The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-07
THE DIVES SILVER MINE.
MORE ABOUT N. H. HONORE AND
THE NINE OR1BBERS
A Man Intcrc.,ed In the schemo vnnnlnt,np

bti'hce thht II fructtcullN "a Confession.
CHICAGO, Jan. 3.-Onc Henry f.. Picket.
who Acknowledges that he was party to the
scheme Nv which Senator Logan and II w.
Honore obtained large interest In the Dives
silver mine. occupied column and half In the
Chicago Tribune of Dec. "a to defend himself
and his fellow mine grabbers. lie admits that
he know McMurdy intimately. and brought
about the trade nrst between McMurdy and
Logan, and later between McMurdy and Honor6.
After wasting great deal Of space in insnu-
ating that the SUN correspondent has an interest
In the mine, Mr.. Picket goes on 70 make, unin-
tentonaiy Of course. fun confession as follows:
During the month OF August 1874. white spending
Jew wee1s IN Colorado win my family, was me. In
ihe Territory Tor health and pleasure In company wth
and with MIR. farn-wo and Norman -. Judd. also OF
this city soon AZ cr hii arrival ~ Geofe-town Gen.
Logon was I'M reduced by me O. Mr.. McMurdy Ut the
request Of the latter nd the urgent solicitation "
'Dvcs mine. Tits was cen L0gan'f nrst introd1c-
uon 10 or knowledge Of that nine. He espresso him
SIT O. me as gr at surprised at It's arpa cn richness
In il.
my orc,euce at various times during I9eans stay In
Sol'r W. nuI not conc u a .2sc TINE IN oct9,
lev as,s w"ile o. h,s way as qeesae to "a hp.ceps
pcnd,ns between them mere Tor :,verS dWs. az when
times he legal con ions Of the t'le To the mine were
that he han the paramount It'll, tnat ne must In
tns snS ha, am sfIee
both were IN nv house ard IA presence, when Me.
o Sc 20 sum 2 %Sc6 logan a. ~s ' to ps
snd ad suo,egncn, pay to NV ecran sn9Tedge n
for the same passing through my hands. aud being re-
It vas upon this Vi # to chicago that McMmdy nrs,
met Mr.. 4. H. Honot6 to whom Il wa also Introduced
gotiaton win McMurdy Tor an Interest in the "pvcs
visit Ceore town in November he beievine that Il
he should go there and have Interview with The
np NJ Nm 40
which would be scceptabe 70 ali psrtie anil put an
going on Tor so Ions aen Logan SS % had sre
confidence 10 the ability OF nonofe eho Is vel known
scncmes bring about sett ement OF the whole mat
m c the wrS oa meMsra at .s e ~ sP a
tTodueuc. 70 Honore, that he could get him tercst
VITA the Pe ca parties a b.
CONTINGENT CONTRACT.
20 Honort went 70 Colorado 70 examine TIC mine and
an interest n IL while there he male a contingent
r IN Hs ss iG prS1ed o he ea
apon his retar 70 chicago mase satisfactory ,tle %
various nte views with Mr. snyder the esier At that
and came back TO chicago ocevng an anicabc settle
ment would be had inis wasa month before The De,
ia the properiy yet the spondent Washington.
wien iionord and his agents we're running about prof:
FERNS their services and threatenns tne vengeance Of
deiary 4 Their terms we're not COMP. led " a. A..
last. ami only ,,'t to Colorado ua Tue 10 Of June
es sa eT s na spsP S T y ape s
| returned TO Cnicago with McMurdv, when the contin
toWnWa further to sud made bindin- uotn
and by wheh hunore agreed to pay large con.idcta
Tor some loo or 10 eei IN ihe.. Eist Dycs mine and
Tor the parch and sac 81 other arse
mne ~hcn McMurdy returned to Gcorseto VA carry IN
The wri,cr reof acted fol Nr McNuriv In all these
s as els iVr ne a re 19, ,
ana papcrs ia cscr,w ter toth parties ana therefore
"a ftlrt OF all the uf FH
m d. nd ao say. tnsi at no time durins tn uesot.
II Ms and eosns ~ such ntr.cts We inere any - p.
judy iciord or control tae iudeiay VI hi. hearing
stated 10 wrf,r thai ia sc Bedford d'honcst
a me- G a "a ri. "a sS ana sta ~
| ofcc having expired II H9nore All 10 AN beievei
| Ia the result - n- IMPORTANT ite,uon, as A. peen
a n.a 's IN 6 w. 5r Wien y had
good citizens 10 as the appointment Of hs successor
room DEFENCE.
Reduced 90 plain English. MIR Pickei's defence
| OF Logan AMI toyure comes to this McMurdy
! claimed a valuable p,ere ot PROPERTY and MIS-
81 im ~a- disputeh. lie wanted u secure the
| lufluenNe 81 'uited StNiss Senstur aud ~ the
| thrDust. Mr. Picket hAnpened To be IN y
| r,do, and having a previous Acauant!nre with
| McNurdN naturally learned TINS. ana JUST as
| naturally. being that sort uf mhu. asrred to
man ce the affair. And. "a good luck would
have II, Logan happened along about TINS time,
| and Picket said. There's your man. trade
| was struck, hit not consumWated. MchurdY
had TO come Ist to attend i religi us Gathering
| in New lrk. and 50 he came through Chicago,
| and fixed up matters with Logan. ana got 5000
| worth Of Cook county property ~ consideration
| for A one sew, nth INT crest In tho East Dives
| Having arranged this piece Of business,
| Picket called McMurdy's attention TO the
fact that II. II. Honore was noted manpu-
| latpr OF ira ing schemes" and great hand nj
| compromises. or course he didn't saw a word
about bis being the f,ther-in-aw OF the Presi.
| Honnre got n couttugent interest In the East
| Dives. just " hat tins contingency was T. be on
which lIonorG's interest depended Mr.. Picket
However. Honore went 10 Colorado and had
| several interviews with the Pelican people,
| maNiug various PROPOSITIONS T. them, All 81
| which agrees with the version have from DIS
| interest q parties In Colorado of the Dives
| Pelican hsht. IL l., however, true that preJu-
diced residents Of the Terrific SAY That II IGNORE
| ALWAYS cclmqanieI he propositions Of COM
| promise to the Pencan people with the remind 7
| mat ne VS. the father-iu-law OF President
tcr,-tcd and therefore - II they didn't compro.
mise and went to law they wouldn't get u ID
THE DETAILS.
| Mr.. Picket omits this Interesting part OF the
history, ont NJ he claims o. tell nothing but what
| he with las own Eyes. and heard WIN Ia,
own car, he proOabl, omitted these detsil'
Mr.. Honorc filed to effect a compromise. but
he did come back and give his per-'nul atten-
ton al Warrington, As the hles Of the Attorney
Generals office snow, To securing the remov d
| II Judge BrliOrd aud the appointment 81 Judge
Stone. Having suc,eeGcd in this, and stone
having oVerfuicd Chief-Iustice liailet and va
cHf ed the injunction Issued Dy MIN, ana the
| DIVES peOule beng ia possession, Honore went
to Colorado ana brought back McMurdN viii
INN to Chicago, where MIR. Picket arranged mat
tiers sa I-factoriiN to all concerned, and the con
tngeut IA crest wds nide certain To IlOnore.
MIR. PIcket fans l. tell bow Honore paid fo
this interest. lie deals III glitterin@ geuerd ties
only. He says:
30 Ilonure went O. dorado 20 examine the mine AM
whetler he could make any trade win McMurd.
for inirrrrt Ia It, WHlle there he made cOutln-cn
contract vita hcMurdy Tor the purchase Of Qulir
large inter 81 IA tht last Dives, pruv.ci he cpu upu
! Is whloh Nln [, tTade for Il aud also hAd v4rIuu
rsicws with Mr SnYder the leader at that time
the rturan interest. regarding the Cumpromt-c, tl
came back 20 Chicago believing an anicaOie settent n
NOLld &c had.
THE TITLE.
Mr.. Picket saws not another word about IN,
satisfactoT, tito To Chicago property which
HonoTe was 70 see II he could make on his re
turn mere. lie probably wanted To spare tn
| risiblcs Of Chicago readers lie knew perfectly
well that HonoTo had property to conve IT,
| that everybody la ClicagO was DIGGING him unG
dunning him Tor hills OF two and three years
standing. ana that the Mutual Ltie OF Hartford
had possession OF all his real estate
| The next time Mr. Picket refers to this con
tingeut interest, he Is careful TO omit all refer
ence to this satisfactory title IL Is a subjec
that II will not do 10 dwell upon. He does ~
on, however, TO tell how On the 10Th Of Jun
following" which was June, $50, be II remeh
bered, after Bedford was removed and stone NO
| pointed. and all cases deCiued IN the Dives In
| terest. HunOre returned to Colorado. there I
not a word about payne-it Is all agreed TO pay
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