The Trinity times., 1855-07-21
Charge Of swindling made against
Adams & Co. by Page, Bacon & Co.
ALLEGED LOSS. $500, 900.

fraud,d out of by Woods and Cohen, between
December, 1881, and February, 1855. BY
reason Of sundry fraudulent sales OF gold dust
made during that time by the defendants to
| the Plaintiffs. in puisuqnce Of conspiracy 10
cheat aud dyfraud the plaintiffs out Of their
property. by changing the appearance Of IN
lcror gold dust so as to make it resemble
gold dust Of the best quality.
The following is poriiou Of the affidavit
Of Judge Chambers:
And this ntfi nj further says that he s in
formed aud fully believes. tha, on or about
the frsl day of ID, cenbrr. a. ID. 1851 III.
laid Alfred y G. hen aud the SAID l-aah {.
Woods, entered into fraudulent aud cor
iupt conspiracy aud u reement with each
other 10 cheat. swinde an def aud thc p'a,n-
i've primers afoIosa,d. out Of their lroprrt,
aud estate, by fandu ,nly s'l NJ 10 lln m
rl'e inf r1r gold dust as AFORESAID, At prlc
greater than is real value; aud sa d agree
mtnt was not limited or confined 10 ANY def
uie number cf ,uch proposed fraudulent
transactions bu was gen raj and unlimited
IN IT. scope, and contemplated The utter bank
rUp;cy aud run of said plaintiffs as its onl,
limit, and as this ailiaht is informed aud be
lietes
And this afiiaht i, further informed and
elvycs that tie sad defendants in pursu
ance Of sad corrupt conspiracy. did, IN DIVER
days aud TIM 8. during Ihr sad p.rlod Sc
20 the aid plaintiffs, at Tia lr SAID several Of
fees. the iui, rior god dust anI csald 10 til,
amount ul Two hundred thousand ounces. the
same having been previously 50 changed ~
color aud general appearance by mechanical
chemical aud oih,r acids Used aud practIsrd
by sad defendants ~ tu resemble in culurnnd
eneral appearance gold dust of superior
value aforesaid and in further aid said
fraudulent iran, actions and sales, the id de.
i,ndants caused the sad inter- r dust So
changed a> nl rcsaid to be delivered n the
hands ut mine employed in sad MN s. and
n the hands OF p rsuns dlseuls, as miners
vino, ~ person and by the fraudulent pro
cuien,nts "f the d,f,i da Is. cii, ct.d the
d sale. to the plaintiff. IL tll, r SAID offices
AID such ,airs Wtr~ made tu the plaintiffs 0t
aid dust for NOR" th "a IL. real value: aud il
,on-, "a, nee of the fraudulent cuntrivan,o r
tfirrsiId. aud the p' cuninry loss direcll,
sustained by SAID plaintiffs ~ cone qu,nce ui
said raudul nt sales. anuuut. rs hls ailianl
l. informed and believes, to the sum o
$40 900.
And in 81 far ms the fact, brf re rrctcd
are stJt,d on ia oruHtIun and belief, the IN
T. fma un l. derived from siairmrnt- made
Nh hiiimt. and other men brrs of said finn
aforesaid, by suniry pcrsnu, now in Cah
iurnla aud who have saud To said afliant ANA
his said partners, that I'll, v had formal know.
dgc OF The facts 80 rec ted, and IN the nam
brr of such persons are H. \. Whiting aud
James kug of VIM
The Tmes and T,0, script of Saturday
morning SAYS:
" MIR. James King of Wn. denies any
know ledge m the charge made by Judge
Chambers against the above parties
On Friday morning Mcssrs Woods and
Cohen published card, in which they say
We have known fr some da,s that \lr. T
W. Park was busy IN uumpng NJ a1aln,'
u~ n charge Of having praclls frauds N IA,
\ le OF gold dust ior the last four or five
y,aIs
Last night We learned for the first time. bN
"A new sInper tNira. that an action had b ,n
cnumcuccd against us. ~ the name uf pa",
Bacon X Go, tur SiOl.0hu. un accouut o.
pi,trnd, frauds upun them b, us in the s;l,
ot POO U0t or. ut gold dust in winch action
an order ot arrest had been obtained aud ba
rNci at : l2u.U0O
Our d, f ncce IN the Courts 10 This mos
ridiculous rr, ccodne shah br as prompt Il,
twill be complete Mcanwhl il Is du,. +"
olls, Ives Ia sav that more ma us ura
nd iasc llb,l has never been utt,I,d ia Lui-
= at.
On Saturday M rning Mr. Cohen published
u v,ry hnathy card IN relation 10 the action
Of Mr. T " PARK in the affairs Of Adams
Il Co, which contains the following reply to
The charge Of Judge Chambers
With rcgard to the charge made by Judge
/ Chambers. Relative 10 my "hla ulng some ad
,autaI,s over Page, R,cuu y ca. m my
dealings with ih,m | desire to say a few
words Ms Transactions with at firm were
purt lN OF a bu~lu, - nature. And here let
me sil HAT | have had uu dealings uf an
-urt whatever lor nt0riq iAi,e gta pa
not since, 1852 Ia uIS,l AID SJ2 was q
seller Of gold dust To Peg Bacon y Co.. u,
veil as Ia otitr bnuke : ! have Sold gold
dust tor Adam, X Co., and | have sold
Mcm where tho, offered hi1h,r pr cc th4u
othcr dealers Possibly have suld more to
! PAGE Bacon X Co. tan Ia any other firm
! liut thcS invited the trade lhcl put out
h,lr s'pn gold dust bought" aud they
we're liberal purchasers 1t WAS tact uotn
E ous among g,li dyalcrs-it was In ,wn 10
every broke N the clty aud indeed ia ih,
~mtc-that Page, Bacon y Co. were q o
rant of the business thrl were ,nga- ed ,u
al that They were ,adl purchasers Of all
the refuse dust Ia the county.
Tn, gold dust hu mess is - peculiar one
The price !, hN,d Toy the buyer. and not b
,hr Her Nly hnCwlcdgv d the business
Aas not sufficient Tor me tp be positively Ger
tain # the valuv ui any lot "i Just "hch !
uuahl 1T tot sale. ln b. sure | i j know
ihr Pre-, | could utluri to sell at and when
Page. BACON X co. or any other banker oi
.rrcd me au equivalent To- the val had
placed upon the auclr WAS selling. a b,r
gam vas sp,rdlA concluded. But even sup
posing u pass blc TIA ohud aut oil poss, -
au vNac, know edge OF the value If all IA,