Bisbee daily review., 1902-08-05

the company. I am satisfied that the ination of the books and affairs of charge is utterly false and unfound- ed. Acting as attorney for Mr. Cen ters on this charge demanded that an immediate hearing upon this matter be had. But c. T. Clark, Esq. appearing for the territory insisted that the prosecution was not ready and against our protest the case was continued until August 9th" The Other Side
 F. W. Howard, who has been secre tary and treasurer of the Modern Mining company since it's organization up till the 7th of July, when he re- signed, gave his version of the af fair.
 T resigned my position at that time" said MT. Howard. "on account of the bad management. MT. Centers has been the manager in fact since my absence in the east and north and I resigned because he was made president to succeed himself, and maintained a dictatorship over the rest of the directors of the company.
 M R. Harlan has done his best to get the business of the company strengthened up. He made demands for the money unaccounted for on Friday
 If you were opposed to MT Cen ters as president. why was he re- elected?"
 Simply because Mir Centers con trols the majority of the stock at this place Briggs and Harsha colluded with Centers and hold control of af- fairs in order to hold the inside >f affairs from the rest of the stockaolG- CTS The only way to get at the in side of affairs was to adopt drastic measures and for this reason he was compelled to bring the matter to an issue by arresting Centers.
 MT. Harlan asked the company attorney. W. P Miller, to try the case for the company against MT. Centers. but he would not do so and MT. Harlan was obliged to get other counsel while Attorney Miller defends Mir. Centers. How did the accounts stand when you turned the books over to the company at the time of your resigna- tion?
 The books showed at the time turned them over to the company that there was $3,302.20 unaccounted for. Another Story
 Mr. N. H. Harlan, the prosecuting | witness in the case, stated as follows:
 "I was one of the original incor- porators of the company and sold the first stock that was issued and since then have sold stock to many of my | friends, who would not have bought
 stocks if I had not represented that | the company would be economically
 and honestly managed. I was very
 much pained and surprised to learn Of this shortage which was something
 over s3.OO0 I came to Bisbee at once feeling it my duty to protect those who had invested their money upor
 my judgment, and at once went to see
 the company's attorney. Mir. W. P
 Miller. He said he did not believe
 there was any shortage but would
 take steps to investigate. I went tt MT. Centers and demanded that thu
 money. which the books show to b. , short. be at once turned over tt Mir Hood. the treasurer, which de mand up to the present time has beel denied. Neither has there been an. statement of the company made b, the president or the company's a: torney to my knowledge. "I am very much surprised at tn 5 position the company's attorney ha taken in this matter against tn stockholders, by whom I am informe
 he has been retained for one year. | Upon being informed by the treas a urer. J. T. Hood, that more of tn 2 embedded funds were returned t nm I immediately swore out a wa n rant in Judge Browns court upo j. the charge of embezzlement." Q Continued the Hearing
 l. Owing to the inability of the con F plaining witness to be present, tn