The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-25
TIE EVENING STORY
BLUFFING An OUTLAW.

! d year DeIOIe Jose EaNafd put Al al
| appearance. He had been heard of,
| however. He was known as cattle
stealer, a claim-jumper and a general
| outlaw, and it was the popular beiief
that he stood in with the police. At
any rate, they had not fnterfered with
MS operations to any extent, and ne
/ walked the streets of the towns as Tree
as any other man. One day Jose APP
peared al the mine. He walked straight
| 10 the superintendent Office, and dom
ing his hat said;
Senior Barnes, I beg you to excuse
me. My name is Jose Favara- should
have called on you weeks ago, but have
been busy in other directions, 1 am now
here to do business with you"
Well what is your business?" querleu
the superintendent, although he had
pretty fair idea of it.
ITO arrange to draw my monthlv sal
airy. senor.''
For performing what services?i
For, leaving your mine in peace.
In other words you mean TO levy
tribute on us?o
The senior hits the nail on the head
at the first blow Ny terms are SzOU
per month in cash. I shall call for It
myself. If accepted you viii be under
my protection. If not
You viii make trouble for US?
The Senior Barnes hits the nail again.
like to do business with an Amefl-
cano''
Jose Favara was told that he would
have to wait a few days until his pro-
position could be submitted to the pres
ident and board of directors IN New
York. He was agreeable. He Went
away bowling and smiling, ana Mr.
Barnes sat down and wrote a letter
The proposition was eXtortion pure
and simple. The authorities could pc
/ appealed to, and would doubtless 90
, something. Nevertheless, the fact re
, manned that Jose was a bigger man IN
that district than the authorities. He
| could scare every peon out of the mine
| in two weeks. He couud capture every
mule and driver engaged in transporl-
ing the ore over the mountains. he
| could do lots of things to make the
situation unpleasant, and the super1n-
tendent recommended that monthly
salary be paid. He. added that SzOo
per month was dog cheap
The president and his board looked
r upon it as a rather funny case. but
followed the advice of MI Barnes
: From that time on, for two years, Jose
: F'avara regularly appeared on the 10Th
I of each month and received his sal
Z ary.' Twice during that time the
/ poems would have struck for higher
wages had he not appeared and
Threatened them with his vengeance
A Mexican lawyer discovered what ne
2 thought was a flaw in the title OF tins
New Yorker" and would have made
3 cost and trouble had not Jose sent min
word that he was after his scalp. II
was conceded that the outlaw earned
r his wage.
Things were going on satisfactorily
- when the old president died and Mr.
/ Goldsmith was elected in his place
I While the dividends were large, Mr.
Y Goldsmith wanted to increase them
: He saw a way to do it by looping of
Y and cutting down. A cut OF 10 per cen
l was made in wages and salaries, anc
the 5000 per month to Jose Favars
2 was cut off entirely.
: When Mr.. Barnes wrote that thl'
move would bring trouble, he was dl'
/ rected to arm his staff and fight. WheT
he asked for rifles a dozen old con
| demned Springfield muskets were SEM
him, but not a single cartridge. He
- wrote for cartridges, but was answered
( | that the president would soon take
S trip to Mexico in his private car, anc
would visit the mine and give further
instructions in person. AS a clothieI
< Mr.. Goldsmith had been known as a
2 hustler. AS president of a silver mine
he determined to be a hummer.
= Jose Favara called, as usual, on thu
| 10th of a certain month to be told tina
his salary was nix. He had been dis
| charged. Mr. Barnes entered into par
ticulars with him, even to stating thu
s probable date of the arrival of thu
S president. Jose was impassiVe and i'm
e perturbable. He smiled the same ok
= smiles and bowed the same old bows
l He knew he had earned his money. bu
| if he felt sore he gave no sign of it
+ He went away saying that he nigh
L call again, and things went on as usua
! for three weeks.
e Then President Goldsmith arrived
S It was twenty miles over to the rail
e road and he had to make this dis
| lance on the back of a burrO, but h
made it. He arrived at the mine at
e o'clock in the afternoon. At 6 tn
{ poems came up from the shaft and an
| nounced that there was a strike on
There were 400 of them. Next morn
ing Jose Favara appeared. He wanted
4 to know if his salary was to be re
= stored.
/ President Goldsmith hattered him
. self that he was d fighter. If not al
actual fighter, then he was goot
buffer. He had been blufing 70
- thirty years, and had the art dow
: pat. The miners might strike, and b.
= hanged to them. They might be on
e for week, but they would then b.
: tumbling over each other to get back
= AS for Jose Favara, he was an OUTLAW
= Ia blackmailer-an extortioner- No
: another cent should he draw from tn
treaury. If he made one little NOV
against the peace and harmony of tn
New Yorker the majesty of the Law
,. would be invoked and he would flint
- himself behind prison bars. He wa
talked to in the plainest English. M
Goldsmith talked in loud voice. H
conveyed the idea that he owned tn
earth When he had tired himsel
out and was taking rest, Jose quietl.
S asked
/. IAN I, then, to understand that m.
r services are no longer required2"
S "Of course you are.
"But about this striker
Il can settle it without your help.
And as to what 1 may do with m.
band ."
"Poofl Look here. my man, let m
e give YOU pointer: Don't come mon
t keying around here unless you ar
aching to get hurt. If the law won
!, protect US we viii protect ourselves
RI 10 vol1 savev?''
The outlaw did. He bowed and smiled
" and took his departure. 1t was a coIC
e bluff, and he meant to call it when tn,
1t proper time came.
do you think he viii try to make u
k trouble?" asked the president of tn.
Y sllperintendent when Jose had de
t parted.
Sure to