, 1875-02-27

pae.rop Coal Company vas myth, aud 'nAt IL
t,lrco or four letiors to CTR London agent. Mr..
+. ". raync, posting him thorsa.yh'y on tlse
subject, and directing him to aarsttiae tha
i,svo hss,, reason 10 bolioyo that Clarke derived
lus Information OH the subject from tits
Dnrea,. lila enn csrno III hfro = few days after
tallt.so lad left. and We res:el linn concerning
the character OF tho n,nn And hts ontn,rrt'r.
nouptless he wro!a to l!s tnther III Luntloi. aud
E.so him tho information We rha,lhl .hnyo
W,ittnn to him oursclves, but we did not Enow
h;s address.
let.er, Prof. Cla:xu macs It tr Grava..,o', pf hs
charges Tint eyosc facility wsa f .I,Htscd ny tho
D,,stau 10 McUartv aud cnilettso. so tint j. WAS
nade the agency b. which to promote their fraud.
uient sehen,es.. Arc Tho various statements he
ulaEo3 III regard to &hn
FREE ACCESS ALLOWED TO A'cAaTf
Ly tho Bureau corsoct2 .... ,,,.
Mr.. Ksnv-McCarty certainly made ht'nse,f s'.t
very FREQ hero. ln!csd, la wa tue osisiat pto, p
Bureau. EIo WAS fsce.lret'dent FOR tho tlrss
YEAR, AMI ho u.G,uea tho tisc Of Managing d.
r.c,nr. although tncrs MAS really no sueh ositrc
lie i,aa 1al no ,Ee.al connection with tse 1iu-
rcau Tor over tno years. lilo used to keer ins
as,era In Tho safg et,1 had fren acceh1 10 1t nNt!t
ias,: 1ulv, wLGn Was c!ectad Secretary. then
changed tho cataailation. and closed l.sin on.
Ecpor,cr-Irdf. Clatkn stH:es that Co|tettno
cla:,,iol In london 10 sasc II controlling .nsstest
in {l:o Bureau, ard has llb exhibited certificate
Of ,,ail.r btoc:, TO very iatga an,snnt.
Sir. Kinc-Coliettso never Ind cc:lta worth
OF interest in tho BUREAU. Arv certificate u
sleek i,o may d;apia~ IL fcrecl. Ihc' O Las hee,
plani certificate ta:on finn tho book, aud tLa
n,ay nayc bcon Msc@ for :ae forgery:
N:po,tct-HoS about lr1'. C!arsc's odtf to
co abroad and ..-
txsrlTrrr LEGAL pEncEsaISGS
acn!n;t thu sAlillura Il tua 3useuu Will pay his
Ell ciI-E.f
:.r, ii!6g-Ihst 10 rory liberal Offer Az
they, according tn Ills own account, t1id aos Do
fruil the Gn,.iiRh people CIT uf cehe ilow a'c
| tnry to lc mado ..1aenablo to Justice II CtarEe
Sauts IL FREQ passayo acrucs tic Atl:nsit, he VIII
not yet 1. l1oni us. X NO should sstsra to sesl
xod1o one ncrote, we 1llnuld not reject HIM u
! Prof, CIarke wishes to lnsko MI isano OIL this
ca.e, lot him 20 aLcad aud ho will b. shown u!'.
Nc;o:ter-Wl,cn did McCasty'a connection
| with this Bu!cau terminate?
Mr. kinc-Wa tiiaa.isBed linn from tho osncc
rs puan M Cpletteo eaiIMl and as 10 i, HI VIC led
discovered tlle tiuad IN WINCH the t"o scr. ell"
EsE.tl. llu lem, ,isled nroun! ta"n fur aoIe time
after, mud did not Sc: at:ay until ho had nlr-
| In conversation with tho ylce-Trosiiont Mr..
! \. unrahbtrgor, tho reporter obtained
! BONE ApDIrI0sAL REFORMATION
| eiowiug tho plausible edl.1Hs aud Huhlttno lual-
| ity OF lmpIdence which characterized tue gal
! liant Co0lict. It Gcenls that. when acCarty en-
gagged III tho formation Of tho Bureau ho did not
| I:ceeue ANY cretlentiala, bnt worried Ills way
along bY ''jaNf" and check. lie profeese1 to
iRyo great poateBsons III Toxas, and was always
ho nav yico, President for h year, and held that
aud ad' until slr narshhoreet saa o'ectsa,
which wa" Aug. u. le74, le nuyee but up dol.
ing Of tLo Direcsosa woa held. as which tilo u
reotorsh!p held by W. G. McCasty was uuan1-
rnolls!y declared vacant. During tho 'isss year
llo was allowed certain hmout OF Etccl: III cor
! t-,1,& INV mi q
III tho safo Of tho Bureau, ard vout In ana oat
/! Whenever ho choao. Last summor ho Intro
ducod Collettao to tho officers Of tho Baroatl,
who received tue etatomo1lts tn regard to tbs
| tlrst thug that Mado tAoIn aware Of tho trna
| character OF Tho concern was a private letter
FROM Tcssu. which WAS shown to them.
The reporter also Ano conVersaton with
| III. J. J. CHASE,
who Ii Director of tho bureau, anil who, in ha
capacity Of Notary Public certified to McCarty's
signature 10 tho fraudulont report On tho value ol
the l,asttop Coal Company lands. Ms Chaae stat
tn tho oacr, although thoy had paid their rent III
stock CT tho Daatrop Coal Company. lilo had
certified to NcCnrtys Bignxtuie in hlD nosarial
capacity, and without any suspicion 81 to the
character Of tho uocnment
Tho reporter waa nlao H. nfursacd In tho coorao
Of tie intervew that. While connected with the
Buroa,t, AcCarty had
SIT up A JOURNAL,
| which 10 conducted on 30 large scale that the
ozpo,1so cenced tIcm to discontinue 1t after two
numbers t,ad been lsHucd. From MI examination
OF copies turushed tho reporter. 1t appears tha:
tho gatllut .Cul0not 70 his many braces OF mtd
aud perAon auled editorial ability Of no con.
ta,uptiblo kind. Tho Journal Of lhc american
bureau Of Mines ID . magazine ot about quartz
sizo, and with thirty odd l'a.ea - tho nunboi;
It 10 bound in th!cx grsen glazed paper eoyess
aul printed upol fine hnted paper; Its matter
1nnko-up. and typographical appearance re'lec
gtsat credit upon hs tssto Of ..i,." ths
~, August aud September, 1873. 1n vario,l
! ropcpicuous pxces tho announcement iB madt
thnt it is cdited by ". G. McCarty, and i'll I'll!
proapcctus Of tho IuEoan his nama II displayed II
heary, blao1 t3pe az Managing Direcso:," t
nunloa:lons. In this prospectus, in which th'
linn Roman hand OF the Colonel ~ plainly d.s
cerntble IL III nnnouuccd an ono OF tho oo5eci
OF tho Buroau: "To organize eyssem Whoseb
we CHI, with tho ass.atAlce Of Capitalists suu ia
publir In genoral, auppzess operations in bo&u
; 1niuIng properly and minng stocks." 10 tht
e.,1 It ~ announced that Department Of lufor
1aat1on has beeu eatablHhc1, tho ts.1ns OF mon1
; bership to which arc $40 poe annuin.. ~
Colonel alko sta:es IN hno ed'sor,.! IN III
"spceulatlvo asd Legitimate Mtninx,. tl,s
~ certificate from th,a Duleau ~ equivalent !
!. tbs certificate OF O bank clcsA-it L. giasautcc
: by their capital" Tho Colonel's high catimat
OF tho yRus of Tho cets1icatos Of 1llo burco
casts u hno light upon his Eeneros'ty III presen
, lug Liz ffsentl DR.. Collossso with ono Of theu
Like Joseph sutfaco III tho ''scllool for Scandal
tho Colonel IL evidently "luun OF Bantlthont
: which Inakos It Iuore tho pity that 20 handaou
, = man aud 10 elegant writer should be 70 biz
. rascal that ovsn Bureau OF MlulnG could N
uksay aud tnd him ont.
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