White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-23
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pany, told me that he thought 1t pos
sible thai his company might be In
duced to purchase the ground later, al
though at that time they were not s.ek'
ing additional territory. Since then the
land adjoining on the north and on III.
south has been acquired by the Com
mercial Coal so that the Mar
Tin tracts arc particularly valuable 10
the Black Diamond people.
81 made an agreement with old man
Martin and his son whereby each OF
them was to make "a homestead entry
of lGD acres; we had to finance them.
of course. 10 build their cabins and 10
clear and plant some OF the land 10
make a legal showing; We have been
paying them each $50 a month for siS
months in the year. while they were
living on their entries. and I also arr
ranged with Seldom 10 give them both
good jobs with the Black Diamond
Company. Their agreement provides
that they are to convey to me for $1,000
each as soon as patent Is issued"
But suppose they have got wise 20
the fact that this land is valuable 20
the Black Diamond people and refuse
20 Iced 10 YOU: What are YOU going ie
do That contract won't hold water;
it's Illegal" said Doolittle.
Il know tlIat. hut they don't re-
spondsd sharp. and Seldom has seen TO
IL tina his company has kept away
from them. Besides. ] know they are
anxious to come through, because old
nan Martin was asking me some days
ago II We Lad heard anything from the
patents. He wants to close tla deal
and go down 10 California sone place
with his son and buy a ranch; they are
10th an. Ious 10 quit taking chances
with their lives in a coal mine. Thcy
have no idea OF tic real value OF tae
land. Seldom has all the data regard
ing the coal deposits extending toward
this land and forwarded a complete r.
port to New York. lie h~as-agreed to
nut the deal through with his company
for a consideration. OF course: natu-
rally. we had TO take him In with Us.
I've fixed the price at $2s0,ooO. whica
seldom undertakes will be acceptable.
our outlay 10 the Martins. when We
have paid them on. and our loan. TO
cushman VIII foot up to something
ike $4,000 seldom IL To get sio.boo.
and you and 7 viii split the balance. as
YOU know"
Yes" said Hoolittle. and ! know
also that we've got TO be mighty eau
fioas In putting this deal through We
can't be knowr in the transaction. that
IS a certainty: we're attorneys for tie
Hack Diamond people and wen IN
dsubtedl, have to attend to all the legal
details at this end. such as eXamina-
ton OF the records. preparation OF tire
deeds and all that sort OF thing II they
eyer get ar mixing that We are inter
sstea they'll not only throw III" deal
ever. but they'll make IL damned hot
- - ...a4 80. L...xss they
haze a powerful influence and we'd
lose a lot of business. to say nothing
Of oos ...taiaer from them of sie.oo0 n
year. We must keep under cover. at
solatelv. and the tieklish part la this
whole transaction Is passing this money
through the Martins into our hands: IL
they should ever suspect that such an
amount vas involved they'd mai. a
quick balloon ascension. Ne can prob
ably get "A deed from them casil.
enough. II they don't know about the
money bnt its handling the financial
end that botiers me. How are you
going to 10 IL 80 that our names VIII
not appear aud yet We will still he able
TO keep our hands on TIE money!"
I realize all this. Prcntiss; II both
cred me for quite a while. but ] believe
I've got e. properly framed at last Wr1t
INV - AE' 1fFhA "
financial nd. and I've picked "at
johnny FISH Tor hat purpose"
Johnny Fish, Coed heaYeuH. fzia.
you're crazy That 1aeklee LAWYER
That crook We cant trust a man likf
that on such a dear
Not fuf1v.sIu agree. rrentiss aud I
don't intend To trust lin fully. The *
tent OF the confidence which : intend 10
reposo ln Fiel, viii be confined 10 pro-
curing his signature To a few formal
documents which I hall have prepared
In advance. III undertake 10 "a that
he viii not even read them; aud IN
ease he should, before ! get through
hc'n be So busy with his own affairs
that he'll not even remember what they
contained or what ho signed. and he'll
probably care Tess
Yes, Ezra. but suppose IL should
get an idea of what was upe' lic1 not
hesitate a minute 10 doublc-cross as. IL
u suited his purpose he has u" sense
of honor. you know hat. lie might tip
the whole thing OFF to the company, ar
TO tho government. II he should ever gel
sore at us. besides. he'd do anything fer
money. and Il wouldn't require much
Of that"
I agree again. any thing Tor money
and to Kcop out of tho p~enitentiarv.
~
listen. rrentiss; yen recall that about
three months ago | was down In Colo
rndo to interview some Witnesses
Well, ] was in a little town several days
procuring their afldasits ami stopped
at n boarding house run Wy a woman
named Ketchum Martha Eetchum. In
talking with her ! happened 70 mention
that / was from, ESerford; she sur
missed that | was a lawyer, down there
on some kind of legal business. in The
course of conversation she told me that
hcr husband, from whom SHE lad been
separated fer ntaas years, had lived IN
Evcrfurd. aud shc had recently occn in
formed that he lied here Ave at six
years ago, leaving some property. Sine
wanted TO Know If ! had ever known
him and whether he had left an estate
of any kind At nrst | was unabl" L.
recall any such man. but ] finally hap
pcned TO think of old Joe k%etchnli, wl,o
was a familiar figure around the streets
here for a number Of years, and who
diaI ahauI tint time. so / ttlu her thai