White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-03-04

daytime. He fell forward in the seat
his head touching the dashboard. The
team broke and ran mad struck a
post within a few feet, breaking loose
from the rig and running away
Ramsey was arrested for the shoot
ing and Pete Reed either was a dep
uty sheriff at the time or was depu-
tizod for the purpose of taking Ram
sey on the 25G-mile journey 20 the
Nye county seat at Belmont for his
preliminary hearing. There was no
railway and they started in a buck.
board and the journey OF two weeks
was made %peaceably as far az any
body knew, but Reed is supposed to
have had Gillespie's letter containing
the threat in his possession, which
some other papers. Ramsey was
blamed for the disappearance of this
letter, II not having been found by
Reed at Belmont. At the preliminary
the charge vas dismissed.
Dick Gillespie, a brother of Tom,
was killed about that time in a cavein
at Seattle. He was standing too close
to a big embankment on Denny hill,
which was being h~ydraulicked down
to make the billy city level, when the
bank came down and caught him and
several others. He had been an ex-
press messenger in his day and a
knife fighter and it was claimed by
Ramsey's enemies that he would
have entered n mortal combat to
avenge his brothers death had he
lived long enough to get there.
1t is told that Gillespie rather ex-
pecte1 that he might be the victim
Of violence and hal among his pa
pers was found a note telling his
employers where 20 find the com
pany's bullion in case he was killed.
1t was in a box under his Office desk,
where it was fastened with a couple
of straps. The desk had 20 be turned
ever on its side to find 1t. These di-
rections were followed after the note
was discovered and several thousand
dollars worth OF gold and silver bull
lien was found there.
These events happened shortly be-
fore the discovery of Tonopah. The
boom and that of Goldfeld following
found Ramsey there. He was a live
wire among the mine operators of the
latter place and by 1906 had accum
ulated a fortune. He started q tour
of the world. First going to New
York accompanied by his wife, he
donned a high hat and an evening
suit and his stalwart physique RE-
ated a great deal OF admiration when
he was seen in the Hobbies of the
Waldorf-Astoria and the theaters,
but those who eyed him curiouely
probably " gave thought to his
reputed past and that his presence
was a terror to not a few people who
had incurred his ~disploasure, or that
he had a young arsenal in storage.
with more or less notehes thereon,
From New York they proceeded to
Europe and in Italy Mrs. Ramsey
was stricken with smallpox and died.
This was a heart blow to Harry, who
came back as soon as ne could under
the circumstances and he made no
o tours. He married again in
California and settled down on his
immense stock ranch and seldom was
known to have left there.
There were legions of worse peo-
pie In the world than Harry Ramsey.
He was one man who would think
nothing whatever of risking death,
anywhere and at any time, for a
friend, II he liked a person no third
person could tell him that the second
one was rot right. 1t had to be
proved to him by an unworthy act
of the friend himself. He did not
bubble over little things, but over
looked these and riveted his thoughts
on what he conceived TO be the main
Issue. A MAJ of such a positive char
acter as he possessed naturally ac-
cumulated a large percentage of en-
emies for every group of friends that
he could number and he had both.
He made mistakes but these were OF
the head and not of tho heart, for
the latter was in its proper location
IN his mighty frame.
Reed is supposed to have been
killed seven or eight years ego In
Utah in n gun fight ver a ranch OF
cattle. Moran, Hennessey and the
other mar have been lost from view
and may be dead. Longstreet still
lives. probably at his mine forty
miles from Tonopah. and must be
more than so years of age.
Sunday Shoot of Rod and Gun Club
At the Sunday shoot OF the White
Pine Pod and Gum Clnh tba fa1Iouio,