The San Francisco call., 1906-10-31
Walker Lake Run Causes
Stray Bullets and Only
a Few Flesh Wounds
HORSES SUFFER AS
RESULT OF THE RUSH
Indian Chief Explains in
Broken English About
Certain Fractured Laws
By FrederIc w. Bishop.

By Frederic W. Bishop.
HAWTHORNE, Oct. 3o.-coroner A.
,. Mccarthy sat ia his ONCE today
waiting for something 10 turn up. oe-
caxienaIIy he yawned, stretched his
arms. looked at his watch and then
settled down again.
saSothing DOING he said, then ysvsn-
ed again.
But IL was only poor marksnanship
that deprived the Coroner of employ
ment. courier came into town this
morning and announced that the timely
interference of Deputy Sheriff Butler
saved william McGiirOy from death at
Dutchmans Creek MeGilroy was
among the first TO erect j monument
On one of the claims. During the night
his monument WIS thrown down, and
when he attempted 10 replace IL this
morning two men appeared armed
With WIrchesters and began TO shoot
IT him. Three shots had been fired
when Butler put in an appearance, and
the gun men took 10 flight.
For a moment last night the Coroner
cheered I'D when The sound Of shot.
ran< -tisreszEh- he-stEee1s- but easui
oTeroane hin again when Re found
that the buliets victim was a case for
court-pIsster and not for cofln.
Hoping 10 replenish their stock Of
canned goods. Frank Smith and Joe
Mitchell. local prospectors. went 10
afiller,s grocery Al a late hour and
tried the door. as the country was full
q desperadoes and the nerves Of all
on tension. Ben Hanley. clerk, who
was sleeping in the store. opened fire
without any preliminary announcement
~ his intentions A bullet ripped
across Smiths cheek, and accompanied
by Mitchell Smith sought safety in
hurried rush around the corner The
druggist repaired the damage while
ehe Coroner looked on with envy.
nATMED HORSES KILLED.
When the sun rose this morning il
found two new mining camps at
0uschmsns Creek and Cottonwood on
The west side OF walker Lake. The
ssddest spectacle was due 10 the con-
hopelesslv nzsned from their terrible
race over the rocks OF the canyon.
twenty OF them stood shivering
IN the cold morning air. Humanity
demanded that they be killed. and
without asking the right from any
mar oficiaIs began the work OF exc
cution. a score OF the suffering steeds
cliff and dirt and walls OF granite
thrown over them with charges OF
dynamite They are buried so deep
that they viii not prove menace 10
health OF the prospectors. nor can the
slouIking coyotes reach them through
the rocks that entomb them.
Along Dutchman's and Cottonwood
canyons tents stretch for half a mile
Several persons claim the townsite.
but II is prophesied that il viii not
be long before all viii be willing 10
-elfnquish their claims. II is the con-
sensus Of opinion that not more than
one or two mines ot any value viii be
uncovered IN that region. one thing
is certain. however, and that is that
the country win be thoroughly pros
pected before it is abandoned Many
people have already left the district,
but some 1900 remain and are doing
preliminary assessment work on their
claims.
SURVEYORS ARE BUSY.
Surveyors are busy already en-
desvoring 10 st-aighten ont the many
overlapping claims and running streets
for the new towns. The first paper
70 be recorded here. the clerical work
being done BY Miss Gladys Woods.
assistant recorder. covers the $50
acres OF placer locations and the town
site Of the Indiana Association al Cot
tonwood- The -lOcators are Joe Con-
pely. r c. Smith. Ulva Miller. John
Miller. Joseph Teplitz. CAME Jones. Joe
Russell and J. z. Teeter-
The silence Of the desert has fallen
over Hawthorne. abandoned by the
railroad. and seven miles from the.
station. al Thorne. II may liven up
tomorroE. but the opinion prevails
that II viii be months before develop
nents in the neighborhood viii have
their effect here Il may be that the
stimulation viii not come until late
next spring. after the SHOWS have come
conrsn.eS a, par. . f,os,,-,- i