The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-06-19
A WOMAN AND A MOB.
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE IN A COLO
RADIO MINING CAMP.

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A sor T.iis az ,tc Ntyh, rt,. Mo,h,r,.
i"'"'" ""se w '"o VIM
erS' Who Considered jumping" n Mine
an objectionable Onense.
An assayer ana ms young wlfe came TO
hoslta, Colo., III thc early days OF the
town lie had little money, but managed
10 start store, where ne dispensed grocer
les TO the miners ana prospectors during
the uay' Az nlght ne assayeu the rocks
that the boys brought In from the nils.
foor enough they were ior the most part
ana he became discouraged at the outlook
lie grub staked' many OF the prospect
ors' put the samples were all OF the same
low level. Spme oil the men We're too proud
TO ask ald' put they ran up long accounts
at the store lor coffee ana tobacco, when
inc assayer could only hope to see nqul-
dated when they struck 1t rich. But no.
body struck IL rich Tor long time, and
the DIS OF the searchers ran up INTO large
sums. one day miner who had paid
Dill OF about $40 at the store came In with
sackful OF ore tnat ne had round IN
new location. lie asked that IL be assayed.
Inc assayer looked at IL ana laughea' lt
seemed 10 DC Oh inc same Ola SORT but ne
ugreeu 10 Ilake oesC, anu unaO hlghO
Mheh the STORE was cioseu ne went at H.
Inc result asOohisheu MIN lhsueau oL los
pelne INC salne olu sorU ~ snoWeu inuica-
Ilons Oh riches running Sl,Soo 10 uhe ION.
me neA0 morning ne uoiu uhe inlner uhaU
.here was pay III Une illne anu onereu 10
puy 1he calm Inc pest oller ne coulu get
was unlru lor Uhe Dill Uhe man owed ana
eluV auulUlohai' ms was accepted, ana
as the assayers wlte had a nttie legacy
IusU leiU ler nc gave uhe claiin 10 her, anu
she paiu lor IT,
A rev DAYS atter IL became nolsed ABOUT
6hat Vhere was new bonanza, ana all the
miners went In mon TO the Vicinity OF
the mine ana staked out thelr claims. But
tne focahontas was the only one 1hat
proved rlch, ana IL was really bonanza
Inc ulscoVerer solu MS lnterest Ior Ior-
tune ana went BACK TO the states. Inc
new two-thlru owner ran the mine on a
scale OF expense that, Wnlle IL palu MIN q
handsome profit, did not show any divi-
dend for the assayer's WIFE one day two
men, giving their names as BOYD and
Stewart, came to her with a proposition
Ihey would buy her share for S5O,OO and
compel the new owner to tote fair and to
make enough to pay for their purchase
| proceeded TO prepare 10 seize the mine.
Ihey secured company OF men and went
out In the night When the watch changed,
they rushed In and drove the guards away
and had the mine to themselves. 1t was
an unheard OF proceeding and created a
great excitement In the vicinity. The Old
miners all TOOK SIDES with the dispossessed
major owner and would not listen to the
pleas OF the new purchasers that they only
intended to shut down the mine until they
had settlement
mat afternoon MOB gathered at the
saloon. IL grew with each company that
1 came down from the mountains. They
vowed vengeance on the interlopers and
on the assayer ana MS WIG, VINO, they
Thought, were at the bottom OF the deal.
Inc assayer leit that AFTERNOON on Ioot ioi
Canon CITY, ana In hurry too Inc moi
called alter Dln a NIUE 600 iate ana ther
set OUT Tor the mine. Raging, up the hlil'
1t went, and the business men, who hao
dlscountenanced tne move, followed eau
1lousiy' Inc mop charged on the mine
anu secured some Oh the guards, put the
new owners Oh the woman thlra had nee
20 DehNer ana were ho6 caught-iucklly
ior tnelh. Inc mop went 10 the saloon
ana hquored up 1or a speii ana then de
cloeu that somepouy inuso hang'
hanS the WOMAN, was the ueihanu o.
Lhahy, anu tHe seh.ilieho WAS eNiuentiy IL
FAVOR, though there was some oppositlon'
Hang one OF the guards VINO helpet
the strangers! suggested somebody, ane
the next TWO hours were spent In putting
the suggestlou into practlce' linen came
the OLD cry, hang the woman
Inc assayers VIE was frightened, and
SO were her friends She hau mace many
warm adherents during her residence II
the camp ana they gathered around hel
that nlght win her Two poys sne wa'
taken 10 the only TWO STORY mouse In I'M
place. ana the men VINO were ON her siu'
s1oou guaru on the lower hoor Whlie sh'
walteu on the upper one IL was ions
ana nerve wearing hlght. Twice the iead
ers OF the mop came ana parieyeu WIN Tn
men on guard ana declared that they coui'
not Keep tne miners from the ueeu the.
contemplated UP STAIRS the woman hear'
II all ana wondered II they told the truth