The copper era., 1903-11-05

foot. We lost our way and campeC
with the Navajos. Did they not ge
the letters? We got Navajo help and
found the place again, made all the
locations. We had a sweet time get
ting back, but we scratched up
these, and Arnold put in Bill Lent:
hands dirty handksrehi (which held
unwashed diamonds J.Aatl .9st in Cape
Town over five thoj IL dollars, and
shown the same dafSin Montgomery
street. were prone, need diamonds
without any doubt, isnFworth over ten
/ thousand, so you see had more talk
at the Poodle Dog AID drank more
stuff that fixed aud ext day l met
I Senator Sharon and he shook hands
and said, good morn lg Mr.. Slack,
/ how pleased | am To see you. "They
can do things quick in ihat city when
they want to. Professor Fannin was
in the city and Todd and Geo. Mou-
roe, and Arnold should take them out
there. We were then sure it was in
/ New Mexico and what Fanniu said
went and if it went. we were to give
up all holds and get six hundred
thousand dollars each. You see they
knews nothing about thirds. There
was Mrs Arnold's share. | could not
go as my foot hurt me. | got cold
in it, and it hurts some yet. They
gave me five-hundred dollar check
to eat on so | stayed. 1t took them
just six weeks TO get back aud Arnold
told me he thought it was alright, but
he did not know Monroe had cleaned
up an ant hill and found, three small
plant stones but Faunin had stripped
the hill side and shook out the grass
roots and dug up some cedars and
sacks full and it had gone 10 the
state laboratory where sure enough
they found what they call microscopic
diamond dust.
That same week we went to Jackson
Temples office and signed some papers
and were given credit in the Bank of
Cali 'ornia for six hundred thousand
dollars, the rest TO be paid in ninety
days and says Bob. l think the time
is up tomorrow. Monroe and survey
ing party started back and, >ow the
news was out arFr- rhd newspapers
knew more about it than l did. When
you go back read them. Arnold and |
divided up and he has gone to Ken
lucky to his wife. They were fixing
to go to France. | commenced buying
drafts on London and New York in a
quiet way and have done got them and
was only waiting for the other pay day
when all this has happened and l will
just tell you how l think it happened.
This expert business is not all its
all fooled on those rubies. You see
they got all kinds Of big bugs in on
their stock and Thornton the English
minister at Washington, got in. He
asked the Secretary OF State to have the
L. 5. Geological Survey look it up, SO
Fish sent Clarence King. After be got
there, off he rOared, a fake, and salted;
Monroe could hardly believe it still he
started for the bay and l met him
there the night he got in just three
weeks ago today, and after / had talk /
with him boarded the first steamer
for San Pedro. Did not care to wait |
for the Panama but III catch her al |
right now. Monroe, when | saw him /
still did not know what to think. He |
said though, that the day when King |
and his soldier escorts got there while /
they were making camp King strOlled !
to the further side of the gulch and .
he soon heard him call to his packers,
say bring me IA hammer, and be saw
him break an empty box that he found
there and then look at it with his
: slas7 and set down and laugh.
You know the boxes you packed? ?
Well Arnold had mace them in Cape
Town out of old packipg boxes and we
used them for seats at the fire. After
we emptied them 1 noticed marks in
side, l think l read Cape Town.
Arnold wanted 10 feed his horse, so
carried a box out to where he was
,taked to feed him scraps of breal and
oatmeal and sugar, AMI when we left
AMI burnt up everything else we plum
'orgot that box, and that expert with
mis- book learning found it and found
n the creuvices what he called, the
'ymptom OF a fraud.
These very thoughts made Us feel
'ad. still he had got bali his loaf, and
t was we'll sugared and the mescal
vas very soothing so next morning /
Did him this time last goodbye on 4
puck board for Cape St. Lucas, where ;
BOAT put off to board the Panama
teamer where connections in those
lays were made with the Antipodes.
A schooner took me to GUymas and
Arriala's big red freight wagon
.arried me to Tucson and there l read
he finish of the big diamond swindle.
Arnold had been arrested in Kentucky
With his wife and given up large :
um of money. Bob Slack could not
,e located. Messrs Lent, Sharon and
2alston had reimbursed those they
lad induced to take stock. Fannin was
lnder cloud, but Clarence King, L.
). expert had been found to be a
earned man. Z
The Hon. Robert Slack as he lived
o be called made his mark in Isles OF
he Southern Seas-ynu spe he had a