Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-05-19
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Since certain Virginia City pub
iieaticn, nosed- for ilippancy in its
uttersnces, has pronounced the story
Of the mysterious appearance Of the
proprietor of this paper with car
pet-sack of bullion, at an inappropri-
ate time, and under suspicious con-
ditions as " fishy," we feel it time
to make answer to this whole sensa-
ton. The paper alluded to is The
Chronicle, which apes Its namesake
at San Francisco, and is always ready
70 sacrifice little propriety or honor,
or truth OF anything else, in fact, for
the sake of something fresh, 1t is
not as discreet as its eminent proto-
type, however, and often goes off half
cooked. The public know this, and
generally pay very little attention to
what it says. There is one striking
evidence of carelessness of utterance
and lack of information made mani
fest in the very article under notice.
it says that Wells, Fargo & Co. have
frequently been robbed of base bull
hon, aad that their detectives might
be interested in seeing the private
mark on the bars that Mr.. Kenyon
had. The fact is that base ballion
is generally shipped by OK teams as
SLOW fre;ght-the slowest kind of
freight--and has never been sent
through the Express Company. 1t
used to be corded up along the road
between Eureka and Palisade before
the narrow gauge was built,
and no one WAS ever SO hard
up as to steal it. The Chroni-
Gle is evidently uuaequaain,ed
ed with bullion matters. 1t is most
reliable rs an exponent of Police
Cour. asairs. The Superintendent of
the Mint admitted TO representative
II The Chronicle, that q thorough in
ves.igation Of the accounts of the
Mint disclosed no deficiency in any
Of the departments, and therefore
there could have been nothing stolen
from it. Surely if anything was
stolen. balancing of accounts
would show it. II may have been a
wrong thing in the attaches Of the
Mint to be seen with bullion, since
they are prohibited from ,rstficing in
it at all, But are they not permitted
e. carry any of the uncoined precious
metals from friend 70 friend as a
favori OR ara they forbidden To
handle or touch them while outside
Gf the Mint buildingi
This is the whole case On the part
Of the attaches. They have evidently
not stolen anything from the mint.
On the part Of Mr.. Kenyon the case
is still more simple. He as citizen
received commodity in the mar
ket and used il as such. |
Is there anything wonderful about |
that, or calculated TO star,le the pub
lie and make them more securely |
bolt their d ,ors 81 night time and |
slumber within the protection of q |
sx-snoorer, carefully laid under their |
pillows Has the editor of The |
Chronicle never been sufficiently IN
terested in mining as to come into
the possession of bullioai Has ev-
cry man IN the State to report to a
sheriff when he buys or sells bullionl |
Or is bullion such = curious COM
modify that every man who han
dies il is liable to suspicion ana !
must be mentioned in ribald news
paper as probably guilty of crook
ednessG These are questions over
which The Chronicle will have to
xcratch its head before il can answer
them satisfactorily. Mr.. Kenyon
might answer all the rmpertinea, in
guiries as to where he got the con
tents os ihst Illicit carpet sack and |
Whist he did with them il he consid- |
cred that it was any business OF the
public to know. Has man no in
Gividuai libertyi Must the people
and newspapers of questionable char
acter be told from whom he buys
his horse and to whom he sells him
We will conclude by saying that the
matter under consideration is in the
hands of 3 United States grand jury,
who are instructed to bore TO the bot
tom facts. When that interesting
stratum is reached The Chronicle
may prick itself up to the maximum
degree of sensation and lay ali the
rottenness before its readers. We
hope it will no: draw q conclusion
theyefrom favorable to resumption
of Democratic administration. That
is all we fear,