The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-17
WALTER SCOTT
CAUSES A STIR
Meteoric Career Of the Gold King
Talk of the Hour.
HE ENJOYS HIS MoToRIETY
TELLS INTERESTING STORIES OF
HIS EXPERIENCES.
(special to The Herald.)

Especial to The Heraid-)
Goldfield. New. July II. 19O5.-Strange
are the tales told of Walter Scott-"Goid
King they call him, and he seems to
like the name. His lavish throwing of
money in Los Angeles. followed by his
metoric dash to Chicago and his subse,,
quent career in that city. nave az
WhiIe ne rem remains there every eonceivable
sort of story is given as 10 who ne Is
and what he is doing
With the picturesqueness OF Death
Valley mine for backing, Scott looms
up a prominent figure in the public eye
and among those who knew MIN throws
reer than all the legends that are now
flying about in the east.
Light on Past Career.
Six years ago Scott first turned up in
dresses now, and he was fresh from the
Buffalo Bill show. For several years
he had been the star broneho buster
with Colonel w. F. COdy's Rough Rid
ers of the World Many a reader will
remember the daredevil who-risked his
life twice every day as the rider OF
of the best in the show, and Scott might
have been performing on the sawdust
to this day but for an unfortunate &C
cident. He put in an appearance just
five hours late at the opening of the
show in Madison Square garden, New
York. six years ago. The colonel took
]
response was in language too picturesque
to bear repetition, and ne left New York,
his face turned westward 1t was then
that he appeared in Los Angeles, but
without the remarkable roll of yellow
back notes for which he has since be
come famous.
Scott managed to beg a grub stake
and started out on The desert on pros
pecting trip. There were weary months
without success, Until ne reached Death
Valley, where. after almost perishing from
thirst. according 40 the tale he uiscov-
cred gold in quantities such as man never
state He took OuI asId PANIED sufficient
| gold TO pay his way 10 Los Angeles and
There was sut1ic.,I. for him to put up
at the Waldorf-A2toria for while, but
gay life made quick End Of his treasure
and when he was forced TO go to an OBJ.
SeTTe lodging hGusf h3St m ms f last =
ing of his mail and messages
Captures a Trust Company.
Scott had formed a bold plan during
his short heyday. when he had become
acquainted with an official of tho bnick-
| erbocker Trust company. In full COW
| pany's offices and demanded to see his
| man. The clerk, unaccustomed to such
peremptory methods admitted him al
4 once TO the presence of the official, who
started up in establishment.
| What does this mean? he asked, not
recognizing the cowboy as the one-tlme
| guest at the Waldorf.
! Just this SAID Scott, throwing upon
| richest gold mine in the world and In
| ready to sell u half interest for S100, 00t
| flat
/ But know nothing of gold mines" an
/ Swered the amazed banker never haC
/ an interest in one and couldn't think OF
! handling one
| ''AII / ask" said Scott. is; that you
/ have these specimens asSayed. Their
| you'll see and know, and you IL send ICI
| ms
out Of mere curiosity, or. perhaps i'm
/ pressed by the earnestneSS of his strange
! visitor. the banker sent the to al
| assayer the story goes. Two days later
/ a messenger was making rush hunt FOL
| the cowboy. The aSsayer had reported
! the orc to be half gold and the finest ht
| had ever seen Scott was found and the
| banker agreed to give him $500 as expenses
/ TO California, with authority TO draw Oh
| him up TO 5000 from the California Ma
I tional bank of Los Angeles.
! Experts employed by the trust company
| official to inspect the property gave Of
/ Tense to Scott. who sent them back tC
/ New York, no wiser than when they hao
| come, and the deal was off
Keeps His Secret Well.