The daily sentinel., 1907-05-01
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! 1t will be remembered that coun-
ell agreed that the bonds should be
placed in the hands of trusteeship
and that they were to be deposited
| In Denver to the credit of one of
the trust companies and that as the
city needed money that John l.. Cor
on. the ostensible purchaser Of bonds
would advance the money.
/ This proposition was fought per
slstently by the mayor, but It finally
carried. but the city was saved throu-
gh the refusal to either sign the
] bonds or the contracts, which would
have permitted Gordon TO have OBJ
tanned practical possession of the
Gordon when here told of his well
IN, OF the fact that he was the own
er of the famous Mendoza mines at
| Georgetown and put up as fine a
! confidence game as IL was possible
to do. He ridiculed the objections of
/ eX-Mayor Bunting, wnen the contract
and the sale of the bonds were be-
ing considered in the three special
/ sessions of council. previous to the
] hnal session which granted Mitchell
the contract and was extremely pat
ronizing in his manner and said that
such care as was being taken WAS un-
usual and reflected upon his business
honor.
The following history of Gordon S
operations Will be interesting reading
and will show how closely the city es-
capped getting into the hands of this
man Gordon. Had he been given the
bonds it is hard to tell into what COM
plications the city would have drift
ed.
"Pinkerton detectives are hot on
the trail of John l.. Gordon until re-
Investment company, of which Attor-
ney o. n. Hilton Is the president and
Attorney Clinton V. Meade the secre-
tary. with offices at GIL Symes block,
A warrant Is out for the arrest of Cor
don. charging him with obtaining S45
from the First National Bank in Il
fraudulent manner.
This is said to be the smallest
amount that he secured from any one
person, and his peculations are said
to have covered u period of two
years. Denver people losing about
William Hennessey, a veteran real
estate man. is out 81, 900 as Is DR.. w.
C. Williams, dentist. of the Mercan-
tile building, while Mrs. Caroline
Green, now living at tho Alice. Four
teenth and Arapahoe. It is reported,
is the heaviest loser. being out about
5000 by the disappearance of Cor
don.
Mrs. Katherine Kelly OF the West
ern hotel is out $3.50, while an en-
ployee of the Stock Yards bank is
said to be short a similar amount.
The last heard from Gordon was
said to be in Colorado Springs, but
the Plnkertons were unable to find
him there when they went to the
place where he is supposed to have
lapu GfODpinR
Gordon blew into Denver about
two years ago and has since been able
10 live on the fat of the land without
any apparent effort. He was mixed
up in more than one company of
which the well known Denver men
are the officers, he had printed mat
ter which led people TO believe that
he had an investment company of
his own.
His advertising matter stated that
he was a dealer in stocks and bonds,
real estate and investment securit-
During the past six months he Is
said to have forged many checks, and
many well-known Denver men have
gone on his paper only to be appris-
ed that he had left the city two weeks
ago. leaving thousands of dollars un-
paid and that he was not likely to
return.
Then he is said to have dupllcat-
tu lllt llOlAbdbth VII AAA' AhAAAAhA
Of the Broadway and secured 81 1000
each from DR.. Williams and Mr. Hen
nessey on the same furniture, which
had originally been mortgaged by
Mrs. Green. Gordon lived like n
pince and told everyone that he came
from England where. he said. he
had rich relatives and was distantly
related to the crowneG heads of the
small countries of Europe. He was
fastldious dresser, a man OF about 80
years OF age and had that winning
way adopted by John ]. O'Hara, al
though his operations were on
much different plan and his accusers
confined largely to Denver and the
suburbs.
1t Is said that they had a lease on
the Mendoza mine az Georgetown and
the company was In a fair way to
sell it to a syndicate In New YORK. for
a profit of about 10000 when the
deal fell through, owing to the ina
bility of the officials Of the investment
comDany to pay the men when the
last payroll became due.
That was about two weeks ago, and
It was then that Gordon left the city.
The Daniels and Fisher company is
said to have suffered to the extent
OF about $50 on goods sold to Cor
don on the strength Of his wealthy
English connections.
All of Gordon's alleged stealings
we're through the medium OF. notes
and mortgages said to be forged.