The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-02
LYMAN
IS A FUGITIVE

Los. ANGELES, Dec. DIR. ]. Grant
Lyman, a guest of the Hotel Green,
Pasadena, and a Goldfield New pro-
moter, who was indicted in the latter
place on a charge of embezzlement in
connection with the sale of alleged
fraudulent mining stocks. has disap-
peared and cannot be located by the
police. He left the hotel at o'clock
this morning, an hour after Sheriff
White received an order from Sheriff
Brawley of Goldfeld to arrest him.
When Deputy Gilbert arrived at
Pasadena Lyman had already been ap-
prised of his indictment and had gone
1t was stated at the hotel that he left
there shortly before o'clock and
boarded an express car on the electric
line for Los Angeles. He has not been
seen since, SO far as known. He left
at the hotel about $4,000 worth of bag
gage, with no instructions to the no.
tel to forward 1t. He also left no for
warding mail address.
Lyman was apprised Of his indict-
ment at Goldfeld and Of the order of
arrest by "a newspaper reporter, who
got him on the telephone at the hotel
at lao this morning. The reporters
Interview with Lyman as published to-
day was as follows:
The whole proposition Is simply
this: I never had anything to do with
the Boston Greenwater Copper Com
pany, and 1 never sold Schetels, or any
one else, stock in that company He
may have bought some of that stock
from the Union Securities Company, a
corporation for which was only the
manager of the GoldfeId office Justice
Tilden, who I believe is vice president
of the Boston Greenwater. Copper Com
pany, will reach this city tomorrow.
believe that he is their attorney also.
and will be able to explain this entire
matter.
Z This is the outgrowth of trouble
with the L. n Sullivan Company I
placed some BuIlfrog Rush stock with
that company for sale They failed to
keep their contract and wanted a re-
newal. Il had discovered that George
Graham Rice, head of the Nevada news
bureau. was also back of the L. M.
Sullivan Company
For these reasons / took the Bull
frog, Rush stock out of their hands and
placed it with the Union Securities Com
pany. Sullivan and the man Rice,
am sure, are back of any attack against
me-"
GOLDF1ELD, Dec. DIR. Gage Ly-
man, general manager and chief stock
holder of the Union Securities Company,
which is alleged to have perpetrated a
fraud in a mining transaction in the
sum of $3.50, is still at large. The
secretary of the company, e. III. Lati-
mer, was arrested as one of the de-
PENDANTS today. He pleaded not guilty
and was admitted to bail He will have
a preliminary examination next Thurs
day morning.
B. II. Scheftels. the Chicago broker
who is the complaining witness, stated
today that additional complaints would
be filed, one of which would be in the
United States Court on the charge of
misusing the mails. Meanwhile a
search warrant has been issued by Jus
tice Solomon and the records of the
Union Securities Company are being
searched for evidence.
DR.. j. Grant Lyman was a prominent
figure at the Emeryville racetrack at
Oakland last season. AS the owner
of Graceful. Ralbert and other horses
that he had been running on the New
York tracks he Is reputed to have oper-
ated heavily in the ring at the Oakland
track. His horses made rather an
Indifferent showing and he disposed
of them after being there but short
time.