Weekly journal-miner., 1915-10-20
TIJRN THE TABLES ON
 ACCUSING EMPLOYER
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ant w. w. Copp, manager of the Monica mine and treasurer Of the Debenture Units Gold Mining Com pany, was forced to pay wages amounting to somewhere near $4OO to F. T. Buck and R. w. Packard whom he had charged with stealing zinc pre- cipitates valued at SlOO0, the case against the two men being dismissed OH motion of County Attorney P. w. O'Sullivan.
 The case was an interesting one from beginning to end, full of action and bristling with new and startling evidence every few minutes. It was more like a story than real life. Two men, millman and a mechanic, being brought before the courts to answer to charge of stealing precipitates from the mill plates, and then being not only exonerated but surprised in getting money that had been prom ised to them but which they had not expected to receive for some time, fl It all
 That the company is not incorpo- rated was admitted on the stand by prosecuting witness Copp when ques- .ioned by Attorney LeRoy Anderson. who defended the two men. Accord ing to Copp's testimony the Monica mine is owned by Richard E. Parks of Philadelphia, and ne and three oth- CT men hold a lease to work 1t. He said that he came to the Monica mine from Los Angeles on July 1lth, talk ;ng the managers job at the mine and investing au automobile and Sl,OOO in cash for which he received Debeuture units Packard, he said, was getting S4 per day and Buck S150 per month md that neither of them had been paid for the past two months. He said that he swore out the complaints on what other people mad told him put did not see either of the men steal my of the zinc precipitates.
 John H. Francisco, who was ex- oected to be the star witness for the State appeared to favor the defense. He testified that during last February ne read an advertisement in a Los Angeles paper asking for an engineer. He applied for the job and got it, he said. by buying three units" in the company for the sum Of $500. He said he worked for month, or more, received no pay and decided to quit They gave him units for his work md he worked while longer. He finally came to Prescott in June and stayed here for about month when trough the efforts or q man named Bryant who was another official of he unincorporated company he again went back and took his position as engineer He said tha, when he tried 70 get rid of his debentures the com oany or the men interested would not buy them. Bryant then went over to Los Angeles and took some of his de- bentures with him intending to sell them. It is not known what has be- come of Bryant or the debentures. J. H. Clifford testified that he saw an advertisement in q Los Angeles paper and got job as millman at the mine from Bryant by buying S5OO worth of debenture units" He said he put up $500 in gold coin for the ''units.55 He said that about twen- ty-one ounces of amalgam had been stolen from the plates but he did not know who took it.
 About this time Copp seeing the di- rection in which the case was headed asked to retake the witness chair. He was granted his request and said that he swore to the complaint because Francisco had told him that he had seen both Buck and Packard steal the zinc precipitates from the plates and that he had also told the county attor- ney the same thing. He then asked that Francisco be again called to the stand and say whether or not he had made such a statement. The latter declared that he had not. He said that he had not been asked a question when in the county attorneys office. Real action started about this time for Copp spoke out and said that Francisco had so told the county at torney.
 Exciting Moment.
 Francisco resented the accusation and rising in his chair with fire in his eye and fists clinched shouted: q would like to punch your face in" The other witnesses and spectators started to clear the way for the fray but just about this time Judge Nc Lane settled it by announcing that the fighting man was fined $l0 for con tempt of court. Francisco, who holds few of the debenture units" de- clared that he had the $10 and would pay it immediately. The jurist assess ed him another five spot for that and Francisco sat down.