Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-12
MORE HE|NzE
SENSATIONS
c. S. Batterman Charged With
tempt Bribery.
OFFER FOR TESTIMONY
L. Erickson Makes Affidavit That
$1,000 Was The Agreed Price
Fraud Denied.
OFFER FOR TESTIMONY

This was Heinz day in the United
States court. The controversy over the
working of the Snohomish and Tra'n-
way mines through the shaft OF the Rar-
us, which was taken up last week mad a
further hearing today. The Heinzes are
seeking to establish the fact that the
mines named are being worked as eco
nomical as they can be and that there
is no truth in the charges brought by
Mr.. Batterman and several of his en-
ployes that the Heinzes were endeav-
orinc. and in fact a succeeded, in
fraudulently removing large quantities
of ore from the Snohomish and Tram
way.
When the matter was called this
morning Judge Mediation, counsel for
the Montana Ore Purchasing Co., said
he had a large number of atfidavits to
read. Nearly all of them We're made by
employees of the Montana Ore Purchas-
ing Co., who deny that II attempt
had been mad to their knowledge TO
secretly extract ore from either OF the
mines in order to defraud the receiver.
Some of the affidavits were equally as
sensational as those filed on the other
side. The affidavits of Mace Warren and
l.. Erickson were especially warm.
Mr.. Warren's affidavit in brief was
that he had been employed at the Tram
way and Minnie Healey. That at no
time had he ever seen any ore topped
with waste coming from the Minnie
Healey workings, and that had there
been any such car he would have MOTTO
ed it..
Relative to the affidavit of M. F. Con-
molly, made on behalf of Batterman and
the receiver, Warren says that Cou-
molly had nothing whatever to do with
tramming the ore on the level he named.
Shortly after Connolly was let out at the
mine the affiant SAYS he met him at the
Pine Tree saloon and asked him why he
was not working. Connolly replied that
he had made some bad cracks while he
was working there, but was drunk at
the time and did not know what he was
doing. He told about the affidavit he
had sworn to. and remarked that as the
case was coming to trial soon ne sup
posed he would AVE to stay by his
statements and tell the same things over
again.
l.. Erickson's affidavit was in effect
that he was a miner but had been en-
ployed as a carman by the Montana Ore
Purchasing Co.. on the 500 foot level of
the Tramway. He says he was ap-
preached one day by James Heron, an
employe of the Butte & Boston who ask
ed him to meet him at the saloon that
night. At that meeting, the affiant says
Heron asked him to make an affidavit
to the effect that he had filled a car with
ore at the Tramway and had then push
ed the car into the Minnie Healey
workings where 1t had been topped with
waste.
Erickson says he refused to make the
affidavit. Later he was approached by
August Harkins who requested him to
call upon Mr.. Batterman of the Boston
& Montana. Affiant y that Batter
man asked him to go over to the receiv-
er's side of the case. Asked what there
was in it, aff1ant says Batterman re-
piled that there was a good position
from the Butte & Boston which he could
hold as long as the company was in ex-
istence. Erickson replied that he had a
good job now and that Batterman would
have to offer some other inducement.
Batterman, he says, told him he would
give him $1,000, but would not give him
the money then as he would not assure
him that he would do as agreed. How
ever, Erickson was informed If he made
the affidavit, the company would do the
right thing by him.
Geo. Wedekind, the chief clerk of the
Montana Ore Purchasing company also
submitted two a~ffidaVits. One was a
/ denial of the matters set out in Batter
| mans affidavit relative to the secret ex-
traction of ores. The other was to the
effect that August Harkins, (who had
testified on the other side that he had
been employed from July to November
in the Tramway) according to his time
sheets had never worked in the Tram.
way, out had been employed for a few
days at the Rarus during the month Of
october
F. A. Russell, one of Heinze's inspect.
ors in the Tramway denied hat there
had been any fraudulent connivance O.
Heinze and his employees to prevent al
equitable division Of the ores of thu
Tramway and Snohomish. He had work
ed with Eugene Pence Ohe receiver,
inspector whose duty it was to tag tn,
ore and had frequent spats with him IL
order that Mr.. Heinze might receive {
fair division of the ore.
w. J. Pope also a Heinze employe sale
that he had also been approached b!
give evidence to the effect that the M
O.. p. Co. was stealing ore there woul,
be something in it. He say he was Of
fered $500 n a position with the Butt,
& Boston company.
I J.W. Jansen said there never had beef
: any combination formed to steal Or
. from the receiver, and that according t
. the methods of tagging employed 1
would be an impossibility to ascertain
which cars We're designed for the receive
or for Heinze. He had neverreceived an
instructions from the shift boss as to tn
manner of loading cars.
r.. A. Galloway, James Sullivan an
d VIM. BOwden AVE- similar testimony
Bowden denied that he had directe,
Crothers to top ore designed for Heinz
with waste. and also denied making an,
statements to CrOthers.
j. H. Trerise, Heinxe's mine surveyor
onered severa! maps in evidence. TIL
j.. maps showed the underground working