Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1884-07-12
PIXIES PARTNERS.
The Attempt To Beat Mime Owners
out of 100000 Worth of Prop

Under the caption. Washington J.
Bevan and the Chicago Lawyer, Chas.
A. Gregory, at the Head Of Their Pro-
fession-A Grand Scheme Laid by These
Two Worthless to Swindle Mining Men,"
one Of the owners of the valuable nickel
mines situated in Churchill county,
Nevada, writes US as follows:
Washington J. Bevan, who halls from
San Francisco, Chicago and all other
cities, arrived out short time ago for
the purpose of getting possession of the
nickel properties located in the State of
Nevada, and which are owned by par
ties residing in Oakland, California.
He succeeded, through misrepresenta-
tons, in obtaining bond upon the
property for short time, and with his
bond he left for the East to get h is par
ties to put up the money. In due
course of time, and few days before
his bond expired, he returned to Oak
land, with party whom he introduced
as Charles A. Gregory, Of Chicago,
who represented the interests Of large
capitalists in different cities Of the East.
and was the party sent especially to buy
the nickel property. Negotiations were
opened between the owners (Bevan act
ing as middle-man) and Gregory who
was supposed to represent Eastern CAPT
talists. After an agreement satisfactory
to both parties had been arranged,
Bevan agreed to have the papers drawn
up as agreed upon, and return next day.
Now comes
THE FRAUD.
Bevan returned the following morning
with an instrument which he designated
a preliminary Agreement" and from
which the regular papers would be
drawn. AS no one but themselves
could understand the document, and
which seemed TO be as agreed upon, he
induced some OF the owners to sign it,
in order to show his MoNEYED (D friend
that everything was straight, and who
would advance the money for the FIRST
payment, when the Irregular Agree
ment" would be signed, acknowledged.
etc. The scamp knew that one Of the
owners would not sign it, and SO left
thai owners name out of his "Prelimi-
nary" When Bevan and Gregory both
rtund with their agreement for the
parties to sign it, it was drawn in such
a rascally way that the parties refused
to acknowledge it. They were not sat-
isfed with simply robbing them out Of
their whole property. but wanted to
bind them to extract the ore, deliver it
TO them, pay them for working it-and
they (Bevan and Gregory to keep the
proceeds! 1t was the deepest laid plan
l have seen to literally
swiNDLE AND ROB
The parties out Of property that is
worth $500, 900. Nothing daunted by
the refusal Of the parties to sign and &C.
knowledge their fraud, they took their
"preliminary." as they called it, and
left for the East, doubtless to try to
swindle parties there on the strength Of
that document. Bevan, in the mean
time, dropped off in order to take pos
session of the property, but for fear Of
receiving "mountain pill" he left for
the East also.
have only this to .say regarding
these two men: They are, beyond a
doubt, two Of the smartest scamps who
have come to this coast. But their
stay here will be short; for if the laws
Of this country fail to protect men from
swindlers, miners always have an anti
dote ready for them that generally set
ties their stomachs-beneath the sod.
l would also warn all Eastern men who
come in contact with them to avoid get
ting involved in their schemes, and es.
pecially with regard to the nickel
property, as they have no authority or
agreement from the owners thereof to
handle said property in any way what
ever, and the paper they have is fraud
and a swindle, and the parties who
hold said paper are deserving OF no
better treatment than a man who robs
on the highway.-Homer Lnd<r.