The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-30

| The Canadian government Will be called
upon 70 make q thorough invest ga tioFs
into rhe killing of Matthew Roderick, OF
/ Seattle, near Camp Mckinney, 3. C.. IN
the latter part of October. Attorneys
/ Brady & Gay. representing Mrs. Rodsrsck,
have prepared papers. and they VIII ne
1 forwarded 10 the proper authorities today
/ or tomorrow.
/ Ro9esick was citizen OF the United
/ States. and was killed on British Column
hea soil His wife and friends are deter
/ mined 20 have the matter slf1ed 70 the
bottom IN order that the whole trath and
| nothing bur the truth may be known.
James Conway. OF Seattle. has been IN
! British Columbia looking up the case. and
his report makes good that Old adage that
4 there are always two sides TO a story.
The history OF the case IN brief is as
/ follows: August Is last Treasurer Me-
/ Aulay. Of the Carsboo Mining, Milling and
/ Smelling Company, reported thai he had
been held up BY lone highSayman and
/ robbed OF about si1 go in gold bullion
Matthew Rodersek. Of Seattle, who was
/ working at the mine, but who left and
came TO Seattle few days after the rob-
berry. was suspected. lie returned % the
/ vicinity OF the mine IN the latter part or
/ October and was killed.
| Mrs Roderick, her counsel and friends
| are firm in the conviction that Rcdsrick
| has been unjustfy accused of the robbery.
/ that he was wantonly and inexcusah1y
/ shot down without warning, and IN sup
/ port of this they point 10 his previous hon-
/ orabie career, his devotion TO his FANNY,
| and the appropriateness OF the unsarsfac-
/ tory circumstantial evidence by which MS
/ enemies as they style the mine owners.
/ have sought to accuse him OF this grave
/ crime an offense OF such magnitude that
| honest citizens do not suddenly undertake
! after reaching IRIS age OF - years
/ Mrs. Roderick has refrained from max
| ing statement 10 the present time on
/ the advice OF her attorney. w. r. Gay.
1t was no easy matter for her 10 keep
/ from talking and rushing off 70 Camp
/ Mckinney when the news of the death
/ of her husband came TO her ears, but she
| followed the advice OF her attorney. SO
| Ii there are any questions as 10 why she
/ didn't do this aud that. they should De
! aimed at the head of aIr. Gay. instead OF
/ Mrs. Roderick Mrs. Roderick is brave
| little woman, and even those who have
| been interested in the case from BELIEF
/ that her husband was guilty. have admit
/ ted that they believed she was innocent
| of any knowledge Of the affair
/ While conversing with Mrs. Roderick
/ Post-Intelligencer reporter asked her TO
/ explain why her husband left Camp Me-
| Kinney TO come home, and why he left
4 home a short time before he was killed.
4 The special reason for these questions
/ were that ii has been claimed that Roder-
| lex left camp a short time after the rob-
| berry, and that he returned to the vicinity
1 of the same place in order to get the gold
/ bars. which, it is alleged, he had secreted
/ there.
/ MIR. Roderick came home" replied Mrs.
| Roderiek ION account Of the death OF his
4 child The child died August Z. and
| wrote to him. He borrowed SIS 10 make
| the trip, but as soon as he reached Seattle
| he returned the money. On his arrival he
4 told me he had collected $50 on an old
| debt. He told me the name of the man
| who paid him the money. but did act pay
/ particular attention at the time. and now
| cannot recall the persons name. Mr..
Roderick used TO haul freight between
| Coneunully and Spokane, and between
/ Concunully and Eilensburg. In this con-
| neotion he had money coming to him on
/ old accounts. One account was Tor s,V"
/ After he reached home / received drait
for 500 / eashed IL at the Boston Ma
tional bank being identified by Dr. A. NJ
| Burns Since this affair I have tried TO
/ find out the name of the man who sent
the draft, but IL has been Impossible, as
| the bank records do not show his name
| When my house was searched by officers
| $500 was found. That money was part or
| the 500 [ got from the Boston National
bank Mr. Roderick told me that he had
| sold four claims IN the Colville reserya-
| ton. The papers relating TO these claims
| we're either In his possession when he lett
| home or among the papers that the oific-
ers took away when they searched nay
| house.
| ..Mr. Roderiek left home because he re-
| reived two letters, one OF which asked
| him TO come 10 Squaw creek 10 see about
| a claim that he owned and the other 10
| assist in sorting ore that was on the dump
| of a claim near his. have one OF these
1 nm
| IS missing. The missing letter asked him
| 10 come 10 Squaw creek, leaving Seattle
| October N. He received the letter October
| 10 After speaking OF the ore on the dump,
| the letter went on 70 say that IL was pro-
! posed TO sort IL. and make a shipment.
i on the result of the shipment would de-
| pend the decision as 10 whether the mine
| would be worked al winter. lf the mine
| was 10 run Mr. Rodersck would have had
| a lob at $50 month. ] read In a Spokane
| nsper that / had Informed female de-
| tecffve without knowing 70 whom ] was
| talking that my husband bad received a
/ cord Zee for examining a mine and that
| he had gone TO consummate a deal involy-
| lny nroperty IN which he was directly in
| terested. The article concluded By making
/ me say that Il the deal went through my
! husband would come out with several
! thousand dollars. Now, SIS matter OF
| fact. / never made any such statements.
I i knew WHAT nA1lttfHs KY A@Eba1a went
| on and AZ the best he could not come out
! wtth more than few hundred. There Is
/ no truth whatever IN the story about my
/ husband having said that be sold claim
for Sc 90. He owned the Seattle Quartz
! and Hcfnestske Ne. :.
Mrs Roaerick had the documents in her
I POSSESSION to prove her statement The
patent was issued November 1sg2 The To-
cation OF these claims IS in the Colville
reservation.
| 'sNfv husband" continued Mrs Rozlersek.
vas offered s.. 90 for these claims. hut
/ thsre was a contingent clause. The offer
was based upon che election of Bryan.
and Vas stated as follows: If Bryan is
elected T VIII give yoa ssea' Aiv husband
replied that he would think about the mat
ter. That Is all there is 70 the = 90 claim
business"
when asked Il Mr. Roserick was a
gambler. Mrs. RoSerick replied. .If Re
| xamoiesf I never knew Of t. Whea he was
az home he never went oct Nights and I
/ never knew ttm 70 use uquor"
/ James Conway. a member OF Coiaasss
Lodge a. u L. ". who has iest returned
/ from camp Mckinney. near which ulzcs
! Ee6srick was killed, Wss seer BY q Post
/ Tnte}ll Esncer reporter lsst evening ard
asked 70 give = statement concerning bis
! Investigation.
! II discovered replied Mr. Conway.
shat s was almost impossible q and A
man. except those who are connected wtth
the Carseoo Mining. Ml8nx ard sznesting
rosAar great mary people have doubts
! 4 theve vas any robbery at al learned
thar after the alleges robbery NeAu1av
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