The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-13
MEGGINSON
WILL Be TRIED
FOR J. PERJURY
Tables Are Turned by
IF, Turner.
STARTS FOR HIS PROSECUTOR
CIVIL SUITS AND CRIMINAL Ac-
i. TIoNs UNDER WAY.
The Former Affects the Title to
$4,000 Worth of Property
and the Latter the Defend
ants Liberty.
STARTS FOR HIS PROSECUTOR
CIVIL SUITS AND CRIMINAL Ac-
.-.- TIoNs UNDER WAY.

e Lawrence S. Aegginson, accused Of hav-
Ing forged the celebrated. note, now ag-
gregatng with principal and interest a
round half million of dollars, against the
estate of the late William Murdoch, has
troubles ON hand at the present time cali
=. culated to occupy his earnest attention
for some months to come. Tomorrow
= morning suits will be filed in the Superior
Court OF Placer County against. Meggin-
: son by. J. f. Turner, whom Megginson Is
said to have long endeayored through va
rlous and strange. ways to land in prison,
but with signal failure -.
These suits directly affect the title. to
some $40 900 worth of property, all of
which. Turner alleges Negginson obtained
the suits Turner will further augment
Megginson's s. troubles by swearing out
warrants. for his, arrest on four charges
of perjury: Negginson'S whereabouts is
not definitely know to Turner and his at
torneys> at the: present time, but they say
they. can find him when the time for the
According to- the allegations made by
turner the property for which the suits
Will be filed. came into; the possession of
mas persecutor through a system of conf
denCe. operating and swindliffg that few
men would have the courage to father.
-Regaruing' the SUITS the: causes which led
10. their instigatiOn and the manner in
which Negginson completed his alleged
sWinGle, j.. F.. Turner. said last evening:
J.. 'Lawrence S. .Megginson was Introduced
to me about May. l., 1882, by Forrest S.
Rawley, at. Rawiey,s office. 1877 Montgom-
cry, street. .AlegginS0n. once called upon
me: at my office No 4 Suffer street. He
told mel had some money he would like
10 invest. so. as to get some interest out
Of It.. J. took some money from him., but
not without first securing: him well for 1t.
IN n,-thls way *Megginson gained my con-
hdence.l eAbout"on6 year before this time;
or in-the l-ear* 1880 or '91, some parties
who claimed to own a. mine in Ell Dorado,
L = ii- I Iqn inn
persuaded me TO let. them have $1,000 to.
open UP the lead: They guaranteed me
that the. mine was out of debt. j let them
have the 5000; and. at the end of one month
they wanted $1,000 more in order TO put
the mine on a paying: basis. let them
gone. they. wanted more. money I con-
scented. to furnish the money. and. tim
bered, compartment shaft AIS feet and
ran. several hundred feet Of drifts, paying
for alT=the. work. $4,000.
/ 80 Just asrthiS amount. of money had been
paid a party called upon me, and informed
me that there was a judgment against the
mine for SIQ,0Qe< which: the owners Of the.
mine had kept covered up. L had become
a director. Of the. company and was elect
ed president. but i MADE up my mind to
buy the Judgment and TO sell the mine
out Under the. same and" to dissolve. the
LONE ~ acts. company 20 pay -the parteS
for. the deception they had pracuced upon
me-. The mine was them worth at least
$4,000. Meggtnseni.. as stated, having
gained" my, confidence, and being at: my
office every day, / said to him. one day:
'MegginS0n, If T Should put. in your name
"a. property worth at least $3.50 900 and have
IT sold out and bid in by. the Sheriff in
your name. and: have the Sheriff issue his
certificate in your name and then allow
the right of redemption to expire, so that
the property would be all clear in your
mamie. would YOU; as soon as the Sheriff
made the deed to you; deed 1t over to
!: Chen l told :Nfegginson that I, being
director Of the company, and also presi-
dent of the same, in: the: event L put the
property in his name / would have to de-
pend " entirely upon his (Megginson' 81
honor TO deed it back TO me. Megginson
:. q YOU know whether or not you can
trust me for one. dollar or one hundred
and fifty thousand, for you. can trust me
for. the one sum the same as you can for
the other - =.
: 81, believing that I could trust him for
any: sum, and having the most implicit
:confifence; In Megginson at that time,
sent his attorney: to 'PIacerVflle and
bought the. Judgment before referred to.
and took an asst gnment of the same.
Il then had the judgment assigned to
Meggfnson.. Then ! employed lawyers at
PLacerVille fin the name of Megginson and
had. the property. sold by .Sheriff's SALE.
haVing-it bid in In the name of Meggin-
son: " Then paid all of the expenses, but
did so in. the name of. L. S. Megginson. l.
then sent the Sheriff at PlacerYtlle $50
bud had the Sheriff's certificate issued to,
or. in the name. of, Lawrence S. Mesgtn-
.'Then the wait for six months COM
Tnenced: The six: months ran out and
Megginson sent another party UP to
'PlacerviHe with, the Sheriffs' certificate