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TONIGHT AND TUESDAY
GENERALLY FAIR
VOLUME XXII. NO. 156
Tonopah
BY WITNESS
Savs Never Was Intimate With
'Either Murdered Man or
Witness Jim Rios
CROSS EXAMINATION
STRATS
Defendant Shows Results
Ltn Confinement as Pri
soner in County Jail
of
On
court
,a!le.l
Of '''I
the reconvening the district
this morning Judge Averill
the calendar and all dates
s. s were advanced. Tie'
uf George and lonn
Aimr-d with tile lliur
Dillon.
.or of
tVali'aee Williams on August 2:'.
as i hen called. Mrs. Kate M.
H,i vs. who conducts a second
liam
store was the first witness
and the defense resumed
ie. I bi' evidence was in
iture "f having known the
is ;iii. having seen them
,i . ii. Stated she saw
re I f I U'ii after the big fire
Airs. Dillon who stated they
L'uiiL.' to Makel'sfiold. This
he first week in September.
.all
its '
th ii
Dill"
'liii'i
t'li-or
SlHV
WiT"
was
bor
Willi
I (id not see anything w ron
Airs. Dillon's action aft-
she sai-1 they were goin-.
I lakers! 'i-'ld.
Mi's Lena Dillon, wif
lii'iiii,'' Dillon and one of
ili-l'iinl. nits, was next call-'-the
stand. She looks hag
ami slews the .strain of her
coll
fiiiem
'.MM'
ie. In her testimony she
ot name as Lena Dillon
ami sai-1 shi! had been in Tono
Vli sine last March. At that
time she had the Capitol room
ing house and later moved to
tlir Globe rooming house. Her
hiishaml worked at various
places Williams and Dillon be
came partners in the bootlegging
businos about the 4th of June,'
DENIES EVERY
CHARGE MADE
tostifie.l witness "Last time i I your house here?" Answer, "l"-'
saw Wallace Williams was after ',..,, Ise. lj0s threat-'iiod mo. ami
the fire. Knew Fred Barou who ,om!Uul,.,i money and said I will
i'ooiiie.1 at Globe rooming house. I .j voll i jjilVl. him money. "
He came to the Globe after i" ))n' j,,.,. tI.j, t. first night
the Litter part of May. HeL, ic,.azjer well with Zampotti,
wanted me to hoard him. I with Barou in the back seat, the
I'laiiied why that I couldn't as; llm,.,jn,. broke down, and Zain
liifihand, myself ami W illiums H.ttl took his machine and the
Wei,- I could take care of."i tir,.e weut out, stated witness.
Wle n asked if Kios ever madej W(. W(,nl , to ,rt, whisky,"
"y inducement to her sh.' sai-1 : j ..(,.ltinnl.,l witness. "I offered
Yes. he asked me why 1 didnt!,,
IT't a man." "I told him I had
tuisb.ind. Later on. one night
Kios came to my bedroom and
tried to get in. I di-1 not admit
him." '
Thc
"Did
with
y-nir
onestion belli!' asKC-l, ;
belli!' asKC-1,
vou ever have any trouble! from Texas to California. Had
Wallace Williams, or didjlivpij , Texas all her lit'-' be
husband. George"" Wit- p.,,.,. ,,;,; to California Alter
"i'ss answered, "No."
' Di-1 "Wallace Williams ever !
Hake any indecent proposals to,
)'u?" Answer. "No. nobody
ever di-1.'' 1 hand had confessed, and
"When was the lust time you:.,..,,, implicated in the
Mw Williams?"
''On August 2:trd."
"Did your husband and Wil
liams make any money in the
moonshine, business?" Answer,
"No."
"Did the absence of Williams
attract your attention?"
"My husband said he bad left
"'"1 that he was beating hi '"'
'" the train. When Williams
1ft he owed me $85 for board
oooooooooooooooo
THE WEATHER
A A
0 Local observer
t-:..J
o Stateg weather bureau
0 Temperature! 5 a.m.
o Current 32
0 Wet bulb ."".'30
o Relative humidity 82
Noon o
40 o
34 o
64 o
0 Temnarat.nrna F.lt.reme 0
0 Maximum yesterday 40
o Minimum yesterday 30
m o!
31 0
0 0 0
nn
Extension Pioneers Way In Reduction
and the auto
Ford that we
a letter to his
I'ui' some mou-
purchase of the
mad''. lie wrote
father asking him
y. Evidently tin'
money did nut arrive.
i(! hi''-
g--st oust uf 1 1 il ies fur running
the business rami' out of rent of
tlii' (ilobi' rooming house; Vrs, I
sold drinks at the rooming
house. "
'After Wallace Williams left
do you rerall what arrangement
was made with Kios.' Answer,
" Ves, he was to g. mit and help;
George at the still, lie said hot
knew th
business better."
When ash,,
saw l'.aroii. wi
in Bishop Sh
lell left To,i
of September,
had had a 111
She then told
an offer for
tin ii told ah.
I Hie last tune she
loess stated he was
c said George Dil
iah till' eighth day
' ' ( if urge and Kios
ss," stated witness,
about she had had
tin: still, etc. Slnv
nit iif 1 1 i t i lt a man
she called Fred to drive her and
George- Dillon t" Blair .luiietion
on Saturday in--rn i iilt. Soptonibcr
!. George Dilleii called witness
on the telephone from Alina,
and "1 talked to him and told
him 1 was afraid f Kios," said
witness. ''.Met Ivies that nigh'
and asked him what he was try
inir to do.' He said, "you I. -ok
out or I will biinin you el'l "
I'pon being ipiest ioli-'d I'-' r-1 -i
1 1 lt the watch that Zampatti gave
to officers, now in evidence, wit-'
liess said she never saw t In
Watch to her knowledge. She
testified that on Labor -lay her
husband bought a pistol. "1
lost this pistol.," continued wit
ness, "or it was stolen from my
; house. This gun was bought af
ter Walla-'-' Williams left. Kios
' ol ia, thrcatone-1 my husbands life
a number of times before this. 1
1 to1 told my husband about these
gard threats."
"Did your hits'
about thr trouble
ing -if the eighth
Answer, "Yes, h-'
laud toll you
on the inurii
with Kios,'"
told mo that
Jii s was goin
to kill him."
"Did you ever have a gun
.Answer, "Yes."
"Where did you fret it?"
Answer. "From a deputy sheriff
in Texas when I was in the res
taurant business."
''Whv did vou keen a pun in
, ...i,. ,.r (ilt. .still to Zampatti
im.I he air reed to take it. 1 told
Lee Bell that 1 had turned the
keys over to Zampatti who had
paid me if.'iO for the still."
When asked where she came
,... witness staled sue Mini
leaving here she went to Bakers
ri-Il. September 11 or 12. Was
.invstt.(i ,y two deputy sheriffs.
j.( )ffi,..rs told her that her
hus-
"that 1
murder
W..11, Wi linns. I icy used
very offensive language- ("ere
witness related of the language
used ) . .
Witness stated that sh-' and
Dillon arrived with the officers
(111 October Kith. Thought she
saw an -attorney first u Monday,
the 2")th. Was contined in
tlii-
jury room.
i tliereunon recessed
iii 1 1. i I
2 oelock this afternoon.
With riH'onvening of
(Ids afternoon Mrs. Dillon
court
was
l,;,.,.ted to a searching
cross-
.i",i' ' -
nvHinillJltltUl l).V I'isiri
t Attorney
She started in
n Frank I. I'lum
telling where sue was .,...
Texas, giving l"'r maiden
. 1,'cii.l in
Iiai.-e,
Tor from childhood.
name, ami '-" . ...1.1
.-me i-'.-
r tnm one place to an
ti ir.in in 1
m tile none .n. -,
. T - Wt .1
CSlH.c.
Worked for the telephone com-
i... . -.i M n(
and when asVed,
Associated Press Report Published Dally
onopah
SOVIETS ORDER
CONSULATES OF
MANY TO CLOSE
Prance and Ten Other Countries
to Cease Business and for
Consuls To Leave
UNCLE SAM IS NOT AFFECTED
Status of China and Japan Has
Not Vet Been Ascertained by
the Correspondents
VLADIVOSTOK. )ee.
The Soviet govoiniin nt of
vostok, whieh recently tin
the a-liniuistrati ' t
is.
Vladi
k over
e citv
and sit ri'nM 1 1 1 1 it lt tenrtory,
known as the ' I'rimoria," to
day ordered the consuls of
France and ten other countries
to elosi their "iisultatos ami
leav . I'l iHion.-i hiii the week
I 'oiisiilate set' i he I 'uileil States,
Great Britain. Italy, Germany
.iiid Austria were not ordered
closed. No announcement as to
tie- consulates of China and Ja
pan have been made.
tt ll.lt she
SUI'leil
W
is ,1
in
W;,
an
say inir. "I
Wit nos.s
Dillon left
and that
on't re
testified
1'-nn i mh
she left
aid she
A Bur
cxas. in
members. "
that tleol-ee
Si ptelllber s
"II Seltemb-
was married
ham iit San
Fi. She
to Georgi
Antonio,
A lay
was
1!H2.
Hot
Ci
n-'Xt marriiiL'-'
ex at Trinidad,
!H7. ll-r third
. Harold 1'ieott
to .1
aek
I lily
w ;is
Colo., in
niarri.-ig-
t-
in Xiw Mei
and her last
Ge-n-o" Dillon
De-ember 2:i,
Airs Dilb'ti
i in March. Ilrjil.
m.'iriaoc was to
at Bakersfield oil
!'21.
found out - lius-
baud had a wife an
dren. Did not know
tlir-'e chil
whether the
oth
she
r husband was dead when
married the hist. "Some-
body said he was,' witness re
marked. "Guess this is what, you
call circumstantial evidence-"
When 1 married George Dillon
don't know whether other hus
band was dead or alive. Heard
ho was dead. I fir.st met George
Dillon one year ago in Tal't, last
September. I was in whisky bus
iness and was living with him.
I came to Tonopah on the first
day of .March. Cam.) here on ac
count ol reports 1 had heard this
was a good town for hotel busi
ness. When 1 arrived had in
the neighborhood of ijiJlHi. I
rented the Capitol rooming house
first and two weeks later then
rented the Globe rooming house.
Thi swas about the ISth of April.
I was always on good terms with
Wallace Williams. Never had any
trouble with him. Last saw him
mi the 2oi'd of August, the night
of the big fire. He walked out
of the Globe at ti ::iil in the eve
ning. Never saw him again.
Don't know whore he went. Kios
went out with him and came
back and asked me what that
is this to you .' Kios then sai-1 ;
'I will show you what that s of
., will get.' 1 wont to sup-
ner with in v husband ami Kios
at the Mexican restaurant. We
returned to the Globe and my
husband and I w.-nt to bed about
12 o'-
lock. Kios lett about that
time. My husband never accused
me
of being intimate Willi v h-
liams positively no. II.
eiised mo of being intimate
ac
with n man in
room No. S. The only
time I was at the still was on
the Fourt hof July. Went out to
get whisky.'
"Did Rios at any time after
the disappearance of William's,
on a trip to Frazicr well, put a
-n.h in vour dress pocket ami
i ,
.'that later you dug a noie ai uie
i t. . . i . t i. :..
iu. ami Kios II 11 uie waieu 111
; " -. '
- , . , jf
An
-
swer
"Or did yon make this state"
Daily
T0N0PAH, NEVADA, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1922
:NDANT,
GREAT ROBBERY
IS COMMITED
BY 3 BANDITS
rk-l! n..! n r i
neiieve reiierai Kpsprve imams;
. - - -
of Two Hundred Thousand
Dollars in Denver
DK.NVKK, Dec.
from an autoiuobil
drawn up alongsi-l-
18. Leaving
which had;
the Federal'
K-'si-rve -leiivcrv wagon at th
... .....
muni entrance of the Denver
mint, and shouting toward four
Federal Kesorvo guards, who
wore emerging from the building
carrying if'Ul n ll )l it ) in bills, two
bandits shot
t. ,,i.i,. i'.ti,. ..
,Mu I-uiHiui , e-i..",i
injured
i iiarios Ijiiitoii. one or
the guards, seized the
entire eon-'
siginnent oi money and sprang :
into their motor ear and es-.
I'ap-'d. The third member of th-
bandit group remained at the
wl 1 of the automobile. One of,
the bandits is believed to havei
been shot while making his es-.
-ape. ."so iuiel!y di-1 the bandits
work that persons in the im
mediate vicinity were unaware of
what had happened until the
guards from within the mint
ruslied to the windows and out ot 118, and a pulse
the main entrance, firing at the!Hetioii is irreirular
escaping highwaymen,
who was assist ing in
the currency, fell at
shot from the bandits,
Linton died at 11 o
Linton, ;
guarding,
the first
guns.
clock. ;
no huow me milliner aim i c xnausted condition or trom in
serial of every last $5 bill in!fliienza. Reinfection of of in
- I .1. 1 ,.
the bunch," declared Director
Grant of the mint. "Even if
the bandits escape thev cannot
cud the money without being
in
immediate danger of ar
rest
WELL
KNOWN AUSTRIAN
IS DEAD OF PNEUMONIA
I von Niksich, aged 48 years,
and a resident of Tonopah dis
trict for the last eight years,
died this morning at II) o'clock
at, the Mine Operators Hospital
from pneumonia from which he
had been suffering a week.
Niksich had been last employed
at the Midway mine, and was
well acquainted among the resi
dents of Tonopah. He was a
member of the Croation society,
which organization will have
charge of the funeral services.
He was born in Austria.
incut?" Answer: "1 did
Go-irgo Dillon left Tonopah
tomber the eighth, goin
Bishop. We stopped on
eighth day of September at
Millers. He planned on going out
before. This was the night 1
sold the still to Zampatti. 1
cannot recall the conversation on
the night of the fire between
Williams. George and 1 at the
rooming house. The gun George
bought Labor day was lost.
Some man tool; it from me. I
was down the line drunk and
some man took it. I never had
trouble with Rios on the night
of the fire, August 23."
"Did Rios want to stay with
you on the night of the 2'ird?"
Answer: "No."
District Attorney Dunn then.
took the witness over a scath
ing examination on Rios wanting
to stay with her that night- Mrs.
Dillon denied that he did.
When asked if he was sell
'ing liquor at the Globe, she re
plied: "Yes, a few bottles; our
trade w as mostly Mexicans. Rios j reported this w inter m the north
was not at our house for the I west, the upper lake region, the
purpose of boosting the Mexican
trade. 1 had to put up with
him. Couldnt get rid of him.
When arrested in Bakersfield
(I had the gun with me in the
store where I was working.
! At 3:15 this afternoon District
Attorney inmn was tiring ques
tions at witness like
(Continued on Pc
a volley
Four)
Bonanza
ON
WALLACE REED,
IS NEAR DEATH
CahamI flnna CfiA-
rui La si ocrtiai uuu vunu.-
-
tion Has Been Considered
Extremely Grave
INFLUENZA
BELIEVED CAUSE
Ovpr.lndoluerirp in Alcohol nnd
v'"
Narcotics Is Denied by the
Attending Physicians
1 I.IS
Wallace
ANGKLKS, Dec. 18
Reid, movie actor, is on
in,, verfe
ot death and tor sev-
i
.ays was not expected to
according to All's. Keid,
i:..
Ourotliv
Davenport, in an inter-
view for the Los Angeles Ex
aminer given at a Hollywood
sanitarium last night. One of
the physicians, according to the
Kxaniiner, corroborated Airs,
liciil's statements, saying: "Mr.
Keid has been near death for the
past, five or six days. Bis temp
crature has repeadtedly reached
DW. His pulse is 1:10 as against
normal figures of temperature of
72. Bis heart
and weak. He
has fainted on an average of
three times daily, and has lost
seventy pounds in weight. The
laboratory findings indicate he is
suffering either from a complete
, .. n
fluenza is possible any time and
could cause his death. His pres
ent illness has no connection with
overindulgence in alcohol or nar
cotics, authough such indulgences
have undoubtedly indermined his
strength and system in months
gone by. '
Authority in Dublin Area Is Re
leased and Tri -Color of the
' Irish Hoisted
DUBLIN, Dec. 18. Union
WT
MOVIE ACTOR
UNION JACK IS
RETURNING TO
DEAR ENGLAND
ni)( Jack andauthority, symbolized in
s;(,p.iJack and authority, symbolized
, to''11 Ireland for so many years, has
i... f last of the British soldiers oc
cupying the Dublin area, and in
its place over the military posts
of this city floated the tricolor
of the Irish Free State. Cheer
ing Sunday, crowds watched the
British march to the docks.
Richard Muleahy, minister of de
fense in the Free State govern
ment, saluted the British colors
as they came down for the last
time.
UULiU II 1 lILilli
IT IS STATED
CHICAGO, Dec. 18 Temper
atures lower than any previously
; Great Central valleys, the middle
nu west gun states tne soutnen;
Rocky mountain region, were re-1
corded last night and todaj, as)
another cold wave spread over
the great portion of the United
States west of Appalachian
mountains. The mercury here
i went Deiow sero ior me nrst
time this season.
EAST SUFFERING
I III II VFATHFR
NLOO
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
INVESTIGATES KELLER
WASHINGTON, Dee. IS. j
j House judiciary eomivittec ap-
! pointed a subcommittee to hives-1
tigate what action, it any, will
be taken in connection with t he j
refusal of Representative Keller j
to testify before the committee
.'tu to inrornuition -in which he
. , , ,
ihkwi nnnenc idipiit eiiare-es
against Attorney General Dauglrj
- --o -
'' y 1
TWENTY-THREE SAVED
FROM WRECKED TUG
SAL'LTSTK MARIE, Dee. 18.
Twenty-three uf 27 persons
missing since the tug Reliance
struck on the rocks off Lizard
Island last Wednesday have
been saved, according to
from the tug Grey,
reports
which
i reached the wreck todav
JAP PRINCE IS SICK
TOKIO. Doc. IS. Regent
Kirohito has rooovorod from his
recent attack of measles, but now
suffering from an attack of
bronchial catarrh, it was an
nounced by the imperial house
hold department.
TWO
MEN ARE FOUND
FROZEN IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Doe. IS. Harry T.
I Graham, "0 years and a printer,
i was toiiud trozen to death
in
: downtow n alley in a M-below
cold. The frozen body of a
Zt'ro
sec -
i ond man. Iimothy lierney. i;
, -
j railroad watchman, was found j
j later near the tracks of the
; Chicago and Western Indiana
I railroad i
GREAT APPROPRIATION
REPORTED FAVOABLY
WASHINGTON. Dec. KAn
appropriation of $:.)2,:i00,O0O for
construction of forest roads and
trails and rural post roads as
authorized under the Federal
Highway act is recommended iu
the agricultural bill for the next
fiscal year, as proposed to the
house.
MRS. EMMA WILLIAMS
WAS BURIED YESTERDAY
The funeral services over
the
remains of the late Mrs. Emma
Williams were held yesterday
afternoon at the parlors of Won"
aeott & Cavanatigh, where a
large number of friends gathered
to pay their respects to the mem
ory of this estimable woman. The
services were conducted by the
Christian Science society, and at
their close the flower overed cas
ket was borne by the following
friends: J. E. Beck, W. I. Bray,
L. W. Horton, C F. Wittenberg.
Cliff , Loring and W. E. Hales.
Interment took place in the Ma
sonic plot of the local cemetery.
DRIVE
FOR CUTLERY
CONTINUED FOR DAY
The committee in charge of the
i drive for cutlery for disabled j
soldiers at Letterman hospital!
iJias decided to continue the drive!
(over until Wednesday. This
j will give all a day longer in j
j which to donate. Remember:
ithat small donations are as wel-;
I....,.,., oo I....... ........ ,,..,1 .1, ... oil!
etfllll. IUI 'T V'llin (111. I lUMl All j
money is spent here at home.
Everybody should do what they!
cm to help. Come through. The
boys have given their all, so!
can we not now give a utile to
them and cherr their sad hours
in the hospital? A representative
will visit the business houses
Xuesdav.
Please have your do
nation ready.
WASHINGTON, Dec. IS.
The nomination of Pierce Butler,
Minnesota, to be associate jus
tice of the supreme court, was
reported to the Senate by a unan
imous vote of the judiciary committee.
METAL QUOTATIONS
SILVER B 6 8c
SILVER (FOREIGN) 64 6-8c
LEAD $720
COPPER 14
PRICE TEN CENTS
D
ot Ores
AS HALVERSON
GREATSUCCESS
Recovery of Cyanide Pronounc
i . . . ,,
eu ureaiesi atep in meiaiiur'
- gy in Last 30 Years
i-MILL ADDITION TO BE BULT
Ten Stamps to Be Added With
Dorr Classifiers and New
Leaf Filter
I'ionecring the
wav
ill times
; touching upon
i -luctioii of ores.
; tension Alining
! again taken the
milling and re"
the Tonopah Kx-C-impany
has
load by scouring
Arthur L. llaU-'r
the services of
.son, noted mineralogist, who has
' completed installat ioii of tin- 1 lal
! vorseii system of reducing costs
of cvanidatiou. The saving that.
IS being effected ill the reeovi r.v
of cyanide used and its re-use.
i will amount, to at least od per
jceut, and eventually it is hoped
j to reduce the amount 7" per
j cent.
' Tile results of tin- new method
have been watched with great
; interest by mining and smelting
j companies, and the results at -
"Itllineil menu tll.-it It,,. 'I',, I . , . i el I.
! Belmont Developmt tit Company's
1 -ii -ii i,,, -,, -i- ,.i , i
I 1 1 1 1 -1 , 1 1 1 lie .si in . 1 1,( i i ' I'-'ll'-".
mill, as wol las the West End.
Desert and Ma.-Namura mills,
which will bo shniliarly equipped
A representative of the l iiited
States Smelting and R finiim
Company, serving in the capacity
of consulting mineralogist, re
cently spent several -lays iu
watching the results of Mr. Hal
vorseu's efforts find pronounee-l
it a success in every particular.
It means that eventually the new
recovery process will result, in
the elimination of the zinc pre
cipitates altogether, and is the
greatest forward step in eyanr
datiou that has been made during
the last thirty years.
Again pioneering the way
from a mili standpoint the To
nopah Extension Mining Com
pany is adding two additions to
its milling plant, which will in-
crease the capacity trom 41.) tons
to o00 tons daily. I he southwest
addition to the mill will bo 2d
feet in length, and ton additional
stamps will be added, as well as
a Dorr classifier. The second
addition will be MO by 2n feet
in which is to bo installed a lid
Leaf filter box for precipitation.
The growth of Tonopah Ex
tentioti operations lias at all
times kept abreast of the times.
When the mill was brought into
operation on January 2", KMd.
the capacity was 'i fo tons daily,
Continued on Page Four
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i
Theater !
TFPT rTW w w w w w w w w w ,
Today
A Burner Sea Drama
Than 2
Ever Before I
From Tropic Isle to
Underworld 1
' DOROTHY PHILLIPS
IN
"HURRICANE'S GAL"
Ruler of wild men bnt not
of her own wild heart!
Destroyers, Hydroplanes,
Slinkling Smugglers
IT HAKES THRILLS
THRILL
EIGHT GREAT REELS
Lower Floor30c, Balcony 25c
Children 20c
Tomorrow Marion Da vies in "The
Young Diana"
A Marie Corelli story.
PROCESS KNOWN
B
0000000000
living m