Katydid Mine Swindle Revealed in Hidden Refining Plant
A mining fraud unfolds as inspectors expose The Katydid scheme by the Amalgamated Gold Syndicate a mining company led by Hudson and Mason. The operation used a secret refining method and paid large dividends while ore output barely covered costs. An undercover attempt to confirm the secret process ends with a tense night in the refining building and a narrow escape.
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Post Office Department
Capt. Dickson
Chao
United States
Amalgamated Gold Syndicate
Hudson
Maron
Dicoverers
Hoth Hudson
Mason
Manon
Belden
Helden
Aipper
Victor Hugo
Jean Valjean
Paris
Jan Valjean
Treasure Fraud Exposed In Mine Vault Heist
A lone investigator infiltrates a mine office to stop a daylight fraud. He captures Belden and Mason, reveals a scheme by Helden and Hudson to siphon $1,000,000 through false mining profits, and recovering the vault books and bullion. Local marshal and accomplices are rounded up as dawn breaks.
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Bulding
Belden
Brent
Mason
Met
Maxon
Waruwih
Mayon
Maron
Marin
Pardner
Carda
Arat
Hunter Eaten by Ferocious Tiger in Mexican Mountains
Monterey Mexia report details a party of hunters exploring Chihuahua mountains. One hunter, with a guide, was killed by a tiger after entering a narrow pass, with the beast severing the hunter’s head. The guide fled, the group dispersed, and the remaining members traveled to Chihuahua to notify families.
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Monterey
Mexia
Kame
Tigre
Ainom Stromn
Chihuahui
Life saved by wooden leg on Lake Contrary incident
In Bt. Joseph Missouri Ed Coffin, Art Frye and a negro boat on Lake Contrary when their craft capsizes. Coffin clings to a wooden leg that floats, hooks under the seat, and keeps him afloat until companions rescue him. The leg helps prevent a drowning as they right the overturned boat and recover Coffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Ed Cofin
Art Frye
Coffin
Feve
Maniac Escapes to Morgue in Altoona Hospital
A temporarily insane man named Luther Cornish fled a hospital in Altoona Pennsylvania. Police searched without success until he appeared at breakfast. He had hidden in the hospital morgue and slept there before being found.
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Maniac
Altoona
Jaman
Luther Cornish
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Secret Service
Captain Dickson
Rio Grande
Tom
Dean
Amelock
Tureya
Ming
Hadvest
W. G. Chapman
Great Britain
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