Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-12-22
THAT "sALTIKo" SUIT"
Facts Ia Relation te it Not Furnished by
 the Denver Pan ties.


 According to the associated press Q suit has been instituted in Denver against W. c. BashfOfd, one of Yay- apai c0unty's oldest and most re- spected citizens, for S50.000 dam ages, resulting from misIepresenta- tons which he is alleged to have made in connection with a mining claim called the Jersey Lily, and the report gees further and states that he setuei,y "salted" the mine.
 4 g-U man from Prescott who is 2Grl-ei--tc some extent al least e. gHs b. facts are, gives them to Ike Republican as follows:
 ~1s B4shforl and others owned tBIs na5He a8d wanted to sell it. MT. BEshEnr.t personally went to Lon
 p t considerable ti1s in E--- -d company was formed
 ersey Lily company,
 shares of stock were is- el Ot them were dsiiv- 3zEAfe.G Id bi eoogn- cl7 p-zc aase -gics OI gte u-as. Ia-l tae E ,lsh pa.lies c3n- aosir nat con, any seat out theituFa lspTesentaf yes and caused jls asae t0 F. .boTca ag.sly investi- satcii aa1 E- Ported upon. and as the result 3i the reports of thsir own ezparts, agreed to spend S25 - in 1eFelopInE tue mine, 3lr. Bashlcsa their manager has gone Cl, 115sr their dire G-a=. and dOne tas Opment wc-k s-d ex- pended e asiderabla proportion of tais mC -5, al of winch he ns- ae- counted For.
 The expectations of the English men, based upon the representations 0l their own selected experts, have not been realized, and they sent some of their directors over here and 3hese directors who are located in Denver. under a representation to Lr. BasrfoFd that they wanted to di=cdss the affairs of the mine and its conditions. etc, with him-In- duced him to gO to Denver. After deceiving him in this way and caus- ing him to go to Denver, they ayailed themselves of his presence in tkat foreign jurisdiction to in stltute this suit against him, their real purpose being to extrtcate themselves from their obligations iu connection with the future de- vei0pmeat of the property. In ad- dition 10 that, they sent a man to Prescott accompanied by detectives under the pretense that he was to take the management of the mine. and their real purpose was to get into possession and have access to the mine and there get colored testimony with which, in the future, to tEy their case iu Denver. Of course, this action was patent to Mr. Bashford, and, up to date, these parties have not been permitted to have access to the property,
 ~So 1t will be thus been that the oaiy deception pTactieed in connec- tian with the matter has been that of the representatives of the English company.
 Of course, it is premature, as we'll as irregular, 70 seek to prejudice matters which are in the courts, but 1t is lair and just to Mir. Bashford that h;s friends and neighbors should at least hear this much of his sid8 ci sas question. The final detern5astjen of the matter will, of course, bs left to the courts.
 From @y knowledge of Mir. Bssaioni. his standing and charac- ter a2d long residence in the coun- tv. it Is to me ineoneeivable that he shoald have been guilty of the bad pHlicy-aot to put 1t on any other b2sis--9t making any false represen- tal'oHs Tor which, of course. ne could bs leli legally responsible. !" -fe e-UhI.aau.