St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-23

hold it. lived on this land over year, and
during all that tune received ali my provis-
ions from John Martin and company's camp
in township SO, range 20, except one back
when / first went up, and John Mar
tia & Co., paid for them, / never paid John
Martin & Co. anything for these provisions
and they never intended l should pay them
anything for them. ! am acquainted with
Cyrus e. Brown, and ]. b. Gilhllan knew that
was hired to take this claim aud they both
stood by and dictated to the clerk when my
final proof was made out.
Xnever employed ]. b. Gilf1llan to act as my
attorney, l never agreed to pay him any
money, and never authorized any other person
to employ him or any one else for me.
never paid any money for filing my declara-
tory statement in the United States land office
at Duluth, Mimi.
After had been upon my claim In the
woods for over year, started to come down,
together with the other pre-emptors in this
same township (60-23) to make final proof,
and when we were near 6 rand Rapids, Mimi,
we met Edgar Hill, who said he had been sent
out by @. h. Brown with orders TO have us go
back and stay on our claims, for he said
SPECIAL AGENT
was looking up this matter and they desired
to wait a while longer before Offering proof;
but as had been up there for over year,
declined to go back. and myself and four 9TH
went back and stayed a while longer. After
/ had got down to Aitken l sent word by Ed
Hill to G. T.. Brown, telling him If he wanted
to see me he would have to send me money to
come to Minneapolis, and If he did not do that
] would so to Duluth and relinauish my D. s.,
and put homestead entry on this same land
and keep it for myself. Ed Hill came down
to Minneapolis on Friday night and came back
on Sunday morning, bringing me ticket to
Minneapolis, and came down and saw @. E.
Brown, who gave me Sl60 and took mort
gage on my claim for $500, and when l went
to Duluth to make final proof he gave me $50
more. | afterwards gave j. B. Gillllan lit is
said that the afiant is probably mistaken as to
the mortgage-that it was taken in the name
of hi Young, an assistant or
partner in the Office of Mr.Gilnau.1
smother mortgage for $l,l50, and 1
also gave j. b. Gilfllan power Of attorney
on the same day the last mortgage was given.
l objected to signing this power of attorney,
but Mr. Gillian assured me that it was a
simple power of attorney to show the COM
missioner of the general land office at Wash
ipgton that he was acting as my attorney in
my case. would not sign it for three days,
and finally / consented to sign 1t after Mr.
Gilnllau agreed to give me $50, and after
signed this power Of attorney j. b. Gilhlan
gave me an order on G. E. Brown, and Brown
gave me the $50.
know the nineteen men who filed deara-
tory statements for land in township co. range
% west. Their names are as follows: George
w. Macy, George McCrea. Emery A. Winaps,
jerome e. Henley, Charles Gagnon Gaspard
Duisit, Pascal Lavaque, John Lawrence,
Dumas Dumars, Peter Bargle, Gust Erickson,
Louis Beuvar, Nese Meren, Louis Mereu,
James Smart, Eugene G. Osborn, John Brush
lin and Caas kearney. These men were all
hired by the
JOHN MARTIN LUMBER COMPANY
to take their claims, aud they all got their
provisions from the John Martin Lumber
company, the same as did.
l have talked with each and every one of
these men on this subject and they each and
every one told me that they were taking these
claims for John Martin g. Co., and
have seen George McCrea give each OF
these men money, that he said was given to
him to be divided among these men.
On March II, 1885, went with Eugene G..
Osborn to j. B. Gildllan at his Office in Min
neapolis and showed him paper that I had
prepared to present to the register and re-
ceiver at Duluth, Mimi, and he urged me not
to present the paper and SAID he would give
Osborn and myself each $500 if we would
keep quiet and work with him. He gave US
$25 each at that time and promised us the re-
naming s275 as soon as G. E. Brown returned
from Chicago. He gave us both check for
$25 on the First National bank of Minneap-
oils, and we went together and got the money
on the check. The check was signed by j..
B. Gilnllan. The paper hereto attached and
marked Exhibit A is the paper above referred
to that l showed J. B. Gil6llan.
Last summer some time, think it was in July
or Augusta. E. Brown told me that we (mean-
ing the pre-emptors IN 60-23) ought to kill
James Smart for testifying against US, and
he offered to give me S25 if l would whip
Smart, but l told him that would not do it.
Eugene G. Osborn and J. E. Henley told me
about the same time that G. E. Brown had
agreed to give them $25 each for whipping
Smart; went to James Smart at that time
and told him all about it. JAMES CLARK.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
Goth day of March, 1885.
III. P. HERRING,
Notary Public, Hennepin County.
hereby certify that the foregoing was
written by me at the dictation of James
Clark. L read the same carefully to him, and
the same was signed in ny presence, March
20. 1885, at Minneapolis. Mimi.
WEBSTER EATON, Special Agent, G. L. o.