The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1922-01-26

the plan of the robbery N NY no'aa,
ieet'y plain. Some giant y s'I = "
among the spectators h0a naaa
scheme by which the min. e'ols't
might De shut down during mo ao WI
val of waiting for the roIl,s.' ,0e Inc
over the bench, hut at the s. 'eSel
be made to yield a hummer ''a'e III
profits. upper cropv
Taking It's various stems n a.
DER the hrst move in the sam. WV
sell the mine to Grahdfs,ba' ,ah
while II was stlll a going ny. Nv ''ss
and this was done. But oU ps', !,
conditions conc, Of the sale tBeasle, ",
thls) was that the selling co.. 'rap
should continue to operate ny r'''la
not as lessee, but under = as
by which the operating Du',a
should receive a certain pcrce ,sasg
the output; an Arrangement ss,'
gave the holdup artists emn,s 'uc
tunity to prepare for the conn 4. 1 wv
HOW these preparations wers ".s
and the secret Of them ken, IN I'e
ing out still remained one ., Nm ~. "a
solved mysteries, though Rea.ls.
gested that probably lmnor,oa ~
men were employed, aud that a. .Ns
mad been done under jealous ,r'.'
vision with all the needfuI preo,.,l
taken against publicity. Tina ~.
wooden box-whlch would agur. !.
part OF the shaft linlng-hsd ~.
built, and into the box the eres. ~ h,
been diverted by means Of ihs A..
dam and the underground eo.a.s
With the water admitted 10 n.
the box to the level Of its lnt,Is
the creek reservoir, the tran va, !,
and was ready to be sprung.
Beyond this point there was !.
we were obliged to bridge BY cm., I
ture, but the differences were All n,Ss
BILE enough. Doubtless the nlon,,
had notified my grandfather tat n,
mine was flooded and was no oe,,.
workable. Doubtless, again, he M {
authorized them to buy the Deedij
pumping machinery and to install n
which they did.
In this barefaced lmpOsture the IA +
ters had concelvably bullded muA
thing upon Grandfather Jaspers q
vanced age as an insurance anrt
any too-searching Investigator: u
beyond this they had carefully d,
armed any suspicion that he ma
otherwise have harbored by encOuns K
ing HMM the actual purchase Of h
property-to take expert advice al
by craftily printing him, by mds
statements Of the facts. to trustthm
Only rumors of what had occuna
at this visit reached Angels; bnt Bsls
ley could testify that my grandhiAr
had come and returned alone, and thll /
after the pumping demonstration nd
been made he had seemed disposed Z
pocket his huge loss and to call h Il
bad days work.
The later Developments were ID
hard to figure out. Beasley was IN
10 tell us that the proposed rallruiI
branch TO run to the new copper FVfI
critics In Little Clnnabar gulch VI
now a certainty for the very near y
ture. Hence the time was fully III
for the recovery OF the Cinnaba
the plotters. No doubt they had ~
fidently assumed that repurchas
the property-not directly by thm
selves, of course, but by an agent Va
would figure as a disinterested lhiN
party-would be easy. Beasley
that there had been some talk q
undermining drainage tunnef, suth
Daddy and l had figured upon-shs
the time OF the sprlnglng or The h'
trnp--and that the cost had ueen eA
mated nj half million. Onauesla
ably the robbers had assumed tnh
old man who had already charged
venture up to profit and loss wy
sell for a song rather than to weary
again; and In this they were p'0O''
we'll within the truth.
But Mt the moment when they WI
ready TO complete the circle d
posture. death-the death Of un
father Jasper-had stepped 10 70 NJ
pllcnte matters. Somebody--poe
Cousin Percyv-had correspcpoeo
whoever was representing the fOO
syndicate. and by this means wv
ters had learned that they wou'u y.
have to reckon with an helr'
Fullerton came 10 be empoye1
them almost at the instant Of ns
turn from South America We wv
know; nut we could easily undeis,
that with the new complication w
had risen by reason of Gruoul.
Jasper's death, It was hlsniy
sary for some emIssary OF t% ~
cate to get on the ground qulcA',s
pared to torestall by purchase, =
or, In the last resort by force avg
tempt Of the Dudley heirs 10 pp
things they were not to be per-"
to know. ooss
The pushing Of the fight lu' WI. Va
sion to the final and properv,,s,s,a
ing extremity was another uia'"
Beasley was able to explain
aye see. It was a case o nsn ,,,
halt. ana do II quick the maI~
planned. IF he could run Wv
out, pronto. and get posseSs'v h
anybody come along to ASH ..out
,,,tntod cuostIons he stood ANU