El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-06
A WR0NGED MAN
DIR. FLOWER CLAIMS HIS
ENEMIES INJURED HIM
He Passed Through the City Last
Night on His Way to Arizona to
Look After His Mining Interests.

DR.. r. c. Flower, about whom SO
much has been said in the eastern pa
pers of late, came in from Chihuahua
| last night and left this for
Arizona.
The doctor seems not to be worried
about the reports that have been going
the rounds of the press, to the effect
that he swindled the New Workers out
of 81, 500, 900, and denies that he had
anything more to do with it than to
merely sell the stock for the company.
He says he put no value on the stock
but sold it at the value put on it by
the company. He now claims to have
o OF the stock in hls possession
and will soon return to New York and
settle up the matter and reorganize the
company. ,
He says he believes that the stories
published in the New York papers were
paid for by his enemies, the men who
came near running the company, and
sought to throw all the blame on him.
He does not kno what has become of
Ashton and had nothing to do with
him only in the line of duty in selling
the shares of the company put in his
hands for that urpose.
DIR. Flower does not seem to think
that the publication of the story has
injured him for he will be able to prove
HIS POSltiOh CLEARLY WHeu he returns 10
New York.
S. l.. Pierce. who is now interested
with Flower in Chihuahua. came up
with him and spent today in Ell Paso.
He states that DIR. Flower is in no
way responsible for the turn the af-
fairs of the Arizona. Montana and
Eastern have taken and was only a
broker and sold the stock under the
directions of President New and the
directors of the company. He also
says h a DIR. Flower was not a member
was done and did not know that work
on the mines had been suspended.
Mr.. Pierce thinks that Flower was
honest in his dealings with the Ari-
iona company, which he says is proved
In the fact that the stockholders have :
placed o of all the stock in his
hands for reorganization. He proposes
to return to New York soon and en-
deavor to reorganize the company and /,
the affairs in good condition again. |
Mr.. Pierce says that the mines owned
by the company in Arizona is a rich
property n was only allowed to sus-
pend because the managers did not
know how to run it. He thinks that it
will yet be a valuable piece of prop
and When the company is reor-
gained and the mine is in operation
will a good dividends.
Il am sorry for one thing" contin-
ued Mr.. Pierce. land that is that The
Herald published the stories told here
some Chihuahua miners during the
They seem to have started
a report to the effect that Flower had
bought a piece of property for $4,000
money and capitalized it at
,OOO, 900 gold. This was a mistake
and / knOw those who told it knew it
1T the time.
The company was capitalized at only :,
$50, 900 and another one at $40. 900 and
10 stock is for sale in either company.
Flower is not working a scheme in
Chihuahua and those who do most of
his talking are men who have tried
o borrow money from Flower and
we're refused. Flower is doing a legi- :
imae business and if the people in
New York or Chihuahua want him they {
lave only to notify him and he will
20 there on his own Accord il
DR.. Flower is going to take up the af-
airs of the Arizona company soon. ac- !
'ording to his statements this morning. |
md settle things up. He went to Tue s
on this morning and will go from s
here to the mines of the Arizona COM ]
ANY to learn what had best be done.
lie will &c from there to Denve to 7
machinery and will return Il Ell
'aso next week.