Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-04-22

STILL BATTLING OVER THE
OLD MANS MILLIONS
How Slippery JIm' Made HIS
Dishonest Money

The litigation over Jim Fail all
lions still goes On in New York and
tie latest news is that Tie skn'ls of
Charley Fair and his wife ar. to DC
produced to offset the '1atement of
the two French Witnesses that " S
Fair survived her has.aDd
1t is claimad that Mrs Fair died in
stantly as her skull Was shattered into
bits, while Charles was slightly in
jured.
Millions hang on the ealtcome of
these suits. If Fair died FIRST his wife
if she lived but seound later. would
inherit his money. and her heirs would
come In for their share.
All sentiment OF regret for the dead
is sunk on both sides in the slnseemly
scramble for the money. The tvo
Fair girls and their brothers never
had much in common and the whole
family was sD constituted that every
member desmsed all thu others. The
boys took to tdrink and were fast go
ing to the dogs when Miss Nelson,
one Of San Erancisco's demi monde,
married Charlie Like all the other
Fair marriages, it was fer money, but
she braced Charlie up and it was the
best thing that ever happened to
him.
Her relatives kicked a little be
cause she had allied herself with the
Talrs but they forgare her later On
The Fair girls, in the meanwhile,
went to New York. and by dint of
money and plenty of paid newspaper
punery, finally succeeded in break
ing their way into New York soci-
ETY..
1t is interesting to look s1ack ami
note how Fair accumulated his nil
lions. He was about the NEST thor
ough rascal that ever kept out of the
pen1tentiary and robbed every one
with whom he dealt. He laid the
foundation e his vast fortune bs run
ming secret drift into the big bonan-
"a from the Gould and Curry mine.
Fred Smith was his confidant, ana to
Keep Smith from leaking. he hired
John COssar, a prize fighter, to Kill
him.
Cossar attacked him with brass
knuckels on G street. Virginia CITY.
and nearly beat him to death. He lfy-
ed long enough to bring a damage suit
which was compromised. and died in
side OF year. Fair lived in mortal
terror after that Of being indicted for
murder. His wealth was so feared,
however. that no attempt was made
to bring him to Justice The murder
was plotted in Alex McKinsey's house
near the Ophir. and Mrs. McKinsey
overheard it. Her husband took the
money from Fair to Cosser and the
latter blackmailed Fair until he got
rid OF him by sending him to Mazat
Ian. He was thrown overheard in the
night and thus disposed Of He left
q written confession of the part he
took in the Smith case.
McKfnsey was well provided for.
but he suddenly died, and many think
that Fair was behind his demise.
All Fairs life he was scheming to
rob or kill some one and he never
seems to have told the truth on any
single occasion.
Instead Of sending him to the gal
lows the people of Nevada sent him
TO the Senate Of the United States
1t is but fair to assume, however that
at that time few people knew of his
connection with the Smith case.
All the money he ever accumulated
was dishonesty obtained and seems
to have carried its curse with it from
one generation to another.
In the language Of the Cine Barns
The tears Of widows and orphans
was water on his Wheel"