, 1889-03-21
ROBBING A MINE.
Heavy Stealing From the AL.
ma and Nellie Wood.
The superintendent and Q
Jeweler Under Arrest.
wild Rumors OF . Financial Crash Run
Down and Proves to be
Unfounded.

The rumor that prevailed on the streets
Monday, to the effect that James +. Ward.
ner had failed and that the Alma and
Nellie Wood consolidated mines on Elk
creek had played out, was intensified yes.
terday by tn further statement that the
Fret National bank of this city was q suf.
ferer to the extent of between $50 900 and
$50 600 for money advanced the company.
All this combined to Rive the report ser.
ious aspect. In regard to the foregoing
the item in yesterdays REVIEW about GOV.
cred the ground, except that no names
were mentioned But it now develops that
there is q criminal side to the story and
the suspected parties are in custody. The
law must take its course, 30 far as they are
concerned.
Yesterday morning REVIEW reporter
called on Mr.. Barney Goldsmith, of Port
land, at the Pacific hotel in this city. Mr..
Goldsmith is partner OF Mr.. Wardner's
In the property named and he had just ar
rived from the mines the evening before.
When told cf the reports circulated
about the failure of his property, Mr..
Goldsmith stated that there was
NO FOUNDATION
for such rumor; that the former super
intendent had run things with a high
hand; that he had incurred many extra
expenses and had entirely too many men
on the pay roll Mr.. Wardner had been
on the ground several days and now every
thing was working smoothly and fifteen
stamps were continually dropping on ore
the concern was encouraging.
The reporter called at the First Nation
al bank. Meeting Mr.. j. U. Glover the
reporter remarked:
'It is reported on the streets that the
Alma & Nellie Wood Mining company
has failed and that the concern owes this
bank quite large sum of money"
The report Is g lie" emphaticslly Re.
sa oiled sa.s Mr. .a Glover sc wa,d1sf Gold Sold'mite
what they may owe is amply secured; fur
thermore II they should need money they
can get it here. These reports we're
started through malice, aud 1t will reflect
back on the heads Of those that started
such rumors."
John A. Currie, one of the original
owners In the property was also seen by .
reporter. He had returned only last even
ing from the mines. He fatty CONTRA
dicted the stories ahoat regarding the bot
tom falling out of the leads.
Now comes
THE CRIMINAL PART
OF the affair. For some time past appear.
ances indicated that some OF the precious
was being feloniously extracted, and was
not placed to the credit of the company as
it should be. Yesterday morning Chief
of Police Jos. 4. Warren, In response to q
telephone from Wardner, Idaho, placed
Almou Ames, the former superintendent
of the property, under arrest. MIR. Ames
was seen by REVIEW representative and
claimed that he was perfectly willing to
return TO Wardner without requisition
hoipf, 40 nd okaul k,u
ination. The following dispatch was re-
ceived at the REVIEW Office:
"WARDNER, Idaho, March 10, 1889.
Review, Spokane Falls. s.--H. Lawrenson,
jeweler of this place, has been arrested as
accessory to robbing the Alma and Nellie
Wood Mining, Company. He has confess
ed the crime"
After the receipt of the above message
a reporter held a conversation with
MIR. wARDNER
by telephone. Mr.. Wardner was amused
at the reports flying around concerning his
financial condition, He stated that plan
OF systematic robbery had been carried on
at the mines, and that now he had ample
proof to convic: the guilty parties.
What the outcome of this affair will be,
is matter of conjecture. The REVIEW
has only given the facts of the matter so
far as could De ascertained after dili9ent
| inquiry.
James F. Wardner, one of the principals
| in this affair, is too we'll known US an hon
orable, energetic and pushing resident of
this city-.where his family reside to ne
cessitate enlargng upon his merits. To his
INDoMINABLE COURAGE
and enterprise Spokane. Falls ia greatly
indebted for its present and past prosper
! Ha aninya no md
of all whom he is associated with, and al
though some might rejoice in the fact that
Jim Wardner hLd gone by the board, yet
the majority of people would sincerely re-
gret such IA fact
The advent of spring, the warm bal my
air and the fact that the snow is fast dis
appearing from the mountain regions has
a tendency to cause feeling of restless
ness among the transient mining popula-
ton. who came hither to pass the winter
months which would be dreary indeed, il
t entire time was spent in an isolated
cabin in some lonely guch. or on some
bleak mountain side This city derives
considerable revenue from the liberal and
honest miner who makes this his tempo
rary home during the winter months.
Soon our mining friends will be scattered
around in the many tributary districts.
Some slucinR the noble yellow metal from
the 6uriferous sands or the mountain
streams Some extracting the mineral
bearing ores from thu veins that seam and
rib our mountai ns, while some with pack
animals and IA ca,L p outfit will 90 forth in
the uabroken Wilderness. looking and
searching for other fields of hidden
wealth. When the next winters SHOWS
appear. the mining element will agar
come to us. Although the bows who un
earth the rich treasures from the ground
may he absent during the summer, YET
their influence for good will be felt o,