Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-04-21

Mill and Mining Company. 1t appears
| that the Captain has joined the boom in
| New York with certain mining claims for
sale. The Miner intimated pretty strongly
| that the Captains mines belonged to the
species known on this coast as wildcat
| For this insinuation Messrs. John ". and
Edward Pike, proprietors of the Miner,
| have been arrested and held on . charge
| of criminal libel. The alleged hbelous
article was published March 3lst, and
and the following extract from the com-
plant will furnish an idea of the case:
On the said slst day Of March, and for
| more than two months next prior thereto,
Henry 8. Lubbock, an authorized agent OF
said company. and n Of the owners
thereof, had been in tho city Of New York
deavoring to place the said mines OF said
company, including the said California and
Tecumseh, upon the market, and to sell
and dispose Of the same to divers OF the
citizens Of the said city Of New York, and
intending asd e~ndeavoring to sell the said
mines, and particularly the said California
and Tecumseh, for . large sum OF money.
al Of which facts were well n generally
known by and among the citizens OF said
city Of Silver Reef, and were also we'll
known BIZ the eaid John ". Pike and Ed
ward Pike On b said 31st day Of March,
A. D. 1880. On the said S1st day Of March,
the said John W. Pike and Edward Pike,
m~aliciously intending to injure h. 8. Lub-
book in his good name and reputation, and
to cause II to believed that he was . person
destitute Of honesty and integrity, did at
the county and Territory Aforesaid, print
and publiah in the Silver Reef Miner, .
newspaper printed at said city Of Silver
Reef, and did then and there circulate and
cause to be circulated among the public
the false, malicious, scandalous and libel
on words following, Of and concerning the
said Henry 8. Lubbock, that is 70 say:
Here follows . theoretical article from
the Miner, which theory proves that
there il not one chance in q million Of
ore being found in Lubbock's mines or
any part Of them The Messrs. Pike
show game, and stoutly refuse to retract
anything they have said. There is every
reason to presume that they are right.
and the SENTINEL hopes to see them
come out Of their difficulties with flying
colors. But legal troubles are not the
only mel which beset these Utah pub
fishers. A party Of roughs, calling them
selves Avengers" are after them The
following letter and reply are self-ex-
planatory:
Silver REEF, Utah. April 8, 1880.
Editors Of the Miner: Let me tell you
that your time ia short unless you stop
your damd ISLANDERS on the Christy and
Captain Lubback you can probably crawl
out Of your Lawsuit but you cant find .
hole small enough to crawl into to get away
from us, we will clean out your lying pa
per and You with it II you don't hush up
and be CAREFUL We don't wan to hurt you
scrubs II We can help it but il you publish
anything about the lawsuit look ont for
shs AVENGERS.
10, 70. We must 'sush up" shout the
libel suit in which the e0itors Of this paper
figure - defendants. or = mob will de-
scend upon the Office and ''clean it out!"
Very we'll. But We, in turn, have . few
words Of warning for "Avenger" and his
friends, and those words, comprising one
single sentence, Rad - follows: Don't you
do I'll II the editors Of this paper have
brought Themselves within the pale Of the
Law By the publication Of . certain article.
they stand ready TO meet the consequences.
So far 70 good. But here and now, u
once for Al, we do most solemnly aver.
that - . mans house II his castle. and his
Office o. workshop > portion thereof, we
viii permit no man nor n number OF
men 70 cleu ont this shebang while .
round Of ammunition can be procured
wherewith to defend it. We have nothing
more to say upon this subject.
THE FAME OF WEST POINT.
The fame Of West Point will suffer in
the investigation Of tie Ease Of Cadet
Whitaker, unless General Schofeld and
his associates are extremely cautious.
One might think from the proceedings
that the colored cadet il accused Of some
atrocious crime. It il well for the court
Of inquiry to remember that the purpose
for which it was called il not to try
Cadet Whitaker, but TO ascertain who
injured him. The presumption il alto
gether against his having slit his own
ears and tied his own hands and feet,
and the burden Of proof il wholly on the
side Of those who seek to show that he is
an impostor. The refusal to permit him
to have counsel does not appear reason
able, when it is remembered that court
martial trisls have not heretofore debar-
red An accused person from the privilege
Of counsel, and the refusal to permit him
to confront the witnesses il certainly
ur lust. It may be that the officers Of
West Point do not fully understand the
intense interest Of the country in the
trial now in progress there. but the dis
cussion in Congress, and the presence 1t
West Point Of United States District
Attorney Fisro, who q his de-
termination to make an independent in
quiry into the case, have . significance
which should not escape them. The
truth is, the whole country IL exceed
ingly skeptical n to the theory that the
colorsd cadet injured himself, and the
fame Of West Point will suffer severely
II suspicion il cast upon him without .
trial whose fairness wen his patron. Prof.
Grssner, cannot question. Unfairness in
this trial means an attempt to bar the
doors Of the National Military Academy
against the colored race. and the officers
Of West Point must use oare 10 escape
the suspicion Of such an attempt.
KxRxEv's rumpus on this coast caused
the Government to take notice Of the
Chinese evil and appoint . commission to