, 1875-05-28
M'CARTY.
his London Operations with
C0llctSo.
Organizing tho Wichita Copper Com
pany, Limited.
They Return to This Country with Some
1nquisitivo Englishmon.
Tile Humbugglng Nature Of tho Job
Exposed.



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Toward, tba o,oas y, ,.at robr,.rv I'm. rn,e.
.,rr nnhli,ncd n..ttr nj, ,cconnt ~ II, oner.,
linn, nf co, " ps' .r.tts ,r tssv, who '' nn.
t1mo rather noticeable Individual Ia this oily,
1horo ho won nort ~ rep1tatIon nv 1one hair.
4 gpau1nb otosk. and ths .s,crt,on that ha had
aorxod .,it, sa .nv ~" rentaas.s.a sr.iaa
Tho article asatcd thst afsor 10 had
bcco here = nlost tfuo he became
sc0asln.ca with DR., George Co1,o,so, who
csn1o IN from Tcrna. whsro In r1aIn,cd
to own untold thousand. 1'' OF acre. Of land IN
bastfop "nd adjoining Counties rich In coal ant!
copper. These two not to work to orgAnlse and
float to Chicago w1.nt vas known n the
..ntRrnnp co,,, ro,,p.yy".
hut oltl'sr owing to tho dlsincllnataon OF ohioa-
70 capitaiis.s to lnvcat in enterprises to bo car
ried on Al such a distance from home, or to
tt,n,r 5,stru.t ~ ~. r,o.,r,,r ,oto1r a,,,, i,
tauna -. s,.o.,, ~. .,'s 's a,s 'oaa a,.s ~
iouna W saosefioo 10 'ne oap'tal htoeH'
hnd tho echenno foil through. HGe-
Ing .hat thoro was nothing 10 DO douo
hero. tho two went to ENGLAND md At.
to,,ntoi1 n oats h,ta,, = no,,n,,y t,,or. - ~.
..t!s s.LNoa ;" so"u5 a1o y. ~ "ee
s'ssea III tno atslole IN qaeS''o', snas tnoy "e'o
lnbortng to organizo = corporation for the pur.
POGO OF working those coal-tnites, And that Mr..
l'csHor1er, tho wost-Anown etcel manufacturer,
*A@Ae vs. coA ~ SAAV a AA!A401A ~ oAo4p ~ WV
onterrrlso. ,-.-..,
About tho only thing whtoh was incorrect in
tho Artieio val this statement IN fefer-
once to Mr. Ieasenor, and, Bingularly
which contributed more thnn anything also to
tho partial success Of tho sohomea OF McCArty
and Collotso. Soon after arriving IN England
last autunn, they found that It would bo oxceed-
tngiy difficult 70 get any oue to Invest in TuxaH
coal-mincB. 40 they got up : schcno Of Hhnt W&s
to 10 known "a tho
''w1c.rlTA COPPER COMPANY, LIMITED"
Dr.. Co'losso, Of tho Bsstrop Company was to
rotain tho ooal-mtncs. but the copror'nalnes
located IN the County Of CLAY and
on thu border line between tho Coun-
tfea Of Jones and Taylor ueso to
be worhod By the now Company. According to
tho statement Of tho partners, tho copper-orc
was 60 abundant 10 those two localities that
thousand tons Of It conId bo gotten cut in
month without any difficulty. It was eBt1matGd
BY them that tho copper could DO transported to
Galveston for fow dollars ton, aud conGo-
quentlY could bo sold Ia England At mn advance
transportation.
While these negotiations wero going on, and
wlilo tho EnGlsshmen werc lstentnR to tho
EaTnusAsrlo AND GLOWING DESCRIPTIONS
ct tho copper mined and tho surrounding coun-
try,-tho Inter, being according to Cotetso sod
McCartJ, land Of lntk and honey, abounding
Id gano Of all descriptions, . lsuL Of 1oWory
meadows. intosseoled by running stroame,-
E1fk1o u AAA AA4HpN4 UUuke4diuR &4b d1ka1lQ
above referred to were received IN London.
Those gentlemen saw thcru and whom they camo
to tho Statement concerning Mr. BesBomer,
knowing vayy wnll thAt he wsa not man who
1sas In the habit of lnyostlng In anything OF the
kind and that ho had not invested In this par
tle,sr case, thny wero lod to dIatrust tho truth
OF tho who!o article.
THE wAnL1Kz n'oARrY
alAo denied the truth of tho charges, and Ha'd
that wneo Ito returned to America, ns be shortly
!nssndod doing. he should Ket ro5ross. not By
noana OF criminal suit for libel. but by going
to TIC office OF Tho nowspsrer, taking hold of the
ear Of tho pnrson who wrote tho article. putting
pistol to bis hoad, leadltg him through tho
ntroota to tho Office OF Notary Public, aud there
oxtortipg from him Bworn tecantnstoa Of tho
falsohooda 10 had written. That. hs explained,
was the ordinary method Of gottiug Justice IN
AnctfcA whom ono had bonn traaucod as he had
boon. Then Coltesao and sicCarty submitted
TuE1n PROPORTION,
which WAS for tho organization OF tbs Wichita
Golfer Company limited With 15,0o0 shares OF
"a oach. " those 1000 were to bc taken BY
Colatso, tho owner Of the land. Al that he
asked wsa that the at1m OF f8,000 be subscribed
for Tho purpose OF paying his expenses In Lon-
don, and alao 10 defray tho expenses OF sending
spssty 70 Ameslea to layo'tiEa.e sn verify the
man with whom they were dealing reasonod With
/ themselves that these men could not be swin-
dlera or thoy would not hare aakcd for 10 small
: sum; Had they asked fot e1o, 600 thoy eould
themselves that people rou!d nover c,oss tho
water aud oder to traYc back again Distance Of
| 5000 or 5000 miles. and bo satieficd with az
poor remuneration for tt6ff trouble hs &16. 600,
| Therefore. they concluded that tho operators
wers honest and tho money waa raised EIsyea
| hundred share. vsre taksn IT .E4 SHARE, and
! -E1.SU0 wore raid to Coltot5o to dotray bis ex-
ronsos. E5ob bolng sot asido for tho purposc
OF paying tho expenses in America OF himself
and two English gentlemen. whoao mission It
was to 500 ~ 10 tho correctness Of BID state
monts. OF oo1tso no company vAs organized
That was to be ilops only on tho rcceipt OF 3
favorsbls report from tlo psrty, No certificates
nero issued, aud no officers wcfs cloctcd
| WHITING AuEn1o4,
! On ths I'd of Aprii Meesrn. Coi1etso Ncf,arty.
| aud r. q. Lane. Of Inn,Ion. and Tamcs Hee.
uombo. No. Fenohurnh ttrnot Iondon> a nr.o-
tcal m!DoraloRiss left England to- this oountry.
LouIs thsy mat various psanIo. Who % IN liz w xooi.
natural Wy oharseteriatio 81 Americana. ca H. spoks
rnthar bia6]v Of Mof,nrtv, nni thn Envj,,hmnn n
soecrsnhsd back rs,har taTo,ahl. raoorfn In
result of Witch via, that tbe sbaros, although not
sbops si0. W6ilo On roi,te. Moosr.y rsrsled
than Win .,,ndrx ,rsnnnts NJ 1is nroxss. ~
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