Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-03-12

y. W. GAtxSn W2& ArfCo4S0 vi es1u
charge Of swearing falsely In rslo-
eating the Mountain Goat and Dun
can lodes, belonging 70 the Bear
Greek Company. A hearing Of the
case was get st 10 o'clock Sunday.
Mr.. McCarty appeared - counsel
for prosecution and Mr.. Tresaskis
for the defendant, and At request Of
M. Tregaskis tho case was post
poned till Monday at 10 o'clock.
However, for reasons best known to
thu parties directly interested, the
hearing did not take place until 4
O'Clock that afternoon-Mr. Trcgas-
kis. in the meantime, having with
dra IN from the case.
Upon opening Of court Mr.. Silli-
ven was placed upon the witness
stand by the prosecution. In an.
swer 10 . question by Mr.. McCarty.
the witness expressed . desire 10
give his testimony in writing-where-
upon Mr.. McCarty proceeded 10 read
the following affidavit, previously
sworn to by the prisoner:
IL. w. 8siiiven, do solsmnly swear
! that tho reason located tise Mountain
Goat and the Duncan lode mining
claims was this: About ono week be-
fore iocased the Mountain Goat mine,
Mrs. Quitsow told me che waited me
to do some Teiocasing york Tor her.
snd I tnld her that would. On the
last day Of February she came 70 Mr..
Abbott's house aud told me she wanted
TO see me privately . little while. !
went 10 her house aud she spoke 10 me
about the relocation Of the Goat mine.
She said Il wac all right; that Il would
be no criminal offcnse; that l could
not be put 10 aay trouble more than q
civil lawsuit. She eaid she would put
up all the money required for the 10
cation and any trouble that may arise,
and that / was 20 own one-iourtli iis-
terest in the Mountain Goat, and that
I should not be put TO any expense oI
' any lawsuit or other expense that
would require money TO pay. She
also told me 10 40 b, Z. @. Towne and
he wouid 60 with me and show me
where the corners and lines OF the
Mountain Goat mime were, and where
10 post the notice aud where 10 set the
stakes. Also that said Towne would
write the notices and other papers nec-
essary 10 the business. She then said
I shculd have one-fcurth interest," in
the Mountain Goat mine, 10 be free
from any expenditure OF means In
case Of trouble with the Bear Greek
Gold Mining Company. That Aug
Outflow, Il. q. Towne, ChAfies r
Baxter, Thomas Riley and Thomas
O'Danisis were 70 be the owners Of the
other three-quarters OF the Mountain
Goat; that the said Charles Baxter
i Thomas Riley and Thomas 0'DAnicla
were not 10 be known In the tfansac
ton. for the reason thai they were "a
be the important Witnesses 10 prove
the assessment work had not been done
during the year Of 1891; that Aug
Outflow was not 10 be known for the
resfaDn that be was 10 BE- an attorney
lin she affair; that II. G. Towne was
was not 10 be known Tor the resson
thAs he had had % much trouble in
the couaty already.
i Then went down 10 Z. @. Tovne's
oficc 10 SEQ him about IL. He told me
he had made out tho papers aud his
vile had copied them OF. He said the
reason he had his wife 10 copy the pa
pers was that he knew 10 would causs q
i suit and he wanted 10 be able TO prove
he did nal write the papers. He also
said 10 nae that 10 would most likely
bring mo into y lawsuit. but that
need mot be afraid, ~ u could moi put
me in Jail or the penitentiaSy; that
had noshing % fear in that way, and
1 that they might heat rs out of the
4 mine hut II I did win that 10 was
1 go. 900 for me. and thai ID cs'uld not
feost ma anything, 10 other parties
would pay all she expenses. He gave
me the notices that evening of the 18th
Of February and said for me 10 be
fsesdy early next morning and he would
hee with me and show me the corners
and where 10 post the notices. and he
said also that i,e wonld draw deed for
the three-fourth interest Of the Tom
Pepper mine, which he did, and he
gave the deed 10 Mrs. Quitsow. and she
offered Il 20 me aud wanted me IN take
&c 10 Jss. Nicholson and have u &C.
knowiedged. but / was little afraid
and did not do IL, though signed u.
Then 4. O. Towne told me he would
write the notice for me 10 serve on
Major Cavanah, notifying him 70 move
eli personal property off the Tom Pep
per mine within DO days. which he did
wsite and handed 10 me.
in r~Eard 20 abs Duncan lode, Mrs.
Quitsow came IN me the evening Of
the frat 81 March. lS92. and told me
thai Toene wanted me 20 relocate the
Duncan lode. and raid ~ long ~ was
Unto 10 / had just Ne well 20 the whole
hog; thai there would be $500 In cash
Cor my part in the relocation uf The
Duncan lode. Both Mrs. Outflow and
| Towns Told me there would be no dam
ger Of q lawsuit In this case, for tho
reason that there had been no work
done on the Duncan fcr over q year,
and fog that reason relocated tho
Eround asd called IL the Jonn l.. ".
@. Tpwne wrote out the pApers and
told me where 10 post than up, and
4 ~. :.