Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-06-26
MINING CAMP SWINDLES.

No one regrets more than the
editor of the Appeal that circum-
stances compelled him to go into the
Courts of justice to get his rights as
a stakeholder in the 40 Mining Camp
Company. We do not wish to try
this case in the newspapers, nor was
it our intention to, but we feel COM
PEELED to reply to some statements
made by Mr.. Jene Hahn in his inter
view in the Examiner.
His statement that it was impossi-
BILE to ''razzle" gate receipts, and that
the Company had made barrel OF
money, are the minor questions with
which we will deal at present.
The fraudulent manipulations of
gate receipts is very simple matter.
The gate-keeper in connection with
the ticket-seller returns the tickets
to the box-office to be re-sold. Thus
the tickets are sold twice and only ac-
counted for once.
For weeks parties have come to
the writer and informed him that he
was being robbed, but the writer paid
no attention to these statements, be-
lieving that the presence of the Fair
ticket sellers was a sufficient check
on any such business.
The next thing we heard was that
the Bureau Of Concessions had closed
the Camp, and We ascertained from
that quarter that tickets were being
printed by the Camp management
and sold outside the ticket Office.
Mr., Blackmore heard of this and
compelled an accounting for the re-
turn Of the tickets. He stated to the
writer that he had long believed the
Camp "rotten from stem to gud-
geon."
We felt that had the managers OF
the Camp been disposed to deal fairly
with the Exposition, and the stock
holders of the Company, they would
have compelled holders of these tick
cts to have presented them at the
box-office in exchange for regular
Fair coupons.
The 40 Camp Company was under
suspicion with the Bureau Of Conces-
sions for weeks.
The editor Of the APPEAL is a
Director Of the 40 Camp Company,
and the original Concessionaire OF
the Company, and does not propose
to rest under the imputation OF being
made a beneficiary by any fraud
against the Fair management. Hence
the step taken to place the matter
into the court.
If the Company, as MIR. Hahn
saws has made "a barrel of money,
the writer as a stakeholder wants to
know what has become of the barrel.
Some months ago stakeholder OF
the Company, approached the writer
Of the APPEAL with a proposition TO
cal! meeting and GUST Love on the
grounds that the stockholders would
realize little or nothing under his
management Mr.. Hahn, he said,
was anxious to stand in as he was
.sleary" of the Love management.
To show that the writer h ad no as
pirations to become Manager of the
Camp, he then and there agreed to
vote for Mr.. Hahn as Manager. No
meeting of the Directors however,
was called and Mr.. Love retained his
position, Hahn changing front.
At no time since the Camp opened
has the writer, who owns nearly one
fifth of the Company stock, ever been
allowed representative of any kind
Mt the gate.
The Camp no longer has to pay
percentage to the Fair, having paid
over $4,000 on 80 per cent basis.
There is no longer any representative
of the Exposition at the box office
as a check on the receipts. yet the
writer is not allowed to have repre-
sentative at the box Office or the
gate
We do not consider ourself as an
authority on theatrical management,
but if there is man in San Fran
cisco who would go into business
with Mr.. Love and allow him to
handle both the box Office and the
door, we would like t, have good
look at him. Mr. Hahn may be
sincere in his declarations that the
writer will get his share of the big