Bisbee daily review., 1905-09-14


 ship of Fl Tigre Ground Repudiate
 His course-Graham Jumped Bond.
 B. A. Seitz, of Kansas City, member of the executive committee of the Lucky Tiger Mining Co.,, representing Kansas City interests in Fl Tigre mine litigation, is here from Douglas, his headquarters during recent weeks, and where he expects to maintain them during succeeding weeks that the mine litigation may consume. Yes terday MT. Seitz said he did not now anticipate that these weeks would be strung out over more than a month or more at the most.
 The defense" MT. Seitz continued lis now fighting for time, it appears. and that alone. Personally I can not see that it will avail anything. Our case so far as the present action at Moetezuma is concerned, would now seem to be won, in view particularly of the testimony of Mir Hood of the Miners & Merchants Bank. His state ments under oath practically took the ground completely from under the de fense. Coupling this with more re- cent disclCEures, including proceed ings begun to annul original contract started at Cananea, through which suit they virtually admit that all their early claims were without ground. I can not see wherein we can fail to win our contention.
 MT. Graham is in Bisbee today, n violation of the bond he gave to se- cure his freedom from jail at Mocte- Zuma. I presume that this bond, $500, will be collected from Mir. Wick CTS, who supplied the amount in ad- dition to $500 he guaranteed for Wylie and Brooks each. The story that Mir. Woodward supplied bond for MT. Ora ham in the sum of s50,000, I may add, is incorrect. MT. Woodward was ask ed to furnish bond for MT. Graham, but declined to do so, not because of the personality of MT Graham, but because of principles involved in the case, as he put it. Where the story that he put up the money started, I do not know. It was in general clrcu- lation at Moctezuma and also in Ari- zona. It is possible that Mir Graham assisted its start because of the influ- ence that he considered might attach to the use of the name of Mir. Wood ward in association with his own.
 When the coHt at Moctezuma is again ready for the presence of NJ. Graham he will be obliged to return. Extradition will be employed ii nee essary, not only in his case but in the cases of any others who may be want ed from the United States in connec- ton with the proceedings yet to come. Mir. Graham secured privilege to leave Moctezuma on plea that his presence was essential for brief while at the mine. The reasons advanced by him were found later to be, at least in part, untrue, and it was also found that in- stead of stopping at the mine he con- tinued his trip into the United States, jumping his bond.
 That there were important busi- ness reasons for his departure from Moctezuma have no doubt If am correctly informed these reasons have multiplied since his arrival on this side of the line. It is said that at Doug las Saturday night a conference which lasted until midnight failed to prevent Messrs. Taylor and Reardon, who are among the original ground owners, from totally repudiating steps taken by MT. Graham from the beginning of the trouble with the Kansas City interests, and declaring that they would have nothing to do with his fu- ture movements. They are said to have declared that they knew nothing about the purport of the initial steps or they would have flatly refused to have had association with them. It is also reported that Mir. Graham and - Attorney Richardson are at the part ing of the ways, and that Mir. Graham is determined on the break. These storm breeders in his own camp, to- gether with the troubles over the line, naturally provide MT. Graham with considerable desire to keep about home for a while, but whether the Mexican courts will consider his stay justifable in the light of all things re- mains to be seen"