Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-04-06

bishopi onercd MIN Sl,OOO IN money Tor
one-half OF II, and the balance In stock.
Then he proposes that they get bishop
TO give . power Of attorney to sell Yellow
Jacket. and when that comes over get the
holder 10 sign the deed for the California
ground. That power Of attorney Is made
TO Joe Picard. and when he gets TO vir-
| gina. Sanborn goes to work at him to get
| the decd TO what? Yellow Jacketf No
q deed 10 fifty feet Of California ground.
| But Picard won't sign 1t. but sends for
| Bishop to come over. There the conspira-
| tors prepare another deed. ostensibly for
Yellow Jacket. but Adroitly interpolating
. few words which conveyed all his inter.
eats on the Comstock. which Is pointed
out to him BY sheriff Howard aud Foster.
and Bishop gets mad and tears up the
decd, declaring his ability to whip any
man who attempted TO swindle him out Of
his property.
Alter paying his respects to old man
Bates and his son. Mr.. Ganahl said I: Take
the docket Of John y. Bates. and out OF all
entries you ind there you lind nowhere
the 50. In laying tho venue, and yet on
the acknowledgment Of the deed II ap-
pears, estate Of California, county Of
Mariposa, 81" IL not that q singular
circumstance There are eighty cases on
that docket. and in no instance do you
find that 81. New take Mr.. Justice kel.
logg's docket, with many times more cases
on II, and nowhere do you find the IS.
omitted. Now, remember Mr.. Fosters
testimony that the deed exhibited TO him.
or tho acknowledgment on IL, was in the
handwriting Of Mr.. Kellogg. But another
point. Take the docket Of Bates. Dc you
lind anywhere o failure 10 mark the pune
tuation where II belongs2 You can't find
nm instance. Every point Is furnished
with the precision Of o Wells Fargo agent.
Now. take Mr.. Kellogg's docket. and do
you lind anywhere upon II a single comma,
semicolon. colon or pariodl Now l show
you this acknowledgment. Examine II.
lead u carefully. There IL no punctua-
ton point OF any kind to be found upon IL.
Col. Towards testimony was considered.
Counsel said. lie told me, not four months
ago, that no had never been q Notary In
Storey County. but here Is his signature.
No one who ever saw II will forget II. But
still he hal no recollection Of the Office Of
Notary. Lot us try aud connect these mat
tiers q little. The Colonel remembers that
no was taken from Gold Hill TO Steamboat
Springs. anil by whom was no abducted
by Kellogg. Kellogg. the man whom VIZ
-ay wrote the forged acknowledgment TO
the deed purporting Ia bo made by Bates.
He remembers Sanborn and Bryan, aud
why? Because this same Bryan brought
10 him at the Springs his appointment as
Notary Public. In his testimony he said
he connected John Bishop in some manner
with Sanborn, but in what manner he does
- ...a.1ar. Int la has ~ etAral dammit
but that John Bishop did appear before
him. lie remembered John in those days,
remembered that IL was q queer lame for
q Frenchman.
We think that. as II IL shown, tho ac-
knowledgement was his first Official act,
being done ON the 9Th IL May. was done In
this manner Colonel Howard testified
that while in Lander county he was In the
habit Of signing blanks and placing his
seal upon them ready to ill out when IL
was necessary. Sanborn got n OF these,
filed IL out and added II Ia the deed. or
sanborn took some party IN him, intro
luced him "a John Bishop, anil, In the
Colouel's love for him. he never doubted
his intentions. The deed was recorded on
tho 9Th day Of May. On tho 9th was tn
elimination Of this great forgery. In the
oDtAiniuS VI sJuuShSht sS''h's Ns'"P ~
the California Company.
Mr.. Ganahl closed with an eloquent APP
peal to the jury for justice aud right.
Judge sawyer charged tho jury In the
most elaborate and able manner. The case
was given to the jury at g s'clock In the
eveninA All o'clock last night the Jury
announced an agreement. Judge Hillyer
called the court To order at 1905 o'clock.
Quite q number Of people were present,
but Barnes only Of the plaintiffs. Judge
Hillyer said Mr.. barnes have your
counsel been notihcdf"
Barnes-I notified them. but they de-
cline 10 bc present. ! am willing to rep
resent them.
Judge IIillyer-Mr. Clerk. call ths jury. |
The Jury was called aud the Clerk said. |
e Gentlemen 81 the jury, have you agreed
upon a ycrjictt" Mr.. 81. Clrir, as fore
man. handed the following
"CARsoS, April ., isII.-wc. the jury,
do find u verdict for the Defendants
JAMES A. Sr. CL.AIR, Foreman
Tho verdict WA duly recorded. where
upon the court adjourned until 10 o'clock
to-day.