The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-02-20
The Two Former Testify They
Were Offered All Kinds
Of Money.
MR.. CLARK rs IN
He Says Of Using Money Corruptly.
Admits Spending $115,OOO
in the Campaign.

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ileges and elections, Justice W. Z.
Pigot, another member Of the bench Of
the Montana supreme court, was heard.
He was questioned by Senator Chandler.
His testimony was related in a slow
and impressive manner 1t was or
different lines from that Of Justice
Hunts, but received equally close at.
tention, Mr.. Pigott's statement 10
cred an interview with Frank E. Cor.
bett of Butte, who is Mr.. Clark's prin.
cipal western counsel, which had oc.
Cured Oh the 9th Of August last, the
same day as DR.. Treacy's first two in.
terviews with Justice Hunt. He said
he met Mr.. Corbett on the streets and
the latter told him that he had come to
Helena in a special train to see him
and requested a private interview. He
had taken Mr.. Corbett to his room at
the Capitol. The latter told him J. S.
M. Neill of Helena, had telephoned to
Butte that the supreme court might be
influenced in the Welcome disbarment
case. Detailing the conversation Mr..
Pigott said Mr.. Oorbett apparently was
very much excited, his lips trembling
and his manner was very nervous
"Sitting opposite me-" said the wit
ness. "he said he did not want me to
get angry at about what be was about
to tell me. He then told of the receipt
of the telephone message from Mr..
Neill, which had been as follows: We
can do business with the supreme
court He said be had spent two or
three hours with Mi. Neill and that
the latter had said to him, "We can get
the supreme court. They will come
high and the scheme will have to be
capitalized for about IS. 900, OQ0.' He
then proceeded to say that he had ap.
piled various opprobrious epithets to
Mi. Neill. for such a presumption say
ing that he had secured a special train
and oome from Butte for the purpose
Of heading off any effort in the line of
such an outrageous proceeding and to
assure you that if anything Of the kind
was undertaken we have had nothing
to do with it. If he undertakes to do
that 7 will myself get up in the su-
preme court and tell what I know about
the prooeedings.'
~ have a mind to do that anyway
Mr.. Corbett added.
II replied" continued the witness,
"you can rest assured that IL Neill ap-
proaches me in the way you suggest,
you will never know it nor will the
fact become public and I believe that a
man making such an attack should be
killed by the man to whom he had
made the proposition. ! will endeavor
to do that II 30 approached. I would
never have a man arrested for such pro-
oeeding for I would not want the pub.
licity nor would 7 want to bring a
court into dispute"
Justice Pigott said that after the in
terview Mr.. Corbett left him, saying he
had to hurry to the train. but that
o than half an hour afterwards, he
had seen that gentleman and two Others
leaving for the train.
Justice Pigott said that in the even.
ing after this interview he had called
upon Justice Hunt and related what
had occurred between himself and Cor.
bett, when Justice Hunt related his OK.
p~erienoe Of the same day with DR..
Tracey.
Attorney General Cornelius B. Nolan
Of Montana testified that he had also an
experience with DR.. Trsacy. He had
conducted the prosecution in the Well
come disbarment case. While the case
was in progress DR.. Treaoy, who was
also his family physician, had come to
him, he said, at three different times
suggesting that he (Nolan) could get
money out Of the case from Clark. The
witness said that he had ohatted with
DR.. Treacy Oh the occasion OF the first
meeting, until the latter had asked him
how much did he think would be re-
quired.
u replied" said the witness. If
I should lend myself to such a scheme.
! think I ought to be entitled to $780,.
OOO."
The doctor said he thought the sum
al reasonable. Later, on the same
occasion, after be had come to think
the doctor serious, Mr.. Nolan said he
had told the doctor to go back to CLARK
and tell him that il his body were a
skeleton and filled with gold it would
not be sufficient to buy him. At the
third interview Mr.. Nolan said he had
told DR., Treacy that he had talked
enough. THE time has GOMEZ" he said
be ted the doctor. "to put up or shut
mp" do you mean it?" the doctor
asked. ~ do" was the reply.
ssThen. " the doctor said, "oome to my
office at 4 O'Clock today and arrange
menta will be made for you to get your
money"
Then the witness said he had told
Ds. TFeaoy again that MI, CLARK did
not have money enough to buy him,
and be had had no further converse.
zion with him, Mr., Nolan said that
while he had resented the approach to
him n "a Insult, be said no did not
bJama M. Treaoy as much az no
hlan1ad those behind him, and that no