The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-04-10
MURRAY IN FOR MORE.

before the springer committee tnt
other morning he very unwisely
and maliciously assaulted Mr.. A. M
Gibson as one Of the authors Of biz
misery. There was no occasion fol
this brutal assault on Mr.. Gibson,
who had not manufactured the
charges rejecting on Murray. In
his capacity S. newspaper CORE
spondeat, and as an employee of the
Department Of ] Justice, Mr.. Gibson
had merely performed his duty Of
learning the ia ,ts regarding the
Governor and publishing them. He
could not have done less and been
true to his trust. But Murray, in
his rage and desperation, turns his
tongue loose aud abuses the man
like pickpockef, as if The CORE
spondent were responsible for The
formers troubles and misd eds Mr..
Gibson now retslistes and, in a let
ter to Chairman Springer, de
clares that if given an oppor-
tunity he twill prove that while
United States Marshal, Ell II.
Murray systema icallY d fraud d
the government and charged illtga
fees; that his returns were iavari-
able corrected, aud that he escaped
merited diszrsc and punishment
nearly eight years ago by political
Misunderstanding; and [ will under-
take also to prove that he has prosti.
tuted his Office ss Governor OF Utah,
to further the schemes OF a class of
swindlers. The letter goes Oh TO
say:
He and the men whore subservieat tool
he is, have done all thay could 10 bring
the Edmunds Law into disrepuse TO EN-
barrass the Com missioners appointed TO |
carry into effect its provisions. I will |
further undertake TO prove that his aad |
their purpose was to make that law |
failure in order that they might procure |
tie passage of sn act by Congress dis |
frAnchising the people of U sh, and |
resting in their hands the entire ma.
ehinery OF that Territory, so that they |
might plumber at their own sweet will. | |
will prove that he has allowed the use of |
his name as Governor to further the e1ds
of swindling corporations, organized for
the purpose OF swindling the public, and
putting money into the POI kets of
the companies. l append here
with 8 list of these 'snide' COM
psnies. organized in one CO lnty
of Utah, in which Murray ap0aa-s as
an officer Snd holder of stocz at tbs time
OF their organic alton. 10 the amount of
81, l20 600. will couten: myself with
history Of one of these corpo- ations, The
Black Diamond Coal and IRON Com
psny organic July II, 1880. Eli H.
Murray president and owner of 149 900
shares Of stock; nominal value SIS. The
projectors of this sWindle pretended 10 be |
owners of large body of coal lsnd,
when in truth and in fact they had
merely filed upon the land, and thereby
obtained only the privilege Of becoming
the owners within yesr by complying
with the terms of the law. They orgsn-
lied their company, made Murray presi
dent, giving him lac. 600 shares OF sock
of the nominal value Of 500, 600 for tbs
use of his name, and then he and they
disposed Of their stock to the public, con-
fding in the good character of the Gov
ernor OF the Territory, the representative
Title to the property was not effected,
and the stock OF the company is not worth
the paper il is prin ed on.
Very respectfully,
A. Il. GIBsoN'
To this Mr.. Gibson appends list
of mining and other companies in
which Murray holds positions and
owns stock as shown by the official
records. These are the Mount
Badly Gold & Silver Mining Co.,
Black Diamond Coal & Coke Co,
Deep Greek Mining Co., Apex Min
ing Co., Utah Ore Reducing Co.,,
Eagle Foundy & Machine Co, Vans
derbilt Silver Mining & Milling
Co., Lexington Mining Co., and
Meulton Mining Co. The number
OF shares that he owns in these COM
psnies is 1,35S and the nominal
value, SIZE. $50. Mr.. Gibson offers
to demonstrate that Gov. Murray's
connection with these COMPANIES is
crooked or fraudulent, and we be-
Iieve that in the case Of some of
them at least ne will have little diff
fculty in doing so. A few years ago
a large sized scandal was DEVELOPED
through Murray's association with
the Moulton. It was alleged and
generally believed that he never put
4 dollar into the company, but al
lowed the organization to use his
name and influence as Governor of
Utah, to help bleed an unsuspecting
public. How much money the COM
,any succeeded in getting is not
,nown, but it is known that good
,o.u if not oil nf fhnro xUb0 Uorn