The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-03

] iNfH- Istt hh-it sAfrA alfAfA h4AtttL4tH AZ. N.AJ1
odds and End ot tfurrent WORK otasEE9S2
made ready TO lethe Tor @'risco. saSaN3
overland carried hitu west that Mi!stsSls:s
and three days iattgr he landed lm,SaL0'
American Paris" lie had aeen eAh.Ol
before on numerout occasions. ha@l oAl
number OF good friNuds, and spenisS uGOl
first evening JUST looking aros9nnte5|
Frisco always mae a large fioaYsAIsl
population OF the liNht fingered ge.kls.sh1
ana Cheney went IL the hall of 1EMs:s
tice. looked over the gallery. j@sENSSN
with the city force without reveatNiIgs,
lis mission. and. arser a trip threlIg.Mll
Chinatown. went to the Palace and Ml;lsaNl
a good nights sleep.
He was cordially received at the E.l3MG
the next morning. Fitzgerald, the SUE
perintendent, had not as W; been sNs]
formed regarding the Mexican @l4GsS9l
there on business,
"~Fitzgcrald,' said Cheney. after @sD]
usua. salutations had been eNchangySA
Il want to sec a list of your die elMss
ters.'
Not much of a li.lt. colonel. Es1;a0|
see. there's only four of them-eaeMG1
ley, Stearns, Ritchie and evans"
Who cuts the die for silver &sNa
lars2"
"Ritchie."
is he all right"
Yes, as straight as n die. Been Nero
about two years. Makes $500 per MgsE.
married. lives over in Berkeley. aHa rs
9 good. useful citizen"
The other three: how about tNp.N5Sf29
All good men and old-timers. NMA
youngest of them. Richie. has E@sM
here seven years. and GaMglaN aI.SI
Stearns both have been here over t1N.s
years.
Cheney handed Fitzserald one of .yh0,
Mexican ones, What do you think OF
that coin. F'itz% FITZGERALD eNpmiNE@
Looks good to me. cheney"
Cheney then told n mn how X WINS,
discovered and what lie suspeotoed.
FITZGERALD took down a record tw@Is
and studied il carefullu for y; motmIS,Nt.
AID then said.
n am p~ositiye none Of my die ca,,ls
ters did that work. About three vts5s;s,
AFRO there was a die c,,ter v,rk IA IN,
this mint by the name of Kuhn-s5:.,JIi
Kuhn. He was a high class worlSmESIM,
but rather uncertain III his hahit3t J5
reraer,bar rightly be drank ,.o.a nv:
less. and Two 'S yaays b. Hid ba w ,a9'% 55,f -,
charged."
Did he cut dies for silver ones8ss
"Oh. YES. Kuhn was. an artist I:5ra
could cut a die for any coin. He .NS5
PARTED quite well." "
know what berar,A of him a.Sxrs
lie left here"
NO. / don't. l heard he Went EG.Ns
t, his Old home in ~lIarheiin, GerMsNsNe5
1t was said he came from a Very 5000
family"
After n little further conversatsi.41
Cheney left. promising 20 let FitzgelSpkl
know in case anything. came up. lWs
soon as Cheney got down town M9
cablea to his correspondent in BclSNtN.,
Germany. asking for definite infoId.gfs,
iion of l.lnil Kuhn, of Mannheim. che
ney's organization wa$ so perfect he
had CORRESPONDENTS in a.ll the EuroaAsa
Asarif1le l.. lic .AsArt, mind ln ,-.t. tr.cy,-
hdent i<uhn had a hand in floating Nh@
Mexican ones. TO max, sure, he detsI;=
mined To run him down, il he was @1
Garth. lie wrote Cronin in Chicago
what had been done and what his sUss
picions We're. Theu he waited. MaMs
helm was some distance from RerliiN,
and II was three days later when he res
eelvei a Gahie. saylnS;
Ein l>uhn We'll Known In MlaMl=
rem. came BACK 'her'. two years at65G:
ana vas lmaffled 10 :iaGShter or the
> nuishe.. ttellIh prose shnftly atiss's
/ MaI@s 49,. ip a, 49,, 4. a'ai 49, 1870. .ssss
/ M he va ii,i,,, ~ Ins os ~ ~ a"d r esstt
!e ~ .iN'l"i II. =, 5tssigS alo ps'NNNs,
i - la,tnahT io1 = .iS nv, rus WE ssll
~ m = Na'ai sNpee'3 10 le'lsa
' ~ @'.l...l.s 'p't"s' fie'i'ii EYE
4 -. .
Pretty ashnl.e ih~fornaatlon that
n1uttered cheney. He wired Cronin te
= -
t angeles, as soon as possible, and the
owl tfaE4 on ,he southern paeitt'
g that ilsht earned cheney on his way
spuih. ne population OF Los Angeles
e az az w ~. ~ . IVA osett.oua erpMs
!, 49, n,n la.1 ,'' 49, - ail.lS
!. s 80 W." - ia, s 1870 !. Dl attlsts
! 49, c3,w ~ as a.,"arns "a ~ ~
IN al $50 III a,ri,.,1 ,ba :. ~ u.s
,, i ~ - ~, ~, 80 ~ 1891 ~
co,jd he find. There was a ,,er,n n
artist pauaed Buehlow. but he was mar
ricl and as Kuhn M 4 a Wife in Eu.
rope. Cheney hardly Thought R,,eblov
and Kuhn could be one,
s Two DAYS later Crorrin came in from
n Chicago. and cheney told him all tha'
: had TRANSFERRED since they parted CON,
,,any
..,-ar, i,,aras+inr C,o, -
: ;. ca,9,,a. 80 w
nntbing ya,.v 1eani,a vow w. ~
d r,n,, Ga,n,anv ,.a, ~. ,nav ra $500
o ,|ear s,,tbentiro ~ W. A'N
n ..u 49, c.
=. M flsh.. .io,lii.' %aNll ana doub
= you VIII w, hnu" NUM- !
we man w ":''tV, 'tAu 1 KNOW NUM-
Is Ilshl mere IN LOS angeles. Sine
- l Wren you W VIII i nave .SCeTlalle'