Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-02-13
DAVE RYAN is
ACCUSED OF
WRITING

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. l2.-
Through the appointments of Thos
Mccormack to tne supcrintendancy
Ol the Sierra Nevada ana Union. Con.
mines. and w. Symnes to mat OF
the Mexican. the details of the resig-
nation Of David M. Ryan. State
Treasurer of Nevada. from those Of
fees. have leaked out. The Globe
says in part tonight:
The announcement of Ryan's resig
nation from the superintendency of
three of the famous old Comstock
properties following a meeting OF
the boards of directors OF the Union
Consolidated, Mexican and Sierra Ne
vada companies, has set Bush street
all agog.
The meeting was held last Satur-
day and all present were pledged to
secrecy. Ryan was summoned from
Virginia City. Nevada. to appear be
fore the combined boards of the com
panes named. There he was con
frOntcd by =. B. Sturgis. the Penn
sy.vania coal baron, who has recent
~ acquired personal control of the
,cllow Jacket. Belchcr. Crown Point
properties on the ComstoCk lode. ana
who is a controlling factor in the
,hrcc companies of which Ryan has
been superintendent for many years.
- Il. hat
had been writing anonymous letters
to Sturges and his son, George Stur-
ses, the superintendent of the Crown
roInt according to those present.
While the contents of the letters
ave not yet been divulged by any
q those present at the me ating. they
were desCribcG as being both vulGa'
IS abusive and threatening in their
character When confronted by these
letters and another letter written ar-
parenty by the same person, Ryan
is said to have broke down and wept.
He declared. with the tears stream
ing down his fact that he was limo
cent.
The evidence held by Sturges and
obtained by the expert Investigations
OF Theodore Kytka is generally re-
9ardcd by Bush street as conclusive.
The letters received both by George
SurgSs and his father, +. b. Sturgcs.
were written on a typewriter com
monty known as the "BiiCk." SturGes,
Sr received ne last letter on the OC-
cassiOn of his last visit to Virginia
city about week ago He says he
was led to suspect Ryan OF writing
by his son. He found occasion to
write to Ryan and later received
letter over Ryans signature. This
was compared by Kytka with the
anonymous letters and it is alleged.
found to tally exactly. not only in
the type Of thc typewriter used. but
also in certain peculiarities which
distinguish each indivdual user OF
a typewriter machine.
This particular machine a "Blick"
Of which there are but two or three
in Virginia City, was hnown To be
the one used in Ryan's office. When
accused Of writing the letters. Ryan
attempted to lay the blame on the
secretary of the three companies
uatmcd at Virginia City, -. kOhn. No
suspicion of any sort, however. was
attached to ..ohn, who was retained
III his place by the .oards,
Ryan it is said, begged that the
matter be kept quiet and to this plea
Sturgcs acceded and pledged the
other members of the board to sec
rocy Those present besides Sturgrs
and Ryan during the session were
b. +. Shaw. Chas Hrshfeld and
Herman Zadig. Ryan was asked to
resign and promptly did so. He will
be given an opportunity to clear
himself of all the charges the direc-
tors have made against Vim. and
should he do so within two months
he will be reinstatrd to his place as
superintendent of the three proper
ties from which he mas been dis
posed.
Ryan was one of those affected
when Sturges took hand in the
cutting down of expenses of the ad-
ministration OF the Comstock proper
ties in which Sturges and his asso-
ciates We're interested. Ryan's sal
airy was Topped practically in half.