Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1872-05-10

!" Ills oWn lnlnu tnat he would
not only refuse to sign the affida
VII but would in due time inform
Jones OF the plot against him.
He Refuses to Sign.
AT length it was announced tn
Hubbell that the statement was
ready for him at Col. Hope's
Office, and awaited his signature
He told O'Donnell to tell Mr.. Lees
ana the rest that he would not
sign the statement; however, at
the time appointed, he went to
Col. Hoge's office and the docu-
ment was presented for his sigma
ture. He said he had told ODon-
nell that he would not sign it.
They went into another room and
he still said he would not sign.
and told Donnell to say in their
presence what he had told him at
Carson relative to money. Col.
Hoge took his hat and left the
room, when he positively refused
TO sign the statement, and deter
mined to convey Mr.. Jones a
knowledge of the plot against
him.
He Sees Mr.. Patten.
lie sought out Mr.. Patten, an
intimate friend of Mr.. Jones, and
told him what Sharon had been
endeavoring to have him do. Pat
ten said the charge was so hOrri-
bic he would not listen to it un-
less some other person was present
Patten then found Mr. Jones, who
said he could not believe it, and
sent him again to Hubbell, who
reiterated his statement. Mr.
Jones then went to ID. o. Mills
and Alvinza Hayward. Hubbell
came and to these gentlemen, in
the presence of Mr.. Jones, made
the statement which we have
given.
James O'Donnell's Story.
ODonnell, the man who has
acted for Sharon in this matter,
made the following statement
One cold morning, about four or
five months ago, Isaac :. Hubbell
came to my house and called me
out. He said he had something
on his mind which was worrying
him very much and he wanted to
have it brought to light. He said
that G. r. Kellogg had set the
mine on fire, and that he knew he
had done it. | told him that it
was a very serious matter, and
that he should not say anything
there unless he could prove every
word of it. He said he could prove
it, he would 60 before a Justice
and swear to 1T. and that as soon
as it came out it would raise HI.
He told me that Kellogg asked
him to go with him, but that he
refused to do so. Kellogg asked
him if he had any money, and he
said no, but he had four shares of
Gould a Curry. which he would
give to sell. Kellogg then said
that inside Of twenty-four hours
there would be the d-dest
row in stock he had ever heard of.
Kellogg said he was going TO look
out for the lower levels. Hubbell
asked him what would become Of
the upper levels, and Kellogg
said he would blow them to HI
inside of a hours. | do not know
what object Hubbell had in tell
ing me this. | was foreman in
the Yellow Jacket mine for about
eight years, but was not employed
there at the time of the fire.
Hubbell told me that Kellogg
said to him: "NOw Hubbell you
stick to me and l will stick to
YOU. | know j. p. Jones will not
throw off on me, for there is more
money inJ u. Jones, than in those
sons Of hes-Sharon and Win
ters." Hubbell replied that if
there was such game going on
he would not have anything to do
with it. At 10:30 o'clock on the
evening of the 9th, Hubbell and
Kellogg came down in the mine
and asked him if he had been
through the mine. About 3
o'clock on the morning of the 7th,
he (HubbelD went down in the
mine again and saw Kellogg on
one of the levels. Some one was
carry lIIS liShV UOiiiiiu htAA' "iiN'
the next minute the light was
eXtinguished. Hubbell told me
that while he was in a drift, he
saw six or seven carloads OF
powder come down the drift, and
that the powder was afterward
used in firing the mine. On the
morning of the 7th, after he had
seen Kellogg in the mine, Hub
bell went to the 9OO-foot level, and
there the station master asked
him what old Kellogg was doing
in the mine at that time OF night.
Hubbell'then went to the SOO-foot
level, rode up in the cage and
went into the north drift. He
looked at his watch and saw that
it was pretty close on to 7 o'clock.
AS he was coming out, one of the
men told him that the south end
of the mine was on fire. lie took
a pail of water and went toward
where the fire was. Before going
far the smoke became so thick as
to almost unable him to breathe,
and laying down. he crawled ON
all fours to the shaft where he