The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-09
Col. ROOsevelt's Double Sold
Stock in BrattlebOrO
Last Fall
WORCESTER WOMAN
WANTS $500 BACK
Says Stock Is Worthless-Rev. Eugene
J. Dean Was Methodist Pastor in
Colrain and in Far West-says Part
ner Absconded.

Rev. Eugene j. Dean. who became a
familiar figure on the streets of Brat
tleboro last fall during his residence
here as an agent for mining stock of
the Royal Guard Mines company of
Tombstone. AriZ., n concern of which
he was secretary and OF which w. H.
Welcome of this town is vice presi-
dent, Is now in Jail i'm Worcester.
Mass, awaiting a trial Tuesday He
Is charged with having unlaWullv sep
arated Mrs. Fannie \ Brown al that
city from 5000 of her money which She
invested in stock in a mine promoted
by him and which she now claims she
has found to be worthless. This par
/ ticular stock is in the Steep Hollow
Mining company.
Dean has been making his home I'm
Northampton, Mass. the last four
months and has cut "a wide swath there
+ because of his resemblance TO Colonel
Roosevelt, "a resemblance which also
was exploited during his stay here.
Dean was arrested iu Springfield ON
the street by Inspector Quiltv of the
Springfield police on warrant sworn
out in Worcester and was taken imme-
diatelv TO Worcester.
He has been associated with Il. :.
Couch of Greenfield i'm disposing of
shares OF mining companies. Holdings
i'm Colorado, Arizona and California
have been represented by the men. Dur
ing his brief residence in Northampton
Mr.. Dean came into considerable prom.
inencc. He has spoken on Mormouism
before the men : clubs of the First
Methodist and the Florence Methodist
churches, displaying wide knowledge OF
his subject. of which he made "A study
during his residence ia the West, when
he was a Methodist pastor. \ short
time ago he preached I'm the Florence
Methodist church sermon which dealt
with the liquor business and which wa,
very frank in its statements in regart
to laxity Of law enforcement.
He said he was for several years q
Methodist preacher, his first church be
ing i'm Colrain in Franklin county. I'll,
! went West for his health and ha,
preached in many of the mining town,
in the Rocky mountain regions and
> claimed to have done much in buildin.
new churches in the far West. Hi'
voice having failed, he was obliged 4
give up preaching and his long ex
perience in mining camps had 9iveI
r. him a knowledge of the value of min
q ing stocks.
p He was a captivating talker an,
:. could persuade men to invest in hi
n companies. He interested severa
I Northampton professional men and in
- duced some of them to become officer
Q in the company he represented. 1t
: estimated that he sold at least $1,000
O worth of stock in Northampton an,
e Easthampton. A well-known saloon
/ keeper in EasthamptOn took block o
II stock and one of the leading physician
.s in that town became interested in tn
o sale of stock.
4 He suavely informed the authoritiC
% that his dealings with Mrs. Brown ha
always been square, saying that tn
- 5000 named in the complaint was el
= pended toward the settlement of
: mortgage on one Of his enterprise
: This. he explained, was in direct a'
y cordance with. her wishes. lie the
y stated that lie had given Mrs. Brow
$4,000 worth of stock i'm the sam
Il mine, to be held as security ON tn
Va 5000.
II The only excuse he gave for failu
Il to either settle the account or retur
e the money in full was that one of b
partners recently absconded, leaviu
him in financial embarrassment, br
that the stock in the mine held by Nh
Brown was a good a gold.