking her II she was
drunk she denied it and said she had
never been drunk in her life. She
was visibly under the influence OF
liquor while on the witness stand.
Her testimony was interspersed
with ordinations OF horror at the
shooting and frequent affirmations
that she intended to tell only God s
truth. She had not heard the cou
pie quarreling or heard the Coverly
woman threaten coverly at the time.
but Mrs. Coverly had told her a few
DAYS previously that she intended 10
kill. her husband and that her only
reason for doing so was because she
loved him. After leaving the stand
Mrs. Buster said 1t was jealousy.
Mrs. Buster said she had known
the Coyerlys about four months, the
acquaintance starting by Mr. Buster
employing Coyerly TO repair his car
Tho Busters. according to the reg
lister at the Richmar, where they
stopped for eight DAYS. came here
October % from Las Vegas. Buster
left the first of the week 10 return
to Las Vegas
Harlow testified that he had known
the CoYerlys two months and came
in their car with them from Tonopah.
He said he called Friday evening to
owed her and the three were In the
middle room. where they remained
half an hour. They had been drink
ink but he did not drink with them.
The Coyerlys went in the back room
and laid down and were there for
about an hour before the shot was
fired
Judge Mcdonald produced at the
inquest a union card showing that
coverly had belonged TO the Hod Car
riers and Common Laborers' Union
AT Quincy. Mass. and that he was in
good standing; that he had removed
TO Missoula. Mont. April 22. and had
been transferred there by the union
and his dues were paid. This indi
Gated Coverly to have been the name
used for a year or so back, at airy
rate, and the authorities believe IL
to be his true name, though they are
convinced that the woman is not en-
titled to the name of Mrs. Coyorly
The woman says Coverly has a wife
In California.
The Coverlys lived in a house on
Ely street. under the control OF Jack
Scarf. They first paid the rent for
month and then for week and
their five weeks was up yesterday.
They drank a great deal and quar-
relied incessantly over some other
woman. Twice Coverly Is known to
have beaten the woman up over the
matter of the other woman. The first
time she received a black eye and
appeared on the street occasionally
for a period of two weeks With it.
The other eve was blackened In the
second beating, but she denied that
he had beaten her then, saying she
had fallen and struck the corner .f
table. In company with Mrs. Ius-
ter she appeared on the street after
the first eye had been blackened.
The Coverly woman gave her age
as Al next December and said Gov
erly was 40. He is believed to be
not over 80. She Is held under The
name of Margaret Coverly. She has
worked at the Troy laundry since
coming to Ely. The date OF her ar
rival, she says. was October 4.
She admits that she was convicted
at Missoula OF bootlegging.
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