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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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The following FBI record, NUMBER 835 861 , is furnished FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY. CONTRIBUTOR OF FINGERPRINTS NAME AND NUMBER ARRESTED OR RECEIVED CHARGE DISPOSITION PD.,NYC,N.Y. Silas M. Newton 7-9-31 fug. warrant - Montclair, N. conspiracy 7-10-31 del. to N.J. Auth. SPol.,Oneida,N.Y. Silas Mason Newton,#2268 9-23-34 false stock statements SO. Elmira,N.Y. Silas M. Newton 7-15-35 2 indictments - vio. 952 P.L. rel. on bail $2500 PD.,NYC,N.Y. Silas M. Newton #B-93874 9-25-36 G.L., 2nd - warrant USM Los Angeles Calif Silas Mason Newton #29068 10-15-52 transp Inter State stolen prop 2-11-53 no price bill ret US CJ Denver Colo on chg of ITSP SO Los Angeles Calif Silas Mason Newton #B-242832 10-14-52 Susp Fugitive Colo (Confidence Game) SO Riverside Calif Silas Mason Newton #50116 12-2-52 Confidence Game Hold for Colo. Denver Colo Silas Mason Newton #37279 12-5-52 hold for DA's office SM Denver Colo Silas Mason Newton #5501 3-12-58 mail fraud via Securities & ex-change act & Conspiracy acquitted by jury trial SO Los Angeles Calif Silas Mason Newton #C-630673 12-7-67 GT money Information shown on this Identificati contributors. Where final disposition is no municate with agency contributing those in Notations indicated by * are NOT based gative lands as being possibly identical wit
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FOIA release, from the fbi-vault collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 28 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.