The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-06-25
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Another Voice from Blaeh Pins.
BLACK PINK DnrRIcT, Jun 10,


EDrToRs ISDEPESDENT:-It was remarked by
the celebrated Dean Swift that, ''you could
never reason man out Of nything that was
never reasoned into him. that some men were
born natural liars, and if they told the truth
even by chance. it gave them great pain"
Judge keeney is remarkably free from pain;
for observe in your paper of the Sth Of June
an article headed Another Voice from Black
Pine" but more properly it is . voice from
rum hole or another den OF infamy frequent
ed by the author. know that voice. II IN
nasal twang from Keeney. He dictated the
article, and have the proof Of it, but he was
too full OF low cunning to sign his name to 1t.
1t is weak, dwelling attempt at evasion and
denial-a puny, disgusting brat that he was
too timid to father, but found convent
ent tool and tunky in HILL who agreed to be
its daddy. II is impossible for Hill to be the
father of anything: Everybody that knows
him knows that he is fool, and q poor idiot,
without any education that he can barely
write his name, and can not spell three of the
piainest words correctly. For him to be the
author Of any written article would be as ut
terly impossible as it would be for him to
have any sense. But this Judge Keeney has
the credluof originating one remarkable idea
an idea for which he should receive the last
ing gratitude Of the legal profession: the idea
of calling on "A confederate, guilty of the same
crime with himself, to prove himself limo
cent! This fellow Hill was his pretended sec
Oh DliChStOnc STGeDleht.
VIII you not stir yonr boues in your collins
from sheer envy? While sages Of the law
have bothered their brains for five hundred
years, settling the rules of criminal evidence
II was reserved for this learned Judge from
the alkali deserts of the Humboldt, with a
Hash from his genius, to open short, bright
road Tor the benefit of criminals That is a
fine rule of evidence, particularly among the
bandits of Mexico. All that three thieves
have to do now when they want TO steal n
horse Is for two to watch at the door while
the other takes him out; then afterwards
when accused of the crime, to swear each 9TH
cr innocent, and that Is the end of it. IL is as
clear AS mud-dont yOu see il? Wouldn't he
make n splendid President of Mexico? lie
would make II n perfect paradise for bandits,
and his praise wonlh rcsound from every cave
and chaparr,l thicket in the country, Go to
Mexico, Judge, and make yourself immortal
The truth Is, the making OF laws for Jump
ing" claims in this district vas talked over IN
Elko last Winter; and when he arrived ut keI-
ton this Spring, he rOpcd IN Que or two others.
who, as they went To Black Pine stopped
at ranch about ten miles from KcltOn, and
told the men there that they were going 10 "A
new mining camp 10 make laws for it, lie
did come to Black Pine; he did make the ras-
cally laws that exposed; and he did not own
any claims, nor does he iiOtr. All this he sub
stantially admits but he don't like for me To
tell 1t, but Is feeling about for mouse paths To
worm himself out Ot II. lie t!Pi write the laws
and sent them Ivy railroad TO Kchon. and from
there they were brought to Black Pine on
pack mule-for they were huge and weighty
But the BRAIN Of the anthOr Is monstrous and
heavy, and like will produce like. They
weighed just sevcnty.sIX pounds ayOirdupois!
and made up i'll weight what they wanted in
sense. When the miners rcpudiatcd them.
and voted their destruction. / wished their
preservation as grrut curioSity-us the only
example in The world where seycuty-si.
pounds Of WORDS wer, written, without one
word of sense M them. might in one res
pcct' ut ienst, apply To him cuuplct from BY
ron:
His name VII 20 down to other times
Linked with one yirtu" aud thousand crimes.
For he certainly has one small virtue been.
ing ont like IL little Hover nearly SIN 9TH
cred in waste OF pig weeds. Anumulou.
as II DSy APPEAR, that virtue consists in his
statement, IN hi, ,'snying my charges against
him; Tor when InHn denies crime IL
proves that he has conscience: nj least
enough To feel the sting of il, and n long as
he has conscience u Is charity to hope for
improvement.
Judge Keeney! you might be respectable
yet, il you would mind your own business.
and confne your legal operations to their le-
gitimate sphere; bit long as you sneak
around new mining camps, assuming lOrtly
airs nj law making. you make yourself con
temptible. You might, indeed, succeed in
stirring up litigation, bnt you will tlsyI,st
every honest man. Nature never intended
you to make a great figure i'll the world: your
pattern Is too light; your bFnin is too heavy
Cat least its productions are). but you could
mind your own business aud be an honest
man, and that's well enough