The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-07-22

newspaper press of this State we have
able to learn the facts of the lives q
several desperadoes, h~ighwaymen anG
other bad characters. Having editor.
ial charge OF "A newspaper in California
during the political campaign of 1865
we got a Sheriff cornered who was
running for re election. Being per,
sonal friends, he pleaded his family to
touch our feelings and cause us to fore
90 making some damaging revelations
in regard to his official acts. and at the
same time stated that he was satisfied
we would let the matter rest if we IN
derStood all the circumstances. We
replied that that would depend upon
the nature ofthose circumstances. He
then revealed to us the fact of his own
and the connection of two other
Sheriffs with an organized band of
highwaymen operating in that State
and in Nevada. These officers were
not interested in the spoils. but a
member of the organization kept them
posted as to robberies planned and as
to where they could find the robbers
after a depreciation had been commit
ted-the informer 10 be forever shield
ed bv the officers and to share in the
rewards. Returning to Nevada in
December. 1860. we wrote To of
these Sheritf> for a list of names,
aliases. ages descriptions. nativity.
and past history of such of them As he
believed to be in this State. He sent
Us a list of eighteen of them. The
editor Of the Enterprise Mr.. Goodman
and Dan DeQuille are not alluded L"
in this. for We reckon them non
gentlemenJ has in>inuated that there
was something wrong about a man
who could GOMEZ into possession of such
information. We have only to say
that. itthe whole history of the acts of
that band. together with those OF their
accOmplices who have worned into
respectable company through sheer
force Of impude;tce, were known. GER
tain Federal and editorial positions
would be tiled by men who would
mol disgrace both. 4 good but untor-
iUnate onla and her children stood
in the way and turned us from II
purpo> To- reveal the connection of
the husband and father with Il band of
desperate outlaws in California. and "A
similar cause iSsimilarly fortunate for
= recreant officer il Nevada. The edi-
tor OF the Enterprise Will not be slow
to take the hint. though of curse he
will be too stubborn to acknowledged it.
But to convince the editor of the En-
terprise that we know more than he
suspects of the history of even the
II ost obscure aud skul>ing of the ac-
&c mpliceS of the California band of
:, oundrels. we will here give just a
few factsin the personal history of one
of them. who shall he namete>s. he
cause he i still ut large: The engine
house loater>. incendiarieS. sneak
thieves and >kulking roughS of san
] Francisco brought on the uprising OF
1>56-it was not the killing OF King.
To these classes our subject belonged.
During the reign of the Committee he
fed to the oak groves along San An
tonic creek. on the opposite side oflhe
Bay. After peace and quiet were re
stored he returned to the city. sought
and obtained employment in a print
ing office. and by dint of industry and
attention to business (he was afraid to
appear on the streets. he subsequently
rose to the dignity of a partner in the
publication OF a sicklv kind of weekly
newspaper. now dead. Our readers
viii bear in mind that the MaZeppa
also died last Spring. after a hard
struggle. Finding his name in print.
he ventured to inSinuate himself into
society of a higher grade than he had
ever been tolerated in before. and his
previous career not being known, he
soon gained the confidence of IA lovely
and innocent young girl. whose father
was a well-to-do merchant. The ruin
and disgrace Ofthe girl followed. and
a small piece of the skull bone of the
Seducer was SEOta away by the indiT-
nant father. The scar is still to be
seen G the eve. Keeping concealed
+ n some months. a mining excite .nent
broke out i'll a distant section, and
hit Ter all the thieves and outlaws of
flocked-the subject of this
q ietch with them. Daring the fist
/ No or three ears Of the settlement of
mining region in one of the Western
Territories. while there was no law
nor officers, our thrifty sneak managed
to accumulate considerable property
B 1T his acquisitiveness overshadowed
Eery other faculty. and he had not
+ W capacity to hold under the law
he had accumulated ~covertly in
+ he absence of law. He then sunk
down to his old level, and became
like George Kirk wa>) a loafer about
beer cellars and the lowest and most
thy of blackguards-a regular gut {
.,r-Snipe. He made some retene ions {