Bisbee daily review., 1905-07-18


 ment. Not only that, but fearing that there might be some hitch in the re- ceipt of the additional s9.000 by the Miners & Merchants bank President Sooy caused the American National bank in Kansas City to wire another $9 GOO to the Bank of bisbee, so that IS a matter of fact the mining com pany had $9,000 more money in Bis bee on July 9th than was necessary to pay what was due the original owners.
 "In the meantime Sooy and Morse got word that an attempt was being made to corner all the gold there was in Bisbee and went to the Bank of Bisbee and arranged to have gold hur- ried to Bisbee from California, as the payment, according to contract was to be made in gold.
 Gold Paid Into Bank.
 -On the morning of the 9th of July President Sooy, Attorney Morse, Sa- perintendent DeCamp. D. M Simpson. D F. Hickey and Ed J. Flannigan went to the Miners & Merchants bank in Bisbee, carrying the amount due on the payment to the original owners of the mine. Mir. DeCamp carried a six shooter and the other gentlemen carried the bags of gold. Arriving at the bank the gold, S4S .S65, was ten <lered to Cashier Hood. At first Cash fer Hood refused to accept the money until after he had consulted his at torney. After sending for Attorney O'Connel, of Bisbee, and holding a con ference with him the cashier finally accepted the money and gave Presi- dent Sooy a receipt for it. With the money went a memorandum stating the amount due each of the original owners, and the money was subject to the order of the original owners.
 The Division of the Money.
 Tn regard to the payment not be ing apportioned correctly to tue orig inal owners in the exact amount due each. I desire to say that this is a mere technicality and the only possi- bie excuse for tSs action of Mir Gra- ham in going to the mine and taking possession of it. Tl.S payment was zspportioned to the original owners exactly as former payments had bssn made and in accordance wish the Ia terests Of each in the original bond; other payments had been made that way Anyhow. that was the flimsiest kink of technicalIIy and our people were in Bisbee with the money to pay 1t any way the owners desired.
 consider the action of Mr Ora ham as simply a bold attempt to rob 7the stockholders of the Fl Tigre mine and l am here to seek redress in the courts of Mexico and in the United States. 1 have letters from federal officials in Missouri to federal off, cials in Arizona and we will have theI help of some of the strongest men in Ehe United States in our efforts to preserve our rights.
 Armed Posse.
 For taking an armed posse into a foreign country those who have been guilty will have to answer to the au- thoritie5 of the United States The Kansas City stockholders are men of means and rather than submit to this high-handed attempt to take away from them that which they have paid their money for they would spend the worth of the Fl Tigre mine. The Kansas City people are not all stran- gers in Mexico. Some of them are heavily interested in the Stfllweii rail road enterprise in that country and other important enterprises aud they are not at zll alarmed about getting justice in the Mexican courts. They are as ready to try their rights in Mexico as in the United States and feel confident that final results will be the restoration of the Fl Tigre property to its rightful owners with full reparation for all the expense which has been incurred in defend ing the property"
 When asked if any suits had yet been instituted having for their pur- pose the recovery of the Fl Tigre mine zo the possession of the Kansas City company he said that there was noth- ing yet to be given to the public, but that whatever the counsel of the com pany decided to do would be done openly and everything would be given 10 the public at the proper time.
 Custom Lead Shelter.
 Since Mir. Seitz was here last he has been working on the promotion of a custom lead shelter to be built for Douglas and was in the State cf Ohio c0nfeTriug with some gentlemen re garding this proposed enterprise when he learned of the trouble here over the Fl Tigre mine and hurried back to Kansas City. He stated that this Fl Tigre business would damage all new mining enterprises in this sec ton depending on eastern capital for their promotion. but that it would only be a temporary set back. He thinks that a lead smeiter in Douglas to cost s300,000 would yield good re- turns on the money invested and he expects to go ahead with the enter prise just as soon as he can get away from the business in hand.
 B. F. Graham arrived this morning from Bisbee and Tombstone where he went Saturday At Tombstone on Saturday several suits were filed against the directors and officers of the Lucky Tiger Combination Mining company; one of the suits has for its purpose the return of all the books of the company to Douglas and anoth- CT is for the purpose of compelling the return of certain stocks of the compa- ny to Mir. Graham and the original owners of the El Tigre mine. MT Graham seems to be acting on the