The San Francisco call., 1898-04-05
INVESTED IN THE JUPITER Widows Tell the Stories of Their Lost For
 tunes.
Promoter Banding Explains to the Court Where the
 Money Went.
Expects Twenty-One Millions if He Can Only Raise . Few
 Hundred.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
 9O8 RroadWay April 4.

sos Broadway, April A.
 The ghost of Winsor A. Keefer, the mining man who disappeared some months ago to the great disappointment of many speculative widows. has been lowering around Judge Greenes court room. The court sat continuously from 10 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. to-day. allowing no time for lunch, as 1t is anxious to get the Ingalls, case off its calendar
 The case Is a petition of the creditors of Sarah T. Ingalls to have Assignee Charles F. Blanding removed and to have mortgage of s2000 set aside Incident ally widows tell of how they lost for tunes through the representations of Banding and he talks of incorporating the Jupiter Consolidated Deep Blue Gravel Hydraulic Mining Company for twenty-one millions as calmly as though he had the imaginary value of the mine in hand
 Mrs Nagle is an old lady. Before she met Blanding she was wealthy. Now she is a domestic and he holds her power of attorney: She testified that some years ago she lived East and was introduced by Mrs. pr. Newlands to Banding, who was then incorporating the Canfield Camel and everybody lost all they had. Blanding then conceived the idea of incorporating the Jupiter mines, and he came west for that purpose. He met Mrs. Ingalls, and ] -. he got together S45,000, which he says he expended in paying debts on the mine and | in buying claims of those who held title Banding gave large blocks of stock in the proposed incorporation to his clients, but he has not yet incorporated, and Judge Greene tried for some hours to find a reason, but was apparently far from be- ing satisfied. A month ago Banding tried erty that had been assigned to Mrs Nagle. As Banding holds the latter lady power of attorney he was at liberty to dc as he pleased. AS the mortgage Is in dis 1 pute the attorneys for the creditors of Mrs. Ingalls, blocked the loan.
 Mrs. Nagle told very interesting tale She said she once had 10000 but that now Banding had 1t invested for her and l she felt safe.
 He is an honest man. said the deal old lady, and I believe I shall get every penny back again when his schemes are l successful. l saw the coal mine. full o1 Jupiter to be worth s2l 900 900, and I gave l MT. Banding my power of attorney and left my business to him. and I signed know he acted for my. best welfare. and ] am not sorry for anything I have done" l Banding told of his transactions with porate under the laws of Tennessee as soon as he had money enoug.l to file the papers at Nashville He prefers Ten nessee because stock is non-assessabIe 1 hand and drew from him the information that his interest in the Jupiter mine is confined to 2lo acres. The claims of sold part of the mines have not been ac- | quired. and Banding said he had three old men living on the section he claimed The claims of the missing man Keefer were gone into at length by the court and 1t wanted to know, if he were dead who had his interests and if Blanding