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APPEAL
March 4, 1903

Bought the Plant.

The “Weekly” has changed hands. Mr. W. T. King, of Gardnerville, has made arrangements with D. K. Smith, the present owner, to take charge in a few days. Mr. King intends to enlarge the paper to five columns and will give the people a thorough service Mr. King was raised in this city and will be remembered by many of the first generation of boys who attended school here. He has been located in Carson valley for a number of years, and is more than willing to drift back to his first love, Carson. The people can look for a change in the next few issues.

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SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
March 4. 1903.

DIMMICK MUST DON THE STRIPES OF A CONVICT

Supreme Court of the United States Decides That He Shall Serve His Term in the Penitentiary at San Quentin.

United States Attorney Woodworth recieved a dispatch from Attorney-General Knox yesterday stating that the Supreme Court of the United States had denied the petition for writ of habeas corpus and for a writ of certiorari in the case of Walter N. Dimmick, the former chief clerk of the United States Mint, convicted of presenting a false voucher and sentenced to San Quentin for two years. This destroy's Dimmick's last hope of keeping out of San Quentin. He has also been sentenced to another two years for failing to deposit money collected for the sale of by-products of the Mint.

A stay of twenty years was granted Dimmick pending the decision handed down yesterday. It will not expire for some days yet. In the meantime no action will be taken on the matter sending Dimmick over to San Quentin, as Judge De Haven is of the opinion that he should be kept here until after the trial on the charge of stealing $30,000 from the Mint. This will begin next Monday morning, and it promises to be a battle royal in legal circles. The case will be prosecuted by United States Attorney Woodward, assisted by Peter F. Dunne. George D. Collins will conduct the defense. The case will occupy about ten days.

The prosecution has considerable new testimony to bring out. Two of the bags in which the stolen coin was carried out of the Mint have been recovered, and will probably be offered to the jury. It is also stated that three of the identical double eagles taken from the Mint vaults are in the possession of the United States Attorney Woodworth.