The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-07-26
A DREADFUL SELL.
Fifty Bostonians, Armed to the Teeth,
Arrive I'm California I'm Search of n
Gold Mime.

A San Francisco paper of July 4
says: A man who stated that hi
, name was Frederick G.. Hendson, an
that he came from Portland, Oregon
registered himself at one of the first
class hotels in Boston. In few day
after his arrival he was introduces
; TO two well-known citizens ofthat city
and to them represented that he wa
the discoverer of a gold mine o
} fabulous richness To these gentle
men he stated that he had been .
miner on an extensive scale in Cali
fornia, Nevada aud Idaho, and that
nowhere in the course of his travel.
had he seen so much gold.
i Hendson then exhibited the dia
gram, also some very rich specimen:
OF gold quartz, many Of them almost
Of pure gold, and letters of reference
He said that he wanted to form 6
company Of fifty good, Trustworthy
men who would arm themselves with
Henry repeating rifles, Colts navy
revolvers aud bowie knives TO fight
the Indians. He ssid that each mem
ber OF the company must advance
him $3.50, or In the aggregate S12,-
500. and that after he had shown the
mine they must pay him $4,000
more, to be taken from the mine.
His proposition was, in the course Of
q few days, accepted, and six weeks
ago fifty Bostonians, armed and
equipped as directed by Hendson,
arrived in this city via the Overland
railroad.
While on the ferryboat Hendson,
in a conversation with the leaders of
the little band of fortune seekers,
told them that when they had reach
ed San Francisco they most be very
discreet, not tell any one their bus
mess, and in order that no one might
suspect anything, he would not go
with them to the hotel, but would go
in another direction. He directed
them to 60 to the Russ House, where
he would secretly visit them until
the departure of the steamer for
Oregon. He gave reasons for this
course, which the leaders accepted,
and the party followed his directions.
Several times he visited them, spoke
about the plans they had agreed upon,
and on the evening of the departure
Of the Ajax, Hendson said it would
become necessary to exercise more
for fear they might be sus-
pected and followed. He said that
be would board the Ajax early in the
morning, stow himself away so that
no one should see him leave the city,
and after the steamer had been three
Or four hours out he would come
'orth from his hiding place and re-
DIN them, and then they would not
be separated again The honest
'Hubites," placing reliance in all
hat Hendson said, and believing
hat by following his instructions
hey would act wisely, went on board
If the steamer, and after she had
,een on the high seas for several
lours they began to search for Hend-
on, but they could nowhere find him,
nd then for the first time did they
Understand that they had been swim
lied
When they reached Portland, the
'arties named in their letters Of ref
renee we're visited by the Bostonians,
rho learned that Hendson was un-
nown there. Some of these adven-
ures had invested all the money |
hey possessed, and being unable to J
ay their passage back to this city, I
'ere forced to remain in Portland,
lille few who had money left re-
1rned to this city, and are now 9
topping at the Russ House. Hend-
on is no doubt a fictitious name I
aken by the sWiudler.