The San Francisco call., 1897-03-10
CAPITALIST MOVES
CAUGHT MAPPING
The Oakland Mining Man
Given a Surprise at
Chicago.
Served With Legal Papers in a
Suit Involving Millions
of Dollars.
After Waiting Four Years the Oppor'
tunity Comes to an Eastern
Syndicate.

CHICAGO, ILL, March 9-After wait
ing more than four years Chicago and
Indiana syndicate which claims the own
ership OF l, 800, 600 acres of land in Texas,
rich in silver and said to be worth over
$5,O00.000. obtained legal services to-day
on high official of the Ciboio Creek Mill
ing and Mining Company, William Noyes
of Oakland, CAL. capitalist and general
manager of the defendant company.
Frederick P. Olcott, the New York repre-
sentative, ana the Houston and Texas
Central Railroad are also made defend
ants. They are in possession of the dis
puted land and silver mines.
Service was obtained on Mr.. Noyes un-
der peculiar circumstances. He and his
wife arrived here from California last Sat-
urday and were guests of the Auditorium
Hotel.
Ernest D. Holman and Seth F. Crews,
Chicago lawyers, who are president and
secretary. respectively of the syndicate,
and have represented it in the legal fight,
were anxious to obtain service in the
Northern Federal District of Illinois and
bring suit away from Texas. A similar
suit is now pending in Presidio County,
Tex, where the greater part of the prop
erty is located.
Just before the late Judge Gresham was
appointed Secretary of State by ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland q suit in ejectment was
brought by the syndicate in this Federal
district, but Judge Gresham refused to
allow the case to be tried, because service
was not had on any officer OF the company
in Illinois.
The syndcate's opportunity came last
night. Lawyer Owen went to the opera
at the Auditorium. While surveying the
audience between acts his heart almost
jumped in his mouth at sight of General
Manager Noyes and Mrs. Moves. Owen
quickly. changed seats for q more secluded
spot where Mr.. Noyes could not see him,
and after the opera the lawyer shadowed
the California capitalist to the Annex, via
the tunnel route across the street. A.
soon as possible this morning a suit in
eelectment. claiming $500, 600 damages, was
hled in the United States Circuit Court
and suppressed for service, and in the
State court two suits for trespass, claim
ing 81, OOO, 600 damages, were flied. After
waiting at the hotel for hours Deputy
United States Marshal lien was re warded
by seeing the papers on Mr.. Moves served.
The land was granted in 1884 by the
mexican government 10 Jose lghace Wig
neconquillo for service in the army, bat
he never settled on it. His heirs claimed
the land without question, and after the
annexation OF Texas by the United States
part of the land passed into the posses sion
of the houston and Texas Central Rail-
road. Another part was bought with
scrip and is now claimed by Mr.. OIcott,
who leased it to the Cibolo Company. The
railroads part was bought by the same
qulllo grant was bought from his heirs by
the syndicate omprising forty prominent
men. Attorney Owen said they had been
offered millions of dollars for their claim
alone. Two silver mines, the Presidio ana
Cibolo, which have yielded as high as
50, 100000 of silver year, are located on
the property.