The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 21, May 22, 2005, Article 2

BINION SILVER DOLLAR CASE CONTINUES

The saga of the Binion hoard of silver dollars continues
(see the October 3, 2004 E-Sylum, v7n40), as shown
by this May 16th Court TV article from Las Vegas:

"On Sunday, this city celebrated its hundred-year anniversary,
and it might see another centennial before there is an end to
the legal wrangling in the cases of Sandra Murphy and Rick
Tabish.

Six months after the pair was acquitted of murdering casino
mogul Ted Binion, but convicted of theft, his estate has entered
the fray in an attempt to reclaim the thousands of dollars of
antique silver coins used as evidence in the trials.

In a twist so unusual it could only happen in "Binion," as the
case is known here, Dennis Rehbein, the man to whom Rick
Tabish gave the coins as collateral for a $25,000 loan,
wants the silver back.

Binion's estate won a minor victory Monday morning when
Judge Joseph Bonaventure allowed the more than 100 pounds
of antique silver coins and Horseshoe Casino gaming pieces
to be released from an evidence vault in the Clark County
Courthouse, where it has gathered dust for about five years.
The collection will be handed over to the estate so its value
can be assessed."

To read the full story, see Full Story

The coins in question are not part of the hoard which had
been sold previously: BinionCoins.htm

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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