Graham guardian., 1895-06-22
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e'NoNh- Va DSihS iui eiiOi HuOooOh7
ed by Mr.. Reynolds, he acknoledg-
ed that he knew this same DR.. Gid
was refugee from st. Louis on ac-
count of his transactions in certain
land grants surrounding that city.
THE MISLEADING CIRCULAR,
Mr.. Reynolds then asked: "Did
you ever cause to be issued any
devise or printed matter to be print
ed or orcirculated by which you claim
ed to have already received con-
firmation of this grant?"
"No, sir, | never authorized any
such statement"
The witness however, admitted
that the interview appearing in the
San Francisco Eraminer was correct;
that he was interviewed, that the
article was written based upon the
interview, and that he himself fur
nIshed the cuts used in that inter
view.
Then he qualified the denial just
made by saying that he saw a,state-
ment or circular to the effect that a
decree had been secured from the
court, declaring that he did not
authorize it, but on the contrary,
at once published over his sigma
ture a denial in little town called
Arizola, in the territory of Ari-
zona.
But, upon being pressed by Mr..
.Revnol]s, the witness contradicted
IA M 4 satt " Was finally
AM u l6 a{ IA II fl}!|g ll}1s lenial ap-
lI|I|ls {s Il n Is61s| u, the Eram-
s}'ey Md 0th9f papers Concerning
the effect of a confirmation of this
grant on holdings under United
States patents, and that he in that
denial merely stated that he did
not intend to modest the people.
Upon being pressed further, he
stated that he had Furnished every
thing in that famous circular, "The
Decree" except the cut at the top
of it; this he said was the product
of the imagination of some enthus-
iastlc printer, whom he stated cur
iously enough, was not Interested
in this grant; admitted finally that
he had never written denial or
detraction of that article or circu-
lar, and, although a direct question
was asked him, he could not ex-
plain the statement made therein
TO the effect that the "Peralta grant
was open to settlement"
WHAT THE CIRCULAR WAS BASED ON
The circular referred to is the
one based upon a certified copy of
the clerks Of the land court to the
effect that leave had been granted
to Reavis to amend his petition as
to boundaries, and Reavis, as shown
by his own admissions, took it at
once to San Francisco and form
ulates this circular, which on its
face purports to contain decree
Of the court of private land claims
adjudicatings this property to him
and--wass undoubtedly written for
the purpose of deception.
He was then asked by Mr.. Rey-
nolds: "Have you got IN your pos
session the original certificates of
Father Stockman of the records Of
births and deaths of the San Ber-
nardino mission"
In reply he said he had them but
not here; that they were in Denver
with his other papers, but that he
would get them and introduce the
same in evidence.
These certificates are the ones
that purports to show the death of
a brother and sister of the present
alleged heir to the grant, Mrs. Rea-
Wis, and also purport to show her
birth.
He further stated, IN answer to
questions, that he never had in his
possession the original records OF
San Bernardlno mission, and has
never seen them in his life.
When asked how he got these
certificates, he gave the remarkable
answer, that he got them through
Mexican barber in San Bernardino
and then entered into long state
ment Of how he came to get bar
Der to go after them, trying to base
the action by casting reflections on
Father Stockman.
All the way through the witness
spoke in light and disrespectable
way Of this worthy curate. This
together with the absolute ridicu
lousness of the idea that he would
select ~ barber whom he never
knew and whose name he could not
recall, to get the certificates, show
ed an evident attempt to
HIDE THE FORGERY
of these records behind trumpet
up Mexican barber.
He stated that he gave the bar
Der So gold piece and remember
cd that he started him after tn,
certificates on Saturday evening
1 and that he received the certificate,