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A MINING DEALBrings Two Experts Into the CriminalCourtSAN FRANCISCO, June 9.—Mining men are discussing the strange stories which come down from Hawthorne. Nev., about the arrest for house breaking of mining experts Hague and Alexander Womble. They have been held to answer, were released on bonds and their trial set for July 7th.Behind the arrest is a story of tiu famous silver Peak mine, located about 110 miles from Hawthorne. Long ago the mine came into the possession of John I. Blair, a New York millionaire, who shut it down. Four years ago L. J. Hanchette, father of Mrs. George Crocker, got at Blair through D. O. Mills and secured from him a bond on the mine with permission to work it and pay $750,000 at the end of a certain time. He pledged himself to spend $200,000 in erecting mills and making improvements and with L. E. Hanchette his son, has since been developing and working the property.Blair is 96 years old and had to retire from his business because of mental incapacity. The Hanchettes say that when they offered Blair’s family the $750,000 purchase price it was refused and a suit was begun over the matter a month or two ago.Now the Hanchettes charge that in heir abeence experts Hague and Womble went to the mine with a force of mer. overpowered the watchmen, broke into the tunnels and mine house and secured a report on the mines which the Hanchettes never would have permitted them to have. This report is supposed to have been for certain millionaires desirous of securing control of the property.The elder Hanchette heard of the raid, hastened to Hawthorne and when the experts returned there had them arrested There will be a big legal light over the affair, eminent counsel having been detained.
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Los Angeles Herald
Los Angeles, California, US
Thu, Jun 10, 1897
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