Show MOUNTAIN AND COAST z THORNTON itai AED butr tu tr decides killing of ct sergt areston was accidental 21 I 1 I 1 cheyenne wyo jan 19 lothe abd tbd preliminary hearing of pearl thornton ue tile i colored coln rel girl mho shot hot and killed sergi preston ot of the i infantry mas as hold held here this ahl er afternoon before justice abney I 1 the batory told by the girl was waa that she ehe complained to preston that she had bad had trouble with some sol soldiery Bold lera diero on cri alc previous night and that he handed tier her I 1 its ills revolver saying she bhe might need it for protection As aa he handed ll it to 10 her she asked it if it was loaded and he said no try ita it aa sho she took the GU cur r it exploded in her hands hand the bullet ing preston in the b breast he said MIJ fig as ho he fell ell 1 I know you did not dinean 1 can it and died almost instantly testimony was introduced shawl c 9 that the revolver belonged belo aBed to prest preston on and that lip and the defendant arl been on nil friendly rl endly terms and had bad bad no I 1 quarrels at the conclusion of 0 the 0 the i ease case was and the gul gill reloaded released I 1 from custody I 1 ROBBERS CAPTURED the humboldt bandits trailed ft at burns bums or two men who are supposed to have I 1 held up and robbed tile the eastbound casl cast bonn bound express train nt at Hum humboldt bolat on oil the morning or of july 14 have been arrested and are in jail at duma burns or the arrest was made by deputy sheriff taylor of 0 this county who ito has hal ali e men incie under sun callance for or some time an indictment by the grand jury has 1105 i been pending against them since november 22 2 under the iho names oc at leslie dome allas alias J J smith all aliis I 1 james jamea smalley Sian lcy and james shaw alias ua I 1 charles wagner 11 I 1 the railroad detectives detect ivea beatles hy by J N thacker Thac ker kr have been on the case age ever since the holdup hold up tip and I 1 claim tit that at they have strong mione mi one and allin I 1 clent eId enec to convict these nien men 0 of tile robbery they are arc know iilo nto 1 thi ill officers fig hard men anti and both have served terms in the arizona a ln biary for train robbery sheriff will leave this afternoon for burns to bring the out hutlas butla las 1 here to 0 gt stand a n d ta trial i exl lf ife e 1 will vl ll 11 h b acco iccomb n p palled d a as 3 f tar a r a as 8 ontario a i 0 b by at D detective c iv e thacker Tb acker tor for which these mm bonare s anted was one of tho the latest daring anil and well trell planned train iraln holdups hold ups eror recorded corded in the crime annals of the ia elite caff I 1 it 0 occurred ur rc d a at t 2 oc I 1 C on the morning ot of july 14 IMS 1998 about one in mile ile this side ot or the humboldt house passenger train no I 1 was running along alone at a bagh rate of speed bell two robbers one armed a winchester eifle and the other with 1 U reolder re Te olver leaped over the tender 0 ot the en ine and co covered vereLl the cligh blighter ter anif cremin with their A weapons and deni demanded andel that they stop the train tile the engineer brought bronchi tile the train to a standstill s tand still and lie he end and the ali birr ordo l to climb olt tile the engine ind and go eo N with fill the robbers to the wells wella farko fargo express car and have the open tho the door the messenger to do SO K ardithe robbers blow blew it open bolth a harge or of dynamite and told tile tho nl amri 4 senac r that if 1 he come out they would kill him one of the he robbers robber thin went avent to the car find and put a heavy ot of on top of tile the sate safe and lighted the iho fuse tito the safe pa van blown open and thu the interior of the car anti and everything lit in it was f compactly demolished the robbers then gathered up what money and valuables they could find put them in a fact and mounting mount lne their horses which were tied now neaily by escaped in the darkness 9 when ti the e news was received acre here a posse was waa organized and went in search arch of the robb robbers c r but they had several hours the a blurt art of the olli officers cers and were riot not taken shortly after however how everl they were located in the northern cott coli and plans have been n matu laturin rings ever since for cor their capture with cheh bult that they are arc now flow in the burns jail and v will ill he be brought to winnemucca silver state JACK DAVIS CASE Cattle cattleman maii convicted employer heard TRIBUNE SPECIAL dolse balse ida jarl jan 19 john sparks the nevada cattleman employer of dia jack davis under sentence of death at albion for killing two sheep men in february 1896 was before the iho pardon hoard board today find and made a statement in behalf of DL dails avla lie he deel declared axed that on february ath 1806 1896 J E bower told him fit at his room lit in a hotel in ogder that jeff did the shooting the tha story told was similar to that hat told by graland oray and bower bawer in their affidavits sir mr sparks said paid he was on hla his way east it a train of 0 cattle the board will mill hear arguments again on Satur saturday dat death of an old timer it if W V starling who mho died in carson monday camo came to this mast coast I 1 in a 1964 and was one of tho the pioneers of nevada having been identified with aith the early settlement of 0 elko and white rine pine counties and was also one of tile tl 0 o first settlers in dayton lyon count county Y |