Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17

field, Diamondheld. Manhattan and
Wonder.
The life Of Diamondheld Jack is one
Of romantic adventure, full Of the
thrills that have led many a boy to
whet up the family carving knife sell
old iron, and with the proceeds buy a
small muzzle-loading pistol and thus
equipped start for the plains to kill and
scalp the wild, untamed red man, and
do few other terrifying little stunts,
by which to emblazon his name on the
pages of fame
A Soldier Of Fortune
Diamondheld Jack is essentially a
soldier of fortune, and his exploits
have figured prominently in the maxi
ing of history on two continents. Yet
today he Is the practical, safe-to-follow
mining man of Goldfeld, for not one
of the vast number of claims located
by him has proved a dead one" but
all that have been developed have come
through good and strong and have
made money not only for the subject of
this sketch, but those who allied
themselves with him. His title comes
to him naturally through his discovery
Of the Dlamondheld district of Cold
field. To describe 1t is only to say:
Every developed property is paying,
and paying dig. That is sufficient.
It's the man we are writing about
and his personality and deeds of dar-
ing as we'll as his discovery of rich
mining territory are well worthy of
a better pen.
He was born in Virginia, Of sturdy
stock, but his disposition was not in
sympathy with pastoral wales. lowing
cattle and the humdrum life of tho
old civilization, and he eagerly ac-
cepted the advice of Horace Greeley
came west to grow UP with the coun-
try-and during his wanderings has
made his impress upon the sections of
country upon witch he has pitched
his tent. His life--who could write
1t with fidelity to the dramatic details
that go to make up a story of truth
not rivaled by any work of romantic
fiction in which the hair-rasing feat
ures predominate?
Lived In Texas
We will pass over his early days and
discover him on the plains of western
Texas punching" cattle, q master
hand in the roundup and a still more
dextrous man when it came to hand
ling a gun, no matter of what. style
or size. He was active in the border
wars and as the leader of band of
rangers" made miserable, or rather,
put out the lights" of horde Of
bad men" that harassed the herds
and frequently made dauntless cow
boy bite the dust. In this campaign
he cut several notches on the butt of
his gun-"lest he forget"
When the strife ceased in Texas he
next went to Central America and was
there engaged as an active participant
in several revolutions-that are every
day occurrences in the life of the
people of that part of the world. In
deed it has been said that unless a
man in that section could breed two
or three revolutions before breakfast
he could not hope for recognition
among his fellows. When Castro was
having all the trouble he was looking
for in getting through" to the presi-
dency of the Venezuelan republic Dia-
mondfield Jack was his chief lieuten-
ant and when all of his other leaders
were wounded or too ill to aid him
Jack" was there, to use a term of
the day, with the big mitt," and TO
his remarkable generalship is attribut-
ed Castro's success in the final battle
of the war in which he snatched VIC
tory from defeat and placed Castro
in the chair.
Back to the States
During his journey back to the States
he was for some time in Old Mexico,
where, in defense of those who appealed