Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-30
b A-FFIDAyIrs.

DOL which reason, indeed, they were sougl
out by the Tunnel c~onspirators, with Il
hope that their assistance could be 8
@ cured, through such an ingenious pr
sentati0n Of what would be required {
would not arouse their innate honest,
But they failed, and now they are cor
fronted by the men whom they coul
= neither cajole nor bride. The conspirs
tors did not enlist Bernard, the conyic,
q and a lot of playsd-out political bum
: to attend to the details of the job, d
matter Of choice, but they did it becaus
they repeatedly tried to obtain better ma
! terial and as often failed. They knew
; full well that q man in the garb Of a con
Wet, and the friends and co-workers of {
convict were not the men to impress
even honest Republicans favorably, but
it was in the nature of things the best
that they could do. The case was des.
perate and they could therefore but rely
upon the wealth and station of the men
behind the scenes for responsibility and
the hope that the true character of the
active conspirators would escape recog-
milton and exposure. But they were
doomed to disappointment, for hardly
had the murderous visage of Bernard ap.
peared upon our streets until it was con-
fronted by the ghost Of Jack Enright,
which would not down even at the bid
ding of the Republican press and the
responsibility" which was compelled to
step before the foot-lights to explain the
crime only to be Kissed off the stage.
Buttheir employment was not matter
Of choice as is shown by the afidavits
which we. publish this morning and those
which have heretofore been published
in The MINER. /
Mr.. W. F. Nugent is a sub-contractor
on the Butte and Gallatin branch. He
is a citizen of Jefferson county, and
voted in that county, but is employed at
the Tunnel. He swears that a prominent
of this city offered him
$1,000 to secure the evidence wanted.
But Mr.. Nugent could not be bribed, not
by a prominent Republican, who
was personally his friend, with 5000 as
consideration. Read his affidavit in
this mornings MINER.
Mr.. ]. B. Gallagher is employed at the
and is well known in this
county, especially in this city. he was
offered a bonus of 800 and a So a day
Job to swear that he voted the straight
ticket at the Tunnel, but
Mr.. Gallagher's integrity proved invinci-
lie. Read his affidavit. /,
Mr.. W. o. Thompson is an old time
anchman, who lives at the foot of
Pass or Tunnel. He was Of
cred a 800 bonus, S. a day, and various 1
Their valuable considerations to deliver I
he Tunnel by doing the Major Andre !
ct, but he spurned the offer, although e
anching at the Tunnels not as easy a v
'ay to wealth al through the vaults b
the county treasury or Alice Mining s
,mpany. j
These men whose affidavits appear in U
HE MINER were men-meu who shrank 7
ON the clammy touch of the con- n
ct and who scorned the gold of the v
rruptionist; men of principle, such al
en- as make Montana what she is. b
By persistent effort, however, Of the ia
ost criminal character that q con- CT
cted criminal and his associates could a
wise and execute it was alleged before be
Q board of canvassers for this county Il
four men had been found that made al
idavit that they voted the straight Re- d,
blican ticket at the Tunnel precint wi
Oct. 1, 1883, whereas the returns be
owed that only three such votes had be
On cast and for which reason Jack and ho
refused to count the vote. They tn
uld not consider even the returns and Tt
idavits conformity and therefrom as cit
what would then be the honest
and count that but with dishonesty tn,
rethought and robbery expressed tic
refused to count a single vote that rol
| been cast at the Tunnel precinct. be.
IN before the Democratic investigation wa
lch has shown that every, allegation shs
fraud made by the conspirators was gra
was there a man in all Montana, tor
believed that upon any showing NH
lie to the board of canvassers the en- last
Tunnel vote should have been ex- and
led9 IF there is such an individual clu.
IL Montana let him hold up his head God
the world may see its size and for
ion. -c .. -
our affdavits were presented and of II
o 1t has been shown that two were 10
lufactured in transit and to escape -.
consequences Of forgery the conspir- befc