The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-06-26
mining SW|NDtERS
I N|El COON TRIAL



CHEYENNE, Wyoming, June 2s y
When Tony Guar, representing him.
self as Joe Neix, Nevada mining man,
offered $4,000 worth Of fold bullion
for sale at the San Francisco mint
May !, 1917, he precipitated about him.
self and alleged associhfes 4 structure
which secret service operatives Mad
been rearing for the better part az 4
year. For more than cirht months
gosernment agents declare. thew Ind
been unravelline the ends OF en- al.
legged stolen gold cobspifaey whose size
overshhdowed everything else In that
line Of record Esfinatok placed ire
amount involved at 1900 900 arnually.
and the government said the cohhpiracv
had been III operation more than two
years, The ramifications, Of the AFFAIR
extended thrqngh parts Of Colorado,
Wyoming, California, TO Pennsylvania,
and New York, and, II was said. IN
some qnarters, to New Mexioo. The
trial will begin today.
Cuaz was aaid to be the sales agent
Of the organization. He, with others.
had been under surveillance for many
months prior to his arrest. and. Al.
though it had not been intended that
any men should be taken into custody
until indictments had been brought by
a federal grand jury, as one Of the
secret service men said, ~ When the
mint wired us that Tony was q Is ere
with $4,000 in. gold It seemed too bad
TO let him get away with ii. y, 4
According to the account Of the az
fair given By this officer, who was atl
the heart of the work Of running. down
the alleged conspifators, the mint Of
hcials told cua< to return the next day.
When he did so, he was arrested.
Within a few hours thereafter John B.
cnsack, John Muelbauson, Carl Muel,
hansen, Martin SDodgrass and Charles
+. Reed, all Of Cheyenne, had been Ar.
rested here, and Frank Cochran. an,
assayer, had been arrested at his. home,
in Victor, Colorado.
These men, the officers said, were
held on charges Of tsd6fraudine the
g0YerpmeDt' because the method Of.
Of tie iezed oroanization
was 70 receive stolen high-grade gold
ore from miners at an assayer's Office,
where u was smelted, then convey Il
to other points, one Of which was said
to be Cheyenne, In automobiles, and
later to ship It to some point designat.
ed, whore one Of the members of the
organizations would offer il for sale AT
a federal mint or assay Office. which.
the officers pointed out, placed the gov
eminent in the position Of receiving
stolen goods. Most Of the ore, govern
ment men said, came from mines in the
Cripple Creek, Colorado, district.
The shipments said to have been
made from Cheyenne were BY express.
and II was the largo amount of oold
shipped from that point, distant from
any gold-produeing centerr, which led
The government agents TO look into the \
alleged conspiracy.
Several other arrests followed those
Df the men named and shortly indiet.
nents. were returned by. a federal
grand jury al Cheyenne against them
and the following;
Charles Daniels, Cripple Creek. Col.
,rad6; Dehhib r. Sullivan, 0Aoree j. /!
Heller, Daniel Mcleod, Victor Peter, |
ION, Of Denver; William High, Gold |
ield, Colorado; Ora Chane. BENJAMIN
Ruller, Victor. Colorado, Rudy Weis.
yarber, Cripple Creek, Colorado, and |
John Uhl, Georgetown, Colorado; ali Of |
whom ware taken into custody, The
I've last named and Oaaz were held in !
all pending a trial which lafef was
lxed for June 20, 1917. The others were
'eleased on bond, The charge in each
'ase was conspiracy to defraud the
governments -