Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-08-06
to a reporter of the Journal-Miner:

As I have promised since my ar rival here, and IS ] am about to take the traia to leave. l wish tO make a < few statements of facts so that my S friends who were not present at the S trial may know what was involved In { the legal battle that l have been en- < gagged in. and in which my oppo- $ nents went to such extremes and < used such drastic measures at the < close.
 "The facts that I shall state. defy < Ar. Greene. with his phantom < millions. which he does not possess. and the Greene Consolidated Com { l2ny. who are illegally in possession of the Cobre Grande Company / mines, cannot dispute. That is. that < myself and other stockholders are 2 seeking to get possession of the ! mines which they are extracting eighty (e0) tons of copper from daily. If l succeed in the case just { concluded, and get my 50.O00 shares of CObre Grande stock, with what 1 have, which is between eight and nine thousand shares. and the five { thousand shares owned by Senator Edward Addicks. who has joined me in the case which was tried in May < for recejvership. and Prof. Tread well, who has three thousand shares, and Mir. J. u. Costello. who has forty thousand shares. gives myself and { assoclates controlling interest in the property, and no one will dispute but { what the Cobre Grande stock will be worth SlO0 per share when it has sue ceeded in getting possession of it's properties which are now claimed and operated by the Greene Consoli- dated Copper Company. The deeds held by the Green Consolidated Co. to . the property are subject to the claims of the CObre Grande Copper Co. ana the deeds 1 have in the Phenix >Sa- tiOnal bank tOthe Puerticitos property
 Il will state that l am the owner of hat is known as the PGertecitos pro- p7rties. or what the Greene Consoli- z dated refer to as the West End, z and which they state in their circular to f the Greene Consolidated stockholders that there are over forty (4O) million dollars worth of copper ore in sight. { by reason oI option and certain deeds. which l hold, l have paid < S.3.150 on the property and have spent additionally SSl .25O. and will 2 state that Mir. Greene took forcible possession of this property from me, { the same as he did the Cobre Grande { properties from the Cobre Grande Copper Company.
 My case that has been concluded in Prescott is the most important of any law suit that the Greene Consoli- dated Company has to confront. as il fl n fna# +barr ..r-T......y7 s-,. { this case it gives them the control of < the Cobre Grande Company. and if { win. with my associates. it gives me control. and MT. Greene and the Greene Consolidated Copper Com pany knows that this means the loss : of the control Of 1ais property to the Greene Consolidate from which they are now extracting eighty tons of copper per day.
 ''i will state that l am suing Mir. { Greene in New York for S3.0OO.GuO on account of a written agreement be- { tween him and me. which is witnessed by Mir. Anderson T. Herd. one of my New York attorneys. and l have the assurance of my attorney. Mr. Samuel Untermeyer, as well as Prof. c. 4 { Treadwel. and the ex aud able attorney of the Greene Consolidated . Copper Company, Mir. Walter S. Logan, that l will win this suit. and I will state if do l do not feel that I { will be able to collect the amount from Mir. Greene.
 ''l will state that l am not the only one Is suing Mir. Greene in New York. On being asked what rating the Greene Consolidated had financially , Ou the New York market. Mir. Shirley stated that it was selling at about S-0,OO0.00J.
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