Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1910-06-04
D|AM0NDF|ELD JACK DAVIS
An Appreciation of the Many Sterling Vir-
tues of One Whose Reputation
Is That of bad Man,

JACK DdNlS, WHO Is
well known to all the old timers of the
southern Nevada camps, arrived in Los
Angeles recently, after year or two
spent in old Mexico, The papers OF
that city are PLAYING him up in the
usual fashion and the following is taken
from the Los Angeles Times:
- Diamondfeld Jack Davis. the fa-
nous gun man. has returned to civil
ization from the wilds of Mexico, having
added to his long series of adventures
some exciting adventures with the
Yaquis.
when 'Diamondfeld Jack happens
to be in the hotel lobby, relating his ad-
ventures, YOU can't tear be l-boy away
from the bench with Chimes. war gong
He is real border character, compared
to whose feats the greatest rowing pic
ture hero is only a spoiled film.
He has been a cowpuncher, gun
man, a revolutionist. miner. million
aire, and has just come from fierce
Indian fight.
Nevada having grown too tame,
Davis went down the west coast OF Mex
leo. That he lad 'em was made evident
when he returned the other day with a
six-shooter in his back pocket aud two
derringers in his vest.
THE hotel corridors have been buzz
ing since with the story of his a1ven-
lures, as follows:
He was on his way, they say. to visit
one OF his new mining properties in an
isolated region of the coast. when the
Yaquis fell upon the party. They were
riding horses with pack animals when
the savages burst out upon them with
sudden and furious attack from ambush
Jack is an old border fit hter. Re
pulsing the first attack, he rapidly en-
trenched his little band. Indians and
erveracking siege of 'snipe shooting
Every time hand showed crack of
rifle answered
The white men were besieged for
two or three days of hot fighting The
fight ended amazingly, with tame and
astonishing, Why, howdy do, from
the redskins. 1t seems that Jack, some
time during his adventurous career, had
done the Yaqui chief a favor. When
the Yaquis came near enough to dis
tiuctiy see who the white men were,
Jack was recognized aud the fight was
called off ~
Since the time "Diamondfeld Jack"
Davis had the hangman's moose removed
from his neck, through the pardon of
Governor Hunt, he has frequently been
written up in the Sunday supplements
OF the city papers. Invariably he has
been pictured as a wild western bad
man" of the dime novel type, and is
generally credited with having from one
to twenty notches on his gun, each
notch standing for man he has killed.
As matter of fact Jack was charged
with the murder of two sheepherders in
Idaho, was convicted and sentenced to
~ hahSNAs ~ iS oaii lhht bHS lOuSS
had actually been placed about his neck
when the pardon from the governor ar
rived. There was bitter feeling between
the cattle and sheep men of Idaho, and
Governor Hunt became convinced that it
was physical impossibility for Davis to
have committed the murders at the time
and in the manner testified to- and upon
which testimony he was convicted.
Pressure was brought to bear, so Gov
ernor Hunt told the writer, to allow
Jack to be hanged ION general princi-
pies, but Hunt was not that kind of
man and he pardoned Davis as soon as
he was convinced of his innocence.
"Diamondheld Jack" Davis may be
the bad man" he has been painted,
but whether he is or not he has a mum.
ber of sterling virtues that might well
be emulated by many who pose as good
citizens and good men. The writer met
Jack frequently during the early days of
Goldheld and Tonopah and found him
courteous aud polite to an unusual de.