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Show I Black Mills Litigation The j Keels Mtu liillcnUiea. I Deadwood, D. T., 19. One of the most important mining cases in the Black Hills court has juat been decided de-cided by a jury, who remained out less than fifteen minutes. Tbe case was a suit against the famous Alpha mine, brought by W. O. Bennett for the recovery of a one-fourth interest that he claimed to have purchased. The verdict was rendered in favor ol Pinney, Lorton fe Co., the original and preseut owners Ol the mino. A committee of the workmen who are in possession of the Keets mine waited upon tbe district attorney this morning with a proposition that they would abandon the property, provided they were assured of immunity frcna criminal prosecutions. This the district dis-trict attorney refused to do and tbe committee retired. It is probable they will evacuato tbe mine to-mor-1 row. The soldiers who were to assist Sheriff Bullock in this case have not I put in an appearance yet, though j they are reported to have been withini ten miles of the city for the paeti three days. |