The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-24
THE PASSING IHRONG.

| y Will go upon the witness stand and
swear that the man they call Dakota
Jim,' and who is now in the Whitman
| county Jail charged with the murder ei
| young OryiIle Hayden at Pennington a
| few days ago, is innocent / know of a:
| least two others who will swear TO THE
| same thing. Dakota Jim was with ne
| when We heard OF the murder. will swear
l to that"
/ An ordinary looking man who says his
name Is John Foley made the foregoing
| statement In the Post-InteIligencer Office
| yesterday afternoon. He said he came ITO
have that piece about Dakota jim cor
| rected." II the statements Foley makes
| are true, he will be strong witness for
| Dakota jim when his trial comes OF.
| AS they are talking yeiy seriously OF
| !! nching Dakota jim it may be that
Foley will not have chance to testify.
| but II he does he says he Will take an oath
| that Dakota Jim is innocent
| Foley says his nome is in California, but
that he has been in the Northwest for
some Tina Il viii tell YOU he said. "how
came 10 meet Jim. His right name
guess is Mcdonald. / was at Pullman at
the time. j had job there that didn t
amount TO much. Some OF my friends
were there with me. We had money. We
met Mcdonald one night and afterwards
he stayed with us / don't know anything
about him or where he came from. Well,
when 1 left PullmaE-I quit my 1ob-Mc-
Donald went with me to Oakesdale. We
stayed there for some time. We saw sew
eral men there we knew.
Wen. one day We were coming on. OF a
butcher shop. where we had bought some
meat, and we learned for the first time of
the murder OF Haydn. l did not know
anything about it before and am sure
Mcdonald didn't
They say in the paper that a man
named Black Eyes who was arrested
confessed to detective that he and 'Da-
kota Jim committed the crime Say, I
guess this Black Eyes is crazy. That's
what l heard UP there l don't believe
that he had anything to do with that
crime He says Dakota jim did the
shooting. That's mistake. Why, Jim S
innocent. III go on the stand and I'll
we'll, You know what I mean. Yes that's
IT. I'll take an oath that he Is innocent
Yes guess Black Eyes is crazy. They
say he was arrested down there for theft.
THERE'S been no lynching at Colfax yet,
has there? No; WELL that's right. there
shouldn't De. Dakota Jim's' innocent
Black Eyes who ever he is. is crazy. I'll
be In town for some days in case you want
me-"
Then Foley went away
Cyrus Walker, the veteran manager Of
the Puget Mill Companys mills at Port
Gamble and Port Ludlow. Is In the city on
one or his regular business visits. At the
Rainier-GraiId last night Mr.. Walker said
that on his periodical trips to this city
during the last three months he had MOTTO
ed on each successive occasion the I'M
provement that has taken place in BUSH
ness matters.
1t is quite remarkable" said Mr. Walk
er. 1T shows that Seattle is profiting
greatly oy the interest now being taken in
the golC fields OF the North Why even
10 the logging camps about Port Gamble
kiondika fever has penetrated. and l I'M
derstand that several parties have been or
Eanized and will go North next spring
some OF the employees OF the mill will
countless so-how many / cannot say.
Among them all the greatest interest in
the soid discoveries Is manifested"
ii. Fenhon. mining engineer of consid-
cradle fame, passed through Seattle ves-
terday. accompanied by German Vice
consul Hans Giese, of Tacoma. Mr. Ven
non was Tor several years manager Of two
large gold mines in Mexico, owned by
German capitalists. He has returned re-
Gently from an extended trip through the
kootenay and Boundary mining district,
OK British Columbia. While there he ex-
amined a number OF promising properties
IN behaH or certain wealthy Berlin can't
talists. Mr.. Fenhoff would say little con-
corning his opinion OF that section of the
country. except to admit that he was very
wen pleased with what he saw and that
the whole district is very promising.
THE mining region about Mount Baker
viii attract hundreds OF prospectors into
that part Of the state" said E. p Y. Dsv
business man OF Whatcom. at the Butler
yesterday. There is no doubt about the
richness of the ore. II is only question
OF quantity There is free milling quartz
and base ore that viii require treatment
~ sfneiter. 1t is my rirm belief that tina,
section or the state Will prove very rich
IN Lodges bearing the precious metals"