San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-07-23
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DOts-PersOnai
MONTEREY, July 20, 1892.
To the San Antonio Daily LIGHT:
About two weeks ago. two young
men who gave their names as j. ID
Collier and brother, hsiling from
Florida, registered at the Hidalg0
hotel. They gave it out that their
father was rich planter in Florida,
and that he raised oranges and
bananas. Their object in coming
here was to purchase an orange
plantation and invest in mines.
The first week thas they were here
they took in the city, spent money
freely and made many friends.
About the 18th they purchased
some stock In the Larentura mine
from Prof. G. Z. Juarequebsrry, for
which they paid Sc, 600. They also
purchased exchange from Mr.. j. e
Middleton, the agent of the bank of
london and Mexico for several thous-
and dollars, payable to ]. D. Collier
in Mexico.
About Friday night it leaked out
that there arrived from Texas several
they took the south bound train, which
Is due here from Laredo at
3a. "a, aud skipped the city. The
same train brought Capt. Eugene
Egiesias, City Marshal of Laredo, who
had papers for their arrest: and when
be found that they skipped the city,
ne telegrsphed to Ssltillo to arrest
Lester H. Gale, and w. l.. Turner,
Alias J. d. Collier and assistant
cashier and bookkeeper of the saw
Ipgs bank, Nashville, Tenn, who
were wanted for stealing Sl2, 900 from
the bank, and for whom he had pa
pers. AS soon as the train arrived at
Ssltillo sunday morning they We're
arrested: and in the afternoon Cap
tain Eglesias chartered train from
the Mexican National Railway and
went up to Ssltille. LAST night he
returned and Lois morning he inform
ed US that they expected to take
them through 70 Laredo tonight.
Saturday night and there were
several persons arrested, who were
suspected of assisting them in getting
their checks cashed and aiding them
in leaving the city; but after their
cases were investigated by the author
tiles they were honorably discharged
For three days there was consider
able excitement in the city on their
account, as it was reported that they
had lots of money and would spend g
large sum of it before they would
be taken back to the states. Mon
terey is not good hiding place to
come to. There are q number of de-
tections in this city, and just as soon
rs criminals land here they are spotted
aud kept under surveillance, until the
papers arrive from the states tor
their arrest.
TO MEET TONIGHT.
In our letter of the 9th from here
we made mention of q company being
organized III this city for the purpose
OF erecting large furniture factory.
Tonight the stock holders were to
meet, elect officers and make arrange
meuts to build. We have been in
formed that they will commence
work about the first of September.
BUILDING BOOM.
It may be truly said that Monterey
il EXPERIENCING such q building boom
as she never did before. In all por-
tons OF the city new buildings are
going up aud old ones being re-
modelled. The class of buildings that
are now being erected are superior tn
the old ones. Many of them are faced
with the Topo Chico black marble.
Nearly all the door and window sills
are OF that material.
MINERS AND MINES.
Lately we have met several miners
In the city. All of them report that
they are getting out very rich ores.
Last Saturday Capt. John Rosseter,
of this city, returned from the mining
districts of San Jose and san Nicolas,
state OF Tsmaulipss. He informed us
that they are getting out some rich
siiverlesd ores from those mines.
They are now cutting tunnel into
the Preito mine this mine was named
in honor of Hon. Alexandra PreiUo,
the governor of Tsmsnlipas) The
tunnel is now within tOrty.f four feet
of the main vein, and when that is
finished they will be able to get out
of that nine tons Of ore daily.
They have SUI K q shaft 80 feet deep
in the Conception mine. At a depth
of % Ieet they struck a vein of native
silver. The company at present are
only developing the mines. That is;
they are trying TO ascertain how many
veins OF ore are Oh their property. AS
soon as that is done they will put all
the miners they can manage, to work
them. The ores that they are now
getting out net them $50 per ton. He
received this week three cart loads OF
ore from one of the mines that netted
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Capt. Rosseter is president of the San
Jose Mining Co, and vice president
and general manager of the Concep.
ton Mining company. All those
mines are situated in the State of
Tamaulipas, on the line of the Monte
rey & Mexican Gulf railway.