Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-03
WOMAN PURSUES
MINING PROMOTER
ALLEGED CROOKED DEAL IN
OAKLAND
Mrs. Abbie Mcdaniel Charges oper-
ator with Misrepresenting Facts to
sell stock and Demands
His Arrest

E. w. Emmons, mining stock oper-
ator with headquarters at Oakland,
Call Is wanted for alleged crooked
work in stock selling.
The story is told In the following ac-
count taken from the San Francisco
Bulletin of December 30, published by
request of Lewis u. Aubury, state
mineralogist.
"Fortune-tellers operating with the
get-rich-quick man Is the latest move
of the wildcat mining man In his ef'
fort to snare the unwary, according to
the evidence which has been unearthed
by State Mineralogist Lewis E. Au-
bury. AS a result of these investiga-
tions warrant will be issued for the
arrest OF E. w. Emmons of the Drum
rner Boy Mining company with offices
at 4S8 Sherman street, Oakland, upon
the complaint of Mrs. Abbie Mcdaniel
strange to relate, the president of
this company Is n woman, Miss M. A.
Morton Very little is known about
Miss Morton, but the officers belieye
that she was merely a dummy in the
company.
MRS Abbie Mcdaniel Is the holder Of
a certificate which shows that she is
entitled to 1000 shares of stock of the
Drummer Boy Mining company For
this piece of paper, which Is now said
to be worthless, she has already paid
$780, and had agreed to pay $1,000.
Mrs. Mcdaniel says that Emmons
represented that the mining company
of which he Is secretary, owned the
Drummer Boy mine of Yreka, Siskiyou
county. Upon this representation she
says she purchased the stock, whereas
as a matter Of fact, the mine belonged
to A. Mailer. Such representations,
under a recent act of the legislature
constitutes a felony and several con-
victions have already been secured.
Mrs. Mcdaniel has earned her own
living since a child and the $500 paid to
the mining operator represented the
scant savings of a lifetime. She was
unwilling to risk this sum except under
the promise that she could turn the
shares into cash at any time, and EN-
mons, she says, agreed to pay her cash
for them at any time she wished. Be-
coming dissatisfied with the manage
ment of the mine she recently came to
Oakland and demanded her money
Emmons at first tried to put her off,
she says. Later he offered to try to
sell the shares, but refused to pay her
back the money she had invested.
Consulted a Seeress
I'd. H. Kettleson, the second alleged
victim of Emmons is an employe of the
Southern Pacific company at Dunsmuir.
About one year ago he made a trip to
Los Angeles, and while there consulted
q seeress. She learned that he had
$1,000 in the bank, and advised him to
invest it in the Drummer Boy mine,
which she said was going to be Won
derfully rich before many months. He
allowed her advice.
Captain of Detectives Duke and
Detective Dow went to Emmons home
at 967 Washington street, but they
were told by Mrs. Emmons that her
husband was in Kansas City.
state Mineralogist Aubury says that
1t has become common practice for
mining swindlers to share their ill-got
ten gains with fortune-tellers, who
steer victims Into the clutches of the
operators. ~
"Emmons is described as being a man
of good appearance, being unusually
well dressed. He wears a different suit
every day and always wears diamonds.
He is about s feet inches in height.
1.-THE Oakland Office of the company is
run by a man named Winslow."