Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-03-24
VIRTUOUS CALVIN S. BRlCE
What the Records of Santa Fe County
Disclose Respecting His Trans
actions Here.
CREDITORS OF HIS ROAD SWINDLED
Conclusive Proof that Brice is Person
ally and Pecuniarily Interested in
Fraudulent Bonds He Wants
Congress to Validate.

Judge Francis Downs, of this city, has
transmitted to Gov. Thornton III Wash.
lngton the appended timely information
drawn from the records of Santa Fe
county, touching Senator Brice's connec-
tion with the Texas, Santa Fe & Northern
and Santa Fe Southern railroad com.
panles:
The records show that on Feb. 26, 1856
p. l.. Vanderveer, special master. decided
the Texas, Santa Fe & Northern railroad
to George G. Preston, under consoli.
dated decree in favor of Adam Hager, s.
l.. Bachelor and many others in suits
foreclosing mechanics liens upon the
property, Mr.. Preston's bid being the sum
named in the deed.
None of these creditors received one
cent on their claims. They alleged that
they never had notice of the sale and
growing out of the controversy that
arose Bachelor was killed by John
Fewell. The description of the property in
this deed to Preston conveyed to him all
right, title and interest to the railroad
commencing at Espanola and terminal
ing at Santa Fe, including grade, bridges
materials and right-of-wey.
pEEDED TO BRIcE.
On May 10, 1886, George. c. Preston
and wife decided to Calvin s. Brce all the
right, title and interest in the aforesaid
property, describing same precisely as it
was described in the deed from Wander.
veer to Preston. The title thereupon be.
came vested in Brlce and remained SC
| vested during the further construction OF
the road and during the elections al
which it is claimed the county bonds were
voted to the road.
Mr.. Brice continued to hold this legal
title to the property until Feb. 26, 1889
when he and his wife, in consideration of
81 900, decided same to one Frank Daniels
then employed by Brice and others in
New York City. On the same day Daniels
decided the property to the Santa Fe
Southern railroad company. The con-
sideration named in this last deed is $50.
600.
II is a we'll known fact that l.. NJ.
Nelly, brother.in-law of Mr.. Brice, was
during all this time in full and absolute
control Of the road, and continued to
operate it under the name of the Santa
Fe Southern until ahor5 time before it
was placed in the hands OF receiver.
CASH PAID TO THE ROAD.
Over 10000 in cash were put into the
road by Perea, Otero and others of Albu-
querque, and something over this amount
was put in by people of Santa Fe, for
which they never received one dollar in
return. The contractors, supply men,
the road we're shamefully beaten out Of
their just and legal liens upon the prop
rty, of which Calvin S. Brice became the
sole owner and beneficiary.
1t is an open secret that, when the
Santa Fe county bonds were sold in New
York, Mr.. Brice and Moore g. Schley, rep
resented by f. r. Chapman, guaranteed
the interest on the same.
Mr.. Brice is legally and morally re-
sponsible for the acts of his representa-
tives and the records make it plain that
he was neither ignorant nor innocent of
the many illegal and fraudulent acts done
here. The fixing up of the county as
sessment, so as to make it appear that
this county was very wealthy and that the
indebtedness would not exceed the con-
gressionhl limitation, was done by his
representatives.
While Mr.. Brice may truthfully say
that he is not the owner of any of those
bonds,
HE DAN NOT TRuTHFULLY SAY
That he AMI his associates are not the
guarantors of the interest accrued
thereon. Thus he has direct personal
interest in them; he wants the United
States to be turned into collection
agency for the collection of private debts
because he would be benefited thereby.
A very suggestive fact appears in the
deed of Brice and wife to Daniels. Over
their own signatures they stated, on Feb
ruary 26, 1889, that they were residents of
the county and state of New York. Yet
Brice was elected to the United States
senate from Ohio in January, 1890.
TELEaRAMs EXCHANGED.
Besides communications by mail the
following kilograms have been ex-
changed:
To Hon. W. T. Thornton, Washington. D. c.
Santa Fe, N. NJ, March 81, 1896.-Of-
fetal records show Brice owner of legal
title to railroad from May 10, S6, till
February 26, 49, that judgments and
DEGREES forecloeing mechanics liens have
never been satisfied; legal title conveyed
in 'S9 to the Santa Fe Southern, a myth,
for purpose of defeating all legal claims
for work and supplies; brotherin-law Of
Brice in full charge all this time. Ex-
plantations BY letter. No need of apollo.
gies to Brice. F. Downs,
E. I. WEBER,
Pres. Board of Trade.
Francis Downs Santa Fe,
Washington, D. c., March 20, '96. .-Tele-
gram about apology false. No apology
asked or given. Brice said he wanted to
hear what had to say about his connec.
tion with fraud in organizing the road and
issued of bonds. Replied nothing,a as that
occurred before he bought bonds.
W. 7. THORNTON.
WASHINGTON VIEW.
In the light of the foregoing facts the
sub Joined extract from the Washington
Star will be read with heightened Interest,"
An interesting personal CONTROVERSY be-
tween Senator Brice, of Ohio, and Gov.
Thornton, OF the territory of New Mex
ico, enlivened to days meeting of the
house committee on territories. II grew
out Of the action of Senator Brce in Sc.
curing a senate amendment to house
bill to validate bonds issued by the terri
tory for building it's new capitol. The
Brice amendment made the bill include
bonds for $l72,50O issued by the county
OF Santa Fe to aid the T., 8. F. h N. rail.
road, and dated March /, 1892.
When the news Of the senate's action
reached New Mexico the people Of Santa
Fe county held mas meeting, which