Arizona republican., 1909-04-26
"A M|SSPENT
 EXISTENCE. The Cases of Si|vePI0Ck and
 GO|dIGdf THE MYSTERIOUS MINERS Their Excentricities at Last Took the Form of Plain Insanity and Complaints Were Made A Against Them.
THE MYSTERIOUS MINERS

No more sorrowful case has come to the notice of the Mesa authorities in years than that of Charles Silverlock and A Goldleaf who were taken to Phoenix yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Jeff Adams, on complaint of Constable Burton to the effect that they were fn- sane.
 The story of the life of SilverlCck is stranger than fiction. Fifteen voars ago or thereabouts, he came to Mesa from Montana, where he was a sue cessful rancher and had in his posse sion a sum aggregating over fifteen thousand dollars. From here ne drifted to the hills to the east of here and be- gan mining. He followed the Gecep- tive ledge always thinking that for tune lay just ahead until he elicited Goldleaf in his cause and the two worked in conjunction.
 Not a good many years ago rumOrs began to come down out of the hills that there was something mysterious about the pair. They were very cor dial at all times only when visitors desired to see their claims They evil dently imagined that they had gold in abundance if they could only get to it. Silverlock sunk all his small fortune and was staked to different sums by Mesa residents until it is estimated that he has spent a fortune aggregat- ing S20,000 in the hills to the east of here However Silverlock as a general thing spent his money in Mesa and on several occasions in the many years he was a resident of the hills. took num- bers of people from here to his mines.
 Thirteen and a half months ago the two miners came to Mesa where they have since been. Goldleaf is nearly blind as the result of an explosion while blasting in the mines. When the two men reached Mesa they were out of money. They were acquaintances of Phil Nets as they are of many of the Mesa older citizens and he gave them permission to put their wagon and camping outfit in his barn. He however soon sold the barn to com pany represented by pr. Chandler. who left the two men undisturbed in the barn The building was used for a storage depot while the Chandler building was being erected.
 The men lived on an allowance from the council for a time but when they were asked to go to the county farm they became indignant and talked very independently. They seemed harmless and were not molested until a few days ago when their mania took a more pronounced viciousness and Silverlock went before Justice Irwin and wanted to swear out a warrant for Dr. Chan dler, who he claims has been trying to electrocute him. The justice hu- mored the whim and he was finally persuaded to go back to his bunk. Saturday night he became violent again and drew a gun on Thomas Jewell, a workingman, who is sleeping in the barn. Jewell saw the man crawling around on the floor with his gun in hand and he lost little time in getting new quarters.
 Just how the two men have man aged to live is a matter of considerable l They have never begged | to any extent and it is certain that they have not secured enough from their efforts to keep any one alive | The case is a very peculiar one is | arousing considerable attention