Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1895-04-20

| trust this confidence in me. His name
was John Williams. His father was
killed during the wsr.
shortly after, his mother died. His
uncle was a mining engineer md
adopted him, and took him TO Os An
geles. he grew up there until he was
| about Is or 10 years Of age when his
D uncle took him down to Arizona and mt
him on his ranch. His uncle came
East some 8 or years ago. He never
lost.
THAT INDIAN STORY.
He told of how he went to a sprinp
and found two Indians. one dead and
the other badly wounded. He took
him to the ranch, took care Of him and
nursed him back to health. The Indi-
an showed his appreciation Of his kind
ness by telling him of the gold mine.
Ihe Indian said that they were hunt
ing deer. The deer attempted to cross
the ravine. They killed It, and were
cutting parts of it. They built fire
and were eating it. They accidentlv
broke of piece of rock on which they
had built the fire and found gold Quart
and then discovered the gold mine.
band of Mexicans surprised them.
In the light the Indian was killed and
the other wounded. He had four of
the gold bricks gotten from the mine
ana also the Indian, Ollie Gonzalez TO
look Tor his uncle. They were about to
organize mining company. He had
been looking. around for the last
two weeks and wanted TO dispose. of
the gold. The Indian had gotten res
i've, thinking he wasn't going to carry
out his part of the contract. He want
ed TO get good honest lawyer to ne
gotiate for these lands. told him I /
ala not know many persons in Rich |
mond. He asked me to 90 to RicL- |
mond with him. That 1 should get a
share of the gold and an interest in the
mine If I'd assist them all could !"
newspaper clipping concerning the 1
Indian was read. It had been found /
in Parker's satchel and was identified |
as containing the same reading matter
as the one shown by Williams to With |
ers. The witness continued:
lillams said that the Indian was 4
camped about three miles from Rich 1
mond- We reached Richmond at
about l0:40. We went to Cottrell,s /
hardware store to purchase a brace 4
and spring balances. We went to /
Sutheriand's livery stable where he /
hired buggy and drove out to Brook 4
Turnpike and turned to the right m .
eANH W tAC ACkt- ne llCu the n0rS L. 4
and remained there.
SEES THE BRICKS OF GOLD.
About ten minutes he came back |
and said he had the bricks down there /
and wanted to show them to me. There j
were four of them, wrapped up in oil /
cloth and strapped. He spread the |
buggy robe down, and opened them. |
He'd take them back He came back /
and said he'd seen Ollie and handed /
them back.
We drove down Broad ST., about two /
blocks from Murphy's. / said I'd see if
there was a silversmith's establishment
where l could assay them and find out
how fine they were. The last place he
vent they could not tell him how fize
the gold was. / was told that there
was United States Assayer at the no.
tel ! saw at she hotel on the register
hat Parker was there, and hailed from
Philadelphia.
MEIsrs THE BoGUs AssAYER.
1 sent MY card up. We were usher
I'd up. when we got there, he had his
nat in his hand also the card as though !
ne was trying to make out the name.
He said he had an engagement at ,
o'clock. ItOld him I would see him
f he was Is busy.