The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-06-03

Tavurably known by many OF Culora-
dos leading business men. lie has
been engaged FOR two scars past iI iu-
Producing his pneumatic pulverizer
and las met T. ring success.
IL iiuyiug come 10 the ears of Mr.. 81.
II. Slater, chairman OF lhe executive
committee OF tiGe state silver league
that Mr.. LuckuubacII possessed the
slartling information contained in the
affidavit, that energetic gentleman
Immediately waited upon him, AND
induced him to put the whole story in
explicit form and give it to the public.
This Mr.. LuckeuBucI did, and the
result is the affidavit AS published
below:
STATE OF COLORADO,
COUNTY on AIAPAIIOE. %
Frederick a. LuckguDach being
urst duly sworn, Oh oath depJses ana
says. 1 utn 81 years of age. l wis
Born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania.
1 remuN Ell to Tie city of Philadelphia
al Tie year 1916, and continued To
reside there until 1866 when removed
to tile city of New \ Ork. In Phiiadei-
piIia, L WAS ia the furniture business.
In New York, 4 brauChed into machine
cry ANA Inventions, and am the pat
eHtee OF LuckeIBach pneumatic pull
yeriZgr which machines are now iu
use generally in the eastern part of the
United States and Europe. / now
resIde III Denver, having removed
from Now York Two ears ago. / am
we'll Known ia New York. have
Eeen member OF the produce exchange
and HiH Vel acquainted with many
ma
known by Erastu5 W man.
In tie ear 1868, L visited London.
England, for the purpose OF placing
there Pennsylvania oil properties, la
which L WAS Interested. L took with
me letters Of introduction TO many gen
tlemen in LUudUn-amOHg them one to
Mr.. EuIupst Seyd, from Robert n.
FUust, e2-treusurer Of Philadelphia.
became nell acquainted with Nh. Seyd
aud hrs brother, Richard Seyd, who, 1
uIIdeTs tuud, is yet living. I visited
London thereafter every year, ana at
each visit renewed my acquaintance
with Mr.. Seyd, and upon eIclI coca
sion became his guest one on more
tmes-jOiuing his family at dinner OF
other meals.
In February, 1874, while on one Of
these visits and while his guest for
dIuner, /, among other things, alluded
10 runIurs utiJat Of parliamentary cor
TupJiOu, and expressed HstOuishmeut
thuJ such corruption should exist. In
icply TO this, lac told me lie could
AmvricgIt congress that would place II
far ahead of tine English parliament in
/ that line. So far, the conversation
WAS at the dinner table between us.
| His brother, Richard, aud others were
there also, but this was table talk
/ between MI. Earn. est Spyd and myself
After dinner WAS ended, he invited
/ me to another room where " e resumed
/ tine conversation about @ la cor
UuptIUu. lie said: LII you VIII pledge
me your honor as gentleman mot To-
divuige what L am about To tell you
( while L live, 1 viii convince you that
/ what I said about the corruption If tile
American congress is truC.' / gave
/ him the promise, and lac then cOntiu-
ned: IL went to America in tile Win
/ ter of 1928, authorized to secure, if
could, the passage of "a bill demUHetiZ-
{ ing silver. 1t WAS TO the Interest of
/ those 1 representative governors Of
the Bank Of EuglHud-tu have IL done.
l took with me 600, 600 sterling, with
Instructions if that was not sufficient
to accomplish the object, to draw for
another elOO, 900, or as much as WAS
necessary" lie told ne German
bankers were also Interested in having
it accomplished. He said that ne was
financial adviser of tile bank. lie
said: Il saw the committees Cf the
house and senate and paid the money
and staid in America until L knew
the measure was safe. - 1 asked if he
would give the names of the members
To whom he paid the money, but this
he declined TO do. lie said: '-Your
people viii not now comprehend the
/ ftr-reaching extent of that measure,
but they will i'll after years. What
ever you may think of corruption in
the English parliament, 1 assure you I
would not have dared to make such uu
attempt here, as I did i'm your cOUu-
/ try" L expressed my shame tn him
for my cOuutrymeH in our Legislative
bodies. The conversation drifted into
other subjects, and after that-thougu
1 met him many times-t,-e matter
was never pgaiu referred 10.
(Signed)
tHEDEBICK y, LUCKENBACIT
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
at Denver, this 9th day Of May, A. D.,
1899
(Signed) JAMES y. MILLER,
Clerk supreme Count. State of Colo
RADIO.
[sEAL-l
The above statement was published
in the Denver Nel5s, Nay Topeka
Tribune.
We are ii, recent Of nu Invitation TO