The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-01-06

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GOldfeld.
Lumber is scarce and the people nre
living in tents. In the spring, when the
time for people to visit the camp. There
is much pneumonia, smallpox and diph-
iberia there now. l am just recovering
| from a severe attack Of pneumonia my
self and left the camp under my physi-
clans orders"
Several others arri -ed from Goldfield
today and confirm Mr.. Murphy's state
ment. These persons say there is a reg
ular exodus from the camp, due to the
bad conditions.
1t takes no great amount of perspica-
city to see that the articles above are
part of stock jobbing scheme and that
some broker or others interested in
"bearing" the quotations on Gohheld
stocks are the leading conspirators in
the fiendish plot which, while it cannot
hurt but temporarily Goldfeld or the
stocks of legitimate companies operating
here, has caused intense worry and
mental anguish to those on the outside
who have relatives or friends in this
district
When the first article appeared much
speculation was INDUCED in as to who
was the correspondent who had lent
himself to the furtherance OF the stock
jobbing scheme. When the last article
reproduced above appeared there was
no longer doubt in the minds OF those
who knew the facts of his recent visit
here that the author was Fitzgerald
Murphy.
Murphy is man brilliant, yet erratic,
who has had varied career as actor,
playwright, politician and spellbinder.
He arrived in Goldfeld about two
months ago financially broke and physi-
cally sick as he freely acknowledged.
He told a story of how he had been
robbed and boycotted by the theatrical
trust, how even his wife had left him,
and that he had come to Goldield to
once more get start in life, working
from the ground up. Those TO whom,
he told the story, including Tim News,
sympathized with him and materially
assisted him to get the start he wanted.
Some few weeks later he announced
that Barton Pittman the mining
stock broker, was to open branch
Office on his arrival in camp and
that he (Murphy) expected to be man
ager of it. Later, when Pittman had
come and gone, he said that the branch
office would not be opened at present,
and that he didn't expect to get the
position OF manager if it did.
few days later Murphy came 70
The NEWS Office and said the Scripps
people had sent to him for ,O00-w Il
story on the camp and asked for data
on which to base the same. As the
Scripps people are supposed to deal only
in legitimate news, when it is news, the
statement that they had asked fora
general write-up sounded fishy, but peo-
pie in Goldfield are too busy to pay
much attention to other than their own
business.
around again, said the story had been
sent off and that in day or two ne eX-
pected a check in payment for the same,
WHICH WOULD PROVIDE HIM
WITH SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO EN-
ABLE HIM TO GO TO CALIFORNIA. =
AND SPEND SOME TIME DURING
WHICH HE EXPECTED TO DIS
POSE OF GOLDFIELD PROPERTIES
IF HE COULD SECURE OPTIONS
ON SAME.
Those who are posted ON the eOmpen
sation received for newspaper stories
know that the pay received for 1000
word story would not enable a man Ia,
travel far in a Pullman or stay hong
unless the pay was received from other
than the news agency, which is un-
doubtedly the case with Murphy's story,
And no one but one interested in
clearing" stocks would have any object
in paying for the publication of lies
about conditions in Goldfeld.
A number in San Francisco are known
to be selling some Goldfield stocks
"short"-that is, selling stocks which
they do not have, but which they ex-
pect to buy later at lower price and
deliver on the date when due. The dey-
ilish ingenuity of the perpetrator was
apparent when all the facts are shown.
The original dispatch had the niggerin