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Show BLACKMAIL ALLEGED IN A MINING SUIT. A. B: Lewis Files SensatloT An- .swer in Case Involving Jffi- . ning Claims in Utah.' - CHICAGO. Feb. 27. In an answer filed In the United States Circuit court, A. y B. Lewis alleges that a bill filed against him and the Imperial Mining company was begun for the purpose of blackmail . and asks that the case be dismissed, CoL Ralph H. A. Hawkins of Salt Lake was the complainant jn the case and asked the court to set aside a bill of sale for twenty-three mining claims located in Utah, valued at two million dollars. Hawkins Haw-kins claimed that after he staked the claims in the 'Frisco district. Beaver county. Utah, he arranged to transfer to the company Lewis was then forming, in consideration of a half interest. It is alleged al-leged that the defendants failed to comply com-ply with the agreement and resorted to forgery and fraud to cheat him out of his Interest. A. ,B. Lewis is a I'tate Stat Senator - pnii Col. Hawkins is well known here. |