Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-13

up mines, when he came across the Spenazuma camp. w. c. Duncan, now located at San Carlos, rode to the camp with Smalley, and together they visited all the workings and traced the ore that had been shipped in. Tie ex- posture of the operations of Flower was written by Mir. Smalley and was first published in the Arizona Repub- lican at Phoenix and afterward in tne Mining and Scientific Press of New York. The story, which had been re- fused by several metropolitan papers, startled mining men, and the doctor strenuously denied the statements Of fraud and used every means to stop their publication. However, the state ments were proven to be true, but even after the exposure was made, thousands of dollars of stock were sold in the east.
 The company soon gave up it's Black Rock project and moved t. the Clark district, adjoining Dory Morris gold claims recently sold. They earned cn extensive operations there for some time, but Mir. Smalley followed them there and wrote up" Che new camp in similar fashion
 Here 1t was that Mir. Smalley al- most lost his life because of his deter mination to put Dr. Flower out of his flourishing business by taking in the credulous investors of the east. The doctor evidently had his camp well guarded to prevent further exposures, and while MT. Smalley was goirg up the hill toward the camp, shot was fired at him from below, the bullet striking the ground within a few feet Of him. He continued, however, and made his examination, subsequently, exposing the fraud. On his return he met the cowboy who shot at him and the guard told him that he was sheet ing at jackrabbits. MT. Smalley had a pretty good idea of who the "jaCk- rabbit" was.
 A short time after the expose of the Spenazuma, the attorney for the ccm- pany, now prominent mining lawyer of the east, and former state senator of New York, approached him in PEce- nix, and after telling him what d great amount of damage he had 'iDne bv ex- posing the Spenazuma, attempted to have him return to the mines and write them up again. showing he pub lie that he had greatly Wronged Dr. Flower and his scheme in ris pre- vious exDose which was "all a Tlfe- tage." Mir. Smalley, however, refused, and there was nothing doing III the "sqauring" business.
 Previous to his trip to Arizona with carload of dupes, Dr. Flower had made arrangements with a number of cowboys to lend a touch of wild and wooliness to the visit of the customers by fake hold-up. The doctor was to fire a shot as a signal and the men were to surround the stages and Ego through" the party. The promoter said he would have several hundred dollars on his person, which loot would pay the boys for their trouble. The doctor fired the shot all right, but there was no hold-up and the east erners never knew what they had missed.
 According to MT. Smalley Dr. Flow CT is a genial, smooth man, and enter taining company, but he did not suc- ceed in interesting any Arizona peo- ple in his scheme at Black Rock. Soon after the exposure of the Spenauma. the New York authorities got after Flower and a warrant was issued for him. He went to Mexico, where he "Ao O iOSIlAfS HUH JuSIlCe TOT many years, returning to the United States but recently.
 He is perhaps one of the boldest op- orators in the country and has been backed by men of good character, who afterwards gave him up. In the trial Of Flower no doubt the Spenauma fraud will be brought to light again and the eastern people who invested will be shown how easily 1t was done.
 No doubt some of the Ariona parties who are familiar with the operations at the Spenauma camp will be sub poenaed as witnesses in the New York trial, where Flower will be prosecuted for obtaining money under false pre- lenses.