Bisbee daily review., 1907-09-08
JADE WALKER TO MAKE FIGHT
 FUR VEKOL
Half Breed Daughter of John D, Walker Former Arizona Millionaire, Will Sue to Re- cover Famous Silver Mine,

l For the past five years a woman by
 the name of Jade Walker has been in | 2hject poverty in Tucson all this time i realizing, as she claims, that she is the only heir of a man who. upon his l death bed. willed her a half in,erest lCf an estate valued at almost Sl.UOG.- 1 O0O
 John D. Walker, the only million aire in Arizona in the early sos. is al. l legged to have been the woman's father and when he died thirteen yelrs ago in his home in San Francisco a con servative estimate placed the value of his estate at about $500, ,O0O---
 Jade Walker, the woman living in Tucson. is a half breed Cherokee In- dian, her mother, Walkers wife. be ing fullblOOded member of this tribe John D. Walker was the owner
 of the VekOl silver mine, located thir-
 ty-eight miles southwest of Casa
 Grande, in Pinal county, which was
 sold just few days ago for $25O.O
 to party in Alabama capitalists
 Hearing of the sale of this mine Miss
 Walker at once decided to take steps to secure her share of the money. and
 beyond doubt within the next few
 weeks, a suit will be filed in the dis trict court at Tucson to restrain the Dags brothers of Phoenix. who hold a mortgage upon the stock of the mine, from transferring the property to the southern men.
 The first 1 ever knew of the sale of the VekOl mine was when I read that a party of sOutherners had made a partial payment of SIO,OOO to A. J. i and R. E .Dags. of Phoenix. for the
 
 ed circumstances, but have friends | who will advance me the money to i make the legal fight for what is al i ready rightfulIy mine" says Miss | Walker.
 My father died thirteen years ago | in San Francisco and I have been in- | formed by people who know beyond a doubt, that shortly before he passed 1 away he made a will leaving one-half | Of his entire estate to me. It is my candid opinion, which I do not hesi- tate in expressing publicly, that an uncle of mine, who was present at fathers deathbed, destroyed the will. and set in d claim, together with an- other uncle, William Walker, for my fathers estate.
 T had no money. at that time to contest their claim. and, although there was some trouble over the set tlement Of the estate, I never received a cent NJ uncle, whom I belive to have destroyed the will, has been dead for some years and on his deathbed he expressed himself as willing to make fair and just settlement with me. The effort on lis part to make the reparation due me, however, was soon put an end to by the members 0f the family My other uncle, Will am Walker, who is at present living n California, then took over the es- ate and under his control it Is grad tally lessening. There still remains he Vekol mine, however, which is 'ightfully nine, and, if nothing pre- znnts in4A.az -tn-t talza- thn- mo far -tn ] sourt. in an endeavor to secure my 'ightful share of what remains of my ather's one time vast estate"
 The VelIOl at one time was number <. d among the worlds greatest silver ! mines. and it is estimated that over : i5, ,000,00 has ben taken from it. | There are over twenty miles of un- workings in the mine. After he mine was turned over to John Walkers brother a considerable sum !. if money was loaned on it by the | JdSSS DIOltlSIS Dl TAOtulA, anu they ! inally, in default of payment, took 5 'ossession of the mine.
 Recently the mine was sold to a iarty of southerners, and the first Iayment of s10,O00 was made. The [ ext payment is not made for several 2 ears, according to the contract. and ; D the meantime Jade Walker intends a aking the matter into court. Accord . ag to her statement. she is really the ' wner of the VekoI, and If she can . rove her identity, which she claims | he can easily do. some kind of set lement will have to be made with her ! order to gain her consent to the Q ale of the property.
 John D. Walker, her father, was one Q the first settlers in Florence, Ari- ' 0na, and for several years owned 2