Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1907-12-18
JURY Returns VERDICT
FOR JOURNAL MINER
Hrom Wednesdays paily)

dent, promoter and originator of the
Little Brother Gold Mining company,
is n fake. n fraud and u swindler, rs
charged by the journal Miner last
February. was proven yesterday, ac-
cording to the verdict returned last
night by the jury which rendered Il
judgment in favor of the editor, J. W.
Mines, and the journal Miner Publish
ing company.
That COR" j. Waterloo Diusdalc
deliberately robbed the stockholders of
the Little Brother Gold Mining com
psny, and attempted to shift the re-
sponsibility for his nefarious crimes
upon Vice President Barr and his
niece, Miss Tavenner (now Mrs. j. T..
HalD was also abundantly proven, ac.
cording TO the Judgment given by the
jury.
When Dinsdale's scoundrcllry trans
actions in connection with the Little
Brother Gold Mining company came TO
ight in the early part of the year and
we're exposed by the Journal Miner
with the sole object of protecting the
honest prospector and promoting the
Legitimate mining industry which is
the backbone of the prosperity of
Yavapai county, this paper saw fit no.
TO mince words, and applied to him
such appropriate appellations BETTING
the character of the oircnse. such
as "scoundrcl.' swindler,' and
"fraud' The journal. Miner now
apologies to its readers for not de-
nominating MIN also rs liar, for such
no has proven himself TO be by his own
testimony during the trial of the case,
according to the verdict of the jury,
composed OF twelve of the most honor.
able men in Yavapai county. And here
are their names, because it is only
proper that every honest citizen Of
Yavapai county should know whom
they are and that they should be given
due credit for the conscientious man
ner ia which they performed their
sworn and sacred duty: Archie Mid.
dleton, A. B. Peach, Vim. Kcarney, r..
Hsney, Geo. Merwin, W. &. Hanson,
Chas. Braun, j. Wallace. l.. A. Ryan,
James Cradle, G. +. Avery and X. NJ.
Hanson.
When the panel was being examined
the editor of the Journal Miner es.
pecially instructed his attorneys not to
excuse or object to any man thereon
simply by reason of the fact that hs
might be Democrat. While this pa.
per is Republican in its political al
legiance, the editor knows that when
II comes to question of manhood, Of
civic loyalty, of uprightness in the
walks Of life, and an inherent sense of
justice, that neither political party can
really claim any advantage on that
score. The fact that three. fourths Of
the jury were Democrats is simply an
additional tribute to the fairness and
Intelligence of the men who composed
that body.
Dinsdale met his Waterloo yesterday
and he deserved il. lie asked in his
complaint for $4,000 damages, and he
was not awarded n single cent. lie
asked for vindication and he did not
receive 1t. He undertook to explain to
the jury his jugglcry OF the stock Ger
tiRcates, and the verdict Of the Jury
obviously branded his testimony as
false.
lie declared that the alleged fraud.
ulent transactions were due to the in.
competency of the secretary Of his com
pany (his niece, and the jury disbc.
lieved him. He swore that he had
turned in certain mining claims to the
company as an equivalent Of the $780,.
900 shares OF stock which he divided
between himself and +. d. Barr at u
fictitious meeting at Iron Springs, when
the records Of the company and those
OF the county recorder proved conclu.
sively that there was no such com
pany In existence at the time and that,
in fact, II was not Incorporated until
some weeks later. lie admitted that
stock Of the Little Brother Gold Min.
ing company was sold before the com
pany had any property, and the rec
ords afforded damaging and convinc
ing evidence to the jury that the
claims which Dinsdale said were the
property of the company, were not
even located until July, 1906, or nearly
a year after the company was organ.
lied, and yet all during this intcryen.
ing period IL was selling stock to In.
noccnt purchasers. There have bcon
mining frauds in the past in Yavapai,
but this WAS proven to be the most
barefaced swindle of the lot.