The San Francisco call., 1908-10-21
GOLD MINE FRAUD
TRACED TO PRISON
Captain E. w. Emmons, Sem
fenced to San Quentin, Uses
Mails to Sell Stock
Postmaster General Stops Oper-
ati0ns of Drummer Boy Com
pany as Criminal

fraud order directed against the
Drummer Boy gold mining company
its officers and directors and Captain
h. w Emmons was received by Post
Office Inspector Joe p Johnston from
Postmaster General George Won l.,
Meyer yesterday. Captain Emmons
whose title comes from his financial
maneuvers, is now confined in the
county jair waiting the outcome of his
appeal from the sentence of six years
in San Quentin given him in the SUI
perior court for obtaining money under
false pretenses shortly before the fire.
The fraud order received yesterday is
the nrst one sent here since April
1906.
captain Emmons found that the time
was hanging heavy on his hands while
he was confined in the county iaiI. so
he corresponded with several of the
owners of stock in the Drummer Boy
gold mining company. asking them to
purchase additional stock in order that
money might be raised to defray TIL,
expenses of completing the huge mill
which was being erected, he said. on
the company's mine in the northern
part of the state. Postal Inspector
James OConnell discovered that Cap
tain Emmons was endeavoring to I'll
his own purse while in jail by secur-
ing purchasers for stock in a fake
mining company by using the mails.
PROSECUTION TO FOLLOW
The matter was laid before the post
master general and the fraud order
was issued. The case against .Emmons
will be prosecuted by the mail authori-
ties.
The issuance of the fraud order re-
calls the charges brought against EN-
mons by State Mineralegist Aubrey Gin
1906.
The principal victim of Emmons was
a hard working lumber jack. who had
spent several years in the lumber
camps and had saved about 81 100. He
came to San Francisco seeking an op-
portunity to invest his savings and
was attracted by the sign of Professor
Niblo, a clairvoyant, who had an Office
in Market street. The man from the
forest visited Professor Niblo. who
after he learned that his visitor had
about $1,000 to invest, threw himself
into a trance and proceeded to tell his
client how he could invest the money
and become wealthy
MEDIUM FINDS BUYER
While in the trance the medium
pictured to the lumber jack large
field and a tree with small boy play
ing on a drum. The medium said that
ne was unable to go farther and tell
the name of the mining company be-
cause some one had disturbed the at
mosphere by firing off gun.
Leaving the office of the cIairvoyaat
with directions that blind man could
follow, the wood chopper locked across
the street and saw the sign of the
Drummer Boy gold mining company.
The $1,000 was exchanged for 1000
shares OF stock. A large number of
others testified in the state court to
having received visits from Emmons,
who offered stock for sale. Other pur-
cha sers of stock from Emmons testi
fed that there were no dividends and
that they were unable to find any
trace of the mine. Professor Niblo
disa ppeared from San Francisco, but
Emmons fell into the hands of the
police and was given sentence of six
years in San Quentin, from which he
appealed.