Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-10

making wagers. A reply was sent to
Mr.. Scott saying that every effort
would be pledged to make The trip In
forty-eight hours. but no guarantee
could be made II steam ard steel
would hang together, the distance
would be covered in that time or less,
and as Scotty had to take the risk Of
bolts and rivets standing the terrific
strain, and the railway that OF landing
the equipment safely. the company
thought the chances were about equal.
Mr.. Scotty has two objects IN view
in making the journey. One Is bust.
ness matter, and the other is the in
tention of filing the Knickerbocker
bank OF New York so full Of money
that the vaults will bulge. A Mr..
Girard Is the president of the bank
and he is Scottys partner in the Col
conda that provides the famous
roll"
"Girard," said Scotty to friend
lately, "has been doing out a few
hundreds and thousands as | needed
them for some years, and | have paid
him back a dozen times over in his
profits. Now. I'm going to show him
that he's not so much. after all.
intend TO land in New York and go to
his blooming old bank. and then II
keep showing rolls Of money into the
teller's wicket until play them to a
standstill, I'll show them what going
some with money Is"
To make the distance of 2,264 miles
In forty-eight hours, Scotty's train
would have to travel an average Of
forty-seven and a fraction miles an
hour. That Is not considered by rail-
way men such a difficult task, as the
roadbed Is in excellent condition for
good time in most of the sections, and
there are long stretches where sixty
.ansa ganty mflss could be made.
1 N best westbound special train
eecord is that of the Lowe special In
1903, when the distance was made in
fifty hours and forty-eight minutes.
In race by father to see daughter
whose hours were numbered.
But the story of Scotty In New
York. Why, he would make Rookie
feller, George Gould and the other
coupon cutters pale into financial in
significance. and besides. none Of them
can drink champagne or smoke dollar
ino cigars in Scottys class.
Those who read Of Scotty's vagaries
may class him as simply a fool and
his money. but when you take look
into his keen eyes and study the CLINT
of them, with firm mouth and chin
that seems to speak challenge, the
thought occurs TO you that there Is
very possibly a method to what seems
his madness.
Anent Scotts claim that he was
robbed Of $4,000 in gold bullion
while on train nearing New York
Chief of Police Wallace Of Redlands,
recalls that about fifteen months ago
a stranger left that amount OF bullion
on deposit at the First National bank,
drew it out several months later. at
the time newspaper dispatches told
Of the robbery.
Chief Wallace says the fellow, when
pressed for an explanation of having
SO large an amount Of gold, told Of
mine out in the desert, which Is not
leBdIIy pdtcHtcu, dSO Vi spree III
the east during which he went broke
and also signed papers giving inter
ests in his mine.
Scott, for the Redlands officer be-
lieves the man to be the Death val
ley high roller, said that before long
he would make second trip to New
York to buy out these partners, who,
he has always feared, would some
day make him trouble.
While In Redlands Scott did not