The San Francisco call., 1907-02-12
Captain Emmons Reaps
Harvest With Help
of Clairvoyant

NOndrOuS tales of yellow gold and
mysterious spirit messages from an
other world are strangely interminGled
In the story of the rise and fall of
Captain E. W. Emmons, mining en-
gincer. promoter, smooth taIker, and
now prisoner in the city Jail. Cap
tain EmmOns reached San Francisco
yesterday from Chicago in charge of
Detective Steve Hummer. He was
brought back to face charges of n
score of victims who accuse him of
having obtained money under false
pretenses. In addition an indictment
brought by the Grand Jury hangs over
his head.
Emmons was traced, located and
brought back through the clever work
of Detective Bunner. The detective had
to go before the Governors of two
States and twice appeared in court
to contest the claims of Emmons, who
opposed extradition
Side partner of Captain Emmons, ally
| in his spectacular mining promotions,
is Professor Nib1o. clairvoyant, palmist,
spirit medium and sure prophet of the
to be believed. Niblo advised his
clients that the way to riches lay
| through Emmons' mining schemes, and
the captain was ever ready to assist his
/ friends by selling them stock at a
dollar share. After cleaning up $23,-
600 in San Francisco the professor and
4 the captain winged their way to Chi
cago, where they had just resumed
/ business when Detective Bunner
swooped down on them.
/ An unsolyed feature of the case lies
| in the name of the president of EN-
mons company. 1t appears on the
stock certificates as M. A. Morton. 1t
/ happens that Emmons' stenographer
was Miss Morton, young and attract
] iva iC Tor nr,fS nj od1 q
not known, but she is supposed to be
4 in Chicago The police believe that
she was the elusive president.
Among the victims of Emmons and
Niblo are several women, who were
/ induced to invest their savings In what
was pictured to them as SURPRISING
anything described in the Arabian
4 Nights. The first complaints against
Emmons were made by Mrs. Abbie
McDaniels and Mrs. NJ. E. Hurst. The
I former placed her case before the POI
! lice Department and the latter consult
ed the Grand Jury. A flood of COM
/ plants followed these two.
Captain Emmons began operations
| two years ago in Siskiyou County. He
entered into negotiations with F. w.
/ Mailer, the owner of the Drummer Boy
i gold mine. situated eight miles from
Yreka. Emmons bonded the property
for one year, at the end of which he
/ was to pay $4,000 In caSh, erect ten
stamp mill and work the mine. 1t was
expressly stipulated that no corpora
/ ton should be formed, but that Mailer
should receive % per cent of the out
put of the mine, the remainder to go to
! Emmons.
! AS soon as he had control of the
property Emmons organized a stock
company of 100000 shares and began to
sell stock at 81 share. 10 help the
scheme along he opened offices in San
! Francisco and entered into alliance
with Professor Niblo, the clairvoyant,
who had rooms at All Ellis street.
Niblos right name is Clark, but Clark
lacks the ring of mystery which Niblo
| possesses. Niblo advertised his ability
to consult the spirits for financial sue
cess. He had large number of clients,
mostly women. The spirits invariably
advised investment in Captain Emmons'
enterprises. From Niblo. the women
hurried to the captain and left piles of
shining gold for a handsomely engraved
certificate.
Emmons' company was made up of
dummy directors with the exception of