, 1875-12-27

holder in that Company antl, being resident as
or near tho MN Ravo to tho management Of its
Affairs Tho bella and decisive ncton and pnl!cy
With which ho dircosod ILLS own, whether he "dn-
tormlned u NIL hazards and cont to ',ccon,c, II
EoeAibIe. l!kewiso tim owner of tho Pelican, " IL.
20 far ~ am concerned. eocrot which rtisist
lavo diod ia his own boson hut from my
knowledge OF tho man, II lla wna aatlsicl Tho
property WAS really his. aud some other pnsnnn
or persons had snrrepttiouetr taken possession
Of and were irving to steal it away from Inn
undor son>o other nan1t, ho woultl ho detornned
ut oil hazards to rocuvor possessiun If possible.
It Is also tru" shat tint patb OF tho "Dtycs
lying ea4t Of ita dRcovery-et,aft ia called tho
! :" + ast Direa, and TINT Gsu. Logan III quite q
larSn ownor therein, and II. II. llonore ts, and
will bo tho ownor OF still greater interest upon
rho completion and contamination OF all tho
contracts madc losncGn bllnaelf and Mr.. Nc
Murt!y hefoso tho tAtter's death. tho fui carrying
out Of which has boon greatly delayed by his de-
ceaac., will como however. u1oru fully to this
proper, however, to ahy here that tho grnat Bit
toruess mud ubs.iuacy Uf tho Dives. Pelican
fight ia confined moro particularly 10 TINT part Of
the " Dives" lying wes: of tho discovery. .bhaft,
and whcrc Con. loghn Inns no interost wlIa.ovor,
Rn whore tho interoat of iionora Ia worry small.
Az to the croHs cut to the north by 11nnl,ll anl
tho tapping OF tho - North vci,." or I" Court
vc!D, al it IL now called, and which thfa lIsin-
ciued to bo tho "relteau yaiu," III att, Anco OF
any determination OF tho Hnbtect br the most
ointment legal lore OF Colorado. backed up by
tho Testimony Of hundreds OF thotr mos: Hkijf-
ful experts In tue mining busncHs, mood Anv0
lltte to nay. II ilns ltttio 10 do with tho ylca-
tion Of honorable md iunoceut mon from this
nnst yil!a!uons cn,nnlny md asporsvn In this
and thu subsequent paragraph hlweycr. ho
brings lis down to tho tim0 of the triaIs Of De-
cctubcr 1874, which were subsequent ia the time
wien Senator Logan acquired all tho tntcrcat he
now OWNS or over lid own in tho "Dlves milne.
Ihcso trials arc not important to our case. Tor
they woro not Il led by judge DcIto1d and thero
~ 'so Charge that atn a"nre Of touching tho
integrity or oIlicinf capacity nf Chief JiAtlco
HGllott, before whom theY werc tried
During tlo month Of August, 1874. vhilc
spending few weeks in Coorn 10 With niy ia,u-
ilr, was met i'll Georgetown by Sunator LogRtI,
who lad 1nade trip tu tho Territory for health
mud pleasure ID company Win Judge Cory.lon
Nccswi:h Of This city, with Its famllr. and with
Mr.. Farnsworth ana Norman Is Jr1'la. also uf
this city. Soou afttr his arrival ut Georgetown,
ttca. Logan waa introduced by MO to lir. Nc.
Mnrdy at tho Erluc,t Of thu latter. and Ut The
nEGnt solicitation ii McalurlY We wct.t together
with lMtl to visit The - Dtycs" nl;Ilo. This waA
Gen. I.ugau'a inst in.rstlt,c;iun tu ur knowledge
Of that snIne. lto Expressed htnlBolf to Inc "a
grea,ly alrrrisod Mt iss apparent richuoas apd
valae ant btfnro having tl,o sniuo expressed
willingness to negotiate with McAfnrdy tor All
intcrcnt III It. W'ahn DcgotIations continued aud
during Logun'H stay ia Colorado, but not con-
cuIcd unsl solne.imo in October in CHI
caE1., "hero McAErlS l,asl stopped to
epuna II few dsyn whilo on his way
III III Now Yoik city. Ssgo%ti1tions % wass ponding
between them 1ere for several days. 1T which
times tue legal conditions OF tho title to tho
msno wcro fully dAcns..sl and it WaA always
claimed ly Ao3lurtly that he hGd tho paruulus.nt
tito aul thus o .uust il tho eud ID asui,lst
all contestants; tnnlfV Rn AHreoment was reached
betseeu them. ana at tin time both wcrl in my
housc aud in my presence. when McAlnrd7 agreed
Dives" for the slim Of s40o otD, which Logan wIs
to pay aud did subsequently pay 10 uly certain
knowledge, III real estate III this county as ha
ilal agruod. Tic docds for tho sanao passing
through my Hands and briug recorded by
n.e. acting for sl1. McNuriy. It Nas upon
this witt to Chicago, TINT Mcslur,ly drst
met Mr. II. Il. llonoro. to whom ho was
also lnirod"cod By, me. This was tho
oomncnccuicnt OF l1onofe's negotiations with
aud in pursuance Of which uonose pnia his first
yipit to Georeotown i'll Eoycnlhar, he believing
thht II he should 10 there md llaye IN iatsrvoH
WITH tho contcBtsng parties. ho could bring about
q compromise which would DO ncceptable to nil
ln tho courts which llas boon going on tor 40
long. Gen. Logan also had great confidence iu
tho ability OF Honoro, who IL well known to oyery
body - noted maulpnlator Of trauing schomos.
il ho Should become Interested in tho property.
and, IN iask, tho wrllor tod h1cMurty. at tic
time Of blu Introduction to L1ouore. that II ho
could get hirn interested tic would bc OF
,t1' g ta Peosn pares hs masfs
So 1Ionoro wont to Colorado to e3au,ino
tito niue and SEQ whethpr he could mako any
trade with MoMurdy for al interest i'll it. Wh,Io
,herc no n.ada contingent contract With No
Autdy Tor the purcfaaao Of quite lnzgo sntofcss
in tho East Dives" provided ho could upon
his retura to Chtcago. mike satisfactory title to
property which ho was to trade for 1t. and alsu