The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-18
exploited the merits Of his FIDDLE i 70. 2

exploited the merits OF his fiddle for a
quarter of a century In sneep ana catus
camps through the southwestern country.
but had been unable to sell IL because ne
was regarded as one OF the most ornate
liars OF his genera lion. Dot vee-o-ieen.
he would say. was so schtronk alrctty
dot II you put her 10 your shoulder un1
pun der pow. she would turn you nellut
aroundt- Recently a music man IN san
Antonio examined the instrument. X pore
the stamp OF the second Amau OF re-
mona and was covered with the matcnless
yarnish whose composition Is LOST arr.
The dealer bought II for 800 and mas
sold u TO a Boston connoisseur Tor >ogV:
Fischer has a roughly drawn map o,
the region IN which he expects 10 nnu
hundredsweight OF gold, and he got y. as
he got the violin. because he has k lnn
German heart and has been always VIII
ing TO assist anybody In distress. rms
map while poorly executed, Is run OF
detail. and a man ought 70 be able 70
find his way around with u very wen;
Ii Is supposed TO depict only a hmltei
part Of c0untry-about ten miles square,
but Fischer has no doubt OF MS aplllty
to find the section. and when he mas ],
will walk straisht TO the massive pie Oh
THE MEETING.
In 1915 Fischer was living in san Anto,
Mo. A fOOtsOre miner. also German. anu
also poor. came there. and while nanglns
about the beer gardens, met rlsenel. ~
men had Kant and Schopennauer anu a
love OF tl-e mother lode IN common,
and Bauermann--that was the otnet
mans uame-went 10 board with t1scheI,
lie never paid any board, out ina M@H
matter Of secondary importance. he hd =,
hunted gold In out-Of-the-way PidCcs )"
strange countries Ior nearly half CEN
furv. and he talked a good deal, whlcu
was ample compensation Tor Wndt nc ~ -
and drank. Too much 1000 ana ptel {,
ed 10 bed 10 sleep in ana rool 20 heSS
him from the weather, finally slckrs.u
lauernann-nrst name Emil-and, oeihs
old. he died. Fischer nursed MN, %,
cOursc-there were no women loin q. 80,
and when he was dead made the coliiii,
got the permit, hired wagon anu o'' '7U
him. ada
I he last payment that Bauermann maae
vas this map He had dragged ue,uoue
with him until 30 was worn tui ou ,i ~
the edges and s0ilsed with the suns
hair the world but II was still discern
Ne FISCHER would rather have had ~
than a house and lot because ns nneth
that he would get a million dolats "s9aon
Of day dreams out OF ana no ~ = snS
so. Bauermann told this story OF On H. a
the man who doubts its verify VIII nav
trouble with Fischer. In 1862 Bauermann
was i'm El PasO He had been TisNlng NJ
scalp IN New Mexico ana naT ,rt Hs
strong indications. but no pay dlIt,, re
came down the river IN small Skill No
had built himself and stopped az Faso
10 rest. Here he heard Of the Yaqui eoun-
try and. having the teariessnssss LII, ~
grub stake on his back. He reasoned tnat
The Yaouis could not possibly pc any
worse than the Chiricahua ana Nee 49,. -
Apaches with whom he had oesu ~, -.
gathering. and he was Wiling 20 ule az
how II he could pan out a teaspoontul OF
He climbed the mountains all right ana
descended into the valleys and saw pen
" of indian signs. but MANAGED 70 s.ess
clear OF them for a month. lhey lounu
him one night. however. When ne ~
sleeping near a creek and ran MN Oh, ~
the darkness. He left his pick and pan
ana riaa and food When daylight came
he was a dozen miles away. with no loea
whatever Of his whereabouts. wishing
only 10 put as much ground as possible
between himself and his foes, he set lace
10 the west and kept going lie remem-
be red getting upon some high ana oty
tablelands. sometimes running, sometimes
walking slowly. sometimes raining from
exhaustion. He found the gold after three
DAYS Of wandering every moment OF
which was fraught with terror Of his NE.
When he stumbled upon II he was hunt
ing water. with his ears deaf 10 al
sounds and blackenef tongue protrud-
ing between his teeth He fell prone upon
the edge Of a purling stream that MUIR
INJURED through a small half-inclosed var
lev. This stream was broad but not more
than six inches deep and he buried ms
face IN A. The shining metal sent IT'S
yellow CLEAN through the water within
foot of his nose. When he had drunk
his nh he lifted the nugget which was
small but pure He found others buried
I'm the sand and put them IN his pockets.
Along this stream We're several varieties
Of berries. and petallas richly edible
cactus. grew I'm clumps everywhere. IL
came out OF a small cave In the side OF
tho mountain. not more than half mile
above the point where he mad struck H.
and according 20 the tale he told Fisch-
or A1addiu't cave was only a hole in the
ground compared with it. The precious
ora was struck into the walls OF Il Ike
peas. Entering 10 with a torch. he was
surrounded and blinded by the glare OF
the Embedded millions. lie picked out
llttle and big nuggets Of 10 with the point
of his pOcketknife Wealth greater than
the tabled wealth Of Ind shone upon him,
and De had only berries and cactus TO
eat.
4 SHORT STAY.
Wrought by his constant terror ~ the
INNINNNs ne Ntl AlNN iAHAt Nit' 'ef' 'tt.f IT,
dav lie followed the little stream 90 its
junction with a larger and went down
this % the confluence OF the three forks.
Here ne found an abandoned burro, de-
serted by some marauding party OF Va
duis. and hung 10 its neck was an empty
loathern water pouch lie filled the
pouch. fashioned himself couple OF spurs
from thorns. and that night started east
ward. riding barebacked, across the
mountains. lie rode only IN the dark. and
lived on berries which he found after
daylight He was a week In making the
trip and a good deal more than half
crazy when he reached Paso del Norte.
now Juarez lie had sense enough left.
however 10 draw his map Then he had
brain fever. and when he came 10 all
Of his nuggets except three were gone.
These he had placed inside the lining OF
his sombrero. He sold two ~ them and
one ne kept and showed 10 Fischer thir-
teen year afterward Re did not attempt
10 visit his cave Of gold because he got
into trouble with some soldiers stationed
at RI Paso and they ran him out OF that
part Of the country He drifted 10 ths
Northwest. always impoverished and I'M
able 70 make any one believe In his va
qui find. Indeed. he was Eighty IN man.
ner and subject 70 brief alterations up
TO the time Of his death. The map looks
sane enough however and n Fischer
and his friends live through Ransome
cooking they are going 20 md the golden
liver when the man In Laredo pays the