Show Scottys Scotty's Secret Out His Gold Cold Mine Is a Wealthy Chicago Broker Wi LOS ANGELES March 14 UP Death Valley Scotty hasn't a fabulous gold mine In Inthe Inthe Inthe the desert to which he repairs when his money runs low The yellow-backed yellow bills bUls he has like the dead leaves of autumn since 1905 have come from his partner A A. M. M Johnson a wealthy retired Chicago in insurance insurance insurance in- in broker Johnson has loaned him and hes paid it back in laughs Scotty Walter Scotty Walter Scott Scott had had exploded exploded exploded ex ex- ex- ex the legend of the desert gold mine Friday testifying in a asuit asuit asuit suit in federal court brought against him by Julian S. S Gerard a New York financier and brother of the late ambassador to Germany Gerard charges that he grubstaked Scotty in 1902 and is entitled to 22 per cent of his wealth Scotty said there wasn't any wealth except Johnsons He said the castle in Death valley one of the show places of the west was built by Johnson He doesn't even live in it he beds down in a shack near It Denies Owning Mine Aline Have you ever owned any rich mining property Gerards Gerard's at attorney attorney attorney at- at torney Leonard Wilson asked Nope Scotty answered cas cas- cas- cas Have you a mine now No Did you ever sell any gold No How much money has Johnson Johnson John John- son given you I dont don't keep any books he drawled and I dont don't know how much but it was a lot ot Wilson asked him if he had ever said anything about having having having hav hav- ing large caches of gold god Inthe in inthe inthe the hills I may have told them anything anything any any- thing Scotty said g grinning inning I dont don't remember and it isn't true anyway Johnson testified that he had loaned Scotty in the last 30 years and that he had built bunt the castle Likes to Help Hep Scotty I bought the ground with Scottys Scotty's assistance and then built the castle he said He has a great appetite for money and I like to give it to him Out of court Johnson revealed that he and Scotty had been partners for 30 years since the prospector persuaded him to come to Death valley when he was perilously ill m. Ive lent him a great deal of money over a year 30 period he explained and hes he's paid me back in laughs Ive I've been paying his bills for years and liking It it Johnson said he had obtained a judgment for the so he could collect if Scotty ever struck it rich but Scotty was getting old and he didn't expect he would ever get his money Scotty is 65 As to the grubstake Scotty said he had bought lot of mules and other equipment and had prospected parts of Death val val- ley more than miles from froma a town by jackass He snorted when he was pressed for details of his expenditures expenditures of Gerards Gerard's loan j If I want to rob anybody Ill I'll get a gun and do it right he saidI saidI saidI said I got some m money ney from Gerard Gerard Gerard Ger Ger- ard probably more than 2000 he said I dont don't remember the exact amount but amount but I sent it back to him and I thought that was the end of it it itHe He testified with a black eye which he said was the result of ofa a a. mule named Gold Dust trying to kiss him j |