Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-08-13

his poor vile any trouble. 1t might
kill her. in Der present condition.
Poor little woman! / saw her brought
up here, in town. She is to be pitied.
l will await tho course of events"
DID COOPER OWN ANY WARRANTS?
On the way down town the reporter
heard that Cooper owned . part of
the warrants, and that some Of the m
belonged to his father-in-law, A. J.
jackson. This is probably un.
founded. and is probably simply .
distortion of Cooper's statement, about
his father having sent the money with
which to buy warrants.
DID COOLER PLAN Gr1FFIru's MUIR.
DER?
The reporter sought Mr.. Griffith,
and found him in consultation with |
Deputy Sheriff Sawyer, within rs feet
of the TIMES Office.
Mr.. Griffith admitted that the
warrants had been stolen. Their face
value was about *3SOO and. with the
interest due, their total value approx
'ma.es $4l00. Yes, Cooper was the
thief. There is not the slightest doubt
OF that. His actions during the pa It
three or four days indicate that. Be-
sides, he has jumped the country-ran
away this morning on fast horse that
he bought from Josselyn three or four
days ago. Mrs. Swim, Mrs. Cooper's
nurse, says that he was nervous and
awake all night, and that he left at
FIVE o'clock this morning.
81 believe that the - -.
not only stole the warrants, but that
he stole the rich gold ore last Fall,
and that he planned to dynamite,
assassinate, or murder ne. But that
is long story"
"Now that the thing is out you had
better tell everything" suggested the
| reporter. Especially, you see, as you
, were such good friends"
"That is the worst OF it," replied
. Mr.. Griffith. "Even yesterday after.
noon he was in the sampler, friendly
b as ever. But l must 20 to the ssmp.
d Ter, to look after tho work. So il you
must hear the story YOU will have to
) walk out there"
$ At the Sampling Works Mr.. Gift.
. fifth showed the reporter in tho office.
| He opened the safe, and said:
n "Thty were in this little inner steel
3 or iron drawer, in the middle of the
safe. You see the lock has evidently
l been driven in. 1t is battered. and
r the four screws are knocked out. The
e warrants were in here. That is all
n that ] see that is gone. Three or four
notes, some deeds to mining lots in
!, Kansas, and other valueless papers
/. are untouched. The combination is
e 29>9 81. Oniy Cooper, my wife, my.
r self, and Fletcher of Salt Lake knew
!. it,"
t MIR. GRIFFITH's STATEMENT.
;. at is long story" began Mr.
}. Griffith, when the reporter reminded
: him of his promise.
n "As you say, Cooper and l have
l always been friends. He was worth
o any two men at shoveling ore on the
:, floor, was engineer Of the mill, coult
d repair his engine and boiler himself,
3 he was such q good mechanic; and
e was altogether SO handy around the
e mill that liked him better than any.
d one else working there. When the
it rich gold ore was stolen, last fall, nc
n one suspected him, he seemed 60 hon
c est. A lot OF 1000 pounds of ore
weighed by him, was reported 2tO(
It pounds short at Denver, but We
h thought he had simply made mis-
N take that time, although his weight.
were usually correct. Swift, Price
" and Miller who, like myself, are trus
:. tees Of the mill company, urged me te
It discharge him, but | always insisted
,r on keeping him, he was such q goot
W hand.
IL "Finally.the first Of last July. hat
I. to let him out, to please the trustees
who suspected him, and he took ,
d lease on q mine. Now am satisfied
the trustees were on to him, ane
~ watching to see what kind of ore h,
n would bling in; but | never suspi