Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-08-23
A Virginia City Sensation,
From the Gold Hill News,l

About two weeks Charles NJ. MAYER. a
gentleman of Virginia, announced bis
intention OF going to Lake Tahoe for the
purpose of spending his sunmer vaca-
ton at that place. Mayer is a we'll
known character on the Comstock, hav.
ing been collector in these parts for
some time. Many citizens of Virginia
and Gold Hill can attest to his excellent
extracting qualities. In addition to his
duties as collector Mr.. Mayer has added
those of Deputy Clerk OF the United
States Court, together with numerous
other deputyships, obtained for him by
the influence of his friends.
In order to make the time pass more
pleasantly. Miss Minnie Plummer. a
captivating young lady. who formerly
resided at "a South D street, was to
have accompanied MIR. Mayer to his
country retirement. The pair left on
the evening train, and Mrs. Mayer being
on visit to friends in Philadelphia, no
one was present to enter a protest. In
stead of going to the lake, Mayer and
his girl went to San Francisco, but as
nothing was known of this movement
by his friends here, no suspicion was
aroused. Last Saturday, r. M. Dag
gett, Clerk of the United States Circuit
Court. received a letter from Mr.. MAYER.
who was acting as Mr.. Daagett's deputy
at the time of his departure saying that
by the time the epistls was received the
writer thereof would be on the billowy
main. bound for some foreign country
As the only vessel that has cleared since
the date of the note was one for British
Columbia and the northern ports, it ia
fair to presume that Charley is now
quietly walking the streets of Victoria.
He was Receiver in Bankruptcy for sew.
eral estates. including the estate of
John P. Brown, OF Churchill county,
the Wylie and Knapp estates, the estat o
OF Peter Robinson, and of number of
others.
Mayors talents are extremely versa
tile. as will be shown by the following
brief sketch of his life, which is vouched
for as true.
Charles M. Mayer was in Victoria,
vancouver Island. in the year 1865,
keeping a small laundry. He was mar
ried to London nymph du pave whom
he brought from England with him. She
proved " untrue, and be commenced
a suit of Grim. con. against the man in
question-one Capt. Scoot; but both the
Captain and the lady levanted, leaving
poor Mayer disconsolate.. He then gave
up the laundry business and commenced
as collector of debts and agent for the
Black List. He also acted as Deputy
Sheriff. After being in this kind of bust
ness for two or three years he left, TAX
ing large amount of money which he
had collected for others and failed to &C.
count for. He then turned up in San
Francisco in the same business Of col.
lecting, having his Office at the corner OF
Market and Montgomery streets, where
Giloert's museum was. He left San
Francisco in doubt, and went to Sacra-
mento, where he engaged 10 the same
business with the same unsatisfactory
results to his clients and creditors. Vir-
ginia City was next favored with his
presence, in which be first made his ap.
pearance in 1870. and was sometime after
appointed Secretary OF the Occidental
Mining Company under Mr.. Weston.
There he also married his present wife,
a sister Of Mrs. r. M. Daggett. Weston
failed, and Mayer soon lost bis position
after the mine came under the control OF
the Mackey Fair party. He then went
40 clerk to Jonas Seely. After losing
that place he again became general az.