Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-16
Hs,tipq a Lona-LOst Uncle He
Found William Cameron.
,rosANyFRS SENSATIONAL STORY,
80, nrIels aud u Mountain Of Gold
n, Sal. by u Poor Youth,
an Indian and an As'aysr.

and inducing them TO part with theH
!, exchange for copper and brass
~. furnished with thin veneering
sold. After life OF adventure he died
',uper and his bones rest In tho potters'
a., far Western city. He had many
,,.p,lces and for years the gold-brick
!. VAS nourishing industry. The
f,Ims were as numerous as the victims
~ yreeu goods men and In every in
NJ, men of means. The noted Texas
w sold n gold brick Ia the city Of Los
"a SIX months ago and escaped to
os his lll-rotten gains. In September
srotber notorious confidence man
,,,l on a gold brick upon English min
r,erators IN Mexico and escaped the
:. Al the rurnles by tho skin OF his
[A He was compelled to tramp eighty
NJ across barren waste and the
'rtly cactus cut away his shoes and
,,,i,J the bottoms OF hls trousers ere
IA escaped the vengeance of his vic.
I, ami authorities by putting the Rio
snde between himself and his relentless
-x,ers Two weeks ago an Indian
asx with the secret of II mine OF
trlo,s wealth locked securely In her
om and two white confedcrates
oopta down upon Western Arkansas
many r fine Arkpusaw gentleman of
\ olden lime" swallowed the bait before
oocure came and the trio OF swindlers
r. caught dead to rights." AS the fly
on,rs say. There is II Texan who was
4, bigger man than old Grant, whom
0dltlon says paid 5000, once upon n
M FOR bfass brick with a gold cover
The late John Morrissey. who won
~ fishts in the prize ring, cvolnted Into
statesman and died u gentleman, once
marked There is u sucker born every
mute" This was twenty years ago,
ow there are two suckers born every
mute, and the bull confidence man con-
mes 10 live on the fat OF the land. en-
,e, hip sleek form In broalrloth and
he linen ard baslSs In sunshine all tho
Nv long al tie expense of gudgeons.
william Cameron OF Waco in ono of
eras most opulcnt citizens. HIS eleva-
brs are bursting with their stores Of
Rains, his mills arc grinding necessarily.
Il q banker and director IN many en-
rprses and hs ownB town called
Iovie on the Southern Pacific railroad.
bout forty miles from New Orleans. He
a e,ocky-bult, well-presrrved. puPnnci-
Us Scotch lrlahman. Of 90 years, whose
kpud boast Is that he has accumulated
large fortune after he had rounded the
prtie,h mile.post OF his career Three
ears ago he experienced change OF
cart politically and b. came n National
bpublcan," giving as n reason that nc
as a protectionist. Two years ago the
publican leaders de ,lded to nominate
heir new ally for governor. a man with
bsrl was needed, and Mr.. Cameron had
barl-seyeral OF 'em. The old man put
side the tempter. Ambition. and said In
tremulous voice: NAY, nay. Pauline.
He 10 a resoluie, hard-headed and sue.
etsful business man, and yet the gentle
ben who live by their wits picked hin
ut a. an easy mark. paid him nssiduou'
|dvances lured him TO the very moutl
the trap and cane within an ace OIL
educng his bank roll $4,000. Since tht
avs Of the Argonnnis, the hardy +9'ers
be story Of the Lost Mine" IN the Sierra
adras range has been told md retolt
hd the oftener II has been told the more
fau,iful has II been embeliished 10y
oatiermen, gold.srokinE adventureri
ID rolllcking dcvil-may-caro children o
atrrs-,he Bohemlnns OF the newspapei
orld The fabulous wealth stored in thu
Lost Nine" would huvc satisfied tn
~ aysr.ce Of the Spanish conqueror
The Montezumas. and into the ears o
ahku and Lumber King william Cam
ron the discoveries of the Lost Nine
CURED The tales OF Its colossal grandeur
mountains OF gold that would put t.
eht TIE widest dreams of Cecil Rhode
pa his Embellishments in the land o
be Beers.
me story OF adventures from Yuma
iinlng sands and the Waco banker an,
moer King. reads like a romance. IL,
We u IN detail 10 Tho Post yesterday
we Hotel Lawlor, where the boml
y exploded and the homes OF the adyen
RES turned into Dead Sea fruit;
LlsI sunday morning at Bowie, La
sVl.eu Young man IN the vicinity o
ONCE After surveying the building
came TO The door md entered. IL
y. me SHARP look and said: you ar
my unrh You are not William Cam
"a, I'm sorry Now, trsmps have In
~ or my generosity this winter an
aN,ei The stranger collly--very. II
w my coclness and said. I've plent,
,,"pney-see here Rnd he pulled out
greenbacks and handful of gol
I've plenty OF money, but I'm ig
ny ana can neither read nor write
sop,r'hinE good. riches enough for ali
sa,le mad two farms In Arizona, on
Inng tract NJ 5000 acres and tn
4 ~" acres. My uncle, Will Am Cam
49,, Wy Arizona several years ego. MI
l. N VINO owns the town of WinsloN
~ GA business partner. Mr. Wins
~ ~ old man-morc than 50 now. w
~ snn William Cameron lived ava
Va ieSas, ut place called Waco
,o,, ,iov, as rich mine had bee
n, Ky " my uncle's land, decided
Ia XII. ne TO hunt up uncle. lilo cav
nd :, Yuw 10 William Cameron OF WAGE
~ M, started on my trim. have ,per
IA The mining camps OF the WEI
ume across a tcothless old Mexica
=, 49, 10 years old. who held tho >,
NJ he Lost Mine" which had bee
"A oy spaniards In the days OF cortc
erward by Jesuit priests. FINAL
Iel VAS lost This old Mexlca
Ie,,sa was the widow of Don Garcia,
M - ,,mp4rialist who fought on n
1sv 4, s'aAimillian, and died years ag,
Illov ~ enc son and that son, a vii
h fsr,,. 'eheo his mother, and disgrace
NAV name by esnouslng an India
s,r "s was Twenty-Five or thlrt
Au bsa mo widow OF Don Garcil
beht,or peen entrusted with tile exai
Iss s ~ OF tho Lost Mine" BY her hu
I'd NJ, M W. Dying he'd. spurned her "a
Nh h. iian wife and drove them ava
h uoh,r rntse she meyer relented un,
sacy \ KY couple died. leaving as
IN rMl -hreeA son. The Did WON,
fsra.o.e H,en and nbde peace with ii
Ia IN mat woman. sousln tho ora n,
by N. Myself became great frleods q,
tins .e'a me the story OF The 81 a
The er" a knew from the topograpt
a,lp. tiS ,I,r that 1t was iocated on n
n last Pr,a Then ! came down to Tex
vaso yan ,aay called at your camp
pa ne AZ sers not al home and TN
tsuasa ! took a traia and es yoa Were We're
~ srs ~, =, the tavern last niShi a. :.
te an ~, my uncle. However yan 10,
Fsht ! s man man, a GOOD man. ~ ana "a
fire. Ana u ! can trust 10 manga n
letter nc. men the fellow hnndod \
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