Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-26
'sCOTTY" TELLS OF ATTACK I'm
ON HIMSELF.

in Rhyolite last night with the s,o,s
Of an attack made on him and ,wo
companions in the Businesses Of a..
Grapevine range of mountains which
in detail is one of tne most mysteriou,
episodes in the Death Valley man. p,
rccr He brought with him n hnuo,
which he says he cut from the back n,
sam jackson, one of his men. viii,
was fred from ambush by a member q,
the attacking party.
"Fivc nights ago." said "Sco,,, VI
1.-TWO men, well mounted, rode into
camp. welcomed them, fed them and
sent them away the following mornipc
apparently satisfied. They claimed o.
be looking for horses. On the Gam.
day ! sauntered out of camp on mulo.
back, and while riding along a canyon
heard the report of a rife and bulle,
whistled by my head. This wa, %,
lowed by fusillade, and lost no time
in breaking away MY mule was :,
little lame and I returned to eamp. tn,
following day, accompanied by Jack
son and an Indian, we came back down
the canyon. At noon, while we werc
preparing lunch, we saw man ridol
across the hill far above us. | waved
at him, but he did not reply. In few
minutes fire opened upon us from two
directions, and Jackson fell, shot,
through the right shoulder. The Indian
and I had sought cover with rife. iu
hand, but we could see no one a, which
to shoot. We could only hear the red
port Of the rifles and see the smoke
among the rocks up above.
81 saw that Jackson was suffering
and rushed out to his rescue. The bull
lets passed over my head al n rapid
rate. ! waved and shouted to the meu
to stop for Gods sake. They ceased
after ] had dragged Jackson TO cover
: The bullet passed through his rigid
shoulder and lodged under the skin ind
his back, and ! removed IL and staunchl
ed the wound. We carried Jackson in
to camp, about three miles distant. d
, left him there in charge Of the Indian
and went to Stovepipe Inn for alcoaOlI
"Thc men who did the shooting ard
the same who campcd with me a few
nights previous. I know them and will
have them arrested. They have beer
hired to make way with me by somd
New York parties. They have PERM
ancnt camps in the Panamints and hav1
7 been watching for a chance to get md
{ for some time. II is over an old matter
4. A few years ago some New York peOI
+. pie grubstaked me. They gave md
y $4,000. came into the valley and al
+. forwards returned for more money!
+. They refused to give it, saying thai
. there was nothing in the country,
Z Later, l returned to New York with
I large rolls of money and they then sus|
e pcctcd that had made big discovered
b. in Death Valley, and claimed an interest
e in my holdings. They have since bee1
), following me and keep men in the eOuu
try all Of the time, VINO are trying q
a locate my claims. Disappointed, they
G are now trying to put me ont Of thI
h way.
@ 81 did not fire single shot Neithe(
!, one of my men fred single shot. Th(
n other fellows fired twenty-five or Thrift
shots at us. could have killed M
@ man when / first saw him, but did MOI
d suspect that he intended to shoot. AZ
d ter he began shooting we could ncvtl
I get another chance AT him.
@ "lf I had not been handy with III
:. knife and had good idea Of amatcul
d surgery, Jackson would have died. IN
is badly hurt man, but am satshc|
he will recover"
l. "Scotty" came to Rhyolite to meet
New York party who came over frey
Goldfcld to see him. Bullfrog Mine1