The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-05-14

vast amount of trouble was taken
from the safe and carefully read. 1t
was dated 20 years before the time
OF this story. The handwriting was
bold and plain. The following were
the contents in full:
AGREEMENT BETWEEN JOHN T.
WRIGHT AND JAMES FRANKLIN.
John T. Wright has this day made the
Following transfers of property with the
suDJoined understanding with James
FRANKLIN: The Wright homestead. 500
acres, all improvements. The Magnolia
plantation. 1000 acres, in parish.
Louisiana. The Coahoma plantation. s.
$40 acres, in Mississippi. The Queen City
plantation, 1850 acres. in Arkansas A
lot on Maine and Boulevard in the city
| or Nilus, SO by 150 feet. A lot on Linden
street, near the Bayou, 100 by 200 feet
| lot on Front row, near Madison, 40 by
100 feet with improvements. All to the
| Shelby Real Estate and Investment COM
| pany. A tract OF land in Young county
! Texas, 6,957 acres. to the Shelby County
Real Estate and Investment company.
| A tract of land in - county, Colorado.
! 5000 acres. To the Diamond Mining com
pany of Denver, Col
These transfers are made to protect
the said John T. Wright from sundry
suits at law. which threaten to grow
out OF the difficulty that terminated in
the death OF jeremiah Baxter at the
hands OF the said Wright. Regretting as
he does the necessity OF taking human
life, the said Wright is not willing that
his estate shall be sacrificed and the
welfare of his family jeoparded; and
these transfers are made with the dis
tinct understanding that whenever the
said Wright desires to revest these vari-
Gus properties in his own name the said
James Franklin will take steps to at
once turn over all the papers with which
he is intrusted, and that he will at once
secure said Wright in the possession of
his property. The consideration alleged
In these various deeds was never paid
over. James Franklin binds himself a
man Of honor and friend of John t.
Wright to faithfully fulfill the terms Of
this agreement whenever the said Wright
so desires. JOHN T. WRIGHT.
JAMES FRANKLIN.
That is certainly one of the most
remarkable documents that it has
ever been my fortune to consider"
said the lawyer, his keen eyes snap
ping with relish for a novelty in le-
gal literature. Have you any idea
what the paper is worth?''
81 should say two or three hundred
thousand dollars" said Irving.
'It is nearer ten or twelve mil
IONS" declared the lawyer.
Irving's eyes betrayed dazed sur
prise as he gaspingly repeated the
words after Mr.. Everett. The latter
smiled and said: 81 haven't the
slightest doubt that Frederick Meri
vale would give at least 100000 fol
the rights secured in the Wright es
tate by this paper"
"But-how can it be?" asked Irving
in whisper.
Before i explain this part, let M
tell you this; that the Shelby Count.
Real Estate e. Investment compan
and the Diamond Mining company o
Colorado are virtually and PRACTICAL
: James Franklin. These facts wer
+; discovered by Fenton, who at m
e suggestion has examined the record
in the registers office, and learne
= the exact state of the case. 1t wa
easy sailing about the real estat
e company, but the facts concernin
the mining company were harder
p get at. 1t became necessary to hay
N a thorough investigation, and wit
"a this end in view Fenton went to Col
RADIO and there he soon learned thu
II the local incorporators in the Dl
G mond Mining company were duI
of mics, and that James Franklin own'
large proportion of the stoc
lie These two companies were evident
M created by Wright and Franklin 1
de the purpose of more thoroughly co
ity cealing the real nature of the trar
He fers made. Fenton paid visit
lie the Colorado tract of land, and
re- nroyed to be in the heart of ri
M mining section. Originally Wrig
he had bought it for a song and h
looked upon it as a very inditfere
ZEN speculation; but in 20 years gre
in changes have been wrought, mines
/ a vast richness have been worked,
ian now it turns out that the eyes OF
nix the gold diggers in Colorado
ray turned greedily toward this tract
os- land situated among the hills.
ing the northeast of the tract vt
hat successful mine has been conduct
ght for number of years. Recently
IoW vein of ore became rlchel anu -
in until finally it ran dead against
it's mendous wall of solid sandsto
the which some upheaval of nature
i'm. thrust into the precious vein-
we'd DAYS and days the miners sought
red discover the broken thread, but
Ible vain, until an old fellow who ow,
ter "dog" came along. The dog
ons some kind of mystic apparatus WIN
ed; will indicate the whereabouts OF g
'me lust as the witch-hazel is said TO pc
out subterranean stream OF wa
of Wen, this old fellow climbed over
now great wall of sandstone into TO
ling reach of land; and as he was GO
snts about with his dog" he soon
ish- covered violent symptoms, as IL W
sert of gold. The vein was continued Y
annsrentIy double richness on