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SENSATION SPRUNG IN SUIT AGAINST MARY M'KINNEY CO.Something of a sensation created yesterday morning when John W. Prlco. upon the witness stand, admitted having taken the hooks and records of the Mary McKinney Mining company the day prior to his leaving the employ of the company.The testimony was given before Ref-ereea J. It. Finley, of this cltr. Edwin B. Chase, of Denver, and C. W. Ilow-bert; of Cripple Creek, who are hearing the evidence In the million dollar damage suit brought by the Morning Glory Gold Milling company against the Mary McKinney Mining company. The session was held In the court room of the civil division of the district court, and attracted considerable attention. The United States court In Denver decided the apex question In favor of the plaintiff and the question as to the amount of ore that had been taken from the property by the defendant as an Innocent trespasser was loft for the referees to deckle. The sessions of the referees have blt;*en held In Cripple Crook during the last week but will now be held In this city.For nearly a year the Mary McKinney company has searched high and low for certain records and books containing the amount and value of the ore takon from the property in dispute. In order that the rompuny could make Its calculations as to the amount Of damage. Some surprise was created when the counsel for the plaintiff produced the books In court, and yesterday all question was set at rest by John W. Price, formerly a foreman In the employ of the Mary McKinney company, admitting that lie took the books the day prior to his leaving theemploy of the company After much | pinced upon the stand for the defense questioning Mr. Prlco explained that and was stilt testifying at the hour of he was reccivirg 110 per day from the'adjournment. J o'ckK k p. m. The ses-plnlntllf as an expert miner, and had slons will be resumed tomorrow at 9.Mreceived this amount for .il-mt a year, and was lo continue receiving that sum each dAy as long ns lli- ruse continued In the courts, provided It did not last too long.Superintendent George Keener wasEXHIBITS BACK FROM ST. LOUIS* • lt;• V b* * ** + * + **b The exhibits sent l»y s. hoot b district No. it to the St. Louis* exposition have been icturned to lt;• this city. They fill eleven crates* and are now in the Ivi'inocnt of b the High school, where lliey xv III b remain until the school board de-b cides upon their disposition.b It Is probable Him some of the ■5- work, particularly the manual b (raining exhibits, will ho retum-b ed to the pupils who made thorn, 4* who will now prize iheul ’ ihe b more that they have t«eu to the* World's fair. The photographs, b drawings and hound volumes, b will probably be placed on ex-4* hiblllon somewhere. A part of the + exhibit may he Installed with the b El Paso rnunty exhibits In tue b court house.o'clock a. in.To soy the records were valuable goes without saying, as it gives the Mary McKinney s own llcures as to the value of the ore taken out of the disputed territory, mid from the documents. ihe disputed ore run in the neighborhood of Is.cflO tons with a valuation of around 160 to the ton, which very nearly reaches the million dollar maik.bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbSpecial t'*nvdiY T'l*B»api.CRIPPLE CKUKK. Jun. Jl.—J. 'V. Price, tormerly n shift boss on *hc Mary McKinney mine, has repudiated an affidavit he gave some two years ago at Colorado Springs relstlvo lo rim amount and value of ore which hud been extracted fr«m the Mitry McKinney mine and over which tho Mary McKinney and the Morning Glory ore now “contesting hoforo referees. He slates that lie gave the orig-Inal nflldnvll under coercion and misleading Information. This statement made by Price created quite a sensation here. The Mary McKinney people will try to establish the fact that but 13.000 tons of ore were tnkon out by them, the average value of which was l.'O per ton. Price's records nrd Hlulcments which lie se.ured while in the employ of the Mary McKinney company. apparently prove that the ore was at k'list worth double and proVibly Irtplc that amount.J. I*. Hadley Of f’rlpple Creek, was a guest at the Alla Vis (a yesterday.
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Colorado Springs Weekly Gazette
Colorado Springs, Colorado, US
Thu, Jan 26, 1905
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