Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-06-22
LEGAL BATTLE
 FOR MINE STOCK
Colonel Parish Sues in Phoenix for 24,0O0 Shares of Cieneguita Company, Alleging Crooked Work on Part of the Company-Asks for Receiver.

Battling for 24,O00 shares of the Cieneguita Copper company's stock, which at present market quotations is valued at $20O,O00, T. F. Parish began his suit in the district court this morn ing against George Bebee and others to get the Cieneguita company's affairs placed in the hands of receiver, says the Phoenix Democrat.
 Both in his complaints in official court language and while discussing the case, Parish makes strong allegations of fraud on the part of the present di- rectors of the Cieneguita company, charging that they have purposely set about to defraud him of 24,000 shares of stock.
 Judge Kent made an effort this morn ing to get Attorneys J. F. Wilson and Walter Bennett for Parish and Eugene $. Ives for the defendants to come to some understanding that would permit of the appointment of receiver to take charge, but neither could consent to the other s demands and the hearing began about | O clock.
 Bennett X Wilson wanted hearing to show that a receiver should be ap- pointed for the Arizona corporation and Ives demanded that no action be taken because the Nevada corporation had nos been served and was not represented.
 Parish in his petition for receiver  alleges that at a stockholders meeting held in Tucson, Bebee and his associ. ates, with the intention of defrauding certain minority stockholders, trans. ferred the books and assets of the Cieneguita Copper company of Arizona to the Cieneguita Copper company of Nevada.
 Bennett and Wilson contended this morning that it was not necessary to bring the Nevada corporation into this suit for receiver and Ives responded that if all the contentious of the plain. tiff were sustained a judgment render ing in their favor, it would not be of any value, for the reason that the Ari. zona corporation has nothing for a re. eeiver to take in his charge.
 Parish s contention is that he is en titled to 24,O00 shares of the com. pany's stocks because of services he performed for the company in Mexico under contract, but that by juggling and fraud the management of the com pany has made it appear that he is not laI fa ufA nd hau to issue it to him.
 Bebee was not present at the hearing today, though his wife, Mrs. George Bebee, and Thomas Lewis, a business associate of Bebee, were present and closely followed the proceedings.
 Parish states that if the Cieneguita company is placed in the hands of a receiver and the books, assets and rec. ords of the company placed in his pos session, he will be able to get his 24, 900 shares of stock, which he says are worth S200,000 to him.
 The only witness examined before noon was Dr. J. w. Ford, former heavy stoekholder in the company. The purpose of putting him on the stand was to trace the history of the Ciene- guita company, which has done business in Mexico, Arizona and Nevada from it's incipieney to as recent date as Ford has knowledge of.
 Strong and positive allegations of fraud and crooked work are made open ly by Parish, who claims that Bebee and his associates are trying to defraud him by unfair means of what is rightfully his.