Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-09-23
QUITS BARSTOW FOR
DEATH VALLEY MINE

WIZ ~ 3R0fff WIN WYE
TRAM or SUPPLIES AND SEW
ERAL GUARDS, oEFiEs ANY
ONE TO FOLLOW HIM.
After busy period covering many
weeks OF packing aud silling-Wal'e
Scott % Death Valley. % once more
on the desert eu route 20 hts famous
mine. says q dispatch from narHtow
estod September IS.
Il speaks we'll for the cowboy Croe-
sns that after all the talk that has
been circulated about tins mine, the
public IL as much IN the dark as ever.
scotty IA an estomporanoous talker---
up 20 q certain point. Just when he
seems TO be about 10 give np some
really interesting information regard
ing the source OF his wealth. Sco'y
cerks up. and from that time on n
clam would be a rnrrulous and loose.
tonguod bird beside the man who rode
the Coyote special.
But he has departed from BarstoW
en- route for the desert. and with him
went four strong men With long-fange
guns
10 was pointed out TO scolly that
various sure-thing sharks we're pre-
pairing 10 follow him at a safe dis
lance and trail him 10 the finish
is that SOY" asked Scotty, Interest
cd NJ once. How many times DO
you suppose ! have made this trlpl
How many times have men tried to fol
low meG How many al them have
succeeded? Figure the dope, son
/ figure the Dope I reckon this outhl
I've got "a 81 lerai a. good as ! 20 ~
against these pikcrs around here
Pike my pack trainl Amt she sure
OF the gooda2 Nothing but the besi
goesl lamp them mules oyeri Nv
cry one OF them nno and al aa a hd
| die. and they can hump along all day
and all night, too. II necessary. Al
i've got 10 say that n any Of these
buns try 20 follow me they'll surel,
know they've been travelling som'
/ before I'm done with 'em. The dos
crit. Man. know every foot Of ~
I've been over II too often. II tnes'
/ fellows try 10 tack onto this caravan
/ IN make 'om hotfoot & TO keep II
sight OF my smokel
And suppose they try TO jump us
What DO You think I've got these guy
| wiki the long.range rifles fort A rift
like that costs a heap Of money, an'
II u comos 10 hght--woli," and tn
Pearl OF the Desert patted a 45-9l
cannon affectionately. "therell DO do
lngs, that's ali.
mo, ther Amt any truth In all thu
talk about nae shooting all OF then
prospectors out on the desert II yol
listen long enough you'll hear that
am everything. from a Wells Farg
robber 10 a regular, up 20 date Blue
beard. Don't believe all you heat
All claim for myself Is that IN
. plenty able 10 protect my game an
way she breaks. I'm the most poacea
BILE guy that ever toted n gun.
don't 60 out looking Tor grlef, but
any body thinks III run from trouble
let EN- try me-"
And the Scott caravan IN certalnl
equipped for war. Three quiet l0ol
Ing cowpunchers-the type Of ma
who never shoots unless he has q
and seldom shoots Ia yaln--form th
= hodyEuard. scott himself. Is an e.
pert with either rifle or revolver, an
. Il IL his pride TO clip silver dollars
the air with bis new automatic pi
, tOl, which shoots twelve times insid
4 OF Ave seconds
This is the nrst time that Scot eve
took en- sscort with him. Il real
!. proves that he believes there viii !
an ef0rt made 20 trap him on Oh
A trip 90 the mine.
Some clumsy sucker shot a ma
I from under me the last time ! can
. in" said Scott, resontfuiiy. "Mayi
he was trying 20 get me, but he "a
talnly was 4 cuHsed poor shot ID
he done for tho mule. though, IN
! that mule was easy worth hundrs
4 and q quarter. II the same guy doi
/ any shooting this dime he'll have
l get the whole bunch OF as, hey 4
/, | lorsi"
J. And 30. near shutdown. scotty ~
4 his caravan tracked out Of barsto'
/. | and pointed their noses 10 the desert
viii there be hght before Scot
4 reaches the famous Funeral range
!. mountains?
r Syndicate Pays Bills.
[ A San Francisco dispatch says:
Q n asserted here on inside authori
J, that walter Scott has no mine, new
z dld have a mine and ~ not likely
The statement is made that he -
the pay Of a syndicate OF i.0s Angel
mine promoters, who have Tor the
}. sole purpose the constant agitation
bonanza stories which will keep q
r mining stock maiiei esclted.
= II Is asserted that this party OF q
q orators keeps Scott supplied vi
& money, and on the strength Of Il
" advertising they set for their pro
y critics through him, they profit mai
Y. times more than the few thOuaal
y they stake him 20.