Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-11-01

charged with uniting in a fraudu.
lant scheme for the purpose oi
cheating and defrauding the stock /
holders of the Golden Anchor Min
ing company. Key Pittman, John G.
Kirchen. Robert c. Hall, the Golden
Anchor Mining company and the
Tonopah Merger Mining company
were made the defendants in suit
filed today in the district court by
Louis Sehloss Of Goldfield.
sehloss, In the complaint asserts
that Pittman, while acting as attor
ney for the Golden Anchor company
permitted Judgment to be taken
Kirchen. who was manager Of the
concern. permitted a default judg.
ment % be entered by Pittman, who
vas seeking to recover for attorneys
fees
schloss states that he is the own
or of 5000 shares of Golden Anchor
stock and is seeking 10 have the
shares exchanged for Merger stock
He first acquired the shares in May
1907.
The complaint states that on NO
yember 5, 1907. Pittman. who had
acted as general counsel for the
Golden Anchor company, filed an
action 10 recover an aggregate sum
Of st0.lss.60, claiming that the com
many was indebted to him Tor ie'
eal services rendered Az the com
menccment Of the action Plttmah
caused writ OF attachment to De
issued and levied upon certain reai
and pprsonal property OF the Golden
Anchor company. Personal service
and a copy of the summons were
served upon John q. Kirchen as the
general manager and agent oil the
company. Quite legal battle en-
sued during which time an amend
ea complaint was filed and Attorne!
II. II. Brown entered the fight ol
behalf of Fred Grob, Reno stock
holder. Brown secured an orde
allowing the company Is days II
which to answer
Later il is charged that kircheI
employed b. NJ. Aikens, his brotne'
in.Iaw. 10 represent the company
while Pittman was represented .
F A Stevens. Stevens and Aiken
signed stipulation allowing add
tional time for the defendant con
pany to file an answer to the ahleh'
cd eomnlaint Later Pittman CAV
notice that he would ask the coul
10 annul the order allowing the add
tional time TO answer. and ne pr
ceeded to do so. securing the
qnired order from Judge o brie
who was presiding Judge IN the "
triet eourt al that time No answ'
or pleading of any kind was mat
by Aikens. A Judgment by
fault was taken and the amount
manded by Pittman was ailoW'
him. The property OF the Goiu'
Anchor company under attach'he
was sold under a sheriff's sale al
phtman became the possessor
sehloss states that ne asked I
officials Of the Golden Anehor co
pany TO defend the action asaii
the piuman suit and that otu
stockholders also made the sal
request. but no attention was p'
TO the requests.
Quoting from the complaint
following appears:
Plaintiff further states that NJ
his information and belief that
the said proceedings and circums'
ees under which said Judgment
the aforesaid action Of Piitman
sus Golden Anchor Mining eompa
vas made and entered up, fen
the same fraudulent aud invalid
la~ and that the same Is frau
lent as againsts the plaintiff
lends to his great aud irrepafs
injury aud that ihe said fraudu
and invalid Judgment was cons
mated under the advice aud by
conniyance of said u NJ Aikens,
vas employed by said John q NJ
en and confedcraled With him
With said Kew pittman and
said u. L. Hall To procure Ia be-