Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-01-29
A TRIP TO OHIO
EASILY AVOIDED
The Conclusion of the Hearing in the
Case of ]. L. Sheperd, the Mining
Man

]. L. Sheperd the mining man will
not have TO go back to Ohio until he
gets ready. The protest against this
extradition on a requisition from the
governor of Ohio was heard by Cover
DOR Kibbey yesterday, the hearing
lasting all day. The agent of the state
of Ohio o. ID. Hamer had arrived the
night before. The attorneys for Shep-
erd were Col Thomas Fitch, Judge
y. g. Baker and Sam +. Pattee of Tue
son. The agent was not assisted by AN
attorney but Attorney General Clark
was present for the territory.
/ Sheperd was charged in the COM
plant issued out OF the Ohio court
with having violated the laws of that
state in issuing false statements re-
garding the property OF the Realito
Mining company of Sonora and that
these statements were made to induce
! persons to buy stock in the company.
| One of the witnesses for Sheperd
was Allen T. Bird Of Nogales. who tes-
titled concerning the conditions sur
rounding the property of the company.
! The cOmplainants in the case are l.. J..
/ Haas and Frank Weinlin OF Column
I bus. members Of the company between
whom and Sheppard there has been a
fight for the control of the property.
J 1t was stated last night for one Of
the attorneys for Sheppard that the
| governor had decided not to issue the
warrant of eXtradition on the ground
! that the complaint against him was
defective in four particulars. In the
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complainants or any one else had been
defrauded of any money or other thing
| Of value by means Of the alleged false
representations Of Sheperd.
one Of the allegations Of the COM
plant was that it had been stat
ed by Sheperd that the COM
pany owned two valuable proper
ties. the Nina de Colorado and the
/ Nina de Verde whereas the company
could show no title to these properties.
Against this charge il was shown that
: those properties were not specifically
mentioned in the company's title they
I lay wholly within the general de-
noUncement Of the company which is
nearly four miles square so that any
further description Of them was I'M
necessary.
Sheperd came here a week ago accom-
panied by Sheriff Saxon of Santa Cruz
county where he had been arrested on
instructions from Ohio. The first pre-
ceeding was an application for a writ
Of habeas corpus but no further steps
were taken in that direction pending
the arrival OF the agent with the re-
QUESTION papers.
Mr.. Sheperd. formerly a resident Of
Phoenix and interested in this valley.
Las been engaged i'm mining in Mexico
for several years. He was among the
first Of the Americans To penetrate to
tie southern part of Sonora where h.
acquired the rich Nina Verde and Nina
Colorad" properties. Near by was =
rich silver mine. the Fortuna de Plata-
The new RAILROAD running to Quay
mas is now within fifty-one miles OF
the PROF erty. When the Realito COM
pany was formed MIR. Sheperd turned
over to the company the Fortuna de
Plata ON his own motion and without
request and in the sharing Of the stock
ne was much more liberal than his
agreement with his associates required
him to be.
He had so much confidence in the
greatness OF tire property that he sup
posed his associates would have the
same and would hasten the develop
ment Of it.
Haas and Weinlein. however, sought
TO take advantage Of the confidence
which Mr.. Sheperd had reposed in
them and declined To surrender 10 him
the stock which he could have had
at the beginning but which he had
neglected to receive.
At a meeting Of the company in CO.
iumbus i'm December a demand was
made upon them for it but they treat
ed the matter jOculaIly until the ap-
pearance OF COL Bird the vice pres
ident Of the company. with Secretary
William Ellinger they were Outnum-
bered. II was there that Mr. Sheperd
received his stock. The regular meet
ing of the company was to be held at
Nogales last week and the arrest OF
Mr.. Sheperd was sought to prevent
his attendance at that meeting. He
was present, however. and his side re-
manned in control
He announced last night that he
would shortly return to Ohio and begin
criminal proceedings against the per-
sons who swOre to the complaint
against him chargiuc- them with per-