When was it published?

March 11, 1897 in The Yakima Herald

Domestic News March 11, 1897

The Yakima Herald

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

Col. W. W. D. Turner, Moscow Tailor, Colfax Shoemaker

Q: What keywords are associated?

Leroi Mine, Mining Stocks, Myth Debunked, Company President, Massey Estate

Yakima, Yakima County, Washington

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What is this article about?

Newspapers reported a Moscow tailor receiving mining stocks as payment for a suit, later discovering they were valuable missing shares of the LeRoi mine, making him rich. Col. W.W.D. Turner, company president, debunks the story as a myth, clarifying the only unaccounted shares were 500 from the Massey estate, repurchased by the company, with no involvement from a tailor or Colfax shoemaker.

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Various state papers have been printing the story of a Moscow tailor who took his pay for a suit of clothes in mining stocks which he recently brought to light and found them to be the missing and long sought for shares of the LeRoi mine which made him a rich man. California and eastern papers enlarged upon the story, but now comes Col. W. W. D. Turner, president of the company, who says that it is all a myth, that the only shares not accounted were the 500 belonging to the Massey estate which were afterwards bought in by the company, that no Moscow tailor, or Colfax shoemaker as some of the papers stated it, had any stock or had ever been interested in the company.

What sub-type of article is it?

Economic

What keywords are associated?

Leroi Mine Mining Stocks Myth Debunked Company President Massey Estate

What entities or persons were involved?

Col. W. W. D. Turner Moscow Tailor Colfax Shoemaker

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Key Persons

Col. W. W. D. Turner Moscow Tailor Colfax Shoemaker

Outcome

the story is confirmed as a myth; the only unaccounted shares were 500 from the massey estate, bought by the company; no tailor or shoemaker had any interest in the company.

Event Details

Various state papers printed a story of a Moscow tailor taking mining stocks as payment for a suit, later finding them to be missing LeRoi mine shares making him rich. California and eastern papers expanded on it. Col. W. W. D. Turner, company president, states it is a myth.