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This FBI Freedom of Information release collects Albuquerque field office reports from July 1970 to May 1971 on Silas Mason Newton, the Buckhorn Mining Company and the Magnetic Research Foundation, which were investigated for interstate transportation of stolen property and confidence games. Agents suspected that Newton was running a salted mining swindle near Silver City, New Mexico, since assays found no mercury or silver in the ore. The file also lists his arrest record. The case was closed after a lender said he had not been swindled.
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NENTON has had no military service. He claims to be a life member of the Professional Golfers Association. He has FBI Number 835 61. record: The probation report sets out the following arrest Date Department Charge Disposition July 8,1931 New York City Police Department Conspiracy No disposition September23,1934 SP Oneida,New York False stock statement No disposition July 15,1935 SO El Mira,New York 952 PL No disposition September25,1936 PD New York City Grand Larceny No disposition October15,1952 USM, Los Angeles ITSP October14,1952 Shepffle's OfficeLos Angeles Suspicionfugitive fromColorado (congame) No disposition March12,1958 USM Denver Fraud by Mail;Acquitted byViolation Securityjuryand ExchangetrialAct and Conspiracy December7,1967 Los AngelesPoliceDepartment Grand TheftMerchandise No disposition(Probation officestates this ispossibly the December 7, 1967 Los Angeles Police Department Grand Theft Merchandise No disposition (Probation officer states this is possibly the arrest for the current offense.) - 5 -
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FOIA release, from the fbi-vault collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 28 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.