Tombstone epitaph., 1891-09-20
PLEASE ANSWER.
Who Will Give the Desired In. formation to the Stock
 holders?
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal,
 Aug..-l891

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 ED. EPITAPH,
 Tombstone, Arizona, . Dear Sir:-The, subject matter herewith present cannot be said tc be one of great moment and deer solemnity?-still the keynote to youl great mining region and vast country is "Boodle in the Ground" and fol sucn, nations have fought and murder has been committed. But your abode, and people have erected the "Epitaph' before the "bonanzas" were all borne to the people.
 Now we do not intend to be personal in our remarks. Like Paul Pry, we juit dropped in, hope we don't intrude. If you should unfortunately find any, thing in this pen that you do not un- derstand then please return this and we will come over about dinner time ond fully explain what we are trying to call your attention to to:-something here known as the "Cincinnatti mine" said to be located in the Tombstone mining district and known as spur or off-shoot of one Napoleon Bona- parte Lazard. That man says "the great Cincinnatus" is located on the right side of the Contention and on the left side of the Grand Central and on the same mineral vein of said mines.
 There has been much "Contention" here about the mine and it has been a "Grand Central" also.
 We hope to hear that mournful echo of facts that usually emerge from a Tombstone Epitaph, but if there is no such mine with no such location, then that most plaintive of airs will be sung :-"JOhnny get your gum"
 Lazard's word here is like our prom issary notes, both at discount of 100 per cent.
 It is rumore1 that Lazard wounded the feelings of one or more persons down there and that they felt SO much hurt that they died with their boots on. Although he packed a pepper box most of the time here no ones feelings were hurt. But he did try to encour- age some poor. soul to die here, along in the month of spring, by cutting 8 small tunnel in the mans "bow wind. ow" at cost of several hundred dol lars. While Lazard is not here known, only by reputation to be little wild, still there are reports that come over the desert by way of Salton Sea, that says that he is wild and wooly in Ariz- ona. How about the unpleasantness he was reported to have been in down there? Was his mans bow window the target, the same as the cheese knife here?
 If he and his mine are all right, then you will do Gods service in writ ing his Angelic Epitaph but if he and the mine are both frauds you can hardly express in fitting terms the sort of laudablt expressions that will be on many tongue. The stock holders and few of his creditors want the facts, either with or without any hair on.
 Many people want his record as we'll as that of the mine. Much stock has been sold on the reports of Prof. Bailey and Lazard of the Cincinnati Company, Lazard and wife and owning all the stock in the company. the directors having only five shares each to their credit on the company's books. Lazard made it & close corporation.
 It is said this great Napoleon in matters is very docile unless worked up by installments. If you are afraid to publish the facts regard- ing the aforesaid mining property, then and in that event you will please turn this over to the Arizona Kicker. Pardon us for intruding.
 Hoping to hear from you soon, I remain Very Respectfully
 A. F. MCGREw,
 Ex.President Gin. Ming Go.