The herald., 1895-06-27
The Sale of the Bonanza and
Dolores Is Postponed
MINING DEAL THAT FAILED
And Now John CuIley Is in the
Calab0Ose
A $35o,ooo Deal In Mexican Times His ses
Fire and the Expert Is Jailed for
$3.50 Advanced Him

DR.. G. f. Mohn, magnetic healer who
has offices on Spring street, yesterday
caused the arrest OF John Culley, a mining
expert from London, on the CHARGE of
having obtained money by means of false
pretenses from him and D. D. Fowler.
Culley, who is an elderly gentleman with
gold glasses and gray beard, is. or says
that he is. an agent of an English syndi-
cate. He was sent to America to investi-
gate mining properties in the United
States and Mexico for his employers who
are desirous of investing their money in
that kind of enterprise.
Some time ago he made the acquaint-
ance of DR.. Mohn and d. D. Fowler,
VINO are agents for the sale Of couple of
mines called the Bonanza and Dolores
mines. situated in Sonora. From their
representations Culley believed that this
property might be just the thing his syn
dicate wanted, although the price asked,
$350.000, was somewhat steep. Still. Gull
ley said that if the mines turned out as
good as described there would be no
trouble about concluding the deal.
After considerable talk the men agreed
that ,Culley should go to Sonora with Mr..
Fowler to thoroughly investigate the
property, and if it was such as described
by the agents that he should buy it for
the London syndicate at the price men
toned. Culley would go only if he was
given $3.50 for travelling expenses. and the
mine agents let him have it on the first
of this month
Then I've and Fowler proceeded to So
nora, where they saw the mines and re-
turned to Los Angeles. DR.. Mohn seems
to have been under the impression that
the next thing in order was the imme-
diate payment u HIM and his partner of
the $3.50. 600. AS it did not come as fast
as he thought it should he lost patience
and on Tuesday laid the matter before
the district attorney, claiming that Cpl-
ley was fraud. Among the grounds
given for that belief was that mmediately
upon getting the $3.50 the miningexp
had his hair cut and his beard trimmed,
and took enough cheerful liquor to have
slight skate on. Then he only spent $75
during the Sonora trip, which seemed to
mplainant to be very stingy proceed
ing for the representative of syndicate
that has $3.50. 900 lying loose.
The complaint states that Culley's claims
were fraudulent and untrue and merely
made to get the $150, and that the de
fendant, after viewing the Bonanza and
Dolores mines'and stating that they came
up to Mohn and Fowler's description,
failed to pay him the agreed purchase
price.
John Culley was arraigned before JUS
tice Owens and his examination set for
Saturday morning. Culley says that he is
all he has represented himself to be. and
that there was nothing fraudulent in his
conduct. The mplainants were anx-
ious that he should see the mines and if
they had turned out as represented he
would have reported on them so that the
sale might ybe consummaled. But when
he got to Sonora and inspected part of
them he found that they were far from
fulfilling the promised conditions. He
also learned that the owners Of the mines
had offered them direct to Creighton &
Creighton for $50, 200, which was much
nearer their value than $3.50, OOO AS to
the $3.50, he does not deny having re-
celved the money but that was not ad-
vanced to him, but paid out and out to
cover his trip and time. He says that 1t
Is customary for sellers to pay such out
lays to the agents for purchasers and that
in this case nothing else was done. Cul-
ley attributes Dr.. Mohn's action to spite
work. Mr.. Telfar Creighton of Creish-
ton d Creighton told Herald reporter
that it was perectfly true that the iden-
tical mines had been offered them for
$60,000.