Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-08-18
The Mint Invessigasion.

San Jose; + j Huse, San Diego;
Mrs R II Notion, Sierra Madre
Villa.
The Mint Investigasiop.
SAN Francisco, Aug. 17.-In
the mint investigation to-day, ex-
Governor Low, President of the
Anglo Californian bank, testified |
that he had nothing to do With
placing Dodge in his present posi-
ton; he had neither asked nor re-
ceived from Superintendent Dodge
any favor not granted 10 any other
depositor at the mint; no low grade
bullion, to his knowledge, was
ever received from the Anglo Cali
fornian bank upon express stip-
ulation from Mr.. Dodge; stopped
the sales of Northern Belle bullion
to the Carson mint because the ex-
press charges on coined silver from
Carson to San Francisco were in
excess Of the savings Of expressage
on bullion delivered at Carson;
don't think / suggested Dodge as
the successor of La Grange until
after the report had been made on
La Oranges case; subsequently,, in
reply to n letter from Linderman,
wrote to him saying Dodge was the
best man in the country for the
place.
serious COmpI cations 0n the Hex
roam BOrder-A satue Camp "a.
tackled by anexicaus nna Fave
Mem k1ibed-A Parsy fn rursuSt
Of sue Murd ers.
TOMBSTONE, Aug. 18th. - Last
evening news reached town that
Dick Gray, youngest son OF Mr..
Gray of our city, had been. killed,
together with four others, by Mex
leans near the New Mexican line.
About an hour later Andy Ames
and Joe Trebble arrived from the
scene of the murder and confirmed
the news. There are several re-
ports as to the causes hat led to the
iamentable affair. The particulars
are as follows: A party consisting
Of VIM. Lang, Dick Gray, Jim
Crane, Charles Snow, Thos. S
Clanton, VIM. Beyers and Harry
Ernshaw, campe1 last Friday night
in Guadalupe Csf1nn, about ITO
lies east from Tombstone, very
near the Mexican line. Early on
Saturday morning the party was
attacked by Mexicans, and Lang,
Gray, Crane, Snow and Clanton
killed. Beyers escaped with a
wound In the abdomen, while Ern-
shaw ran away among q shower OF
bullets, one of which grazed his
nose. 1t Is estimated that the
Mexican party numbered twenty
five to thirty men. The condition
| of the camp indicated that the at.
tack was made just as the muir
dered men were getting up. One
had evidently been killed while
yet laying down. Jim Crane, it
will be remembered, was concern.
ed in the murder Of Budd Philpot.
He Joined the fated party at mid
night on Friday aud was only
camped with them for the night.
He was fugitive from justice and
an outlaw. The six bullets that
struck him were well expended
VIM. Lang was a young man about
% years of age and had been in
that section of country with cattle
about three months, in connection
with his father. They came to
Arizona from Kansas about five
months ago. Tney are men of
large capital, have b ad an extended
experience in the stock business
and intended putting about 10000
head of cattle on their range had
IL not been for border troubles. The
son was bringing in some beef cat
tie for the Tombstone market when
killed. Mr.. Lang leaves to-day to
see that his sons body is properly
buried and to remove the cattle to
some less turbulent locality.
The immediate cause of the kill. |
ing was as follows: A party of
Rustlers, as they are called. went
down into Mexico last month and |
stole some cattle. They were fol-
lowed by Mexicans, who got so
close to them that they were
obliged to abandon the stock. This
was done In the vicinity of the late
murder. The Mexicans took the
stock and started back home, at
the same time picking up such cat.
tie and horses as they CHANGED to
N Get. The stock was missed and a
party of sixteen Americans started
in pursuit., overlook the Mexicans,
had q fight with them and re-took
The stock. This occurred during
The latter part Of July. It is prob
lble that the recent raiders were