Arizona republican., 1902-10-16
KEYSTONE TROUBLES
Pittsburg Stockholdess Cause the Ar
 rest of Dr. Evans.

Word reached Phoenix a few days ago of the arrest of pr. J. NJ. Evans at Youngstown, Ohio, on the complaint of the Plttsburg members of the Keystone Mining company, in which he was charged with the larceny of papers Of the value of s4O,OOO This is another in cident in the litigation which has been going on between Dr. Evans and his Pittsburg associates for year. The nose recent incident before that was the determination in the court of this county of a quo warranto proceeding instituted by Dr. Evans declaring that the corporation headed by the doctor was the rightfdl one and was entitled to the papers of the company.
 The complete story of the arrest is thus told by the You gstown Nindi- cator:
 John M Evans, a prominent resident O. Phoenix. Ariz.. spent las night un- der police surveiIls ~ce in this city. as he was under arrest on charge of be- l ing a fugitive from justice. A tele- gram was received by Chief Nj DoweI last evening. reou asting him to :ppre- hend John NJ Ev ms, w7nted in Pits burg for larceny md fal~e pretense. A description ot tho man was sent, and Evans was arree ed by detective Moy- i CT and Officer Nolan.
 l Mrs. Evans. who has been with her husband on his eastern tour. refused to leave him, an for time the well i to do people occUu-a1 chairs in the foul ! smelling beseme-t cf the jail. Officer i Mcdowell afterwG1 g took MT. Evans and his wife to Fi- -~ivate office, where a leather couch furnished a bed for i the wife, the band sleeping in a chair.
 1 Mrs. Evans her husband. who is I also a registc Q l physician. are line ! looking people. and are well connect 1 ed. The husbard took his arrest cocily, i declaring that it was ruse to get him ' back to Pennsylvania. where the ! stockholders of a gold and copper mine which he promoted and. of which he owns controlling stock. are in litigation ! about deed to certain mines. which the doctor says he refused to turn
 over to the company until such time as the options of purchase have been complied with. The case has been fought in the Arizona courts for over a year. and MT. Evans side of the con- tention has been victorious in every in- . stance ftlNal DOarQS or OlTeCIOTS nave been elected by the company which is
 known as the Keystone Copper and
 Gold Mining company Of Arizona. The
 Arizona courts have held that the
 board of directors elected in Arizona
 of which Nr. Evans is the president
 constitutes the legal company. and MT
 Evans claims that the old board, which
 he ayers has been trying to freeze him
 out Of the corpora tion. is intending t1 ! recapitalizc the company at S5.000.00f
 and sell it to some millionaires. Evans
 claimed last night that it is case of fighting twenty millionaires. and he
 t55ing a poor man, comparatively. is
 not wanted to share in the proceeds of
 the sale.
 Mir Evans happened to be in this vii
 cinity, Tuesday on account of organ
 izing new independent company. He
 met several Pittsburg people in this
 city by appointment, as he expected tc
 be served with papers in a civil suit il
 he went into Pennsylvania. The fact
 that he was meeting with some Pitts
 burg people here. was learned by tho
 old board of directors, and thev sent
 on a young man named w. ]. Strass
 berger. who tried to lccate Evans yes
 terday. Evans saw Strassberger las
 night when he and his wife took tn
 Erie train for Cleveland. They though