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Show (By Doeret Telosraph.) HOCUE MIIVS. TlteGrcnt aiming Suit. Col. Liglit-itcr Liglit-itcr and Ueorge Hearst In the Ntntirl fct-aliU'd to DeaiH llenort-ed llenort-ed Uold Dlncnv-rlcn. iiilitoial to tbcll nii-i LV. ) Piooho, 15. Court a-et u 10 a.m. C. W. LigUncr, for the defense, testified testi-fied to being a mining engineer atd superintendent for the past ten years, in California and Neva la. Known (Jeorgo Ilcarit some twelve years; procured from him a portion of tho Monitor title for tho benefit of plaintiff plain-tiff in September, 1SJ1. First spoke tp him about purchasing Monicor from him, about the 13th of Sep'cmbcr, of '71; first knew that Hearst had secured tho Mouitor title on the morning of the 13th; was bo informed by John Cahill, who came to bis (Lightner'b) offiac at 11 o'olock and told him to look out for Hearst, as he bad procured the Monitor ti'.le. Had endeavored in various vari-ous ways to procure the title from the owners, but not succeeding in obtaining obtain-ing it was greatly annoyed to learn that LI ear. -it, a man of great financial worth and mining experience, had obtained that titlo. He immedta'ely sought Hearst, met him on the-Btteet, and upbraided him for purchasing pur-chasing the titlo with the iotention of injury to Kaymond hiy company. He told Hearst that he wanted him to deed him a deed claim lor the company. com-pany. This ho refused, claiming that ho had obtained tho title and would continue tho shaft into tho bonanza struck in the Lightner shaft; that he oould make a great deal of money out of tho claim at least $10,0,000. Knowing tho man as ho did, and the power ho wielded in financial mining circles, ho was afraid of him, and changing tactics appealed to him, on tho ground of friendship, stating that it would bo a personal injury unless ho oould obtain the title for tho oompaoy. After oonsidsrablo talk and supplication supplica-tion on his part, Hearst stated that he had mado nothing on his trip to Salt Luke and through the Utah mines,and must got evon on this claim. IIo positively posi-tively refused to sell the entire claim, but agreed to deed tho company enough to cover the numberB one, two and threo, of Mammoth west, for twelve thousand dollars. Ho then went to Porley and stated the situation situa-tion -freoly. Porley advised him to accept the offer, as the best that oould be done for tho company. Ho returned to Hearst and told him that ho would accept it, nis word being good for the agreement, and let the matter rest in that way until Hearst gave him the deed, when he gave him a check on tho company for $12,000. Hearst had previously paid the parties from whom he purchased $10,000. No part of tho money which ho paid Hearst was used by him to pay tho owners. His purchases from Hearst were two distinct transactions transac-tions Had not spoken to Hearst from tho time he arrived in Piocho until after ho had secured the Monitor title. The first conversation that he had with Hearst about Hermes was three or four days after the fire, and after the purchase of tho Monitor was consummated. Had no conversation with him in relation to the Mammoth and Panacea titlo, and branded all the accusations of conspiracy as false and without foundation. George ILarst testified that ho bought tno monitor title lrom tue owners, because he thought he could rnaku money out of it. He had no conversation with Lightner, or Perley, about that or anything else. Did not see them after his arrival in Pioohe, until after he had projected the purchase pur-chase of the Monitor title and paid bis own money for tho titlo. Asa personal per-sonal favor to an old friend, he let Lightner have enough Monitor titlo to cover numbers one, two and three of tho Mammoth west, that being as far west, after investigatine the title, as ho understood and believed the Raymond Ray-mond & Ely ground extended, for SlU.OOO, which he paid about the 17th of September. About the 18th or 19th of September he first talked with Perley Per-ley and Lightner about the Hermes title, when they agreed to put in all the titles they owned, to form a corporation; corpora-tion; afterwards conveyed all the titles to the Hermes company; was then and is still satisfied that it is a geological impossibility for the Panacea to con-, flict with the Hermes. Tho Panacea is a north and south lpcation, and in bis judgment void, and all the ledge it nad ran north and south, situated in Bhalcs, and cannot live in quarlzitc. After he got to Sao. Fran-oisco Fran-oisco ho saw W. H. Raymond, and as agreed between Lightner, Perloy, Mc-Cannon, Mc-Cannon, and himself, he proposed to givo him 5,000 shares of Btook, if he would go in and put in all hi outside titles. He refused the 5,000 shares, but offered to go in for 10,000 which was refused. Negotiations were then broken off, and they never talked about matters since. Was glad he did so, for he didn't want him in, as he would reduce his proportion of the stookjdido't bclicvo the titles ho claimed to bo of any value to tho company. Yesterday, at Bullionville.the infant son of B. K. Worley fell into a tub of boiling water, and was scalded to death. Discoveries of rioh gold Iedges.about ono hundred miles north of Pioone.are reported. |