The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-25
A " Sailed - Diamond Mine.

Suit has been instituted in the United
States Circuit Court at Louisville, Ky,
| by Samuel L. NJ. Barlow of New York,
/ against Mary Arnold, wife of the late
| Philip Arnold, of diamond fame, and
executrix of his last will Two items
are embraced in the suit. The $780,
600 represents the cash fraudulently OBJ
| tanned by Arnold from the plaintiff, and
the other $4,000 the interest on the
| S100,00 from july %, 1872 The fol
/ lowing facts are contained in Barlow s
/ petition: In October, 1871, he states
/ that Ashbury Harpending, VIM. r. Lent
and George l.. Dodge, under a pledge
! of secresy, communicated to him that
| Philip Arnold had discovered a diamond
| field in one of the territories of the
| United States on the borders of New
| Mexico and Arizona. As proof of their
statement, they exhibited a bag which
| contained diamonds in the rough, to-
| gether with other precious stones, inter-
| mixed with sand and earth, which they
said were discovered by Arnold in the
| alleged diamOnd-field, and that a large
/ quantity from the same field, exceeding
/ in value $500 900, had been deposited
in the Bank of California in
/ San Francisco. They claimed to repre-
sent Arnold. He refused, however, to
enter into any business compact with
any one but Arnold The three men
| accordingly induced Arnold to 90 to
New York and call on Barlow, which he
did on November l, 1871. He then
confirmed the statements made by Har
pending and his associates, and further
stated that in crossing a stream his rat
was wrecked and a quantity of dia
monds obtained on his visit, which
were worth S1,000,O0O, were lost
Soon after Barlow telegraphed to the
| Cashier of the Bank of California, in
| quiring about diamonds, which were
said to be deposited in that bank and
received reply from the Cashier that a
/ bag of great value had been deposited
with him. This led Barlow to believe
| that the story of Arnold and his pals
was true and agreed to advance $780,
| 600, providing they could get an act
/ passed by Congress to secure them in
the fruits of the discovery, and further,
on condition that a survey should be
made of the location by a competent en-
| gineer. Arnold replied that he was
| perfectly willing to have the ground sur
veyed, but it would be impossible at that
| season of the year, as the ground was
covered with snow and it could not be
surveyed without great trouble and dan
! ger. The result of the confab was that
eventually the GolcOnda Mining Com
| pany was formed, and in the spring Mr..
| Barlow named an engineer to 90 to the
| spot and report. Arnold and his part
ners accompanied the engineer to the
! place, and it seems that every thing was
arranged to deceive him. Diamonds
were indeed found in the dirt, and the
engineer was hoodwinked by the adven-
! turers into the belief that a diamond
| bonanza was at last found in this cOun-
! try. He went back to New York and
reported that it was bona fide mine
Mr.. Barlow then put up his 100000
Shortly after the rumOr began to circu
late that the whole thing was huge
fraud. Another engineer was dispatched
to the so-called diamond field, and re
ported the thing grand fraud, and tha
the ground had been g salted." Lit
cation was then begun in the Court.
and after long legal fight the thing
wound up in a compromise; but i
seems by the filing of the present sui
that it is not yet settled.