The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-02-23
District Attorney in Sensa-
tiOnal Statement Says
There Are indications
of a frame Up"
MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS ON
SUNDAY APPOINTED COMMIT
TEE TO INVESTIGATE THOR
OUGHLY AND PROSECUTE.

Whether the Investigating commit
tee of the Dolly Warden stockholders
has been appriscd il not known. but
there were several developments I'm
the matter yesterday which put diff
ferent aspect ON some things. These
new Developments may have been re-
sponsibIe for emphasis which Dis
trict Attorney Reeves yesterday put
ON declaration that there were indi-
cations of colored gentleman I'm the
wood pile. The attorneys statement
has sensational ring.
Most important among the develop
ments Is said 10 be the finding of
agreements of later date than the
option placed i'm escrow by q. T.. Aus
tin. owner of the Dolly Warden prop
erty when he gave option on the
ground In 1907. These later agree
ments determine that Austin and
President Nix had subsequent un-
derstanding and that Austin recog-
nized the Dolly Warden Co. and its
privileges in possession of the
blank question as to whether Austin
has legal right at this time to make
other disposal of the property than
made In contract with Mr.. Nix for
tue Dolly Warden Copper Co. The
property, to a layman, looks to be
right In the hands of the company.
A lawyer might fix Il otherwise, but
the surface look is all to the effect
that Mr.. Austin's ground still be-
longs undistur0ed In the hands of
the Dolly Warden Copper Co.
What the district attorney had to
say yesterday follows:
Before criminal proceedings are
brought in the Dolly Warden matter.
a written transcript of all evidence.
properly sworn to. will be demanded
of all witnesses before warrants are
issued and / will then take such ac-
tion as the evidence will warrant, ir-
respective of who gets hit.
AT the present time IL looks TO me
as though there is o nigger In the
wood pile that neither the public nor
myself are positively aware of, but
ID Is likely to implicate people who
the public least expect.
.'When the matter Is opened. IL
will be sifted to the bottom and IL
there Is a frame up. as now looks to
me. the public will know all about
IL, and they are entitled to know.
1T Is my intention to see that all
investors in this district are protected
and that no person or persons shall
suffer unjustly. as | consider 1t is
as much the duty of the district at
torney to protect people from wrong
full prosecution as 1t is to see that
those guilty of criminal action are
prosecuted. | further wish to state
that there will be no fall guy in
these proceedings.
The meeting of the stock holders
of the Dolly Warden Mining Co. held
at the stock exchange Sunday after
noon was called to order by j. w.
Burke. On motion made and car
man and Richard Richards secretary.
The chairman stated that the OBJ
ject of the meeting was to ascertain
all the facts concerning the condi-
tion of the Dolly Warden Co. at the
present time. Ii appeared that the
stockholders of the company had
been defrauded and the blame should
be fixed as well as steps taken to see
IL anything could be done whereby
the stock holders could be protected.
Mr.. Burke then made a motion
that a thorough investigation be
made and the chairman stated that
the stockholders present would like
to hear from the firm that first put
the stock on the market.
Henry Fulmer. of Fulmer & Ives,
stated that in March, 1907. the Dolly
Warden Co. was incorporated under
the laws of Nevada. the following
persons being its officers: George NJ.
Nix, president; G. L. Rickard. vice
president; A. b. Witcher, treasurer
and Francis Klein, secretary. The
company was organized under the
laws of the state of Nevada. He then
read a statement which he said had
been handed to the brokers of the
district at the time the stock was
first put on. According to the state
ment, the company owned 23 claims
In the Granite Mining district in
Elko county and was to install a
hoist and sink shaft He said thai
one of the company had come to him
and asked him to handle the stock.
Before agreeing to do so. he asked
for a statement, which was given
him. As the officers were men well
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