Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-08-15
EXPERTS NJ THAT.
OLD CAVE 10 A
MINE
Defense In Lost Spanish Bull
lion Case Is Attempting
to Prove That
Fact
CLAIMS DISC0vERER
WAS YAQUl INDIAN
Proposes to Show That It's Prop
erty Is Valuable and Not Mere
ly a Bait For Suckers
as Prosecution
Claimed.

Denver. Colo, August 15.-That
the "old Yaqui Indian mentioned IN
the Lost Bullion advertising as hav-
ing pointed out the Bear mountain
mine to George Du Bois is no fable
but a real living redskin is the con-
tention of the defense in the Lost
Bullion Spanish Mines company trial.
Herbert Rowlee, young white
man from Silver City, was put on the
stand for the government last week,
and testified that he was the original
of the "old Yaqui Indian" The de-
Tense takes issue with Mr.. Rowlee.
The defendants lawyers say they
will show that Rowlee is mistaken,
and that his claims to distinction as
a member of the fast-vanishing Yaqui
tribe are unfounded.
1--WE will show the existence of
lost Spanish mine on Bear noun
tain was actually disclosed to Mr..
Du Bois by an Indian declared c.
w. Franklin of counsel for the de-
fense this afternoon. '"The story told
in the advertising literature is ac-
curate."
The Lost Bullion lawyers say they
have not yet decided whether or not
they will produce the Yaqui Indian
as a witness. Mr.. Franklin said they
would probably not do so.
Defense Opens.
The government closed its case this
morning, and the defendants began
their fight for liberty. One witness
for the defense was put on the stand
before the noon recess This was
Professor Ernst Karl Lindemann, an
old mining engineer and explorer,
who has been all over the world.
Professor Lindemann, 1t is claim
ed built the first house in Denver
He came here in 1858. He said on
the stand this morning that he bull
tn 10
went to New Mexico in 1861 and built
smelter. He has travelled in Eu-
rope, Africa, South America and Aus
tralia. He discovered Lindemann lake
in Alaska. He now lives in Boulder.
The defense put Professor Linde-
mann on the stand to testify as to
his acquaintance with the Lost Bull
lion mine. He said he had visited
New Mexico in the SOS and again in
1873, after his travels in Africa.
Says It's Mine.
He told how an old man, James
Lucas, had told him. as far back as
1861, OF the legend of the old Span
ish mine in Bear mountain. At that
| time Lindemann searched, but he did
not uncover the bonanza. When II
was discovered, he went down ana
examined 1t.
II worked thirteen hours a day for
more than a week, examining that
|
| rate note of everything" Being shown
a map, he said that he had made 1t
and he pointed out the iron dikes,
the prophyry dikes and number OF
veins which the prosecution contends
\ do not exist.
He was still telling about this
examination when the court took its
noon recess.
From your examination is the mine
\ on Bear mountain an old Spanish
mine or a cave?' Attorney Franklin
asked the witness.
1T is an old Spanish mine," re-
piled Lindemann.
Before opening the case for the de-
PENDANTS the attorneys for the Lost
Bullion company made a motion to
dismiss the case. Judge Lewis over
ruled the motion, except as 1t ap-
piled to the conspiracy indictment
i against r. c. Hunt Danton Pinkus
and w. r. Cameron. He reserved his
/ decision on this part of the motion
until after all the testimony on both
sides had been presented.