Arizona daily citizen., 1901-12-12
TRAILING A MINE JUMPER
Interesting Suit Filed in the
District Court
SOME WARM ALLEGATIONS SET
FORTH IN A LEGAL DOCUMENT

plaintiffs title. And that the defendants
slandering and casting cloud on said
claims aud made them unstable and in.
jrred the market value thereof
Judgment is prayed against the de-
PENDANTS for five thousand dollars.
The following affidavit is annexed to
the complaint:
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,
County OF PIMA,
E. NJ. Browder, being irst duly sworn
says that he is a citizen of the United
States and over the age OF 35 years and
resident of the County of Pima and
Territory of Arizona. and has so been
for more than eight years last past.
That he is now and has been during all
of the time aforeaaid, we'll acquainted
with all OF the ground in Silver Bell
mining district covered by mining
claims known as Faison, Silver Hill,
Silver Hill Extension, Majestic Copper
and Metallic Beauty, and which are the
same mining claims for which J.. II.
Manning, K. Randolph and n. w. Fai.
son have made application for patent
That he has been interested with said
Faison in trying to promote sale oil
said mining grounds and was so inter-
ested prior to the year 1900. That he
was upon said mining claims in the
early part of the year 1900, and noted
particularly the work done upon
each thereof. That he was there.
after and upon two or three
occasions in the early part of the year
1900 and noted particularly the work
Il T.
thereafter, and upon two or three occa.
sions in the early part of the year 1901
upon said mining claims, and noted the
fact that a large amount Of work had
been done upon sail mining claims since
his visit to them in the year 1900, sufli-
cient for the assessment work in the
year 1900.
That one Bonsall told him, affiant,
that he, Bonsall, with Mexicans EN-.
ployed by him, Bonsall, had fully done
the assessment work in tnat year 1900
upon each OF said mining claims. That
7. NJ. Smith, who had said mining
claims bonded. in the year, told him,
afiiant, that said assessment work for
the year 1900 had been fully done by
the said BonsaIl. Affiant further save
that in the early part of September or
the last OF August, 1901, he was EN-
p'oyed by the said Smith and one J X.
Gooiing to go upon said mining claims
and to locate them in the name of one
j. B. Cavaney; that the afliant does
not know the said Cavaney that the
said Smith and J. X. Gooding paid him,
atfiant, thirty dollars to do said work
that he, atiiant, told the said Smith and
Gooding that said assessment work had
been done for the year 1900 ard that it
was useless to relocate said mining
claims.
tSigned F.. NJ. BRowDER.
Sworn and subscribed to before J. h.
Breathitt, Notary Public, on September
80, 1901.
The Cavaney mentioned in the com
plaint Is now in Jail for contempt of
court in refusing to answer nterroga-
tories before Notary Tussing. Browder,
the maker OF the affidavit, at present
resides in FL Paso.
1t is understood that Mr.. Underwood
has, since the suit was filed, emphatic
ally disclaime any connection with the
mine jumping enterprise, and has so in
formed some OF the plaintiffs.
The suit attracts much attention, as ii
is notorious fact that mine jumping
and black mailing of mine owners have
been extensively engaged in in this To-
C lity Of recent years
Lowell and atterwhite are the attor.
neys for the plaintiffs