Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-05
REDONDO GOLD.
More Particulars About the
Mysterious Men.
A Herald Reporter Finds Their
Camp.
Several Well-KnOwn San Francis
cans In the Scheme.
A Broken CrucibIe Found at the Camp
The Movements of the Men-Who
and What They Are.

A HERALD reporter, in following up
the matter OF the supposed gold discov-
cry spoken of yesterday, has discovered
several additional facts, that, while they
do not explain the mystery, may throw
! some light on the matter. In the first
place, only two OF the party OF four men
spoken of went north on the Pomona,
and in taking aboard the baggage one of
the wharf hands remembers that par
ticularly heavy trunk fell off the truck
in passing down the wharf and loosened
up one corner, through which quantity
of black sand began to leak out. Sup
posing that the sand had been used in
packing something valuable, the damage
was hastily repaired by tacking piece
of canvas over the broken place in the
trunk and cording up the latter with a
piece of strong rope.
One of the two men of the party who
remained behind was recognized in town
by the reporter while he was at Brace
wells grocery store buying some canned
meat and other things, indicating
that he was going camping. He had a
horse and light spring wagon with
which he carried his provisions. He
drove out of town to the east, but as
soon as he was out of sight over rise
he turned his horse south and drove
rapidly across country. From height
the reporter watched him through
field glass, until he drove into a canon
just beyond the fish camp, from which
he presently reappeared without his rig
and carrying his entire bundle of pro-
visions on his back. He presently dis
appeared over rise and did not come
back. Walking down the beach the re-
porter suddenly -an across the other
man who had remained behind. The
man was sitting on a rock reading, but
looked up affably as the reporter came
along, and at once rose and entered into
conversation with him. The reporter
went about half mile further, when
they met the man who had been to town
for provisions, who came out of gully
equipped with shot gun and cartridge
belt. The two men accompanied the
reporter as lar as he went, possibly
two miles below the fsherman's camp,
and returned nearly to the camp
before they stopped and allowed
pleasant and affable, not at all as if
they were watching him, but they sim
ply did not let him out of their sight
Gong up to the top of the bluff the
reporter saw man strolling down the
beach from the direction of the hotel,
and as he passed the fisherman's camp
the reporter watched to see if he held
any communication with the two men
beyond. The man did not notice the
two men in any way, and from the top
of the bluff the reporter watched and
saw that without appearing to be
watching the man they kept close to
him, and watched him until his return
to the fsherman's camp.
Reaching the gully out of which the
man with the shotgun had disappeared,
the reporter followed a sudden impulse,
and went up the gully some distance
until turn brought him suddenly to an
open place where tent was standing
by a little stream or spring
of fresh water. There was
fireplace built of stones, and
the camp looked very comfortable.
The reporter had no business fooling
about another mans camp, so he only
stopped to take drink at the spring,
then started back to town, noticing only
one thing, and that was that while the
sand was white upon which the camp
was pitched, there was liberal sprink-
ling of black beach sand about the fire
places, and in climbing up out of the
gully he stumbled over a cracked cruci-
BILE in bunch of weeds.
Just what connection all this has with
the story told by the half-intoxicated
passenger on the Pomona the reader can
judge for himself. As for the story told,
if it was fabrication meant to mislead,
it was very carefully constructed and
does credit to the inventive powers of an
intoxicated man.
b OF the names given in the story, AL
fred Borel is banker at 81 Montgom-
cry street, Daniel Meyer is banker at
212 Pine street, and M. B. Middleton is
an assayer at 628 Montgomery street.
Louis Falkenan is another assayer mem
toned, located at 1923 Montgomery
street. A. w. Stott, the supposed in
former, is an importing jeweler at 2
Montgomery street. All these men are
comparatively near together in San
Francisco, likely to be acquainted with
each other in business way, and good
persons to associate together in an en-
terprise such as theirs was represented
to be. Whether the names were true
ones or not is another question.
The most OF our ailments come from disor-
dered liver which Simmons Liver Regulator