The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-02
COMPANY WANTS TO
GET In ON GRUBSTAKE.
Full story Of ID. n. Dayfds0n's Con-
ne~ston With klDndike Gold
Exploration Company.


D. r. Dayidsoa's connection with the klen-
dixie Gold Exploration Company. which
has been given brief,y in the Poss-Inieiii-
gencer heretofore.
He says that the company has given up
recovering the sooo Davidson il aecredi;-
ed sish bringing cut Of uAe kiondke. bui
IL interested in helping the authorities Of
San Francisco 10 prosecute him cr.mlnaliy.
The kiondike Go.d Exploration Com
paus'' said Mr. Hall was formed In
July. 1887. by eosne Of the best known men
OF Colorado Springs for the purpose OF
sending representatives, into the klondike
Among those who are interested Ia aIs
company are j. A. Hayes. president OF the
First National bank of Colorado Springs;
A. sutton, cashier OF tie same bank. W. $
jackson, 4 former president, and later re-
ceiver OF The Denver * Rio Grande rail-
road. W. 2. Bondbr.ght, one o. the best
known promoters ard bankers hi Colo
RADIO; ex-Judge Ganueii. OF the district
court. who was a presidential elector, also
ex-s;afe senator; Ralph Preston. son of Tie
late Col. Thompson Preston. OF the lead
trust, and others. ] am a member OF the
company and Of the law Arm Of Hall.
Preston & Rabbit.
Gerald NJ King manager OF the Ing
ham mine at Cripple Creek, was selected as
one Of the TWO men 10 be sent 10 the kion-
dixie. Members OF the company had can
didatex for the other place, but King said
that he would not go into such a place
without he was accompanied by a man in
whom he had implicit confidence. We
thought that there was sonse good reason
ing in this and allowed him 10 name his
companion. lie chose u. =. Davidson. who
was. at that time, foreman ia the Ing
ham mine. Davidson had good reputa-
ton.
"A contract was signed by all parties in
teres.ed the provisions OF which were
briefly follows: King and Davidson
were 10 represent the company or syndi-
cate In Alaska for one year they were TO
devote their entire time 10 securing prop
erty rights. water rights. etc. all Of which
Went 10 the company. They were placed
on me same footing. except that King
was made treasurer of the exploration par
~. for convenience. One ala not have
power to discharge the other. They were
given 81 800. 10 BE- used IN purchasing their
outfit and for other expenses during the
year. They were 10 receive a esalary Of 500
a month each. II was further agreed that
one-eigh;h OF the stock Of the company
should be set aside for King and Davidson
When King and Davidson reached
were so high at Dawson that il would De
advantageous for them 10 put most OF
their money into ed!b!es. This they did
They arrived al Dawson in due time and
on Thanksgiving eve their cabin and out
fit was burned. King had 500 I'm cash and
$3.50 ia cash additional a.s treasurer OF the
expedition. He paid Davidson $500 salary
In advance to January. and then used the
remainder Of the money for food. He wrote
letter to the company and sent 1t out by
a man named Thompson. The company
gent 70 California for Thompson and learn
ed from him all that was possible about
the case.
1T will be observed that the company
had already done all that 4. promised Ie-
sally speaking II had fulfilled It's contract,
but Ii went farther A special messenger
was FASTENED 10 Dawson with sayao 10 re-
lieve King and Davidson He arrived
about the time that Davidson went M the
river. March Davidson wrote letter
saying that he had fallen out with King.
but that he Was true blue TO the compa-
ny. He said tina, King wanted him TO To-
cate on pups but that he preferred TO
use his rights 10 better advantage. He said
that King had no better Judgment than a
child and he would not have anything IA
do with him
we received word that Davidson had
made strike on French guies, within six
teen DAYS after he wrote to the comnary
saying he was true blue The most relia-
bic estimate Ne received OF the money he
took cut came from Frank Gunne who
said S5V1, Davidson ostenstshlv ssoid the
claim 10 Edgar Misner for So 900. who sold
20 Alex Mcdonald for ss7nD We have
learned frat Davidson was one of the frs,
who knew % the richness OF French ~u,eh
ana THAT he GOT intersstess IN other claims
through his knowledge. In one form o,
another he brought out over So GU. as near
as We can figure.
We DID not hear frasn hin. personally ar
have not heard from hin, voluntarily rro,,
the time he wrote his true blue letter w.
saw IN n newspaper thar he haa avrgva,
on Tie 81, PAM with sSso The nex,
ih'ng We knew his wife was preparing fn-
q trip. She told friends shas sh> waa yo
Ing 10 make 4 sssa voyage Detectives sog.
lowed her Ia San Francisco. where she t,,r,
Davidson. ] went 10 San Francisco q, r.
interest OF the company and Mrs navsa
Scn 'old me her husband WAS out ~ .hs
i ci'y. ana that IA soon as she ,aarcas
where he was she would LEI me know ,
feuni cut that she was informed ~ a,
matters then placed the case hsfo~a -
authorities ana the result was the 49,,
Of Davidson IN Semitic The tor,,rls4r4 :.
based on ore particular phase Of tse rs 90
refsav &"n which we have .~sras ~,
san Francisco 80