The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-02-20
The Notorious Shark.

VS. arc III receipt or J0tterS ire n
various parties 70 whom the Extra
PIoi-EER Was sent, thanking US fol
our efforts to expose the methods and
practices Of p. Ashley Mears. W.
select one a. Illustrative Of the whole
and coming from one who ha. been
duped by the shameless shark, should
hare weight and carry conviction.
We propose to investigate the
shesp bisiness referred to in it-per.
haps Mr.. Salyards, of Minot. can
enlighten us some on the subject; if
so, we trust he will have no hesita.
ton. We will not give him away.
The letter is as follows;
Chicago Feb. let 1892.
Please accept thanks for the
paper you sent ME containing the
articles about E. A. Ne ,rs. I an,
n of The unfortun ties, l am sorry
to ~, that have invested money with
him. am a stakeholder in the
Mortgage Bank and also in the u. S.
Sheep Co. l have been satisfied in
my own mind for a long time that
things were not right and have tried
mighty hard to get out but up to
the present time have not succeeded.
1t is evident TO my mind that he
cares nothing for the stockholders
bat has been working from
the first tor E. A. Mears. 1 have
communicated with Mr.. Wallace anu
have no doubt that he will do all in
his power to get at the books and
make us a statement bnt / am almost
afraid that he will not succeed. l
hope later ON that you will give the
SO called U. s. Sheep Co. a little at
tenticn. The Company, as you are
no doubt aware, was formed by Mears
one year ago last January with a
great flourish of trumpits; up to the
presenttime it. has no; issued a single
sta'ems ant Of its business, nor has a
report Of any kind in relation to it
been sen stockholders. If he thinks
that this is doing right by people WAC
have put in their money and have
confided in him he is mistaken. X X
1t is rs you say hat the wicked
people are not all in the peniten.
tiaries they are in the churches
the only men theft have ever had
any dealing with that have deceived
and rob~ed me are the class Of men
no seek the church and deceive
others as they deceive themselves
and nope to deceive the Almighty.
The following letters speak for
themselves and still further indicate
the drift Of sentiment entertained by
investors in Ashley Mear's securities.
This one from New Hampshire.
Feb. 9TH 1892,
Dear Sir;
Yesterday / received from q
friend-an unfortunate loser by in.
vesting through E. A. Mears. q copy
of your paper Of the Both ult. ex.
posing mis- wrong actions. Several
years ago Mears he ndled considerable
money for me at a good profit to
me and was alwa. 9 prompt in paying
at maturity. Some two years ago
became uneasy by reason Of his
forming 30 many cos. and suspected
he was reaching out too far for safety
of his sastern investors and sold my
stock and Withdrew all my money
fram his hands, Now I congratu.
late myself that | did 30.
This y is from a party in
Montana who has evldently observed
Feb. .. 1899.
Editae snottineau Pioneer. n. D.
Ue.r IL:
A eopy of your paper having
s1rcidenfiy fallen into my hands
lceGnss me TO ssnd you 2 few lines
regarding MeArs and what saw
whsn III North Dakota last fall.
HA ring heard Of the enormous
uheat GRIP aud Wishing U zee it, !
Yjeitsd yenr stats. The wheat was
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