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Show FOUND GUILTY OF KILLINC SILVA Preston and Smith Must Pay Penalty for Shooting Opponent Op-ponent of 1. W. W. Preston Found Guilty of Murder In Second Degree and Smith Convicted Convict-ed of Voluntary Manslaughter, After Trial Lasting Three Weeks. Goldflcld. After a lftfcnl battlo laBt-Jng laBt-Jng thrco weeks. In which ovory inch cf ground has been bitterly contcstedl" the charge In tho Smlth-Prcston murder mur-der trial was given to tho Jury Thursday afternoon, nnd n verdict was returned lato at night. Preston wns found guilty of murder mur-der In tho second degree, which carries, car-ries, a penalty of from ten years to Ufa Smith wns found guilty of voluntary vol-untary manslaughter, with tho penalty from ono to ten years. Tho conspiracy caso of St. John nnd other members of tho I. W. W. went over under a motion to qunsh tho Indictments, In-dictments, but tho findings of tho Jury against Smith, who was charged as an nscccssory, presnges an opinion from tho court ngnlnst tho so-cnlled con-spltntors. con-spltntors. Tho Jury In tho matter of Preston recommended mercy. Sllva, for whoso death Preston and Smith nre held responsible, wnu con-ductlns con-ductlns a restaurant in Goldflcld, and during the recent strlko discharged l.ls I. W. W. employes nnd refused to rccognlzo that union. Tho chnrgu has been mndo that ho was murdered by tho atcusod men at tho Instlgntlon of tho leaders of tho union becnuso of tho stand ho took In opposition to their organization. |