Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-30

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DAILY money. Among other hard cases he
employed n Benjamin Hill and set him
to hunting up evidence against his friend.
And Mr.. Campbell gives a graphic ac-
count of how Hill brought to his office a
sealed letter from Bickford to Roote, and
how he caused Hill to open the letter for
Campbell to read. And, after reading, it
was interesting to hear Mr.. Campbell
describe how the letter was carefully re-
sealed n sent on by Hill to it's destina.
ton.
MIR. Campbell sent his man Hill, with
his clerk. Mr.. Little. to get certain afii-
davits. The affidavits were obtained,
and the men who made them received
about 500 each for their pay from Mr..
Little and about $3.50 more for each out
or checks drawn by Little on Campbell
and paid by him out of Days money.
Mr.. Campbell stated this matter COM
posedly. and, though he did not justify
what was done, as he did the opening
and reading of a sealed letter, he stated
that he assumed the responsibility for
the. transaction. The man Hill, for hunt
ing up witnesses and buying and making
~affidavits, received from Mr.. Campbell
about 81, 500 out of Days money, accord
ing to the evidence.
Mr.. Campbell became Daly's agent to
disburse money without limit as to the
amount, and he disbursed it in that wav
And in 1899 Mr.. Campbell was employed
by a corporation controlled by Mr.. Daily
at a salary of $4,000 per annu
When last heard from, Mr.. Campbell
had disbursed about $4,000 of Days
money in this case, and had incurred liza
bilities for fees to eminent counsel,
amounts not named, and still had power
to go on spending without limit as to
amount. He conducted this case as lead
ing counsel, and became also one of the
principal witnesses, but other counse
made the arguments.
Mr.. Campbell employed many detec-
tives or spies. and paid them most liber-
ally with Days money: and he wrote
divers letters to his professional detec-
tive, l.. D. Mclean In one of them he
says:
1t is limited this morning that there
were some matters being investigated by
the grand jury which might implicate
myself, Fred Whiteside. or perhaps w.
A. Clark of Virginia City. 1t is a mere
rumor, and 1 don't believe there is any
thing in it at all. 1t may be it has some
thing to do with elections last fall, which
will probably not implicate me, but
DAILY people. Perhaps you
had better get a list of the grand jury
and find some fellow that you can "jolly"
a little.
Attorney General Nolan claimed and
received the combined assistance OF
Messrs. Campbell and Whiteside. He
attended before the grand jury and ex-
amined witnesses concerning this case
and took notes of the testimony in short
hand and afterwards wrote out his notes
not in the words of the witnesses, but
the substance in narrative form; and
afterwards he attached this so-called
evidence before the grand jury to the in
formation which he filed in the supreme
court against Welcomes; and to aid
Campbell and Whiteside in their search
after evidence the attorney general
wrote a formal letter to Mr.. A. ]. Camp
bell promising immunity from prosecu-
ton and the governors pardon to any
and all witnesses who would testify
about bribery of legislators.
This so-called evidence before the
grand jury was much used in this case,
and Attorney General Nolan was exam
ined as a witness before the committee
as to matters relevant and irrelevant. He
could not be induced to see the slightest
improperly in his disclosure of the. Sc
crets of the grand jury, or in this whole
sale promise Of pardons specially given
for the use of Mr.. Campbell in the work
in which he was then engaged. This at
torney general came to Washington, took
an active part in the prosecution and in
suggesting witnesses, and on the witness
stand could not conceal his bias.
A large part of the evidence taken by
the committee and submitted to the SEN
ate is irrelevant to the matter of inquiry.
Take as a sample the matter of what is
called the attempt to bride the supreme
court and the attorney general. This
transaction. so far as we are informed,
occurred six or seven months after the
senatorial election; no fact proved con
meets Mr.. Clark with any part OF that
transaction. DIR. Treacey had no sort %
connection, directly or indirectly, with
Mr.. Clark; and if he had. there was no
connection between the election in Jan
uary and the supreme court judges In
the fall of that year.
with one crime and prove that he COM
mitted that crime by proving that he did
not commit another crime. The consti-
tuition provides that the accused must
"be informed of the atu and cause of
the accusation" No mention of the
judges of the supreme court of Montana
was made in the charges against Mr..
Clark. All of that evidence was nothing
more than what lawyers call "coloring
matter" And it was admitted against
the protest of the senator from Maryland
and others.
And in the conduct of his ease much