Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-01-10
NEW TO-DAY.
A CARD.

ALPHA, New, Zee. ~. 1872
William whsle1, President Of the whslen
Con. Copper mine, will now publish for the
first time the facts of the mining sale msde by
him to Albert A. NJ. Billings, the noted gas
millionaire of Chicago. The sale wss made
Aug. 81, 1880. Being now on my feet and more
Independent l thought I would air the matter.
Billings thought he would wesr Whslen out
and bring him to terms, but as Billings was
extending the time to accomplish his designs,
Whalen was growing stronger instead of
weaker, and he is now prepared to join issue
with Billings in all his delays and fight him
to the bitter end. ! shall tell about the deal l
inside with Billings for the mining property in
Antelope District, Eureka County. Nevads, on
the date mentioned. The names of the mines
sold were the Farragut, Sierra Nevada, Lin
coin, Congress, Cumberland and Emmett. The
amount Of money to be paid to me in cash on
the sale Of the six mines WAS. on quit clsim
deed from Whalen TO Billings, $500 900, $50, goo
for each. 1t WAS understood that Whalen was
to retsir one-third OF the entire stock, the
mines being stocked for S. 090,000 each, in two
companies. The par value of the stock was
$50 per share, incorporated under the laws OF.
the Stat of Illinois, and worcestershire for 9g
years. Billings headed the companies as Pres
AeAtAAs ~ ale XIX DttEtlais o4 Ia
hank, the Home National Bank of Chicago,
Secretary of the companies. All the other
officers were employees Of his bank and gas
company. William Whalen vas one of the Di-
rectors in both compsnies. After the property
wss put into shape and divided up each COM
pany gave to William Whalen 1883 shares, at
the par value of 500 per share. Whslen put
the stock on deposit in the Home National
Bank, and the said bank gave me a receipt for
it. The receipt was signed by Albert A. NJ.
Billings, President OF the bank, and by his
Cashier also, George W. Fuller. The agree-
ment was that the stock should be given up to
me free from sill ~incumbrsnce upon the pre-
sentstiou of said receipt. They refused to
surrender the stock to me when l presented
the receipt, and in consequence l now have a
suit pending against the Home National Bank
for 100000 damages. The value OF the stock
is about 3, 100000 A gentleman by the name
of samuel W. Pease of Chicago, who assisted
William Whalen in making the ssle, sued
William Whslen for $500 commission, the
fees agreed upon. Pease has recovered judg.
ment three times in the Chicago courts. I
never denied the rights of Pesse, nor
have ! ever appeared in court against him.
Billings fought Pease in the courts three
times, sll with his own money. "Right is
every mans right, and wrong is no mans
right" Pesse wen every time. Right VIII
always win before & body of honest men. OF
course l could not pay Pease, because l had
not had a settlement with Billings. Billings
trying to beat NE out of il all the time. When
~ - a. bAtt 4OtAl1, d l Ii Miits IN
told Whalen he would beat him out of the
property. Said he: Il have beaten the smart
est men in America, Jay Gould with the rest,
and why not you?' Ireplied that IT would be
better to boast when he had done il. 1 told
him, also, that every thief had his end. When
Billings was in Nevada examining the mines
he tried 10 make the people of Eureka believe
he was going 10 be the great mining and rail
rosd king OF Nevada, and gas man. IS well as
IL Chicago. II the people in Eureka hsd
known Mr. Billings as well as l did they would |
have given very little credit TO what he said
] had the appointment Is Superintendent of |
both the mining companies, sigued by the Sec
Rotary, and also by The Directors. IhAd g ps- |
per, signed, also, by the President, vouching
for me as the lswful Superintendent Of both
companies, the Congress Con. and the Cumber-
land Con. Billings swors in court, on the
trial between Pease snd myself. that he new r |
gave me s receipt for stock IS President of the |
Home National Bank. George W. Fuller. |
Cashier, swore he knew nothing about it: if |
he hal, he had forgotten it. Billings also
swore thst he never signed Gny paper author !
izing me TO act as Superintendent. He swore
he was only holding the property in trust and
losning ne money, but ne could not show to
the Court any deed or agreement O.; trust. The
Court made him produce the deeds which |
the transaction upon their face. BILL
ings knew that I had both these receipts in
when he took these osths. In spite of |
sll his swearing the CoUrt in Chicago decided
the sale was g legal transaction. and that |
bil4lngs owed ne tie amount not paid over to
me fog the ssle. Peas6's suit is over and the |
facts in mine will now come up, The ques-
ton will be whether Billings is TO be turned
over by the Grsnd Jury &c be tried for perjury.
Billings has Dragged to me that IL is no use for
nae to go TO law with him, thst he could bride
the Judges snd lawyers in Chicago, and
be had done 1t. Before I had my trouble
with him he boosted that he had bribed Judge
Sooth and Judge Moran, have = good deal
more 70 say, but / will defer il to another
line Billings is worth the money lie owes me,
but II everybody had his own he would not
asve a cont left for himself. If the Court does
not decide n my favor as against him I shall
be willing to divide the amount in controversy
among the widows and orphans, as have
enough without II.
jslo-lt WILLIAM WHALEN,