Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15
MINING MEN IN
A CONTROVERSY
Dispute Between Samuel New
house and Lee Bunch Leads
To Latter's Arrest.
CHARGE AND C0UNTERCH
stormy Scene in Office That VIII Have
Its Sequel Ia the Courts In the
Near Future.

An Idaho mining property said by X.
Lee Bunch to be very valuable, is the
cause of serious controversy between
himself and Samuel Newhouse of Salt
Lake, the multimillionalre mining mag
nate.
After stormy conference In the Of
flee of Mr.. Newhouse last Tuesday, Mr..
Wednesday evening Just before leaving
for his Idaho home. Bonds of $4,000
were Immediately furnished by Dr.
Claude w. Gates and Milton W. Snow,
a mining engineer OF this city,
ABOUT ALLEGED swINDLE,
Mr., Bunch is now out OF the state,
awaiting a hearing on the charge OF
obtaining money under false pretenses.
The amount involved is s3,7O0 which
was advanced by Mr.. Newhouse on the
mining property under discussion in
Idaho Since this money was advanced.
II is declared that Mr.. Newhouse spent
$4,000 on the mine. The swindle al
legged by Mr.. Newhouse consists of mis-
representation by Bunch on the amount
OF ore mined at the time the original
transaction was made. This was said
by Bunch to be sacked at the mine and
Mr.. Newbouse now claims the sacks
contained nothing more than granite
rock.
THE OFFICE ROW.
Atty. Ashby Snow has been retained
by Mr.. Bunch as his attorney. In the
meeting with Mr.. Newhouse on Tues
day there was stormy scene. Mr.
Bunch Is president Of the mine and q
Mr.. Mathews, who is its secretary,
came down to get an accounting on the
property. They said they had been
unfairly dealt with and that the
amount of money reported taken out
was much smaller than was reasonable
Mr. Newhouse II Is said, ordered
Bunch out OF the Office, and Bunch re-
Piled that IL would take 10 such men
to throw him out. A clash followed
In which Mr.. Bunch struck the eye
glasses off the face of Mr.. Newhouse,
breaking them. Bert Fuller rushed IN
from the outside and he says. struck
Bunch one blow, while Mr. Mathews
has been quoted as declaring that New
house reached back into his hip pocket,
while commencing Bert Fuller to stand
aside, saying, Here, I'll fix him.
Mathews then rushed Newhouse and
pinned his arms down, according to his
version Of the encounter.
The trio then quoted down, and an
appointment was made for the next
day, at o'clock. Ashby Snow was
retained In the meantime, and went
with Bunch and Mathews. They were
met by an attorney regularly employed
In Mr.. Newhouses office,
He informed them that Mr., New
house was not in They concluded
that he did NOT wish to see them. Mr.. |
Snow said last night that II this ac- |
ton clears up as he thinks Il will. q |
suit will be filed against Newhouso i'm |
medlHtely In the federal courts de- |
handing an accounting and a recev- |
ership for the mine He says that he |
regards the complaint as a technical |
matter and not filed because OF any |
particular grievance over the item
involved.
I'm the first place. said Mr.. Snow. |
MT. Newhouse thoroughly exported |
the mine, before he spent cent. and |
this money had only TO do with the |
value Of n few sacks Of ore already |
taken out. Newhouse sent W. NJ. |
Johnson there and he spent four |
weeks on the ground. Since gaining |
control Newhouse has spent $4,000 |
developing the property. and he has
been In charge.