Show FOUND GUILTY or KilliNG SILVA Preston and Smith Must Pay Penalty for Shooting Opponent Op-ponent of I W W Preston Found Guilty of Murder In Second Degree and Smith Convicted Convict-ed of Voluntary Manslaughter After Trial Lasting Three Weeks GoldfieldAfter a legal battlo lastIng last-Ing threo weeks In which every Inch of ground has been bitterly contested the chargo in the SmithPreston murder mur-der trial was given to tho Jury Thursday afternoon and a verdict was returned late at night Preston was found guilty of murder mur-der In tho second degree which car rltb a penalty of from ten years to life Smith was found guilty of voluntary vol-untary manslaughter with the penalty from ono to ten years Tho conspiracy case of St John and other members of the L W W went over under a motion to quash the Indictments In-dictments but the findings of the Jury against Smith who was charged as an neccessory presages an opinion rom the court against the socalled con bliliators Tho Jury In the matter of rfiBton recommended mercy Silva for whoso death Preston and Smith are held responsible was conducting con-ducting a restaurant In Goldfield and during tho recent strike discharged his I W W employes and rofu = ed to recognize that union The charge has been made that ho was murdered by the accused men at the Instigation of the leaders of the union because of the stand he took In opposition to their organization |