Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-04-24

Said he had met him in mining cases,
knew who he was and what he would do
for coin, and that, therefore, he
caused great number of assays
to be made by number Of differ
ent men, all Of unimpeachable integrity,
aud one Mr.. Butlerl Hermes witness,
to show the utter unreliabiity and venal-
ity of Mr.. Keyes as n mining witness. |
He had known him elsewhere, and in
another case, to swear positively that a |
certain vein was wholly composed of |
non-mineral limestone, when twenty |
credible witnesses came forward and |
testified that it was rich body Of argen-
tiferous ore. OF course, knowing his
antecedents thus well, he was deter
mined, in this case, to SO completely
expose his venality as to make it apparent
to all; and he felt confident that he had
succeeded in doing SO, in the most con-
elusive manner. Was not Mr.. Reyes
forced, absolutely compelled, to acknowl-
edge a vein qualification between the
Panaca shaft and incline NJ? His reluc-
lance in answering questions of this
kind-the necessity of absolutely forcing
answers out of him-showed, beyond
question, his venality. He referred to
another mining expert on the defense,
showing he had pronounced sample
barren which was covered with bromide
of silver, and assayed 81 400 to the ton.
Is it to be wondered at, when the defense
are pushed to such straits to sustain
themselves, that they should have chosen
for their corporation the name OF Her
mes-who, in the Hydrologic ages, was
revered as the God of Thieves.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr.. Wren, resuming, said he would be
brief in concluding his argument. BY
the testimony of the witnesses, gentle
men of the jury, by your own personal
inspection, you have seen that the crop
pings, and the general qualification OF
the rock, along the cut from Panaca
shaft to incline NJ, are identical with
those east and west of that cut. This
prominent fact has also been we'll estab-
| lished bv over two hundred assays. The
character of the break in the vein, or
cross. head, has likewise been fully DEM
onstrated, both by evidence and
your own personal observation. These
things have been doubly proven-proven
both by the evidence of practical miners
of years of experience, and of gentlemen
of scientific education and of established
reputation as mining engineers and ex-
perts. We have shown the same walls,
the same ores, the same general dip, on
both sides of the cross-head. BY every
test known to science and practical DEM
onstration we have shown continuous
ledge. From the testimony OF Mr..
Lightner himself it is evident that the
Hermes location is made on portion OF
our ledge. The theory of cross ledge,
or a north and south ledge, is something
which has not been in evidence-tha'
idea is an offspring, wholly and purely,
of Mr.. Bishops imagination. On one
of the lower drifts, according to the ties
timony of Mr.. Reyes himself, the vein is
clearly traced right into the Hermes
shaft. If there were cross-vein, would
it not be crossed and located in making
that connection? The difference between
the surface ores and those lower down is
easily accounted for by the oxydizing in
tiuences of the atmosphere. All wht
have had practical experience in mining
in the silver districts of Nevada under
stand this.
Mr.. Bishops speech reminded me o
the fox and the bell, in the fable. Tn
fox was at first terribly frightened by tn
ringing of the church bell; he ap
preached the belfry with great fear anC
caution. At last he boldly entered, AM
thus he addressed the bell: is it pos
sible that so much noise can come from
so brassy, iong-tongued and empty
thing as you?" Mr., Bishop used Ian
, guage yesterday unbecoming any attor
: ney. He went so far as to accuse Col
Raymond of being a murderer. He reck
lessly called witnesses, who are her
without any means of protecting them
selves, liars and perjurers. Anothe
| wholly unjustifiable attack was that h
made on Thomas Box. He went outsid
of the law and his professional duties
and wantonly and without any motiS
that can understand, violently abused
him personally. In one Of his gros
illusions he charges the young man, dur
: ing his stay here, of visiting unworth
5 places. If that was not because h
thought Box was encroaching on his ow
beats, don't know what his object wa
: in making such an unwarranted charge
g And then consider, gentlemen, how h
: addressed you. Is he insane, or did b
: think to intimidate you? "You will b
t as bad as highway robbers" he saiC
e eff you find verdict for the PLAINTIFF
II You will be as bad as murderers. lo
S ought to be hung if you return such
l. verdict" That was the most extrao
l. binary appeal l ever heard made in
o Court of justice, and expect and ce
u tainly hope to never hear another like
k Now, if the law and evidence do not civ
c. us verdict, gentlemen of the jury. v
If do not ask it at your hands. We wal
A. nobody property but our cwn. Hit do
IS not belong to US, why, then, give it
70 the defendants on some of the technic
ID grounds they have raised.
l, Mr.. Wren stopped speaking at TWEEN
:! minutes to O. clock.
lie At the conclusion of Mr.. Wren's /
+ marks, two new maps were conspicuous
"a posted in front of the jury. Then
If Judge Pitxer,
N Of the counsel for the defense, took Il
ii floor. About noon, he said, on the rs
st of March of this year, we were not pc
a. mitted to talk about the location of Il
At Hermes mine. Now, gentlemen, l W
al undertake to prove that the POI
to ton of the plaintiffs in this ca
t. is utterly untenable. They cor
to into Court without location, wit
ae out work, and claim to be the owners
S, our property. On what is called t
ne Hamlin claim neither the plaintiff u
ty any q his grantors has ever struck
e. pick. The map before you is, thou
ey six times as large, an exact copy Of t
a diagram in book "a" Of the Mead'
O. Valley records. When you see witnt
Sc on the stand who is negligent and loo
u in answering questions, and gets ang
p when they are rropounded, you m
nd know that his evidence is not entitled
n much weight. A distinguished jur
ce has said that juryman who will q
a credence to testimony which he feels
lal not true, is himself almost guilty OF p
IS jury. l will, if can, in following
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