New-York tribune., 1882-04-11
circumstances and the prospects of the property
nuitn az well as General Fisk himself.
. A NINE, BUT NO MINING.


INVESTMENTS THAT WERE UNPROt1lAbLE'
SUIT TO RECOVER MONEY PAID FOR MINING siooh
on ALLEGED FRAUDULENT REPRESENTATIONS
There is a clyil suit pending in the Supreme
Court which promises TO I've interesting. AZ na a.,
been expressed, in the San Juan country, IN Coo-
RADIO. The plaintiffs are all well;known 1ns 3nsi,
include nSsS rh Thomas F. Carhar Of No. 422 Brcaaway
Thomas +. pomeroy, John F. Plummer and Albert l.
Plummer, of the. cloth house OF Pomeroy a flums
mer of No. 81 Leonard-st.; Augustus Y. Iaine' OF
No so Leonard-st.; and Giles Blague, who hVeS at
The Brevoort House. The action is brought jointly
Ehsrry. OF Chicago DIR. Egbert Guernsey who lives lives
ht No. Is West Twenty -third-st.; George Ii. bur
rows, Meredith l.. Jones, lawyer ,,,1 OF
rows NS i2q Hso'dw1S IS saS ,has hne the N
Investors did not have their dream o. wealth dis-
turbed until February last when It was ,s
then arrested and in default OF @oo,VoV oi vas M
lodged in Ludlow Street Jail: The sum nyolVea I've In III
plaintiffs some months or SUBSCRIPTIONS 5y ,nt the
amounting in all 10 $4,000. Ii Is CLAIMED III lhe
order Of arrest that this money was nnr
chase of mining property and the erection oi smelt-
ing works in Colorado. -
Little information could he obtained yesterday rs
60 the manner in which the alleged deceit was prae
aised. Thomas I. Plummer when approached, ap.
ruptly replied that he knew nothing OF tne suoGce
Mhaiever. Albert r. Plummer protessed that he
was ~ ignorant the other Mr.. l1uniner. UiheIs
OF the plaintiffs were equally reticent. III was
III.
the suit has been brought, while in Colorado IaSt
summer, made the acquaintance OF MI CneliyI
Riehmoud mines in the San Juan country. When
This returned home he brought Professor CheTty
with him and introduced him to his friends, VINO
now believe that they have been deceived anu WANT
10 get back their money. A. .
Hasn't the money been spent in developing the
minesp was asked yesterday OF one Oh the pain
g How could it be ~ was the reply. "The mines
Gre away up in the mountains where t,ey % .ooE oOui
not be reached in the winter season for thc sho"'
"What is the difficulty p ,,
"It was claimed that the mines were developed
70 considerable extent but 1t mas turned 40 ou' ra'
pect holes The property may De Vauaoie, put
.wha is objected TO is that Srcpresenta'iohS oi INC
property were made"
:" What were these y - ~,
"Wel one that $23O,0o0 was paid for the
mines aud that those who subscribed would go IN III
on an equal footing The fact ls this sum was mol
paid Ii they had said that they valued the mines
al so much and had asked us to buy iii at SO much,
il would have been all right and The scheine "ouio
have gone on" - ~
According to the afidavits of Giles Blague, John
i. Plunmer and Others OF the plantlns; Cherry'
Guernsey and Burrows were the original owners.
The outlook ghttering. Mr. Piunnler mace
three subscriptions, amounting IN all TO S3O,ooo,
OF which he paid III $4,000 Glies biagae on paln
in $500 on subscription OF $4,000
Augustus w. Paine, $500 on $4,000 subscnp-
ton; Albert T. PlummeI 5000 nay naHing no Sn SUD,
scribed 10000: Thomas L. Carhart. $loOOo on
100000 subscriptions and Nllllm L. fomeToy,
$22 500 on a subscription of $4,000 MIR, * ,cke-
Teller, Of the SIanua1u Oll OOlnpdu9, ouDSNAi"SN
$4,000, and wanted more.
"The second door to your left" said the turnkey
at the Ludlow Street Jail yesterday. The reporter
opened the door and confronted by Professor
Cherry a tall, handsome man, with sharp Diack
eyes aud long dark hair that turned up ut the ends
lle had closely trimmed mOustache of dark color.
lis general appearance recalls pctuTeSol handsome
and picturesque hglwaymen.
YES Pm very comfortable here" he sand.
- Have u suite of rooms and get out 10 walk every
day
''What are the facts of your case p
Z" As Pm in the hands of my counsel | can make
no statement. But my arrest and imprisonment are
simply outrageous. There has been conspiracy
against NE. / have not furnished bail because by
remaining righ. here cen get my case into Court
Why, part OF the 100000 loaned TO these
NewY0rk men myself"
- is this the irSt mining enterprise in which you
have been engagodW
my home is IN Chicago. but have been identi-
fed with mluing interests in Colorado for three
wears. My reference is the southwestern part OF
that State. Anybody there viii tell you who
an"
How is it that you have the title of Professor r
"Im entitled to II as "A Inineraloglst and mining
engineer. Those who put me here viii hear from
ue III due time"
Cberry's counsel would say nothing further yes
terday than that the ailidavts of the plaintiffs ha
concealed some important facts and given garbled
statements of other facts in the case lie had 10
doubt that his clients conduct would be shown to
be strai shtforward throughout.