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Show I MORMONS RlDl ROUGH SHOD I OVER GENTSLES AT PIOCHE 1 1 1 j Editor Tribune: I have read many j articles iu The Tribune reflecting upon the Mormons and what thoy had done when they were in power, a ml what they would do were they in power again; but little did I realize the far-reaching ollVcts t he-no articles should havo on the goneral public, until the sitting of our recent term of court held bore in Piochc, whore the Mormons Mor-mons 'ire absolutely in control of the situation. While there nro one or two of tho officials .'h' do not acknowledge their allegiance to the Mormon faith, they are entirely governed by tho church iufluonc.es, as the Mormons control the bnlanco of power iu Lincoln county by several hundred votes; and as ah Amoncan citizen and nn ardent believer in tho Ani(riean principles advocated by the Tribune, J feel it only in jus-lice jus-lice to the general welfare of lite American Amer-ican people to make known at lonst u part of Mormon ruling in Lincoln county iu wn3' of .justice, during our last term of court which hns just ended To commence with, what criminal cases were there to be tried, and who were tho grand jur3" selected? Only throe Mormon bishopB (all there nro in the county), also the majority of the other grand jurors were Mormons, The result of the proceedings of this grand jury was the finding of indictments indict-ments against Wm. MeYov. fhos. Nolan and "Vni, Kelly (all Gentilos), for grand I larcenj-; tried and convicted becansu they were fonnd in bed with thcit clothes on two hours after a burglnrj had been committed at Searchlight. Sheriff Phil Smith (Mormon), fol murdering his twin brother in a drunken drunk-en row. indicted for manslaughter; tried and acquitted with tremendous applause. ap-plause. M. U. Davis, (Goutilo). a negro porter, por-ter, for assaulting Bishop Clawson 's daughter Hernia, in her berth' on tho train bv' putting his hand on her chest in the" dark; hung jury, eleven for conviction to ono for acquittal, because Miss Henna testified that it was dark and she could not see Iho man but knew it was the nigger because sho smelt him. Edward .Tones, (Mormon), convicted fov assault with deadly weapon with intent to do bodily harm, recommended to the mercy of ihc court. George .Edwards, (Mormon), indicted for cattle stealing,' acquitted on first ballot. Other cases were tried and disposed of in about this namo partial manner. But. the most outlandish injustico ever heaped upon an innocent juror wns that upon Juryman B. F. Millor. (a Gentile), who Is credited with being the only juror in favor of acquittal iu the Davis case. The Pioche Ilecord, a newspaper published at Pioche, and owued, one half by a polic3' Gentile, and one-half by a full-fledged Mormon, controlled and influenced exclusively by tho Mormons; Mor-mons; the owners of which have for tho last twenty -five years lived and existed from the public funds of Lincoln Lin-coln oounty, now comes out and denounces de-nounces Mr. Millor in the bitterest terms for voting according lo his honest convictions for acquittul, while the bettor bet-tor class of citizens condemn said paper in its courae; oven our district judge. Hon. George S. Brown, whom wo all expected with his two years of office yot to hold, would rofusc lo lake sides with either party in the Davis ense; but ho. seeing the bitter fooling existing exist-ing against Millor b3r the Mormons, scores him also, and fires him from jury duU' for the remainder of the torm. Mr. Miller has lived iu Nevada and in Salt Lake City for the past thirty-fivo thirty-fivo years and hns been a public business busi-ness man all of this timo; h..s been and is now connected with the leading business busi-ness men of Nevada and Salt Lake City; ho at present represents tho S. P. L. A. & S. L. If. R. company in the Searchlight Search-light district, and is general manager of tho Nevada Transportation company, which is one of the lnrgest and most reliablo wholcsalo institutions in Southern South-ern Nevada; he bears an excellent reputation rep-utation as an honest, upright man, and the better thinking citizensof the entire en-tire cfimmunilv uphold Mr. Miller iu his action in the Davis case. Change of Venue Demanded Tho Nevada Transportation company had somo two or threo cases sot for trial at Pioche this term of court, but realizing tho attitude of the court and the "Mormon influence against him, Mr. Miller hns filed an affidavit for change of venue, which cf course the court cannot consistently dcuj-. Hie affidavit follows: In the District court of the Fourth .ludl- I I cial district, in and for Lincoln county. ; I State of Nevnda. I Novnda Transportation company, a for- I poratlon. plaintiff, vs. Martin I'Jnckle and E. M. Martin and C. J. Lincklo. defendants. de-fendants. A f fldavlt. State of Nevada, county of Lincoln. ?s I 1J. F. Miller, bolng first duly sworn, de-posos de-posos und Hnyf: That he 1h nn ofllcor, . to wit. a director and general monagor of. and that he Is a heavy nlockholdor In the said plaintiff corporation; that he i a necessary witness to tho essential and niatorlal facts Involved in the above entitled en-titled cause. Affiant further nays, that affiant, during dur-ing tho month of March. 190S, wan duly Fummoned and impaneled as a petit juror In tho above entitled court, and in response re-sponse to his duty In that respect np-poarod np-poarod at tho sessions of said court at Pioche, Novjida, nnd answorod to tho orders or-ders ot said court and duly performed and discharged to tho bent of bin ability his duties as such Juryman; that while so lmpanolod nfflant was cnlled upon nnd hold as a Juror to hoar and dotormlno as to tho guilt or innocence of the defondant In case- of State vs. M, Davis; that as one of the Jurors in sold cnuee aftlant carefully performed bin duty In that behalf, be-half, heard and considered all of the evidence evi-dence taken hi said cause and the instructions in-structions given by the court, nnd upon retiring with his fellow Jurymen to consider con-sider said cause and reach a verdict therein, affiant gave his verdict according to his boat Judgment upon the ovldenco adduced therein and In accordance with the instructions given by said court to tho jury before retiring; that on or about the 13th day of March. 1D08, nfflant and his fellow Jurymen returned from tho courtroom Jn said court and reported to tho snld George S. Brown, the presiding Judge thereof, that they were unable to arrlvo at an agreement upon a verdict In said cause nnd asked that thoy b discharged from further consideration of Hald cause; that thereupon the said Jury, Including nfflnnt, was discharged from said cause by nalcl court, that shortly after aald cause had been disposed of. tho aald George S. Brown, the presiding .Judge, then and there upon his own. motion mo-tion publicly, In opon court and in tho presence of all the spectators and Jurymen Jury-men iiHKeiriblcd In said court, and with the npparcnt purpose of pandering to the public prejudleo and clamor which pro- of the Stale v. Davis, went otltsldo of the duties of bin office an presiding Judgo ot pnld court and alandercd the nfllant horc-ln by giving utterance to words as folio wk, to wit. "I have been Informed that the jury In the case of tho State vs. Davis failed to agree because Juryman Miller (referring (refer-ring to affiant), held out for an acquittal acquit-tal of this defendant, and whlh; I do not wish to cant any rellectlon upon Mr Miller. Mil-ler. 1 consldor thai with eleven lntulll- , gent jurois against him and the evidence ; in this i'mso. being sufficient to convince these eleven juro.s of tho guilt of this defondant. 1 must eay thnt Mr. Miller ,possesdes a very peculiar state of mind, such a mind that In the Judgment of this court, renders him Incompetent to sit aa a Juror, nnd tho court will excuse Mr. Miller for the term," or words In substance sub-stance or effect as above (juoled Affiant further says that there was no motion before the court making any charge of non compos mentis against affiant; af-fiant; and that there was no proceeding whatsoever before the court calling for any outburst of expression by the Judge respectini? affiant's stale or condition of mind; thut the question of the conipe-loiKy conipe-loiKy or Incompetenr-y of nfllant as a juryman was not before said court, and no examination was being made as to the qualifications of any Jurymen, that the remarks thus made by the. honorable presiding Judge of said court were not in the line of censure of affiant for any misconduct or negllgenco respecting his duties as a Juror; and that there had been no misconduct on the part of said affiant. That said slanderous remarks made as aforesaid by the said presiding Judge of said court respecting this affiant wero entirely uncalled for, were wholly out.sido of tho line of duty of said Judge, and were made at such time, in such manner and under such circumstances as to show not only a bias and prejudice on the part of said Judgo against aftlant, but al.so that he was unmindful of the proprieties of his said office and a willingness to wuok favor from spectators by wilfully slandering slan-dering one who honestly performs his duty and Is without protection from or remedy for such slander and ubuee. That tho utterance and conduct aforesaid afore-said of the said presiding Judge of said court was heard and observed by a number num-ber of the residents of the said Lincoln county. Stato of Nevada, and exhibited and has caused such a prejudice against affiant as would prevent his testimony In i the above entitled cause having any weight or rocolvlng any consideration In nald court and before the present presiding pre-siding Judge thereof. B. F. MILLER. , Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 25th day of March, A. D. 190S. LI20N FRENCH. (Seal) Notary Public. l'Vom the bitter feeling this term of court hns brought forth together with the public sentiment now prevailing re- f:anling the removal of our county soat. t really looks as though Pioche 'b da3-a aro numbered. AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. Pioche. Nov.. April, 190S. |