The advocate., 1892-05-18
HOW THE CRIME WAS ACCOMPLISHED.


From the Rocky Mountain News, Denver, COS
May 12, 1892.
Mr.. Frederick A. Luckenbach is q
citizen Of Denver, and Is well and favor
ably known by many of ColoradO's lead
ing business men. He has been engaged
for two years past In introducing his
pneumatic pulverizer, and has met with
fiattering success. It having come to
the ears of Mr.. M. II. Slater, chairman
Of the executive committee of the State
Silver league, that Mr.. Luckenbach pos
sessed the startling information con-
tanned in the affidavit, that energetic
gentleman Immediately waited upon him
and induced him TO put the whole story
in explicit form and give 1t to the public
This Mr.. Luckenbach did, and the re-
suit is the affidavit published below.
STATE OF COLORADO, &c
COUNTY OF ARAPAHoE, '''
Frederick A. Luckenbach, being first duly
sworn on oath, depOses and says: am 81
years of age. was born in Bucks county,
Pennyslvania. / removed to the city of
Philadelphia in the year 1916, and continued
TO reside there until 1856, when I removed to
the city of New York. In Philadelphia, /
was in the furniture business. In New York,
l branched into machinery and inventions,
and am the patentee Of Luokenbach's pneu-
matic pulVerizer, which machines are now
in use generally in the eastern part of the
United States and in Europe. / now reside
in Denver, having removed from New York
two years ago. am well known in New
York. / have been a member of the pro-
duce exchange and am well acquainted with
many members of that body. am well
known by Mr.. Erastus Wyman.
In the year 1866, visited London, Eng,
for the purpose of placing there Pennsylva-
MIA oil properties in which was interested.
took with ME letters of introduction to
many gentlemen in London-among them
one to MF. Ernest Seyd, from Robert M.
Foust, ex-treasurer of Philadelphia. Ibe-
came well acquainted with Mr.. Seyd, and
with his brother, Richard Seyd, who,
understand, is yet living. visited London
thereafter every year, and at each visit re-
newed my acquaintance with Mr.. Seyd, and
upon each occasion became his guest one
or more times-joining his family at dinner
or other meals.
In February, 1874, while ON one Of these
visits, and while his guest for dinner. l.
among other thingp, alluded to rumori
aAoat, of parliamentary corruption, and OK,
pressed astonishment that Lsuch corruption
should exist. In reply to this he told me hC
could relate facts about the corruption Of the
American congress that would place it fsl
ahead of the English parliament in thai
line. So far, the conversation was at the
dinner table between US. His brother
Richard, and other were there also, but thii
was table talk between Mr.. Ernest Seyd ant
myself. After the dinner ended he invited
me to another room, where he resumed tn,
conversation about legislative corruption
He said: "If you win pledge me your homo
as gentleman not to divulge what an
about to tell you while live, Twill convino
you that what said about the corruption o
the American congress is true" gave hin
the promise, and he then continued: I"
went to America in the winter of 1928, au
thorized to secure, if could, the passage o
q bill demonetizing silver. Itwas to the in
terest of those / representative governor
of the Bank Of England-to have il done.
took with me 100000 sterling, with in
struotions il that was not sufficient :,
accomplish the object TO draw for anothe
100000, or as much more as was neces
/ -. % H. Ala - no-r,o,, bonkapo vvar