| Show TWENTY YEARS FOR RAPE A rioclio Prisoner Earonte io tia Nevada PcjnitentlaTyv Sheriff H E Freudenfahal arrived In the city last evening having in dhairga Joseph Dela en route to the Nevada penitentiary at Carson City Joe Dela is an Italian coal burner 38 years of age who has lived at Pioche for the past fifteen years His most vicious bahit known was that of cohabiting with young Indian squares One little Slvoshone named Mantle aged 13 he had been living with fop some time before he met Little Eliza a Plate aged 11 years One day not long since Delai came home and found Mamie and Eliza playing together and the gave them a jug of whisky with which to help themselves wthile playing in a wagon box Both children got drunk and Dela ruined little Eliza at the samo time injuring her in ai most Oionrlbla manner and she died within a few hours Debt was arrested and narrowly escaped lynching was tried and con victed on tIthe charge of rape a physi clan saving Delas life by testifying that Eliza tiftedJ more from ihe effects Jf alcohol poisoning than from her injuries and Delta was sentenced to twenty years > in Hlhe penitentiary Sheriff Froudenthal says that Dela never breathed easy from the time of his arrest until he reacned Salt Lake city last night toeing in constant feas of being lyrtciherL The prisoner was placed ins the city V jail to be held until today wihen tha journey will be continued to Carson City Last night Sheriff Freudentlhal called V on his sister in tMswity and renewed several oM ties of friendship The sheriff Is also an old newspaper man > having been connected witlh the Ptoehe Record for tlhe past twelve Or fifteen years |
