| Show D lam o 0 on e ld and Jr the Stirring St Career C of Tf its D OME hens in ni live Uve art are r Ind up ot of SOME S comedy while willi others rt no noi i i in UK but tragedy from the alle i HP to to the tho grove grave fr Y iw w wl i i r a 1 man la Is I found whose here w e life Ufa la III lait it of ot both belli It Jl In is not often I If though b that one finds Ands a v F f r ti nedy and ar In are to so In Int t tr l UK tie la III the cu n of at that of ot Jack JackI I IP the sublet Of or tills this Sketch All Alli Allt i t ir r th I he Inter mountain region rs loo he be la III laK lah K h vr bv by b the I of ot Diamond li 1111 M Juk Jilek ant hl hi hU career has hal bun been a B am ar m r n st s and dramatic on ens Ill m Ins DRAMATIC in 1 M hll hie youth In Ile lit III ip spent nt his hili hley I y I i 1 r n m the frontier IK as cow puncher Ohl a Jl lurr and he m attained the title of or ofin in in In the following manIt manI man It l I v t I li Iii in 13 hire Ih Ire was wan hulls an excite h i to nu county count Ida the coun aoun county ty ly in h the rich City die dl is le The Th excitement ment WHO wee WHOn n II II r Linker creek but noon loon ul i ibe be br nun there orere ere no diamonds diamond to be f in Uh fl II II 11 At title this tiff limo th Up Sun IIII an Juan JUlin country In Willi roue Attracting much tn i bud k started lt for tor the excite rn t nil While Hi on the road load he the t tr D r d a l iI number of cowboy cowboys and strange i N it limy nil worn e m there was either ore o c 01 t Jack Jaek In the and in n i inking him where he hud had hudi hadt i t inn m flom mm mid and upon being toll old hut It 13 t from tro the 1111 diamond excitement they en wI d to dub him un and nl the name hoe hai stuck tuck to tl him ev ever r c n und and will wilt ai nl tong lone M IUS he hb h lives lIes TRAGEDY MOST MOlT Dm The file spring sprang or ot 1191 found him In the employ of Spark lit R In taking taIling inre enre of their thoroughbred stock In III Cassia county Ida lov nov John Spark parks lp of Nevada Nevado wan wall the head of at the 1116 firm named It was wila shortly after tits thin Ihl that nn nn In Davis career upon which he do doer dati not like 11 lie to dwell and yet It MOO of such a n character ter that It wore were told toil a R sketch or of hit hll ca en career reer toor would IM be Incomplete As hI Ig 18 well known whenever cattle and sheep heep men meet neet there la II certain to 10 l b ho trouble whether It b be out on au the range IIII or In III town when ouch ench vita vies Ies with the theother theother other as ns to how red ho tan point paint It II Although h an Imaginary dividing had Md been agreed un VII there had for lu to years ears been bean trouble and nM bad bud mood blood existing between two faction who wore were oro using sing Undo Sams domain free treo of charge chArle It wn was 1 claimed that the tho tried tiled to 10 Invade the tho vest elde of tho the range rano In III violation of ot the agreement before entered Into and the result was that Drat In February l 1801 1100 18 G two tW were found out on the tho range dead They had heal been beo killed by soma so mo monno ono unknown and suspicion lu pointing to II Jack Davie Dals 1 he woo waa arrested tried oon con and sentenced ed to bo be hung ADMIT CRIME Cl ME night BI ht here hero It may be he stated elated In Ju Jus UN to to Mr Davis Davie that subsequently sub two cattlemen acknowledged tho killing 1 1 III nl Their names ore are I given HI but withheld In title this sketch Tho 1110 evidence nce In the its clan vee purely circumstantial and tile the caio Noe ItS hotly contested on both sides eldee amt ami It was appealed to the supreme court roun of the of at Idaho then to tho the Unit United United ed ell States Slates circuit court the United Slates court ot of appeals and the su en supreme preme premo I mo court ourt at It Washington The ques question question tion lion of ot states rights came cams up and the tho court of at last resort t rt held hehl that It had no Jurisdiction Locally the tho case unee be lie vamo eaino a It political Issue Han Hanky UI ky lay lIr Pe key of ot Holse defended Davis Darla while the tM the prosecution was wan aided by b Buch lIuch eminent counsel conned as nil lion Hon W H E J of noise and Judge 0 O W Pow Powers ers era of ot Snit Halt Lake SEVEN DEATH DAYS Seven Saen times was WM the tho day da for lor the exe execution eX cution set act et und and stays were obtained from the tho courts Finally tho the sentence was commuted to Imprisonment for life and It waa at Bt I H 1 a f 1 j 4 S r r rt rr I I t g r r ra l a I r Q I I L I a F Y Ya a i r d r rL L p j J JJ J L t a t 1 A Arf rf 4 i Dr r L time limo tha a n dramatic Incident net Inci dent took tool place pla plan When It was learned that HInt a n reprieve tf uld b IY b granted 1 I III er rm by t bi to cut Uio wire In o Mr flit the which had been set for tor July 3 1101 might take place TWO YOUNG Davis DInIs numbered among Ills Ilia friends friend two young oun men named Charles Krill Krilla Krise e end a Willis Soars Seure They he carried c tho the reprieve on n horseback from to Albion niu and reached r l there on tho the morning of ot the day set for lor the tho cut cutting cutting cutting ting short of ol career Subsequently were brought to 10 light which had not been beon brought blOught out on at the tho trial and tho the Judges JUrl 1 of at the court who had heard the tho case caso recommended that a n pardon Issue mid and Judge Powers lowers who wino had aided l AAA A A A A A A A A A A In tn the tho prosecution amt line who had td made the doting closing plea olca went to hello at It his hla n p tit ri n t e nn an in h i iC I rani Huilt on Dt Dec ft n 2 I and Davis 1 became a free froe own nun He lie went to Halt Salt Lake take for the of ot expressing his hili hiet t wake thanks In pOlton to Judge While In III his hll MOc the judge Judie Davis how holy he wan ivae all on beIng be being ing hag told that tha he h wo sn M the Judge voluntarily loaned him Q 0 with which he lie went to keno Heno H no HOW DI WAS mC D DHow How well he remembered this kind kindness ness an as well ellna ns na the Judges In tn his hili be lie behalf half Is II by the feet fart that he not only paid the money mone back but a ti couple ot of weoka ago 80 tent sent Judge min mm mining minIng ing stocks of ot the due of at Charlie Knee WM waa taken ken care ot of In a 11 I la lease leno nn the ho IW mite mine at anti White Scars Fears Is his I In III the Uio and in r Interests Moth are arc In Ih a n 1 fair Way to a 1 r The Tile photographs accompanying this sketch are those of Mrs and Mrs Davis L LANDED D IN He Ho landed to In n Tonopah Fob Feb eh r Ii 1003 and prospected and made mado some ome Ion lorn which he void sold for Ho Ito atilt also located a 1 lot which he hp sold for tor He ne then went to on a I grub furnished by George und and nd othora others of at Tonopah Trio The money mOMY which he had realized he ho lost beet In pros proa prospects pests On tn May 30 1903 1003 he came to Is 19 and located d whore where now I the tho Quartzite Vernal and oh r proper properties pro properties H ties and ami alBa ilso tho the I OM J U which ho located IJ on Oct Oat 26 20 On In starting from foll h he borrowed fi a 1 wino mule from train J L Ti Ford whom he lie gave vo a 1 half Interest In ilk tutu find and which ho he soon after aft 0 told sold for tor a pretty good return for thre days drays use of ot a 1 mule Ht Ile 11 spent sent In developing the properties named before ho he got nn an as na shy stY to exceed 18 3 per ton DAYS NOW During the tho past t y mv Mr Davis has Ims realized out of ot sales ot of property rind has hns refused d for tor his hold holdIngs holdIngs Ings Ho Ito was wn engaged to be on May nY 10 of at this year and depended upon a n 1 sale which hi he had pending with Patsy Ints Clark of ot Spokane for lor CO rho The sale fell lell through and he ho found himself in an nil unfortunate predicament In Iii loin dilemma ho he telegraphed Mr Georgo O H S Nixon the tho banker of Win ct who will bo he Nevadas next United l States senator asking if It his credit was good for lor 1600 1500 Tho The reply rellY was wag also by telegraph and consisted cons consisted Is cd of ot nn an on Mr Nixons bank for tor IMO 1500 Ho lie married time the lady whoso whose photograph herewith is III shown on tho the thol ISIh l th day doy of oC May Mil Ni y Here Jere again he ho showed his Ala appreciation lion tion of the tho favor shown by b giving Mr Nixon r worth wor h of ot stock In one of ot othis his companies the tho stock of which In is I isnow I Inow now selling nt at 40 cents per share end and which Is shipping ore TILE THE TOWN OF UP The town of ot IB Is prettily situated lilt un tell tour four miles east cast of 01 goldfield and Is surrounded by such Buch mines ns liS the Quartzite Vernal Black Butte Daisy Great lIend Ilene Tonopah Club all of ot i which are paying properties today i world worM with has hu nn not startled I I any uny ach i My way of new strikes Ii I Wining recently but bui b are nd the ore ora Is Ie ht h gold bearing areas roas coming aj na al ra last rUBI out nut of It is Nov having claims In the ihm us UR ever 7 M 11 h bolt belt have havo begun development g 1 a large scale und and title is II work a c for the future gOOd augu The Tho Rt at the level In was In HO 80 feet last 0 and the tho MOM 1 was Wal tartly to strike Iho mom whIch Ana hn been IMn sought ought main I t for 1 more mal Cronin and Wilh I leasers Vernal No I 2 are on their holdings II anti and two hlll ing In or of It a high grade araI out nut Iii and lane LIIne keep ton I WI I aI on their lease t on Nn u I On the muck mack Unit halts kus has the u cut tho the main le go tt It as exposed a II large body hody u o fern u ae John PI p hn lint promising Or c ho tho lease on oa the tho 7 f and 11 i I it I ic n nl being worked un The fhe i h by j k u W Midnight lies Io t the W tv D Jones Mining Milling representing the n ale company has eel I four work on the tho grout puce mon fI the Hie s property These Th men corr poll the theA property will 1111 r Mr Me Jones JoneR direction before b und un II sink n a Ift IftA A lire 1110 department I Is tor p t town IOWn U as soon oon RS as water waltr eo can n b 11 for tor A c earl cart rt of at the th m modern I will whit he be purchased by th the tyl 1 In the 1111 matter fin of ot Ore die nl n p y 1 will be aha l lit lf dnn I i Columbia Water nt to 10 o any sort nf ot It a blase will win u bo at hand d s soon as the tank tunk and pi 1110 line i run can hn t built Tho The will win B d drown L tJ fru ruin tho ho SpokAne mine and scum that u I to bo be dug DAVIS 0 DINNER The Tho biggest social unction function mr ever n gig dv en n In was the dinner Dl ty tendered on nl par M annd night h Mr wr Ir and ana Mrs Irs Jack l 1 Davie all ais Aimo Almost Almott i IH th the I entire population 3 was Will there RM and 1 the guests put eat down to euch a feast t IU as wi 1111 never before st set I In the he middle of lit dry fT a ert crt Tho The table lable reprinted all mi the cr cries os and marl J In th the world orli the ht win emu said As mayor ot of DI n 8 art I h v host hoBt Mr Davis Dals hi his lye tint and noted us pp f III address MM was the hit hll of or the rite dinner i j 1 It II he lie related how hunger drove Irole iro V h I into Jold last Thanksgiving Ing to tor I a B 5 dinner with only anI so how hi he I ti II trusted for 60 50 cents and hW how b he b r rowed rotted II I 1 and won t 6 0 more w so that s could square himself NOW No h i he IH stud nut the tho n wheel of ank fortune has ha turned him out a n modest 1 hank bank account and Ind nam h lit he Mn m n afford to treat his hl friends He Ho told lold the writer that It wee was MI for him to borrow today thin I was teas to 10 borrow 10 one year ear ago p r 11 thiN respect 81 he Is ls like ke many man another this neck of or the woods wooda i A HEALTHFUL TOWN con cnn tell a 1 VY WV t y g f story of at Its lis health he so 10 far Tn There re MI bu been remarkably little sickness and deaths J dOli nth at lit nil all The town I is IN so eo MUM an IhA lint t the drainage e to le carried oft little m chance for typhoid or imai u 8 germs ns to thrive The only patient the town lawn line has ha own had hac was 0 ti s I Skinner who ho was treated t b v Dr A 4 a Sanford a n I physician of ot slimy 1 nb Ib I has recently arrived from El E p Paso so T TI In III view of 01 the promising mines mints nt m ding the town there can to ho b t p doubt of at tho the permanency of ot field nold Among the Interests which Mr h r Davis has hall are arc those in the company the tire Gold Cold Ibn Un Ing lag company of ot which the tilt Quarts claim lo to one the Goldner company the ion coin COlli pony parry the Gold Aurora company the company ml the lie company Hi Ih n it u also interested ted In and Md other outlying districts Jack by his czar tHir plary conduct and nd his open generosity has won on for tor himself th the K n spent of the community in tn which ht he lives and unless all signs tail fall HO ao far tar faras faras as all material wealth Is la concerned hu his future lies In pleasant places MA |
