Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-09-26

pech toiCialeu W Vic SohiiiuiiitJ,
much more allowed to hold a position
Of responsibility and trust. How thor
oughly his financial idiosyncrasies
were understood by some of his former
acquaintances, the following story told
me by a well-known detective will
illustrate /:
About a year ago IN Australian adj
yenturer reached here from Melbourne,
with a few hundred dollars in his
pocket, which no quickly lost at the
gaming table. Coming out Of Bill
Briggs Club Room early one morning,
with a solitary two-and-a-half in his
pocket, which he had borrowed from
the dealer, he stood for a moment
musing on his hard luck, and ponder
Ing on the unpropitious future that APP
parently waited on his Californian
career, when he was aroused from his
unpleasant reverie by approaching
footsteps, and q voice that struck his
ear as being somewhat familiar. Look
ing up he saw two men go by arm-in.
arm, and as they passed under the
lamp outside the Kremlin Saloon, he
thought lie recognized one of them,
but the impression was so indistinct
that he paid ITO further attention to
the circumstance. Going to a cheap
lodging house for the purpose Of pro,
curing a bed, he stepped into the office,
and while awaiting the return of the
night attendant, carelessly picked up
MI evening paper. CHANGING his eyes
over the columns, the name OF Thomas
MONEY! connection with an educa-
tional meeting attracted his notice,
and it Immediately flashed across his
mind that the mai he had seen III the
street q short time before was the
quandam Australian celebrity.
When the attendant entered he asked
him IL he knew what the Mooney men.
toned In the paper was doing, and
was informed that he was President Of
a Bank and an Insurance Company.
Mcditating OH this information, he
went to bed, and n train OF Thought
soon took possession Of his teeminG
brain.
Said the detective, "When | went
to him about the job, lie told me that
as soon as he heard what Mooney wa
doing, he guessed that lie had got n
thing of It. lie knew that Mooney
had always swindled in every position
he had We: held, and 1t was safe to con'
clude lie was doing the same now, Sc
the next morning he wrote to him say
Ing that he wanted five hundred dol
lars, and that unless 1t was paid within
three days, he would not only expose
his past career, but publish = full ac'
count of his present doings. 'Ihc let
ter was couched in vague terms con-
tinued my informant, but was quite
sufficient to alarm a guilty conscience
Mooney sent for me to come down to
his office. and after some preliminary
talk showed me the letter. asked
him if he wanted the man arrested,
but after skirmishing round a bit he
said lie didn't care to give his enemies
any show to talk, and If the man could
be got away so that lie would not be
likely TO try the same game again, he
would rather give him n few dollars
and bundle him of. However, the
matter was left to my management,
and l soon found ont the writer, and
pumped enough ont Of him to know
that he had sent the letter Oh spec. Sc
[ threatened to arrest him, but Mooney
wouldn't have it done, and as a ship
was just then going to Sydney, | wa
told to try and get him away by that,
which | did by paying his passage and
giving him fifty dollars"
Was that the only case of black
mailing him." I asked, "that came to
your knowledge?"
"IIe used TO receive q good many
letters of pretty much the same pur-
port" replied Mr.. p, "but he saw
that he had been unnecessarily alarmed
about the first ope, and he took no
notice of the others unless they became
personally threatening, and then he
would tell me of it, and l generally
used to settle the business for them"
Tho Responsibility Of tho Directors
For depositors' money will have to be-
come a legal Issue. Only sever weeks
ago they declared n dividend of six
per cent. for the half year, amounting
to 1873, 522, and at the same time there
Is not the least doubt they were well
aware of the shaky condition of the
concern. The Secretary acknowledges
that he knew for a year before of the
way things were being conducted. but
didn't think it his place to make the
matter public. The history Of Wild
cat banking can hardly show a parallel
to the acknowledgement of the Society,
but If the lesson is needed, Mooney
will not have swindled in vain.
Our Democratic Senator,
The Hon. Eugene Casserly, dropped
into town Unexpectedly the other
night, a day In advance of his antici-
pated arrival, thereby disappointing
sundry of his. constituents, who were
spelling fora good old-fashioned torch
light procession. Although Mr.. Cas-
serly Is wanting In that personal mag
nctism which has so much effect In
winning popularity, he is in very good
favor with the people, and his party Is
we'll pleased with his Senatorial rec
ord. At the time Of his election |
think that both Republicans and Demo-
Gratis somewhat over-appreciated the
Senator's talents. They gave him
credit for more brilliancy than he has
yet shown, for more elan Ito use n word
that is coming into general requisitlonl
in debate. and for more sparkle Of elo-
quence, than he really possessed. In
reality he is ar%gunentative and solid,
with an inclination to be prosy, but
has the exceeding good virtue Of not
being all inveterate talker. Every now
and then / see 1t suggested by Eastern
papers that Eugene would make 4 very
good Democratic candidate for the
Presidency, but being Of foreign birth,
he is not eligible for the position.
Consres.man A1telI.
1t is stated that the Hon. S. B. Ak
tell, Congressman from the Third Dis
trict of California, will return In a
short time for the purpose of making
preliminary arrangements to canvass
the State for next years Gubernatorial
contest. He has been n Congressional
~nonentity, and will most certainly