| Show fraudulent USE OF MAILS miner tonopah To nev A most interesting case is set for trial this week in the federal court at carson city it is that of patrick elliott camp charged with using the mails with intent to defraud quite an array of witnesses arrived in reno last evening and this morning went to carson on the express and local trains says the gazette among them were mickey ofarrell who took over the interests of patrick elliott camp when the promotion game began to decline he was interested in the company it is bald said even during its pal days tom cline is also among the number he is one of the few fellows who s salted a eted down his cash while the big harvest of four years ago was in progress tom has been lending his money at good interest since that time and is really the capitalist of the bunch or is so reputed J faust is another of 0 the witnesses called by united states district attorney platt he was a familiar character around the montezuma club in the early days of Gold goldfield fiela another witness is judge J M fairfield called by subpoena from faraway far away boston judge fairfield was the partner of governor mitchal and they expended in mining ventures in goldfield and vicinity going strong for the leasing game the firm of patrick elliott camp used to send out promotion literature literally by the ton and it was their purchase of postage stamps that gave carson city its carrier system for they bought thousands of dollars worth of postage stamps at a lick and mailed a reat deal of their publicity stuff from carson city the firm at one time employed twenty five stenographers and worked the lives out of them getting out their correspondence spon dence they promoted mining properties in almost every camp in the southland but they were not very strong on development work and did not score very many producers the case promises to be one of great interest coming as it does simultaneously with the rice and well weil shake ups |
