The Van Buren press., 1894-06-16
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eane here forty yenrs ago. when the
whole counsry was sheep ranch
walked aeross IN. Mojare desert in Au-
gust. and see now lhey find men dead
who hare tried IL Yes. was after
gold and adventure. and gos both
- It came about In this way and the
seeor. getting no further bites rolled
up his lfne and joined me on the trail
up the arroyo 4 was living in Santa
Fe in the Sites. trading mostly. and
one night man rushed into the saloon
where w2s and said man was dying
and wanted to see = priest / was a
Catholic and the-next hexs thing. 80
went aloax- Yoa know where the old
palace Is to-day in Santa Fe? Well. be
took ne down . street back of that.
and ia an old adobe l foand . KAN, a
half breed with death in his face. He
before. and was 30 near gone that
dSdn't have the heart TO tell him I was
not . prizes. He sent the Others out
Of the room- t1en bade ne lock the
docr. and with his mouth 10 mr. ear
told ne to remember what he said He
bad bee1 had man, had killed sew
erzl men and wanted to do sonethinz
70 sxPs1te his crime. so told his secret
to tie church He told me TO pull on
his bell. which I did. and in is vas
: row Of some Of the biggest chuaks
Of gold 1 ever saw in this coun-
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of sheeos<fn- and On il . map. rude
bat good enough. Of these rery ns0ur-
tzin& He SAID that he and two others
had discovered vzlEzble placer 10. the
mouth of canyon where ron eouId
pack mp pieces like those and confessed
that he had killed his partners 90 ge.
control of IL all The murder Was
dome On the desert ~ Coyose Springs
and after &c lad covered the bodies in
the sand he started back 20 the placer
he got there ~ night said he- I
don't know how is happened bat the
next knew foard lySelf in herd
ef-s cabin and be sad he found me
crazy on the desert got better and
I never went back 10 the place. bat I
wxzs to leave the gold 70 the church :
I took the map. then wrote down the
directions and TO prove his story he
told ne where he had buried TIE men,
and made ne promise TO erect cross
over them
Well continued the senior. after
. short pause. the man died. and a few
DAYS later I started for the Sier-as
zcr0<S the desert I found the place
where the bodies were. zs il was uezr
water. I didn't waste much time there.
hat pushed Or and Ia three days. A.
near as could reckon, was somewhere
nrsz he spot The map called for sew