Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-01-29
MAGAZINE MAN CLEVER swIND
 LER.
From Thursdays Daily

publishing monthly paper at Phoe nix to be known as the Arizona Magazine He proposed to do All sorts of publicity stunts for the Terri tory and attempted to secure financial support from the Publicity Committee of the Yavapai club, which at that time had small fund set aside for ad vertising purposes The committee thought their money could be expended in other channels which would be of | better benefit Co the county and | IIomcr's proposition was rejected. Later he made another trip to Pres colt with the same object in view and again his proposal was declined
 However Uomer succeeded in mak ing contract with the Santa Fe, Pres colt & Phoenix railway for $50 a month llc was suave. dapper fellow l with glittering talk and fine statements as to the circulation of his magazine and the railroad officials fell victim VI NlN WllfNs U NtH pUhfTNFD hl Nuf time that it was rather peculiar that the Santa te should ne willing to give stranger without credentials $50 a month. when v was only cxpending | about s20 month with the Prescott papers which have been established for forty years, and which arc working constantly for the upbuilding of the country
 Latcr on. Homer played ont his string m Arizona and removed to Fl Paso, Texas, where ne played the same game on the people in that city. Now
 he IS in trouble and IS missing, and his creditors accuse him of fraud. The
 following from the Fl Paso Herald tells
 She story of his misdeeds there.
 An attachment suit was filed today
 with Justice Marshall against the Ari-
 zona Magazine company doing busi-
 ness m Fl Paso as The Southwest
 company. and local subscribers for
 stock in the company met last night
 and put their ease m the hands of an
 attorney for action against the com
 pany
 . "In the meantime W. ]. Homer. the
 promoter, is out of town, and has been for several days, and nobody seems to know where he has gone. Campbell Hardy saw him several days ago in
 Albuquerque, he says, but nobody else in Fl Paso has seen him for several
 days and nobody expects to see him soon.
 ll According to those who became in ' | terested here with him in his magazine . that was to give worldwide publicity O to this region, Homer, who brought thu }. magazine here from Phoenix and is sued one number and also operated al |. engraving plant for a short time, sol' f stock in a company which never ex !. sted.
 if "Losers of the money have organ .e izcd to recover if possible and aetio
 looking to that end will be taker ui President Hosea of Phoenix, the con ,t pany which sold the ink for the onl
 one issue of the magazine ever printed
 the employees who did the work, th E Southern Type and Machinery eompan
 of Dallas. which sold most of the equil
 ment. and J. L. Harris, who bougl
 part of the equipment and aecept' 'o the printing supply eompany's nor " gages on the same, are all represent' '' by attorneys in this city, who are see
 ing to recover all or part of q ny amounts the respective parties have | 'e' volved.
 he "The plant of the company oeeup ne ing the second floor of the Battenbu by & Davis building on South Fl Pa 'iii street, on the site of the old My
 opera mousse. IS all that the vario ,es claimants have to fight over, and mo ch of this is claimed by J. l.. Harris, W in. bought it with the idea of running be- printing establishment there. ion "W. T. Adams, photo ehgfaN to claims he was never paid anything ap. his services, and his claim for sl
 forms the basis of the attachment the day sued out against the property
 IS W. W. Bridgers, his attorney. re. Bridgers also represents the ink eC m pany with claim of s9O, for wh lac suit will probably also be filed soon' -op. "The next development in the c ma. will probably be some action taken and Moore & Moore, who represent
 stockholders in the alleged South~ rdc company. They paid Homer betw now sI 200 and $500, they say, on his n n resentations that he had incorpora iich the Southwest company to take O and the plant, good will, etc., of the zona Magazine company, which