The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-20

Lake His years of confinement in
prison had left him -penniiess. \ few
days after reaching Salt Lake Davis
appeared jim Judge Powers office 90
ask for loan of enough money 10 take
him TO TOnOpah. New. where he in
tended to do some prospecting. Judge
Powers gave him the few dollars neces-
sary 70 take him to the mining camp,
with some sound advice as to his flu
ture conduct Davis left with the as
suTanee that he had abandoned forever
the wild life he had led in his earlier
years. Il will send this money back to
you as soon as / can was his parting
word
Struck 1t Rich in Nevada.
That was about two years ago I'm
I'll the day after election Judge Powers
heard nothing directly from Davis. But
Davis kept his promise Fortune
smiled upon him in Nevada. Ae one
OF the original lOcators OF famous
claims at Goldfield and DiamondfieId
h< secured large holdings i'm the camps
and is i'm fair way To become man
Of great wealth. He has given up his
gun fighting and hard ways Within
the past few months he has married
and is a leader of the law and order
element in the mining section where
he resides
Judge Powers had forgotten about
his loan A few weeks go a Salt Lake
mining man met the judge and re-
marked: We'll. Judge. 1 see the claim
in GOldfield is turning out 10 be DO
nanza. The remark was regarded as
jest. Judge Powers dismissed the re-
mark with a laugh and thought no
more of it.
On the morning of Nov. 9 Judge Pow
ers awOke to learn he had been de-
featcd in his race for congress. H
came down town to his office to find
awaiting him a letter that Informed
him of a gift that equaled in value the
salary of a congressman for two
years.
Surprise For Powers.
The letter was from the secretary Of
the Diamondfield Sold Mining com
pany who wrote in part as follows.
My Dear Sir: HEREWITH YOU win find
an order for 900 shares of the capital
stock of the Diamondfield Gold Min
ing company, which / promoted and in
ccrpOrted, Jack Davis, generally known
as Diamondfield Jack having been
the original owner of the claims He
handed me the enclosed order with the
request that | remit the same to you
accompanied by a statement that he
desired you to accept the same as a
small token of his esteem, involving no
obligations on your part. directly or in
directly. His original intention was to
have placed a much larger block with
YOU, but as he is promoting several
other companies, be decided to divide.
and undoubtedly at an early date Will
place block Of equal size in one or
more good companies with you.
This company owns three valuable
fractions. about thirty-hve acres in an
the Quartzite the Harvey and the
Daisy Fraction The Ieasers on the
Quartzite' have struck a very wide
high-grade ledge and have already
made four shipments Of ore The prop
erty promises to become a very vaIu-
able one.
The gift is strictly personal one
and at the request Of Jack convey the
order to YOU with his highest re-
CARDS"
Story of the Crime.
The shooting for which Davis was
thrice sentenced to death. was double
killing. committed in Cassia county.
Ida. near the Nevada state line on the
morning Of Feb. 4. 1896 The legal pro
ceedings ran through six years. The
case at one time reached the supreme
court of the United States and almost
attained the proportions Of a political
issue i'm the State Of Idaho
Two young Mormon boys named
Wilson and Cummings. who had been
herding sheep between Goose creek and
Deep creek near the dividing ridge i'm
the Shoshone basin of Idaho. were shot
and killed at their camp on the morning
named. TIE bodies were not found un-
Ill Feb. is, twelve days after the shoot
ing. II wac clearly proved that the
wounds. which caused death were not
self-inflicted. Wilson received one shot
in the back and another I'm the face
The latter struck his chin, ranged
downward through his chest. piercing
his right lung and his liver Cummings
was shot through the abdomen. and
probably lived several hours after re-
ceiving the wound The bodies were
found inside the camp wagon. where
Wilson had evidently been dragged and
covered by an overcoat by Cummings.