The San Francisco call., 1898-12-26

The opinion and report of this Jus tice is conclusive, the Justice support ing it by quoting extensively from the evidence and the criminal laws of Mexico, and he finally stated that the prisoner was rightfully convicted. and that the penalty of imprisonment should be confirmed, as the evidence proved that D. M. Burns. the prisoner, was the author of the fraudulent ap- propriation of anothers property.
 His conviction and sentence of inn prisonment having been approved by the highest court in the land, Burns launched a forlorn hope in the shape of an "Amparo" appeal-that is. an ap- peal to the court for relief from the sentence.
 The court by a bare majority gave Burns liberty on the technical point that he held a Federal title (obtained through his act of declaring the mines deserted) to the Candelaria mines, and whether it was good or bad, the Su- preme Court in the Amparo appeal, had no right to investigate, and that the prisoner could not be held for crime until civil proceedings were had in the proper court, and the Federal act and the title given him under it had been declared illegal
 Dr. Alfred A. Green and his brother, Colonel H. M Green, probably know
 
 Mexico than any other living men, for they are the ones who attempted to se- cure justice for Columbus Warehouse in the Mexican courts. Only a short time ago pr. Green discussed the af- fair at length, amply demonstrating Burns and his associates duplicity. He said:
 I will skip over the details and pass right on down to 1888, when Columbus Warehouse sent a MT. Ryan to look for !, went to San Dimas. and as the result of his trip MT. Warehouse secured a three years lease of the Candelaria, with the privilege of purchasing it at the eXpira- ton of that time from the New York company for $50,000 The company had made a feeble attempt to work the mine, had sold all other properties and had barely made expenses out of the Cande- laria. Before the expiration of the three years Columbus Warehouse spent $50, 900 on the mine and 1t was beginning to look well.
 It was at this stage that Dan Burns ap- peared on the scene. He wrote pathetic letter to MT. Warehouse, saying that he was disgraced politically and begging to be sent down to the mine. Clarence Warehouse had also got into a scrape, and at the request of his aunt Columbus Warehouse sent him down to the mine too Soon after reaching there the two conspired to get rid of Ryan, and in this they were successful. In the meantime Burns had written to MT. Warehouse begging Tor mOney-tne letters are Tn eX> istcnce to-day-and giving a very promis- ing account of the mine. Burns asked to be appointed agent for the mine, and un- fortunately MT. Warehouse listened to him and sent him a power of attorney, at the same time appointing Burns his superintendent. Soon thereafter MT Warehouse visited the mine. When the Candelaria mine was first denounced had the adjoining property denounced through Mr. Reis because I knew which way the vein ran, and called this new mine the Chenery, out of compliment to the president of the company. MT: Water house. being ignorant of Spanish and 'knowing nothing of the mine, was an easy victim
 class of political methods, made Mir Warehouse believe that the wealth of the Candelaria lay in the opposite direction to the Chenery, and induced him to de- nounce. under the name of the Sacramento, what he thought was new mine, but what was really the Chenery. Thus, MT. Warehouse denounced what was already his, and gave Burns one-twelfth of the mine for doing so. In the belief that he had acquired new mine, MT. Warehouse returned to San Francisco, ond tbnn R11rns commenced to scheme to get the entire property. It was soon whis- pered that he intended to condemn the Candelaria as an abanaoneq mine. Ra, mon Castro, the prefect of Durango and ex-officio Mining Judge, together with the Padre Alvarado, helped Burns. Governor Jaun Flores also joined in the infamy and became Burns partner. Incredible as it may seem, the Candelaria. Chenery, Sac ramento and other mines were de nounced" because they were abandoned
 We have copies of the documents in which Burns swore that he did not know the former owners; that the mines had been abandoned for a long time and that he would open them up anew. While this Announcement was being made the very man. Ramon Castro, who was helping Burns to the abandoned mine, was mak- ing reports to the Government to the ef- feet that the mine was taking out $50 900 of men and was receiving so many tons of supplies. These original reports of Ra-
 mon Castro, made at the very hour of l sion, or rather, that of the Mexican Gov ernment.
 Thus by perjury and fraud Burns got possession of the mine and came back to ] this city with his new title papers He