Show WORTHLESS MINING STOCK l Three Men Arrested for Trying vto Swindle Californians San Francisco June 4TIepohlce today to-day arrested three men whom they charge with being members of a contbl nation that has been operating In Eastern East-ern cities with worthless mining Lock shares This combination Is said to have successfully operated In New York Denver I Den-ver and Portland The three men arrested ar-rested rave the names of Charles Gordon 11 C Crosby and II A Barton The arrest was made on the complaint of Iuul R Lewis a local stock broker who alleges that tho three men offered him GOl1oo shares of the Ward Consolidated Consoli-dated Gold Mining company of Colorado They represented to him that SL Louis brokers were endeavoring to locate the I stock and were ready to buy It at a big adancc over the 5 cents per uharo at which It was offered to Lewis It was slated that tho R C Bopr Investment company of Denver wanted the shares and that ho had employed three St Louis brokers to find the stock Investigation hy owls convinced him that the St Louis brokers were fictitious and that ii confederate I con-federate In St Louis was telegraphing under the names furnished Lewis When the men wore Searched there were found besides the Ward Consolidated certificate cer-tificate certificate for MJO shared In the Cur Gold Mining company of Denver 10000 shares In the Doctor Gold Mining and Milling company of Colorado Springs and 20000 sharcN In the Koclcford Gold Mining and Milling company of Crlpplo Creek |