St. Paul daily globe., 1891-08-28
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LYON VS.. STEWART.
The Senator Says He Has Paid
100000 BIackmaiI.

NEW YORK, Aus. .27.-James E. Lyon
has brought an action in the supreme
court against Senator William NJ. Stew
art, of Nevada, for S1,O0O,0O0 damages.
The suit grows out of complications
over mines, among them being the
Emma mine of Utah. Linn claims that
Stewart, while acting as his attorney,
conspired with Trevor w. Park and
others to deprive HIM of his mining
rights. Stewart, he alleges. made state
ments to him regarding the property
which led him to dispose of his holdings
for 100000. Stewart, he claims, real
lied 100000 by the deal. Senator
Stewart says the mining claim of Lyon
was considered pure blackmail." He
went to Linn and told him he thought
1t was case of blackmail and asked
him his price. This Lyon named. got
the money and gave a release. A mo-
ton was made to-day to strike out the
allegations of blackmail, and other al
legged Irrelevant matter in the answer,
and decision was reserved.
In his complaint against Senator
Stewart, Lyon alleges that Stewart,
while acting as his attorney in 1870 and
1871, conspired with Trenor w. Park, of
Vermont, and others to deprive him OF
his mining rights. He says that Stew
art realized about S2,00000G and he re-
ceived only $500, 900 for his claim. Lyon
states that he owned the Moulter and
st. Louis mines in 1870. People CLAIM
ing to own the Emma mine adjoining
had encroached ON his property. Trenor
w. Park and Ii. Henry Baxter were the
equal owners of one-half of the Emma
mine. Lyon brought suit against the
Emma Mining company, which was
tlnn InQOrnnratnh in Nnur fOr
damages. and opposed the application
OF the Emma mining company for
mining grant. The case was referred to
Benjamin K. Curtis, of Boston.
1t is at this point that Lyon claims
Stewards services were not such as an
attorney should be guilty of in his deal
ings with client. Stewart led him to
believe, he says, that Curtis was en-
gagged on the Alabama claims at Gene
va, and would not be able to give his
attention to the case for long while.
Because of such representations Lyon
agreed to sell his rights in his mines for
$4,000 and withdrew his protest
against the mining grant asked for by
the Emma Mining company. Subse
Quently Lyon heard that Curtiss had
nothing to do with the Alabama claims.
Payment of the 100000 was deferred,
and Lyon was finally induced to join
Park and others in a scheme to form
an English company and dispose of the
mines on the London market. Stewart
was employed by Lyon to go to London
i'll connection with the matter Lyon
alleges that he found that Stewart and
Park conspired with Baxter in London
to defraud him of his interests. and that
by false representations Stewart in
duced him Lyom to sell out to Park for
100000, of which amount he paid $4,000
to Stewart and G. j. Hiliyer, as his
counsel. The mines were sold in Lon
don for S6,500,000. 1t is alleged by Lyon
that Stewart and Park had entered into
a private agreement. while Stewart was
his counsel, and that Mrs. Stewart re-
ceiyed $4,000 from the Emma Mining
company, While Stewart received S1,000,-
600 out of the London sale.