The herald., 1897-08-15
ANOTHER IN LEGAL TROUBLE
WHAT THE FAILURE TO PAY
A SMALL BILL CAUSED
Alaska Expedition Company's Office
Seized-A Kindred Concern
Closes Its Doors

Que0t attachment OIL It's DOCKS, pTlUtSu
matter and furniture, will, it is believed,
bring to light one Of the boldest schemes
TO secure money from prospective Alas
kan miners that has been attempted
since the recent rich discoveries in that
country. The. office of one Of these com
panies" Is now in the hards of an officer.
while on the door Of another is posted
notice which will reveal to the custom
ers Of the concern the fact that their
hopes of reaching the gold region have
gone glimmeriug. for the present at
least. The name of the company upon
which an attachment has been served
Is the Alaska Expedition company, the
headquarters OF which are in rooms 22s
and 227 Of the Byrne building. The serv-
ice Of the legal process upon this con-
Germ was Immediately followed by the
closing of the office Of what is known as
the Alaska Transportation company,
a kindred venture, which occupied rooms
213 and 215 in the same building. The
efforts Of the Kingsley, Barnes & Neuner
company to collect a bill for printing.
brought all this about, and what will
follow it, how many persons have been
victimized, if it can be called that, and
to what amount the would-be miners
have been made to pay for their dealings
with the concerns, will not be known un-
til tomorrow or later, wher. the custom
ers of the companies begin to report
how much money they have parted with.
A representative of the Kingsley,
Barnes & Neuner company appeared be-
fore Justice Morrison shortly after noon
yesterday and swore out writ of at
tachment against the Alaska Expe dition
company. Robert A.Newlyn, c. H. Hast
ings, John Doe and Richard Roe. The
latter two rames were placed in the writ
for the purpose of including any other
members of the company" who might
be silent partners. The instrument was
placed in the hands Of Deputy Consta bic
Quinn, who went at once to the Byrne
building to serve 1t. He found Newlyn
and Hastir gs there, explained his busi-
ness to several men and at once attach
ed all there was in sight. Newlyn took
the matter in the best of spirits, but
Hastings became angry. The constable
y.-s+ we. net new -exnerience to him
however and they soon turned' over the
keys of the esta blishment to the officer
and departed. On the way out they
dropped. a rote into the office of the
Alaska Transportation Co.," and soon
afterward there appeared upon the door
of that Office the following anr rounce-
ment:
"The charter of the vessel to Dyea,
Alaska, is forfeited. Owners of tickets
will receive their money at the bank OH
surrender Of tickets. (Sigued)
ALASKA TRANS. CO."
No particular bank Is designated and
II is left to the ticket holders to select
which bank they care to go to to secure
the return of their money. What be-
came Of the company" the latter Of
which Is one man concern. is not known.
Percy B. Weston's name appeared on the
door above that Of the company, but
John Summerville was the manager. He
did not appear at the office last night,
and a diligent inquiry failed to disclose
any information as to his whereabou
As soon as the seizure Of the office of
one of the Companies" became generally
known there was rush for both offices.
Some of the callers had bills which they
desired to collect and others had other
business, the nature of which they would
not disclose, but from their anxious in
quiries it could be told that some Of them
wanted their money back.
The general manner of doing business
was the same with both companies, but
their propositions to customers and in
,quirers differed materially. The Alaska
Expedition company was doing business
with the men with money, while the
Alaska Transportation company was
looking for smaller game, being satisfied
with what could be secured from the
poorer class of prospective gold seekers
The two companies have been in ex-
istence about three weeks and their re.
lations were most cordial. If man die
not have money enough to go with the
Expedition company he was directed t.
the Transportation company. The pros
pectus of the larger concern stated tina
it was organized by syndicate of Port.
land and Los Angeles capitalists, sit.
object being to transport passengers ant
freight with the least possible suffering
hardship or delay at such reasona BIZ
rates that any who think the expens.
too great should not contemplate sucf
trip Then follows an alluring de-
scription of the immense quantities O.
6oA4 ~ oS hdA LII tAC PiShliS dP. I'
winter weather in Alaska was to be de
fed, for the company" agreed to lane
its party at Dawson by November Is Of
December l. The only cause for della.
mentioned is a possible storm Will,
crossing the pass, but even this was t.
be braved with the equipment which
would be furnished. For $500 the com
pany agreed to transport man to Daw
son, furnish him with supplies and al
necessary tools. He was to have the fret
use Of pack animals over the pass, anc
upon being landed in Dawson he was t
be furnished with provisions suff1cien
to last six months AS soon as the con
tract was signed the payment of $50 wa.
to be made. When the outfit was pur
chased second payment of $100 was ex
pected, and the balance $3.50 was to bt
paid as soon as the miner boarded tn,
steamer on which he was to make tn.
journey.
Both companies advertised literally
and the offices were daily filled will
people, but upon one point the Expedi
ton company failed to give satisfactor,
answers to the questions asked. At nj
time was the name Of the steamer men
toned. The date Of sailing was to b,