The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-10-08

tradition papers had been procured by
creditors of his in the east in support
Of criminal charge of embezzlement,
and he was taken east for trial.
How much the conspirators had had
to do with this kidnapping the partners
did not know except that Lyle had in
formed Springer as to the telegram
and had kept the matter a secret, so
that Springer's arrest. which occurred
at night when no one was at the sta
ton who knew him, did not become
known
Fortunately Morehead had not let
Seymour know that he suspected him
and his two pals of having Matched a
plot against him, and Springer had not
since his return seen either of the
three. Springer had been detained
some time in the east, during which
he had made an arrangement with his
creditors. He had written his partner,
and the conspirators had been on the
watch for a letter from him and inter
cepted it. Had Morehead consented
to the sale of his interest in the mine,
which was two-thlrds of the whole, the
plot would have succeeded His re-
fusal had placed the plotters in a po-
sition that grew more hazardous every
day
And yet. now that their plan had
been frustrated. the partners saw the
futility of proving it against them.
They decided not to take advantage
of the law to obtain redress, but to
achieve their revenge themselves and
by concealed methods.
Morehead was set at liberty without
any prolonged legal process. He was
permitted to go without even the form
of pardon. He wrote note to Sey-
mour thanking him for his kind offer
of relief when he was in trouble, and
Springer spoke of his partners arrest
and accusation as a mtstake-a mis-
take that had nearly cost Springer his
life. So interested was Morehead in
securing the vengeance he was de-
termined on that he played his game
with remarkable naturalness, and so
far as Springer was concerned all he had
to do was to say as little as possible.
One day Springer went to Seymour
and told him that they needed a little
capital in order to proceed in the de-
velopment Of their mine If he would
like to invest a little money or had
any friends that would like to do so
he and Morehead would be glad to
take them in. Seymour bit at the
hook, and Springer, who knew by this
time who were his accomplices In the
plot that had nearly cost Morehead
his life, felt sure that Miller and Lyle
would be taken into the investment
and on the ground floor"
1t was finally arranged that Seymour
and the other two should visit the
mine at night, since the partners ex-
pressed a fear that some outsider
might get wind of what the property
was producing.
On the appointed evening the three
accomplices visited the cabin Of the
partners and were shown some speci-
mems Of ore that they were told had
recently been taken out of the mine.
These Jumps were so rich in gold that
they made the would be purchasers
eyes turn green with covetousness.
Then Springer offered to take them
into the mine and show them ore not
yet detached that would correspond
perfectly with the specimens they had
inspected.
All five proceeded to the mine and
went down into it. Springer carried
a candle. which he lit at the entrance.
When they reached the bottom of the
mine the candle went out. Whether it
was blown out or extinguished by a
draft is not known A few moments
later Springer dashed by Morehead.
who gave post a blow with an ak
and let down dozen tons of earth.
The next day the partners reported
that they had lost their mine by its
eaving in, but that it had turned out
to be worthless, so 1t didn't matter.
That was the last that was seen of the
partners in that region, and they were
never heard of in any other. Three
men were noticed to be missing, but
they were not sufficiently identified
with the community for their disap-
pearance to cause any especial COM
ment. The Morehead-Springer mine
cave-in still remains monument to
q case of covetousness wherein there
was nothing to coveted.