“You see that limb,” said Mr…
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Frank Lenoirperson
8 claims cited from this source
Dan Diamondperson
4 claims cited from this source
Arrastra Johnsonperson
2 claims cited from this source
a.k.a. Old Arrastra, Arrastra
Judge Bennettperson
1 claim cited from this source
a.k.a. Bennett
N. Bellperson
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a.k.a. Mr. Bell
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off his babbit metail as silver retort, and ap-
proaching the judge, offered it to him. It did
not look exactly right, and the judge, who was
paying about $1 per ounce for good clean re-
tort, informed “Arrastra” that he would have
to clean it before it was purchased. “Arrastra”
demurred to this proposition, stating that there
was another party interested with him, and that
tampering with the bullion would not be satis-
factory to him. He agreed to take 75 cents per
ounce for the almost worthless babbit metal,
which was paid him. He went off chuckling to
himself that he had worked the judge. The
bullion was expressed to New York and found
to be worthless.
“You see that limb,” said Mr. Bell, point-
ing to the projecting limb of an old scrub juni-
per tree, a few feet from his 10-stamp mill.
“Well, that assisted Dan Diamond into eternity.
He was hanged by vigilantes for killing an old
butcher named Schwartz in the early days of the
camp.”
From the February 3. 1888, Issue of The Enterprise
Frank Lenoir, a member of the mercantile
firm of Stevens, Gardner & Co., Georgetown,
was killed by being precipitated 75 feet down
the Naiad mine, Wednesday. His neck was
broken. Deceased was a brother-in-law of
Thos. B. Pheby, and had been in Georgetown
two years. Prior to that he was for several
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off his babbit metail as silver retort, and ap-
proaching the judge, offered it to him. It did
not look exactly right, and the judge, who was
paying about $1 per ounce for good clean re-
tort, informed “Arrastra” that he would have
to clean it before it was purchased. “Arrastra”
demurred to this proposition, stating that there
was another party interested with him, and that
tampering with the bullion would not be satis-
factory to him. He agreed to take 75 cents per
ounce for the almost worthless babbit metal,
which was paid him. He went off chuckling to
himself that he had worked the judge. The
bullion was expressed to New York and found
to be worthless.
“You see that limb,” said Mr. Bell, point-
ing to the projecting limb of an old scrub juni-
per tree, a few feet from his 10-stamp mill.
“Well, that assisted Dan Diamond into eternity.
He was hanged by vigilantes for killing an old
butcher named Schwartz in the early days of the
camp.”
From the February 3. 1888, Issue of The Enterprise
Frank Lenoir, a member of the mercantile
firm of Stevens, Gardner & Co., Georgetown,
was killed by being precipitated 75 feet down
the Naiad mine, Wednesday. His neck was
broken. Deceased was a brother-in-law of
Thos. B. Pheby, and had been in Georgetown
two years. Prior to that he was for several