The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-17

SSlaim, Later that .srsSn "a S scnssu rcId and
s stlSss Mines SSS q To%Sst9 ne about q mile away;
from Where Bennett had bull, up the pi nS OF
stone 10 mark the corners Of his mine wnsI
the stampede began 10 Iomps.ono uas at
was one Of the fgst ones on ne scene Rns,ee'
about developing his own mine, the bos.on;
and by pick andshovel he soon iaid bare enough
OF his ledge To show that he had 2 larry tooSS
1000 inhabitants a month. and the psorie were
mins cray. In a few weeks he sold % GEORGE
Hearst for $4,000 cash dawn, ,o,,.,,
had ever md, and he was beside himself with
joy. lie went TO II Paso, Tex, ana pu. Is
money In a bank. Then he began To wohueI
hardship, IL was days before he reailzsu
that he was really rich, lie went INTO ths
bank q half dozen times the nrst wetk % uane
sure that his money was there and was await
Ing his order. He knew a poor Mexican "pihII
an in Paso-del-Norle, Mexico, whom he ipuu
long admired. and he went across ny NM hpo
Grande and married her, Some one told brnt
nett that he was n fool not 10 hurry up any
enjoy his money and he started NJ 10 spehu ~
Bennett and his bride went, 70 Denver aHndd
clothes for the finest hat money cotlu oHy-
They kept tailors and dressinakers busy Ipr
weeks. He bought eleven hats ana = uunhi
ful OF shoes tor himself IN Ban franc'1'V' ai ~
he told the dry goods dealers 10 give ms WI"
two dozen Of the finest dresses TO he had me
couple had one room Of the suite tiay llved w
at tina Baldwin Hotel allied WIN trunks anu
boxes OF their newly bought finery. IN one uay
Bennett bought some ss,eo worth OF DIAMONDS
for himself and wife. and they gave uis oi
S. and SO for the simplest servloe to the ho'e'
servants.
Wiring OF San Francisco. Bennett and hls
wife went down to Tombstone. determined 10
show the population that they knew now 10 lean
fashion in the mining camp ph ae ny ,bes
mining camp, and began TO Nv. IN sIHlei
There have been few spots In the lhi'en
States where living was ever SO eSpems'Ve ~
II was In Tombstone in is palmy days, ~,
the BENEFITS lived royalty, They. nald $50
and s7S a month zach for servants, Cham
payne was brought from Chicago. ana doleh
every few weeks, When the late, United
States Senator George Hearst visited Tomb
stone in 1880. the BENEFITS spent several thou
sand SSlIars nm IN , ms sn asd .,yIr ut the eG sen-
nett home got big orders ther'. Ms. zen
nett did not know ono note Of Music rom en-
other, but she, saw pianos N Dtslver and San
When they were transported by teams across
the Arizona deserts 10 Tombstone each, cost
some 1880, An III Paso man sold Henry
glass goblets and decantsrs, and ALTHOUGH
there was no gas works IN all Arizona Territory.
Bennett paid several hundred dollars Tor AN
elaborate gas chandelier
They went 70 New Orleans for the Mardi Gras
celebration in 1881. and seven trunks OF clothing
went. too. The couple lived in the most costly
suite at the st, Charles Hotel. On. that trp
Mrs. Bennett saw opera glasses for the first
time, When the couple returned 10 the mining
caInp each had an opera glass OF solid gold,
and they seldom drove ont behind their we'll
known team OF white stations that each did not
carry a gold opera glass and occasionally survey
the country through IL, on that "trip. also. B"r-
nett and his wife learned that some rich people
bathed In perfumed water, They. thors.ore,
bought scores OF bottles Of the finest Partisan
perfumes, and neither ever hathrd without
pouring 4 liberal quantity OF perfume into me
water. During tho Journey - and from New
orleans Bennett for the first time saw lightning
rods on houses. They thought the rods wer"
an evidence, OF wealth and up-to-da,e Ways.
Although lightning i very Uncommon m south
known there, Henry Bennett Yade his house
briAle with lightning rods, For a time he
seriously considered having the zip OF each rod
made of pure silver. He was Interested in n
huge bass horn that he saw in "A brass band in
New Orleans, and although he hadn't the flint
es' idea how the INSTRUMENT was played or who
was To play the horn for him, be- ordered \ very
elaborate brass horn made and sent to him ~
Tombstone, Al an expense Of sJn he had II
copy made oil an mormon oil painting of a
battle scene. 1t cost a lot more money 10 get
the painting 10 the mining camp. and when n
did reach there IL was too large 10 be rot into
tho house. SO Bennett gave II 10 a saloon.
The Bennett fortune lasted almost two years
and a halt, Prince Henry tried Ia recoup his
vanishing thousands by selling his other mining
claius. He had once declined $4,000 for one
of them. When he had spent almost all his
the mine, and al last he took 500. That went
in a week and h. was once more poor :
He and his wife lived for a few months longer
by selling the furniture and hriC-a-brac rom
their home, Article, for which they had paid
$50 and 500 two years before went slowly AZ
81, 81 and s. each. Finally Prince Henry
Bennett got a Job as policeman IN Tombstone,
but he was not "a success at that. tie and his
wife went Ia Benson. and while Mrs.. Bennett
worked in a railroad eating house Primo" Henry
went out prospecting for more mines. But
his habits and tastes had been altered by his
money. He couldn't endure the old-timo
privations OF prospecting and one day he
tramped over the range 10 Tombstone, the
scene Of his glory. he walked about his old
home, patted his former horses, went ana looked
at tho relics Of his fine home, and then he went
down tho te Bella Union saloon aud shot himself
through the heart.