Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-04-10
MRS. WEBSTER'S SIDE.
She Explains her Transaction with
William Ross,

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: tanned from VIM. II. Ross of Brook
Ign, through hypnotism. She told
? her side of the story to the APPEAL
yesterday as follows:
6 81 invested in the neighborhood of
S15, 900 in the San Domingo Lumber
Company. l placed it in the hands
of II. s. Bean the President of the
company who is ; church deacon,
and man supposed could do moth
ing wrong. have in my possession
over one hundred and fifty letters
from him about the scheme, and al
ways asking for more money. He
claimed to have = concession from
the Government Of the Island and
also, claimed that they were building
a railroad to big salt mine in the
island. The railroad | since learned
was a myth. He borrowed money
from time to time and was running
to see me at the Park Avenue hotel.
The first advance | made was 1000
and after that l kept advancing up
to fifteen thousand. | have his
notes and his letters.
He also took in Gov Hale cf n. Fl.
for good deal more than he did me
and there are numerous other victims.
Hale went down there and found
Bean was not expanding any money
at all ON the island. Hale said there
was glsat.deAl of rose wood and
fine cabinet woods on the island and
if it was taken hold of by the right
parties it would be fine invest
m9nt. Bean claimed he had $780,
600 acres paid for, but the records
showed this was false and the man
was fraud. 1t affected Hale s.,
that he died Other people who had
invested In the scheme refused to be-
love Bean was . fraud until they
went and saw for themselves.
At least half = dozsn investors
went down and al came back with
the same story-no concession, no
railroad. Bean claimed that an En-
glish Syndicate was ready to put up
$500, 600, this was also lie
One day | needed some money of
Bean, of the money | had advanced
and Bean gave me draft on him
self at three days sight for eleven
hundred dollars. | took the draft to
William a. Post and he advanced
the money and Bean got the draft
extended several times, and finally
got Post to accept William H. Ross
for the draft. Ross was friend of
Bean, and Bean said he was worth
5000, 900. He accepted Ross, who
turned out to be = bankrupt and in
debt
This was unknown to me. Rossnsver
paid it and refused to take any no
tice of Post who sent for me to know
what it all meant.
'He then threatened to arrest
Bean and Ross. l protested against |
arresting Bean as believed him all |
right, Post also had $4,000 in the
San Domingo schOme.
81 went to New York and talked |
with Bean, he said he had sent so
much money to San Domingo that
he was short but ~ soon as he adjus-
ted some matters he would be able
to fix everything in good shape and
the scheme would pay 10 per cent in
six months.
"He wanted 81, 500 and he talked
me into endorsing his notes for that
as l still felt confidence In
the scheme. | had property in Hart>
ford which | inortgaged. Tho note
he gave me was for thirty days.
''When the time was up he wants
ed more time and then l began to
get my eyes open and realize that l
was being swindlsd
Mr.. Chester c. Munroe advanced
the money on the note and nothing
was done for several months, and
Bean said he had arranged it with
hunros not to press ME. The Post
lraft was settled out of the money
Munros advanced. Then William
q. Ross called on me and said he
pad been offered the claim Munroe
aad against me of $4,000 for less than
half, namely, $4,000. Hs said he
could get 1t for $4,000 worth of stock,
md if / would advance the $4,000
10 would give Munroe the stock,
md give me the note for $4,000. l