The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-23
DELANO AND HIS SON JOHN.
SOME UGLY FACTS IN REGSRD TO a
PATENT FOR A NINE,
How the Flagstaff Mining Company Secured
the Patent for their niinc-Five Thousand
Dollars that was Paid TO Youns Deiane.


How the FlasstaG Mining Company Secured
the Patent for their nline-Five Thousand
Dollars that was Paid TO Youns Delane.
WARRINGTON, May 22.-The Committee
on Expenditures 10 the Interior Department has
developed some ugly facts In regard to the
Issuing OF patent to the FIaestan Mining Com
psny for the mine owned BY that company.
The Flagstaff mine is situated near the Emma
mine, in the neia borhood of Little Cottonwood
hon In Utah, and was sold to an English COM
pany for 100000 10 the spring OF 1873. The par
ties Interested In this sale were an English man
named Davis, and William J. Shaner Of New
York and elsewhere.
At the time OF the sale the parties who sold
the mine had no patent for It. They had made
application for the same, but another party In
Utah, represented by George NJ. Haskins, had
hied protest against the application. and con-
tended that the party represented by Davis and
Shaner had no title to the mine. An attorney
named u ties OF Salt Lake City, who had former
ly been United States Attorney Of Utah, repre-
scented Hsskins before the Interior Department,
and x. O. lngersOn OF this city, formerly mem
ber Of Congress- from Illinois. represented the
Davis Shaner party. Associated with Bates
snd this array Of counsel WAS Formidable for
two reasons; Bates and Blair were aDle attor-
neys, and Dent was very inhusnti-l at the White
It is testified now by Bates that they had OBJ
tained two decisions from the Interior Depart
| whole matter was finally referred to the Attor-
| pey General for his opinion on some d, ,sputod
| points of law. While the was In this situa-
tion. DAVIS and sbsner made the sale Of the
| mine In London, and Just as soon as they could
wss issued ."s 20 .nsm. No Docs Of the ID detsf%
nation to issue the patent was given ettner 70
the attorneys Of the Haskins parry or 70 tbs
Attorney General. and that Officer had not yet
Davis wss sTamiosd q few DAYS ago in regard
n lA.A ek.N. ~ A..
| was effected IN London he gave Shafer sl2.0oo
which that gentleman said was to be forwarded
| immediately To Washington, but for what puf
pose he bad never clearly understood, save that
Il wa. hts npression at the time that u was TO
| The name Of ex-senator Alex. Mcdonald Of
| Arkansas having been mentioned ov some OF the
witnesses, the committee snmnoned bin, aud
toat he had no interest In the mine. and that
| be was not employed by either OF tho paruss
Johp Dslano about the case, be thinks at
| the Instance OF r. G. lneenoll. He admitted
not for bis bensnt. Inc COMMITTEES required
| hlm to tell what disposition he made Of the
money, and he oeolined to answer. He said bs
| was taken by surprise, and desired time to con-
| suit an attoroev. 10 order that he might know
precisely what mis- rgnu were IN tue matter.
Tns committee asked him " he declined to an-
| swer on tue ground that his answer would Grim
inAts himself He replied that was what he
wanted u consult AN attorney about. 1be COM
mitt nnaIly agreed tnat be snould have uut,l
| this morning to answer. This morning MELON
| hpicafeI huu etpIeS5ou MS Wllllnkuosb 70
| tell AL he knew, which ne old, follows:
lie SAID that shortly before Shaner sailed for
| Europe he met MIN one day ~ tue Arlington
| Hotel, and while In conversation Shansr tod
| him tnat N any time he should send him pack
| age, 10 ter, or any tning from Europe, by mail OF
| by the nands Of anybody, he slOuld dsivef II
| to John Doiano. lie thought no more VI the
| matter until one day Il. Z. InRsrsoli came to
| him and It'd him tnat obener hnd sent nim u
| draf. for $500. with oifectIons to denver the
| same to him (McDonad), wac would know what
| oispositiJn 10 make OF II. AT the same Time hs
| said tbat he had received a draft Tor S5.UOJ nun
seif, wnion he supposed was IN payment vi his
fee IS aitornei I.r services rendered IN the II.
ter OF the pa. ent, ana Ingersol CON mplained tnAt
| IL was not bali what he ougnt 10 nave received.
| However, he gave Mcdonald the draft, which
| was payable to his (NcDonald's) order. He took
tIe 1. To the Firs. Nstioual DaDk VI TINS city
and had II cAshed. and h .nded the money to
| JUnn Del.no. No questions were asked by De-
| iano anu he made no explanations, Is he sup
| posed II was understood Between Delauo and
! onaner. hat Was all ne knew about the Csc,
| anu tne whole connection he hAd with It,
1t has also been testineu 10y some witness that
| lhayer, now Governor OF wyoming Territory
| ana formerly Unisd states Senator from No
| traska, was paiJ 500, which acc uunts for
| sl2OUO gwen to Sh aner Dy DAVIS In LOudo ant
| furwardcs by the latter to WAshius~ q" - A.
| Understood that Shaner, wno IS -
ness to be examined, viii testif- mn ~ ,.ir
not eet the patent, and To ~ ts,ayrsnn'd NJ.
that the uIino had been 'snld ana tna ,,,',Ssv -
| pS ior the same Teu lied 10 " asn sninston -