The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-17
A STRUGGLE In THE DARK.
UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE ~ AN
OLD MEXICAN N ESON.

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Man with a2l .0OO In a Saaa,el FiEhts with
aiMysterious Midnight intvnderin Ms Room
Moving walls In Another itosm . cue 10
a Assassin's Means Ut A"sek ana hseape'
CfpDAD JuARkz, Mexico. June For
more han ten years I was EMPLOY ID 1.-THE mines
of the a Upper Ja-k Company in the state OF So
nora. Ma xico. Prior 10 that l WASH PROFESSIONAL
prospectlr. I found n number OF valuable
mines. AMI made and lost seversa fortunes on
my own aA-ount. but a protrscted spell OF bad
luck compelled me to seek employment with an
established c,Nncern, and l accepted the position
of surface sun erintsndert OF the Copper JACK
Company's property. Among my other duties
made "a bronco trip once each nonth 10 Inc
Bkbee bank and carried OGt the money for the
psyroIl. II was a considerable surn. since the
company employed 100 poems. besides the
akiled American miners; and there were other
EMPLOYERS of course ~, be paid. IL was
f<b miles from Bisbee to the rhine, und the trail
lay along n sandy DESERT upoo which nothing
grow but cacti. the gaunt Adams needle, the
maeuey and low mesquite. was accompanied
alwnys by a guard of three or fotr men. since
escecially In the time Of BILLY the kid-there
was constant danger of a, hold-up.
The construction of u railroad. which termi-
ps,ed Mt Ojo Calientr~. seventy miles from
Co,pcr lack. caused n change In my plan. The
long ponv ride was abandoned for the short
ona and pa.t or,he trip 10 Bisbce was made by
rsu This less~,ned the distance of the over
,.na I'D. NV half The mountains through
-.,,ch I had NOW 10 psss were filled with miners
md rrospcc,ors and 7 no longer cons niered an
-, a.. n,c.ss.rv
m.v,,.v ho,rosn ,he mine and the railroad
wv
wv" o,aaaa hv ,hs sponisb in tho
- a,,oor.rr md adventure and for
81 - boz hahr no rnre nor los. thon
y" $1,000 7 ,Iro,s nods tina
.""' Wv ,. q, ~, ana s-.y, o,o
" -. r. - a.,. Nop,,ovo vos
'opiN' jan A.. tn,or,.n;n. nigh,
'oh'e",e"' ~ - ,,oson or ho,a,
rmce INV. az ..,i,, y, tho sr,r.
,n"r u wv -. uh.n
M'"s"s" 49, -. 90.
.he noia's W ,.i,h CO.,
pro"h' "'n'"""N
cour'yHrn anu ''''"'" 49,. -. c,,..
ABOUT io"r S'"'" as" : " - a.. Go.
ON" '" 'ni'" ..,ho a.,
JanS'h NJ b'ro"N' n'""'""'
'"h' anu "'' =" W g. ,.. 60, 900 .,
erV' WV" Y" Wv ~ A. 81.
.n' 'onni""N > o,rass
Ior l'nr nf """u" wv "''"'' -S~.
" WI" h""h'"'" '""",s Il.
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'nre' w 'o"' WE v" :" .aur
p" Wv :" ,''" On'p IT,, a., I,
Know" '"h' ! am" ~" L
va wa "s"' W. r,
'io'" y W." ~ .,.,
IL wis la' w - az. c.,na,.a
uh' WV" wv 81 w -a,an 90
MT W. -" W." ."a.a. .,
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an ea'IF ,'"' =, ~ ""'""s a..
p"ohoo''" - -
wv ""n, w nd,h az.
oarh' Nv m"'o" ""' 49, 49,
'pi''"eo"' ~ .ua.s
"'n"rN NV
N"'f = '"p'"' pTpl".. n..,hn
w "'i' y" $50 -. a.n.
we9a' ""''' u, 'o''a "o a.
j" '"o', w." ~ ~ u,.n. M
co"'F"'o "" II ~ W - :"
saiooh "hs Il H''P nav" "'r'' '""" "NN
fiery teuulla ana meScnI "nllNened a roySter-
ing swacpering lot of cow-punchprs. grizzly
nro.roc,or. and rinL-shirted Mexican monte
H"s"''or' u" "'n
dealers, vast morley CROWD, WIN 'he hSuai
shrinking of refugees from American Justice,
and Na1icons i, cav so,nhrcros and fancy
"" "rN'""' ." a. W." INV
Zarapns,
Early in he morning We set forward toward
Ao,oIov, in an old rattIa-tran b,ck hoard
u""'''" " y"
Drawn by loWr SNanlSn lnuleN' III" way was
N more trail through the mountains. and so
..,oh ,.co,,ld saldo., ro ot a ,,ot Nv com-
i''S'
pahions heau grew uiHHV Noi'r"'iiheS "h"h
the burkboard wound along a ledge above u
doa, ,hrs Had tho rulas h.c,n,a frigbt-
u'~I' nop9' ,'"' Wv "'''' WIN -
ened, or had uler fuahe q hilSs''p we Woulu
have tumbled a thousand feet down The noun
,,i, onc, A., ,,sSad an nrriero with eight
80" W.
burros. ~ was a hEhl 'Nue'Ie 10 ger nN anu
ono of the hurrOS missed his step and fell over
60. go. A., tho 5a,li,it,. wa uavio,p
"" -.
could max" no "nort 70 ge' " out,ahn u wohid
have haen useless. Mr.. Coles insisted on
p",i"" w u" o"'o' -" 'Hp"1" wa"
not usual ana ne ihlght b',IueH SCI u pfe'''-
dent which would inspire m arriero To lose
a,,-.o a,or, tim. he .., an American outo,
""' - ~
matiSht place lhe bFoWh mountains lowered
high into the sky about us.tha air was clear
.na,risr md ro,ur. mr. "a boro s,ar,ad riiod
WV '""' NV"
IN IN me utnioS' 'onlhNl,n' Mr 'ntrs was
appal led ~ Inc SENIOR me Er'u 'rHFiess,
hlia-rpd ,nl' .glnihH hhfrantl qua ElicleS,
tha bottom oi when VIZ r'niu 1eid)m seq
Iowir" onns"t we wound -IoNl! no 4 sleep
MI NheU W. 'udHP" "N ''iiilinl We ,tN
NoneloVi SprPdu htioW ~ ~ . lSirfnS aHcN
~ wa = quaint 400" village walled rrby ut
ring NILS, WIN 4 ftloTlVor "lndihc lhrnlgh /.
Mann ~ me nuNuihgS N'r" covered WIN pink
plaster, ana some hiu an hpptr story win
pomlerolis baltel shutters ana niue ron ,Sai-
IRytAG Nh laaTnFnI tim FAlIN ~ rRnf hAah