Bisbee daily review., 1905-04-29

Calumet April 2S.-Joseph A. Full Ter. head of the stock broking firm of J. A. Fuller & Co. Edward S. Col lins. manager of the Calumet office. of the firm, and Gilbert Ritchie, the | bookkeeper. have been arrested on a series of charges. including embez- clement of stock and money. and ob- taining money under false pretenses. The warrants were issued on com plaint of Leonard Leigh of Calumet and are result of the recent failure of the firm in which several copper country people are said to have lost quite heavily. Leigh claims that he was defrauded of over S4,G00 by the firm. In his complaint Leigh alleges that he was induced to purchase 100 shares of AlloueZ Stock by Fuller & Company and the firm took his money although the officials knew that they could not deliver the stock. This transfer. it is said. occurred on Janu ary 20, 1905. Following his purchase and after he had paid to the firm g. nG2.57. Leigh alleges that he frequent lv attempted to secure possession Of AiiN NlOCN bilt llt W dS NOulilddilN put off by various excuses. Finally the failure rame and as all hope of ob- taining his stock had vanished Leigh ~Hvs 6e determined to seek justice through the medium of the court.
 The complaint only recites the al legged swindle of the AllCuez stock but the authorities say Leigh was dc frauded out of g. eco rlorc On other deals.
 The date for the examination of Fuller, Ritchie and Collins has not been definitely fixed upor, but will de- pend somewhat on MT. Fullers condi- tioa: IF is said to be ill at his home from pa-alytic stroke that he suffer ed recently. The authorities intend 10 push the case without delay. and as soon as Mir. Fuller is able to appear he vii; he brought before Justice Trathen for an examination.
 The failure of Fuller & Company oc- cured about three weeks ago. It is said that the news of the firms failure came out through the gossip of a lady n Lake Linden. Stockholders of Fuller & Company there became alarmed and began to withdraw their accounts. Within a week s2O. had been withdrawn. By that time stock holders at Houghton. Hancock, Calu- met and other parts of the copper country began to hear of the firms difficulty and attempted to withdraw their accounts, but it was too late. The extent of the firms liabilities will amount to several thousand dollars. it is said.
 The warrant was. served on Mir. Fuller at his home in Hancock yester- day morning by Sheriff August Beck. MT. Fuller gave s2,000 bonds for his appearance at court. Sheriff Beck also served a warrant on NIT. Collins at his home in Calumet, and the Tai. ter gave s2,OOO bond.
 Mir. Ritchie, it is said. had foreseeu his arrest and left Hancock Wednes- day going to Marquette. As soon as the warrants were issued Thursday notice was sent to the Marquette au- thorities to arrest Ritchie. but he left on the evening train for Chicago. He was caught by the sheriff of Green Bay, Wis. when the train stopped there. Ritchie was in a sleeper at the time. He offered no resistance. Sheriff Beck left on the 3:35 train yes terlay afternoon for Green Bay to bring Ritchie back.
 The warrants for the arrest of the men were issued by Justice Trathen Of Lauriur, Thursday afternoon, but the matter was kept secret because the authorities hoped to be able to catch Ritch'e before h. could Ica.c Mar quette