Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-02-06

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occasion to go up the road past the
point where the battle Of the previous
night had taken place. Discovering
the body of the dead robber, who
proved to be the short man and was
known by the name of Jones, he pro
ceeded to search him, and in a belt
concealed under his clothing, found a
big wad Of ~greenbacks, containing, it
is said, about $40, 900. Continuing
his way he met parties to whom he
told his story of finding the body, and
by them the story was told to the
officials. The latter Immediately re-
paired to the scene, and in searching
the clothes of the robber, found a
memorandum book in one of the
pockets, and or one of the pages was
written the address of a house in San
Francisco which the officers at once
concluded to be either the home Of
the robber or the rendezvous of the
gang which had been holding up the
stages. Acting on this information
the express company's detectives in
San Francisco sought out the house
to which they had been directed, and
found nobody there, but the presence
of trunks, furniture, ETC., indicated
that the occupants we're only tempo
rarily absent. A search Of the
premises, however, was made and
evidence enough was found to deter
mine the vocation of the tenants.
Accordingly, the detectives lay in
wait, and in a few days in walked one
of their men. He was Immediately
apprehended, and proved to be a
character well-known in Bodie and
Aurora where he went by the
name of Sharp. He was brought
back to Nevada, placed in Jail and
finally remanded for trial, but the
evidence against him was purely cir
cumstantial, and Wells, Fargo & Co.
realizing that they could convict him
only with the assistance of the best
legal talent, employed the services of
Reddy, who after a determined fight
secured his conviction and had him
sent oyer the road for a long term of
years.
Immediately after the conviction
of Sharp, Wells, Fargo & Co. began
suit against Roberts for the recovery
of the money he had found on the
body of Jones. Meantime, Reddy
had put in a bill against the company
for So, 1000 for services in assisting in
the prosecution of Sharp. This the
company refused to pay, offering to
compromise for 50, 500. Reddy stead
tasty refused to take less than $4,000
either that or nothing. Both sides
became obdurate, with the result
that Reddy finally declared be would
take n%othing-he would make Wells,
Fargo & Co. a present of the entire
amount.
He then wrote to Roberts, Offering
to take up his case without charging
him a cent for his services. Later
the case came up in the district
court and Reddy won hands down.
About this time one of the company's
stages was robbed in Oregon. The
culprits were arrested and though
the evidence against them was strong,
Mr.. Reddy, without any fee, took up
their case and secured their acouit-
tai. He kept up this kind of warfare
on the express company whenever
the occasion presented itself, never
failing to secure the release of his
clients, and it necessitated the ex-
penditure of a large part of Reddy's
private fortune, but he was getting
even with the giant monopoly, and
that satisfied him. In all, it is said
he beat the company in at least
twenty of their cases, and though
the expense was enormous, for he
often received no pay for his work,
and attendance on the courts re-
CURED his iourneying to all parts Of
the coast, he never murmured, but
went about his task gaily and ener-
getically.
Till almost the day Of his death he
kept up the fight, and it was prob