Show ROMANCE OF A GOLD CAMP original of bret harte s famous story placed in um J A chaffee famous as the original of bret harte hartes a pathetic story ten jessee s pardner has been placed in a sanitarium at oakland cal chaffee has lived since 1849 in a small tuo luane county mining camp with his partner chamberlain in the early das dabs he saved chamberlain from the vigilance committee by a plea to judge lynch when the vigilantes had a rope around the victim s throat it was the only case on record in the county where the vigilantes gave way in such a case chamberlain was accused of stealing the miners gold but chaffee cleared him as everyone believed chaffee the two men then settled down to live where they have re bained ever since washing enough placer gold to maintain them both are over 80 |