The Tombstone., 1885-06-18

'o NalS or l.lO bFhNp, itl lNg
 Simple children weep
 Close watch aboat thrir holy
 Fcirs, lei the maids Of Pecos keep.
 Lc, Taos send Der cry across
 Sierra Madres pines.
 And Aigodones ,oll her bells
 Amidst her corn and vines
 For To, the pale land seekers
 Come, with eager eye, of gain.
 Wide scattering ike the bison
 Herds on broad Salad.,'s plain"
 The years may come and the year, may go. But human nature in al! agc> and in all countries has been the saple. to become iamous. leaves his dear old mother his wife and his pleasant Eomr, and becomes an oUtcast and waudcrgr fur years, risks life and liberty iG search of thi- Twill O the wisp," it seems that the few chances of succes. adds to this t,!ir,: for gold We can now recall to mind inc Euzlr- dous undertaking of five c. our young men. who left Tombstone one year a.o for the land ot the manana.
 The many wonderful tales told about the Mexican bandits, thsir immense treasure vsults on the trail from Sinaloa to the Ciiy of Mexico which has been locked up and concealed from the human eye for centuries The vast accumulation of hundreds of years of robbery, These wonderful tales backed I.s l.. proceed. sent 10 this city by San Fran~isc0 politician accom- panied by personal letter from the gentleman named, setting forth iu alluring and and attractive manner, the way in which he gained tAIs knowledge. The name of the gentlemen we have mentioned, is k. J. Randall. and he occupies a position in the Son Francisco mint, or did at thuf time. His letter sets forth that about twenty years ago. he had a mail contract in Oregon, and that he had in his employ, Mexican by the name 0. Juan Garcia. This Mexican he says had worked for him fer several years. and had always borne an excellent rtputa- tiun and was an industrious and sober ms q . Mir. Rsntall, sho, by the way, claims to be a half brother of the Hon. $. J. Randall Of
 
 winter Of '6l, became very i'll, and thinking that death was about to over take him, tod Mir. R. that he had secret to tell hirn, which hs might Use if he so desired, the Mexican demanding that priest be present wEicn reGues; was complied with. aud h. i'm mparteG ths following secret. He ststed that the a., of six years, he was taken lrcn nome by his father, who lived in ;ic city of Durangr. and taken many miles through the state oi Sinaloa into the Sierra Maddre mountains. after following up a branch Of the river Fusr,e for some eighty miles, they entered lovely pass iE the mountains in which was situated a cave of great GiuensIous, ia which were living one hundred Mexican la!.siis, who piundeTed the government trains .n route to the City Of Mexico. The d,lng man then described the wonderful corrals bnildinss, eic- connected with tLs cave. The lookout house which overlooked the trail on which their victius had to pass, i- all described with wonderful detail He also E- gave a t:ue description Q! ya:ratle dia- mond cross, Said To have been lO-t b, Clire!. Isabclia of Spain, the value cf wAicii wos re ported to De worth sls0J0 After thi. reei.u. E Garcia pressed his irs upon The cross and gave 1t his dying kiss to vouch for 'ils truth fu.ness.
 The letters tell wonderful story of his sutferiEgs and pTiyati0ns while mr.nbgr 0! this gang, and GRiShes up hs narrative Ly attributin- tte downfall of the robbers to the kIllIr- Of Catholic priest. It was then. he says, that all the ,r0u5.e began, and end cd in The destruction oi almost tLc entire gang, whric the L-ldDc. had to fee from the wrath O. tue Mexican aud Spanish aatAori- ties.
 Nov, to return to our boys About o:.e year ago, eight Of our prominent citizrus s, after reading the con;eSsj0a and viewin. t.e maps, subscribed S2Gap to de!ray the cx panscs of the expidifion, aud secured the services Of five mountaineers and pro. pcci. CTS oi this caIap, and sent thcru out 10 find thc wonderful cave that contains sJ u,aca wealth. After travciins abou. one th0usa.;d miles they came te the rIver described by The dying Mexican, After bal'inf fo- few days to secure some much needed rest. they proceeded upon their way, following this river through thc deep and dark cAasms O. fhe Sierra Madres, until they arrived at what they believed to be the long sought for treas are. 1key found the remnants of the oace mighty corrals, and their crumbled coEdi- ton bctokeneG great antiquity. They also ound the looSout house 50 graphically je- icri5cd by the Mexican. bu: the hoar5ed pld they couId no: find.
 Alter two weeks uf uacca5in- labor sick