The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1902-12-27

California, and Il is superintended by the
same man, Mr.. Hortsmyer, an old personal
friend Of Mr.. Cooper's.
FROM the day the Board of Directors left
Alpha Mr.. Whalen commenced to plan to get
all the stock held by Mr.. Barnum in escrow
in his own hands, so as to secure the election
Of 3 Board of Directors that he thought would
do his bidding.
Whalen bad told Stephens and myself at
the meeting at Alpha that he would not have
any partners after January next, and he
(Whalen) was then ready to jump the Whalen
copper mines, but the company sent an attor-
ney, a Mr.. Trumbo, from Chicago, who saw
to it that Whalen fled the proper papers,
showing that the assessment work had been
properly done that year. Whalen being thus
defeated in jumping the mines at that time
came to Chicago and tried to induce the bright
attorney, Mr.. Barnum, who held the stock in
escrow, to deliver il to him-as it was for
convenience sake made in his (Whalen's)
name-but before such action could be con-
summated Whalen was enjcined from voting
the stock. Acting under instructions of the
Court Mr.. Barnum deposited the stock with
the Clerk of the Court, where il remained
from January, 1900. until a final decision of
the ownership was made by the Supreme
Court of Illinois, being one-third for each
psrtner-Whalen, Stephens and Lay-or a..
geo shares each.
NNLa1nnf- rn1 4,a A. 1n.& - Chs-
cago, Judge Springer. asked for a rehesring
by the Supreme Court, but it was not granted.
Such litigation as Whalen thus made was very
costly indeed. Not satisfied, however, with
that he commenced q new proceeding, asking
for a receiver, which was granted, to his
dismay, and the Judge Dunne) in said pro-
ceedings granted an injunction against Wha-
len, Lay or Stephens from going on the prop
erty at ell.
Not long afterward Whalen went to the
copper mines and took from them ten tons of
copper ore, and that he might still show his
diplomacy he sent the shipment from Palisade
to Ell Paso, Texas, and thence to New York
to a large smelling company. The shipment
came to the knowledge Of the Court, Judge
Dunno, and Whalen was kept busy explain
ing to the Court that he knew nothing of the
injunction. When he again visits Chicago
Whist answer can he give the same Judge for
jumping and grabbing the whole property
and not a little of the ore.
QUEsrIoN-Please tell US, Mr.. Lay, if you
can, what was the trouble in St. Louis that
sent Mr.. Wbalen to prison He claims he was
railroaded there.
ANswER-The charge, as I was informed,
was selling st. Peters stock to widows,
chambermaids, sewing girls and other poor
people, claiming the mine was working and
paying out large dividends. To the first buy
ers he paid out the dividends from the sales
Of stock made to the last purchasers, while
there had been no silver bullion produced.
Yes, it is true that when he came from prison
be said he had been railroaded there by Cath
Ole priests, and from that day be was a good
Protestant.
On the witness stand, before the Master of
the Court, he swore that Stephens and Lay
had no interest in the copper mines, but that
they each had an interest of one-fourth in
the st. Peters Company which he (Whalen)
had already jumped, and being at outs with
Saints-the company names being st. Patrick,
st. Joseph, st. Mary, st. Peters, the Grey
hound, the North Extension Of Greyhound and
South Extension of st. Patrick-he gave his
new company built on the discarded St.
Peters, the name of the United States Mining
L Smelling Company, with State names
Montana, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California,
Utah, Arizona and New Mexico.
One of his first and largest buyers was the
Knapp family Of Wisconsin. and after they
had paid to him about S12, 900 and would not
further respond, at the next stockholders
meeting he made other directors and left
them out in the cold. At the same time his
wife, not as Mrs. but simply as P. b. Whalen,
appeared as secretary and treasurer.
Q.-mr. Lay can you tell us how the Bill
lings people OF Chicago became interested
with VIM. Whalen?
Nh. Editor I am glad yon have asked me
that question, for in answering it / may pos
sibly be able to do justice to the memory Of
ONE who has been so u~njustly traduced in this
community.
The silver and copper claims near Alpha
station have for thirty years or more been
William Whalen's stock in trade, and thirteen
times I do not think would cover the number
he has jumped the same, giving them each
time he has jumped them he has left the poor
stockholders to grin and bear their loss the
best they could. and he has gone forth to seek
other lambs among the tenderfeet.
time new and high-sounding names. Each
With two new mining companies he went to
Chicago many years ago. One of It's best and
most highly honored citizens was Mr.. Billings,
a banker, the president and largest owner Of
the Chicago Gas COMPANY. Thonph Wm.