Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-14

CALIFORNIA AND COAST.
Suit to Set aside The Transfer Of the
Amador Mine.
TWO MEN KILLED BY INDIANS.
Over Two Thousand Men at Work
on the Nicaragua Canal
Baseball at San Diego.
CALIFORNIA AND COAST.
TWO MEN KILLED BY INDIANS.
(sfEcIAL DISPATCHES 10 THE aEcoRD-usIos.l
MINING SUIT.

The Court Asked to set Aside the Trans
fer of the Amador Gold Mime.
SAN FRANCISCO, Decem Der 13th.-Chsrles
W. Trotter and William T. Trotter of the
city OF Brooklyn, n. Y, to-day began suit
IN the United States Circuit Court against
the Amsdor Gold Mine, Amador Gold
Mine Qimited), the Pacific Bank. the Blue
Lakes Water Company, the California
Powder Works, the English and Foreign
Contract Corporation (limited). the Lon.
don and Universal Bank (limited1. Charles
Edward Harrison, A. Basil Cochrane, M.
Fowler and Alexander B. Nav of London.
n. s. Croker, Charles 81. Croker and
Henry ]. Crocker Surviving partners of II.
s. Croker d Coz, E. 81 a. Gennochio, Ed
ward A. Rix, j. Kirk Firth and Edward de
Ruyter, OF Xix 81 Firth, Ira P. Rankin and
a. r. Brayton, OF Rankin, Brsyton & Co.,
ct al.
The reason for this suit is the transfer
OF the Amador gold mine in December.
1883, to A. NJ. Minear. The property sold
embraced several properties in the jackson
Mining District. The consideration was
SAP 600, of which 5000 600 was PAYABLE in
gold coin; % per cent. of the capital stock
of corporation to be organized in Eng
land for the purpose of operating the
mining properties; % per cent of said CAPT.
tai STOCK TO be OF par value of not less
than $242 1000.
He set up in the complaint that large
blocks OF stock were illegally voted by +.
Z. Lutz, who had been appointed attorney
for the complainants, but only to vote
their stock for members of the Board of
directors, and that he was not authorized
to vote such stock for the sale of the mine.
1t is also alleged that Martin Jones. John
Henderson, W. B. Murdoch, C. F. Butte
Caspari and Warren Holt were not legally
Directors of the Amador gold mine, De.
cember %, 1883, when the transfer was
noted. 1t is also alleged that the Amador
gold mine, December IS, 1883, was in.
debted to various persons for over $50, 600
and that $4,000 was then and still is due
the plaintiff, Charles W. Trotter " and
complainants aver that said attempted sale
OF the company's property to A. P. Minear
was fraudulent and void because the same
was intended to hinder, and does hinder,
delay and defraud the plaintiff, Charles W.
Trotter and the other creditors of the said
Amador gold mine' The deed to the
property was executed in January, 1889
dating from January 1st of that year, by
Martin Jones, President, and F. E. Lutz
Secretary.
1t is also alleged that shortly after Minear
received the deed ne went to London to
dispose of the property for his own beue.
Mt. The property was bough. by Charles
Edward Harrison and A. Basil Cochrane
Manager Director of the English and
Foreign Contract Corporation, Limited
Cochrene was at that time Director of the
London and Universal Bank, Limited
Pending the negotiations Minear, it is al
legged, became personally responsible to the
Amador Gold Mine in upward of fS 0O(
sterling, and secured loan for this amount
ha
Limited, to iquidate his Indebtedness tc
the Amador gold mine, incurred by him
subsequently to the delivery of deed ir
escrow TO Wells, Fargo & Co. William NJ
Fowler and Alexander B. May of Londor
were appointed to represent the company
to be formed. The outcome was tina
Minear secured 127 500 shares of the stoch
OF the Amador gold mine (imitedl ant
William M. Fowler received 70, 500 shares
full paid. Connivance is alleged; also, tina
Minear, by dispatch to the Treasurer O
the Amador gold mine, deceived that off.
cial into the belief that he (Minear) haC
received 100000 in gold coin as specified
and thereby Minear succeeded in having
the deed surrendered and recorded, con.
veying the Amador gold mine to him.
Miner then took steps to vest the prop.
erty of the Amador gold mine in the Am.
ador gold mine, limited. The other par
ties mentioned as defendants are creditors
of the Amador gold mine, limited, and are
threatening to have the property sold,
which is the way they happen to be in
cluded as defendants. The complainants
aver that they did not learn of the facts
until October, 1890.
1t is prayed that the Amador Gold Mine
be declared the owner of the property;
that the claim of the Amador Gold Mine
(limited) be declared void, and that the
deeds involved in the transfer be declared
fraudulent and void. An injunction to pre-.
vent the operation of the mine is also asked
for.