The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-10

EyNTyG srOtN 80 UNLoiD UPON SAN
TKiStfACO tND NjD YORK.

.trn. Nintonnirrs. uc,os Letters. ind Fraud
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Nnrhc. ,.ornc 'utcrcsuua t"r cspcndcncc.
4,y FaA.,l-,l. Nov. H fur oNanina-
,nfw.tf, .s hoforr Police Judge iuui.r-
b. .tInf q, b,In'r pool 0...' "a -'nu lu.iHd
o4N.. .u iuIt Lui tnr H. .aiou ot tine Iui-r
nat,-. .n, the ease the Grand jury IS cN-
900, l.,ur to.uorrow.
Ta.d t.n.iIt-. leighton. Brooks. Bernard
ANIL ilti,r. are charged with conspiriu-. 90
..i..a MONEY by false AMI fraudulent rcrr'-
..uttnns. II II asserted by the prosecution
tlt ighton. tn. ch,rf of the party. rcpro-
rnt.l TINT he was agcn, for syndicate II
,up.D.l .-tA in NV York. that hc had the large
sum of 5000 900 under his dirs't control. and
could comman another sj.OOOOlO whenever 1t
W. needed also that he had private inlorma-
tiouof the discovery " u rirh huuuu1a iu The
E,hodurr Mine had arranged to secure the
CONTROLLING interest in the stock for hi- New
York friends and put the shares MP ~ 500.
The ENch,qucr ia q mine on the south md N
The toustock lol'. belonging. t1n group known
us the Schultz min from tha circumstance
tat they are controlled and managed Toy
prominent liquor dealer Of this citv. popularity
known ns "Oi Man SHUT an ilitcrntc
German. who has heretofore tad % ,uod r,pu-
Wins time ialcd to pay dl,d,u,!.. und have
nlde large demands on IT, shareholders. in
tn shape ~ asscssmcnts. though the principal
mine of the group. the Justice. has been proc
du'lns bullion for -1inr time past. Che yind Tor
tn n'no months ending sept. so having boon
q Oi3 1oO. T., h pu ha- YER rro lua. pay
orc and on H., LIST of June la.i. when l.I4,h.
ton operations ia thc shares bri,au ihr stock
stool d, % l"r sAare. equivalent to- t3uU.VuU lor
tn mnc
Leiehtons s'hcme tas disclosed ON tho in-
vcstigHtionl was 10 pat the stock up to S25 per
SHARE by means ~ manipulation upon the
Stock Exchange. false trrsrams from the
mine and other devices. aud then unload upon
the public al San Francisco and Nv York
Hs first move WAS e. make a contract with
Shut nj how well he succeeded. may bc seen
in the following lettcr-Bailcy representing
leighton in the negotiation:
sAN faAvcisco, juno 1877
a. hScncqa"f nine have to Sat !hai am winl I"
tn"r D. 70 an arr,cmcn' win sonr tarN within a. ~
dan ~ which wliii"rk un from buu'u tu,.Itsu shares
tn ,''ck o' .d Nun, and nnnholi the -iuo rom Tie
'l, nlt numi,r ct snalos and meas, unal q, 10
obtain tn. amount u.Dn viii l,sk az and Withhold
c,ei,. and wi vutA lilen, lor t,c b., 1t tlrl, d,.
no.'" .n.r.. o said a.. or p,eni, ~ sn, o' 81,
Nit +" t"ue fNM ttuHn. nt OF tN' N.Iin with
S S"' a. ' , a. ' i I' ., g' 'a" g" ,~s
t.ndi"n t"t YOUR arc, "lu absorb or ,tns' tone at
,amo on inc loni'n st,es fSrnau.c. ani mik 90,
,na' eets' n i9c m"rs'tsn S,u ffancl.e'. l.Inl &C.,
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