Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-06-22
Continuation of the Remarkable Story of James Addison
 Peralta- a-Reavis.
Reluctantly Admits he Made Big Money out of Grant Scheme Boundary Changes-A Mex
 fcan Barber one of His
 Trusted Agents.
Santa Fe New Mexican.

prlvate land claims. Appended will be
 found continuation of the remsrkabl.
 story of MT. Peralta-Reavls.
 | REAvIs RESUMES THE STAND.
 He was never a correspondent for the Alta California; remembered that be
 drove in sight of tie junction of the Gila and Colorado rivers on one of hIs
 trips with Monihon, but did so more for
 the purpose of following up an irriga
 ton ditch in which they were driving
 than to see the junction of the rivers.
 He further stated that during all his trips to that country, although Writing for newspapers. he was in reality look ing over this property. He, however, would not admit that he was doing so for the purpose of locating the grant He also denied that he had stated to | to Monihon that he had 8 "hosting grant" and WAS going to locate it ID that valley and that he had changed the boundary of this grant so it would reach eight miles further south. ContinuIns be said: "The changes which the United States attorney referred to are the changes, guess, in the various petl- tions that I have filled for this grant and they will explain themselves. The grant from my standpoint originated upon es- ,blished measurements, which existed long before my conception, therefor, ny conception could not enter into or charge them in the least. Thls Is al. rather amusing. Mir. Churchill, Royal A. Johcsun and other Cisting ulsheO Arizonians were very much interested ln havlrg the grant SO located that IL would not interfere with some of theIr important interests. l merely stated that whatever location the government made I would acquIesce iD, ana tit location as formerly made was practic lily by the government, although Gov Powers contende the center should be iu the center of the Gila river and Mir Hopkins agreed with him, and at 6rsi I placed the location where they thought is should be-"
 MONEY HE WAS PAID.
 He said that the amount of money which he had secured from corporations upon the grant for leases and gun claims was $65, GOO; he also received S5, 900 from the Casa GraDde Land & Improvement company, of New Jersey; S1, ,000 from the Casa Grande Land & Improvement company of Wy Omlng ;S3O, U0O from the Casa Grands Land and lu p.ovemept company, of ArGZona. He also admitted that he got s25, ,0O0 from the Silver King mine for a release snt that the Southern Pacific railrosd p.id him $50, ,0C0 for right of way. He also said that he was at one time in the em ploy of the Southern Pacific company in the law department.
 He also testified that he had an agree meDt with MT. Collins, of San Francisco, to furnish him money wherever be could, for which be was to take an inter est ID this grant as security; that he re ceived $500 s month while in Europe; that he was there over twelve months, that while there MT. Mackey pald him 5, 900 a year and that be received from Rosencrsns, of San Francisco, about S5, 900.
 United States Attorney Reynolds ask ed him what be had done with this $50, 900 which he had secured from these companies. He answered that he had lived on it and spent about S2,OOO ir making surveys, and, upon being press ed closely, be admitted that he had used the greater portion of 1t in per fsctinR his title to this property.
 He was then asked why be had enter ed water claims under the public lsn6 laws of the United States while he had what be claimed to be perfect grant 10 the property, and he answered that he had never thought much of the gran anyway. It was the water he was after.
 NOT LOVER OF MONEY.
 "I am not lover of money" said Mir. Resvis, "but am a lover of develop ment and building up of the country and went to Arizona win the idea of building up the country and establish iog 8 colony ther.. The water rights which esta blished belonged exclusive ly to myself, and in establishing this colony we received very small compensa ton for the land, usually about 121a cents an acre, and the water right varIed from s5 to BIO an acre, according to the location"
 He added that he had now in his books charges and accounts to the amount Of s5.330, 900, the water being the only valuable feature of these trs- sections, involving in DO way the con 6rmation of this grant nor depending upon it. He further said that be had suit against the government in the court of clsimsfo for sl0,000.000, that 1t was now pending, and was based upon the same class of testimony as that filed in thi. court.
 After the recess for dinner MT. Reavis continued. He stated that he chans ed he boundary to the place where It Is new; that 1t IS eight miles south of where | it is now; tn t it is eight miles south of where it was established according to what Powers thought was Correct, that g, the center being at the Gila river; out be char ged it to what he thought was correct, and made the center thIs monumental rock; that the seal made of lead and silver, as he stated, be never | produced in Arizona; he further stated | that he it from Mariana Garcia Peralts, | one of the witnesses tO the will of Don | Miguel Peralts, and had the original in I Denver; but, upon being questioned | closely, he would not admit that there | was anyone in Denver who couId send il | to him, nor could he get it. He denied | that he produced the original in Arizop a as stated by Surveyor General Johnson, stating further that about the time he first became acquainted wi h the gr, Ut he was referred to Dr. Gid, Spanish
 land grant lawyer, whom he admitted
 was very bad character, and that be accepted tue represe tHtions which Dr. Gid made to him with full knowledge | of the lstter's character. On being fur
 ther questioned by Mir. Reynolds, he ac-
 knowledged that be knew tt is same Dr. Gid was a refugee from St. Louis on ac- count of his transactions in certain land
 grants surrounding that city.
 THE MISLEADING CIRCULAR.
 Mir. Reynolds then asked: "Did you