The San Francisco call., 1898-06-18
Said to Have Taken a
 Large Amount.
A SHORTAGE OF s2o0,ooo
BEAVER HILL COAL COMPANY
 IS THE COMPLAINANT.
It Asks That the Court in Render ing Its Judgment Direct That the Defendant Be
 Arrested.

An interesting sequel to a suit filed a few days ago by j. D. Spreckels Bros. & O. against R. A. Graham, late manager Of the Beaver Hill Coal Company, devel- oped yesterday, when a second action was brought against Graham by the cor poration he represented. In the suit filed by J. D. Spreckels Bros. & Co. the plain tiff seeks to recover S523 ,162 52 on a prom issory note dated November l. 1897, issued by Graham and secured by 10,O01 shares of the capital stock of the Coos Bay, Roseburg and Eastern Railroad and Nav igation Company; 620 bonds of various de- nominations of that corporation and many lots in the Railroad addition to Marshfield, Or.
 The suit Is purely of civil nature, but has bearing on the action instgated yesterday by the Beaver Hill Coal Com pany, which directly charges the defend ant with embezZement, and after recit- ing it's prayer asking for judgment in the sum of S2000 900 with interest, it asks that the Judgment declare that the amount was embedded, fraudulently nisappro priated and converted by the defendant to his own use while the general manager and agent of the plaintiff; and that the Judgment further direct that the defend ant be arrested and that execution issue against his person.
 ham became the company's agent at Marshfield, Or, in May, 1895, which posi- tion of trust he held until December 15, 1897 He conducted the business of the corporation at that city and among his duties it was required of him to obtain from J. D; Spreckels Bros. & Co. each month sufficient funds to carry on the business and development work of the coal company under an arrangement en- tered into between the two corporations. Through acquisitions, II is alleged, Gra- Go. up to last March $457, ,029 20, and through other sources received money az gregating about $100,000.
 In December, when Graham's connec tions with the coal company were severed, he was ordered to turn over the property and money in his charge, but contrary to expectations he only surrendered $l4S6 If.
 The books of the corporation he kept until January 2 last, when he turned them over to the company's agents. They showed that all the money received had up when he ceased to be the corporations S agent. These books, however, the com plaint filed yesterday alleges do not truth fully state the transactions of the plaint pered with; that Graham has appropriat- ed to his own use moneys to thes amount of s200,0OO and has willfully falsified the tries on the books. are quoted as sums purporting to have been paid out by Gra- ham in conducting the companyS buSi- ness, but which entries are known to be fraudulent. One of the largest entries claimed to be false is one for S30000. It was made on the books October 31, 1897. for logs sold by him to the plaintiff. False entries for labor and mater.sl, 1t is averred, have also been discovered by the experts of the company retained to investigate the books turned over by Graham, and it is alleged that he is re- sponsible for them all and in consequence Beaver Hill Coal Company in the sum stated, s200, ,000