Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-10-09
SUES The half
OF TONOPAH FOR
SUM Of $3.50
EDITOR OF EVENING PAPER
SPRINGS SURPRISE ON
THE COMMUNITY

Brougher avenue yesterday. Wnen
caught up by the wind the "%crooel
woids" went Kissing down Main
street and when last seen were sail
ing in a straight line. headed for
sodaville. The cry first emanated
from one L. G.. Branson, editor of
m obscure sheet, who alleged that
he had been cheated out OF $3.50
BY the citizens Of Tonopah. And
thereby hangs a tale.
The aforesaid eminent Journalist
printed for the Tonopah Promotion
committees publicity committee,
which was named TO secure funds
with which to entertain the visiting
members Of the American mining
congress when they arrived in this
city, some 5000 booklets, which de-
scribed the resources Of Nye county.
He was given the printing with in
structions as per a dummy" which
called for binding with silk cords.
which he agreed to print as per
sample, and tie with the aforesaid
silk cords, but he didn't. When the
lob was completed it was very no
t'ceable that the cords were miss
ing, common wire stapling being
lsed. The committee was to pay
FOR the cuts and half tones used and
when the bill was presented it
amounted to $21S.50. OF this sum
sSS.25 was to pay for the cuts,
which originally cost $2S.25. The
extra $40 was a commission.
The publicity committee could not
see the fairness Of paying the extra
$40 and owing to the fact that the
specifications had not been carried
out. they reduced the bill to an
ven 5000. And then the howl COM
menced and a lawsuit was started.
On Monday night the journalist
stated to a member OF the publicity
committee that he had been talking
with his attorneys and owing to his
legal expenses having been very
large of late, he deemed it best that
suit should be brought to recover
that exorbitant sum of $3.50.
Yesterday morning he filed the
complaint in the Justice court alleg-
ing that he should be paid the full
amount of $21S,5O. The bank ac-
counts of two of the defendants
were attached, but owing to the fact
that they would not total more than
$40. the attachment was released.
Said plaintiff then met several oil
the defendants and made profuse
apologies for his actions. Person
ally he bore them no malice but BIG
needed that aforesaid $3.50 and
would they please forgive him fol-
causing them the unnecessary incon-
venience of going to court.
The complaint on file at the JUS
tice court gives the following as de-
PENDANTS:
The Tonopah Promotion commit
tee, an unincorporated voluntary as
ISOLATION, and John Doe and Richard
Roe, whose true names are un-
known, president and secretary. re.
spectively, of said committee, and
r. P. Dunlap, w. w. Charles, H. C.
Jones, w. j. Bell, w. w. Booth.
Branch Smith, H. C. Schmidt, A. H
Elftman, John Doe, Richard Roe
Michael Moe and Henry Stiles. In
all there were about Is summons
served and when the police force
quit work last night they were still
on the job hunting up the different
John Does. Michael Moe proved to
be Harry Epstine and he was duly
elected a member of the 1--WE been
summoned club" The true iden.
tity of Henry Styles could not be
learned, but it was strongly rumored
Yesterday that it was Stiles, the
train robber of Arizona. Captain
Thatcher denied this assertion by
saying that he was at the last meet
ing of the Promotion committee and
II Stiles had been in the crowd he
would have noticed him. The cap
taia knew Stiles before he (stiles,
not the captain) broke over and
started holding up trains for a liv-
ing.
The 1--WE Been Summoned" club
held a social session yesterday after
moor and discussed the situation
from every point of view. 1t was
finally decided to hold a meeting
this afternoon, when the answer to
the complaint will be filed. Attor-
ney L. A. Gibbons will look after
the case for the defendants and he
will be ably assisted by d. M. Der
mas and Hiram Johnson, who have
been wired for. Frances J.. Heney,
the graft prosecutor Of San Fran
cisco, declined to take the case, and
pleaded a sore throat and hoarse-
ness, which would disqualify him
from making an elaborate address
on he evils Of graft and attempted