Arizona republican., 1893-03-25
A MINING SUIT Which the Plaintiffs Feelingly Allege In a Complaint of Un-
 usual Length
Is Based on Mans Dishonesty
 and Woman's Trickery.
A Continuation of the Disturbance Among the Stockholders of the
 Aurum Mining Company.

A suit of considerable interest by reason of the property involved was in stituted yesterday in district court. The plaintiffs are c. H. Edmondson and Judge J. B. Woodward; the defendants. the Aurum Mining Co.,, the Colorado Mining Co.,, Ezra w. Thayer, ST., Ezra ". Thayer, Jr., Henry Crow, John c. Hurley and Wm. B. Long. The con- plaint recites that last July the Aurum Mining company became, by purchase from Wm. Il. Thomas and his wife, Kate s. Thomas, the owner of the Tempe, Red Cloud and Aurum gold and silver mining claims situated in the Winifred district.
 The capital stock of the company was Sl00000, divided into 1000 shares, dis tributed as follows Edmondson, 475 shares; Woodward, 50 shares; w. II. Thomas, 2371a shares Kate s. Thomas, 2371a shares. The officers of the com. pany were President Woodward, Secre- tary-Treasurer Edmondson, general manager w. II. Thomas.
 Within three weeks the plaintiffs dis covering, they allege, "that said gen eral manager had and was making false representations, and that he was con ducting the operations aforesaid in dishonest and reckless manner, ordered all the operations of the mine and mill to cease and said operations were there after discontinued for some time."
 The complaint continues:
 "Plaintiffs further state that before, at and during said suspe nsion of opera tiOns, they became satisfied that they were unable to cope with the dishonesty of said w. II. Thomas and the manifest trickery of his wife. said Kate $. Thomas, and SO expressed themselves to defendants Ezra w. Thayer, ST.. and Ezra w. Thayer, Jr., who most kindly sympathized with plaintiffs in their aforesaid difficulties and genially and generously profered such advice and aid as only disinterested friends can give, representing and assuring plain tiffs, however, that they were desirous and it'was their intent and purpose to acquire of said Wm. II. and Kate s. Thomas their said capital stock aggie- gating 475 shares, and that they were on terms of such character with them that if they could represent the aggre- gate holdings of plaintiffs of 525 shares as ostensible owners thereof, they could duu NOulu COulIOl luciu huu carry Ou the operations of the company success fully"
 The complaint here dwells upon the manner in which the plaintiffs had been fooled by the Thayers, to whom they resigned their offices and surrendered their positions as directors along with their stock.
 The Thayers it is alleged not only did fn .h,,, they had been made trustees but in stead of checking the Thomases began to admit various other persons contrary to the interest Of the plaintiffs.
 Here couple of exhibits are intro duced showing how the Blue Bell was located upon the property of the plain tiff concerning which it is set forth "that the only basis for said Wm. II. and Kate s. Thomas assertions, was in the trick known among miners as the shifting process" and one the plaintiffs charge on information and belief was asserted and maintained by said Wm. II. and Kate s. Thomas, as aforesaid, |, falsely and fraudulently, and with the wicked intent and purpose to defraud said Aurum Mining company, and thereby destroy the value of it's capital stock"
 The complaint is voluminons docu- ment covering eleven type written pages in which is detailed an attempt to defraud the plaintiff Edmundson out of &, 1000 advanced by him to thel lAurum Mining company and a purpose to dis pose of the plaintiffs interest in the property. It closes with prayer that the defendants be restrained from sell ling or transferring or issuing any shares of the capital stock of the com pany and that the Thayers be restrain ed from conveying or encumbering the 525 shares held by them in trust from the plaintiffs.