Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1911-03-02
STEALS ORE At
HAzEN, CACHED
At LOvEL0CK

Stealing about $4,000 worth of
high grade ore from the Western
Ore Purchasing Company of Hazen,
hiring the Fall,A Constable to trans
port it by auto to Lovelock, and
then taking the ore out to Trinity
where he placed IL in the keeping of
w. II. Hooper, h, II quiet manner, al
then when the ficers had got wind
OF the affair, making successful
escape, was the emarkable escapade
OF C. l.. Hammo nd, former saloon
keeper in Seya Troughs, and the
man whom T. 1. Carter committed
an assault Will intent to kill upon
Hammond did the job in such a
smooth manner that both the Fal-
Ion Constable III d Mr.. Hooper were
entirely unawar OF its crooked ma
work of com = crate of Hammond =
gave the theft way that those who
lad unwittingly had hand in the
matter realized What was up.
The Churchill Eagle contains a
full account 81 the theft and it is
produced in lis entirety following:
A case of higA grading has caused
somewhat OF o. .nsation in this com
unity. About t5o weeks ago two
men. G. l.. Ha I'M nond and Frank Pro
ma came here from Lovelock and
talked OF stal'ti & moving picture
show. SubseIW mt events make ii
appear that the were in the NOV
ing ore busiIles'.
While here they hired a team and
drcve 10 Hai en- where they took
five sacks OF ii gh grade mat from
the sampling works and brought the
loot to Fallen. placing II under
long culvert be' ween town and the
depot. Ham pond secured Jim Loft
house to take him and his belonging
to Love,ock, Hs nmond paying 500
for the auto ser ice.
few days Is ter, another man by
the name of Albert Lindsay appear
ed in Failon AM hiring team got
city Marshall N. Il. Sanford and
Constable Ralph dollhouse to accom-
pany him II ! azen for another
batch of h! gh grade. When they
reached Hazon The ore or mat was
not where Lind iay expected to find
it, ad he had t. go to cabin and
make inquiry, which brought forth
the desired inf ,rmation Lindsay
then took Sanf, ri direct to a box
car andrea kin; the seal removed
four sacks ,f Lat waybilled from
the Western Ore Purchasing Co. lat
Hazen to the s. ilby Smelling Works
at San Fra1. .cisto. 1t was Lindsays
pla when having Fallon to go to
to Reno but the officers persuaded
him that detect ON would follow and
he consented &c come back to Fall
on with it, Upon their arrival. here
Lindsay was pk ced under arrest by
Constable l.oftt ouse and lodged in
jail. The mat was deposited in the
Churchill Cousy Bank for safe
Keeping. 1t is said to be worth
$500 per aack. represcting some
$1,000.
Superinteno,s Manson of the
Si.mplig Works accompanied by the
constable and Marshall Sanford
went to L,veh tx in search of the
five sacks taken over by auto and
secured the eni re lot about 20 mil
os beyond l.ovelock. 1t was Sunday
and the orr, was placed in charge of
Constable Wolf. having first been
carefully sealed and marked.
Mr.. Lofthousa left the high road
some IL miles This side of Lovelock,
his auto having broke down. Ham,
mond went to Lovelock Livery Sta
BILE and SECURING a team and driver
took the treasure about 20 miles
beyond that town. When the Off
GERS went after 1t they found 1t was
not where Lofthouse had left it.
They found the man who had drove
the team and h., told them of the
assayer in who's , charge it was left.
Going by nuto sas assayer, he
without hasltati )n took them to the
place where tb> five sacks of mat
were conce aled saying 1t was left in
his care. Cons able Wolf accompan-
led Sanford, LIGHTHOUSE and Mason
in the search for the treasure.
1t seems thai none of the men to
whom Hammond entrusted his job
made any pref ense of keeping the