The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-05-21

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public. This Mr.. Luckenback did,
and the result is the affidavit pub
lished below:
STATE OF COLORADO,
County OF ARArAHoE. S.
Frederick A. Luckenback, being
first duly sworn, on oath deposes
and says: / am 62 years of age. /
was born in Bucks county, Penn
sylvania. l removed to the city of
Philadelphia in the year 1864 and
continued to reside there until 1866,
when l removed to the city of New
York. In Philadelphia I was in the
furniture business. In New York l
branched into machinery and in
ventions and am the .patentee OF
Luckenback's pneumatic pulveri-
zer, which machines are now in use
generally in the eastern part of the
United States and in Europe. l now
reside in Denver, having removed
from New York two years ago. l am
we'll known in New York. / have
been a member of the Produce Ex-
change and am well acquainted with
members of that body. l am we'll
known by Mr.. Erastus Wiman. In
the year 1866 | visited London,
Eng, for the purpose of placing
there Pennsylvania oil properties
in which | was interested. | took
with me letters of introduction to
many gentlemen in London, among
them one to Mr.. Ernest Seyd, from
Robert M. Foust, ex-treasurer OF
Philadelphia. I became well ac-
quainted with Mr.. Seyd, and with
his brother Richard Seyd, who, !
understand, is still living. / visited
London thereafter every year, and
at each visit REM ,---d nv """uaint-
ance with Mr.. Seyd, and upon eacn
occasion became his guest one or
more times. joining his family at
dinner or other meals. In Febru-
ary, 1874, while on one of these
visits, and while his guest for din
ner, l, among other things, alluded
to the rumors afloat of Parliamen-
tary corruptions, and expressed as
tonishment that such corruption
should exist. In reply to this he
told me that he could relate facts
about the corruption of the Ameri-
can Congress that would place 1t
far ahead of the English Parliament
in that line. So far the conversa-
ton was at the dinner between table
US. His brother Richard and others
were there also, but this was table
talk between Mr.. Ernest Seyd and
myself. After the dinner ended he
invited me to another room, were
he resumed the conversation about
legislative corruption. He said !:
If you will pledge me your honor
as gentleman not to divulge what
I am about to tell you while live,
/ will convince you that what said
about the corruption of the Ameri-
can Congress is true"
l gave him the promise and he
then continued:
II went to America in the winter
in 1923, authorized to secure, if
I could, the passage of a bill de-
monetizing silver. 1t was to the
interest of those l represented, the
governors of the Bank of England,
to have it done. / took with me
100000 sterling, with instructions
that, if that was not sufficient to
the object, to draw for
another 100000. or as much more
as was necessary"
He told me that German bankers
were also interested in having 1T
accomplished. He said he was the
financial adviser of the bank. He
said II saw the committees OF the
House and Senate and paid the
money. and stayed in America until
I knew the measure was SAFE"
/ asked him if he would give me
the names of the members to whom
he paid the money, but this he de-
clined to do. He said: "Your people
will not now comprehend the far
reaching extent of that measure
but they will in after years. What
ever you may think Of the corruP,,
ton in the English Parliament,
assure you I would not have dared
to make such an attempt here as
did in your country"
expressed my shame to him fo'
my countrymen in legislative bod
les. The conversation drifted into
other subjects, and, after that
though / met him many times, tht
matter was never again referred to
FREDERICK A. LUcKENBAcK.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me at Denver this 9th day Of May
A.D. 1892. JAMES "A. MILLER,
Clerk Supreme Court State Of Col
orado.
We never had q doubt but tina