Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-07-28

notified anil n telegram was Immediately
sen, 10 thu bank al Albuquerque notify.
ing the hank officials there that the rctort
vas u"i gold ~ order tina, they might, "
p,s-,blr. pr,dro, themselves and apprr.
hrui W" party ~ parties Who hal mauip.
ulalrei the -wiullr
the mex, m"ruug the as-ayrr al III.
mint again inad' several assays frum
shaving. All rnrtr- AIKEN lrrm the lar
ui meta after 1t hal ru"ird. but Ia none
~ them WAS even trace ur gold ~ lie
found And th" StUi was returned O the
Colorado National hank ~ worthless.
\ strong rfor, has been made To- keep
IL" matter quiet, but yesterday the story
leaked uut, AMI when r,uN Iur"d that the
story was uur A--ayrr Pickett, uf the
mint, Ind uut drny lie truthfuness lie
explained tina the government hal luet
nothing hy III" drAI aui rlAlnrh ,o know
very uttlr about the allan other than that
the express ptckngc had b~-n turned
over ,' tAr miu' toy Denver bank Ani
that " ruuu ~ n wAs disc tvrr,d that th.
metal contained IA tie package Sar brass
AL uu' good the bank War notified aud
he meta returned to- tu"m
u'NN uttI.INl, krI.NNr.
In" SAN" rrurru,r Ma shown hy the
hauk IN A.. 10 r'Ltri g. the matter
lu"y ,amri Co. hulN uutuug Whatever
nhuU the ntlau other than the r,crIu, II
au riIrr- pt,kAg" from the Wells
fnrgr Ehri"-- Company "a rur-iAy
Ino package Nar .uust gu,d hy the Firp,
National hank ui Albuquerque aud uur.
ported ,u rnhta.u Eu,d bu,lluu IT the
value OF .",uuu rnc b,e routnluing the
-urI.'-''d huiurn war turned over To- the
mIu' "l,u"ut the package haNlnA been
"i"urd 80 IT." seal hrukru.
Iury rla,m.l to know uotrug ah"ut IT Il
any "ur had been sWiud"d 10y reason IT
,h'' deceptive rr'ur, aud r,d ,h,y ,ouh
u"t ~! whether mooney usd been all
Nautrd "u th' rrtrtt -! ~" Albuquerque
hnuk "t whothr, II und been received IA
trust num CUSTOMER 4 ia" muk aud
forwarded h''" I"r sale 1T IT," mint
VIA, ~ len II ia, "rrru,'' In uuw ~
ia" iurm ui hrtckr at the Culnrndp Ma.
uuual bank, where they val probably
remain. a. they arr not II sulhy,cu, value
{" warrant the payment Of rAprrSs
charge Tor thar return g. AihuIIri,itir
Later uu thrrr hil,ks may be- added tn
l,s .Ir IN
TIA" collection owned hy "N.Chlrf at lie.
lr,uNrs How,
local Agent owen, # the Wells Fargo
Express umrauy, rsyr IA" knows nothing
at Tia" ATTAIN aud tia, hr did no, even
know tnat the shipment was not as rep
r""ni,l until ~ informed yesterday. lie
remembered having del, ier-d All express
package Ia the Colorado National bank
!"st Tuesday. the package having n pur.
ported vain" IL $4,000. bat NJ complaint
hat been made To- the company and he
did not know that It was other than az
represented 10y the consignor
~ ASSSER ruA rkLgURAN.
The Firr, National bank If Albulu-r-
que failed Ia notify the Colorado National
uni"i what circumstances they bal ~.
c"iN'"i the SupIssri gold rrtort. and no
reply "Hs gwen I" the Telegram sent out
ia" uIgh II MAS ascrrtalu-d n, the mint
iha, ia" stun war hraas. hence the idea
"aT entertained that II pwludlr If some
kInd hnd been p"rIrtratr,i, hut n t.le.
gram waS received 10y the Republican
ir"m Albuquerque" last n,g", stating that
III" "r' ut" had been forwarded by
them tur u Customer.
Ih" Telegram states that n Mexican in
exploring tnr ruins uf Rn 81 | Pueblo In.
dlan church found the metal. aud kelley.
ing II Ia d. gold. s.crrted It for some
time. aflrrwari telling n friend what h.
had fnund and thin FREUD had the Albu-
qurriu- bank forward tito the rn,,ed
bank of this city II 10 claimed that
II lihrr bank advanced any money ON Tia.
Supl"H.'i r''turt aud that nn swindis of
any kind il known To- lee connected with
ia. matter in any way,
In what form the metal war found IL
not known, hut 1t had apparently been
melted IL n pot 80 katie IL some kind,
and when received - thr mint the little
chunk II brass had very much III. Ap.
I"aranc" IT u stamp null gold ret"rt.
russIBLk EXPLANATION.
In the vicinity IL Albuquerque Their.
ar several ulh church ruins, aud II may
l." that the M-AIcsn, IN exploring among
the ruins e one Il these old buildings,
found the metal. and believing II tn lie a
portion ii tl'r golden plate used in church
~"ryc", aud IN urirr a. pr,vd- against
I,s detection, melted 1t "a" IN ia. form
IN which II appeared when presented At
he Albuquerque bank tor shipment Ia
hr Denver mint,
Many FAIRY stories have been told II
lac rich huds mad. IA some II these old
'u"h!n churches. hat this nur happens To
re- on" that has proven far from valuable.
'nd the MrNwan VII" expected Ia r-aliz.
handrnnr frtuur frum his ind will
Awake I" realization tina, he hAs not
,nly failed I" b',uur suddenly wealthy.
mi hp wIIl hANr L., IaN An sAurpns hill az