Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-11-16
PLOT AGAINST MOVES
An Inside History Of the Attempts to
Smirch the Character of U. S.
Judge Noyes.
How Some of the Afidavits Against
the Judge Were Secured by
Lanes Agents.
Some Interesting Facts Relative to th'
Now Noted Cape Nome Mining
Controversy.

Controversy.
Seattle, Wash, Nov. 14.-One of the
most sensational stories ever brought
out of Alaska is the latest development
in the attack on the honesty and in
tegrity of Judge Arthur H. Noyes, of
the Third district of Alaska, and for
merly of Minneapolis.
Samuel Knight, an attorney of San
Francisco, who went to Nome this last
summer as legal advisor to Charles D.
Lane, the millionaire Nome operator,
is in contempt, practically fugitive
from justice, having taken French
leave from the gold country's metrop-
oils when he was under order from the
court to appear at a certain time. A
warrant for his arrest for contempt
was issued a short time before the
Roanoke sailed from the north.
1t is but another link in the famous
Anvil creek litigation in which c. D.
Lane of San Francisco and the Pioneer
Mining Company, composed of the
Swedish pioneers of the Nome gold
discoveries, represent the parties op-
posed to Noyes and Mckenzie.
Knights friends will try to have the
contempt case reviewed at Washing
ton and congressional investigation
is also among the possibilities.
The story is that these men, after
having tried in every manner possible
to obtain the favor of the court and on
a failure to do that, turned about and
have Systematically endeavored to
prejudice the people of Nome and the
entire United States against Judge
Noyes, who presides over the court.
Having failed utterly in this, they at
last adopted a scheme by which they
expected to have the judge impeached
when he was thousands Of miles away,
ice bound and absolutely without a
chance to defend himself.
To this end Samuel knight is
charged with having persuaded one
Charles E. Heron, detective at
Nome, to secure evidence to be used
against the judge. Heron agreed to
make affidavit that he had paid Judge
Arthur H. Noyes certain sum Of
monew to secure a favorable decision
in some matter before the court. But
honest to stand pat" with his en-
ployers and he at once communicated
with Judge Noyes and some Of his Off
cials, telling them all the details Of the
villainous plot. Heron finally told
Knight that he was unable to make
the affidavit, but would get man who
would. 1t was then agreed, so the
story is, that Heron was to have $500
if successful and the new man was to
get $1,000 for making the affidavit,
Accordingly Heron induced Frank, P.
Reese to make the affidavit.
Reese is now in Seattle waiting de-
velopments in the case and his own
story is that he met knight and w. P.
Metson, an attorney for the Pioneer
Mining company, and arranged the de-
tails. knight practically wrote the
affidavit, but for some time kept put
ting off Reese, telling him to wait q
few days more before it should be
signed. knight in the meantime was
making arrangements to leave for
Seattle and when finally ready to go
he called for Reese and the aEdavits
were signed.
Now, Reese has for over twenty-one
years been friend of Alexander Nc
Kenzie, and his actions during the en-
tire matter were to protect the inter-
ests of Mckenzie and the judge whom
he believed to be absolutely incor-
ruptible.
Immediately after signing the affi-
davit for knight, Reese went before
Commissioner Stevens and made an
affidavit giving the entire details Of
the plot. This affidavit was placed in
the hands of District Attorney Woods.
Acting in an official capacity, Mr..
Woods at once sent for Mr.. Knight and
In the presence of Judge Noyes and
other officials stated to Mr.. knight
that he had learned of his having in
his possession certain papers which
involved the conduct of the court and
demanded that the papers be at once
turned over to him as the proper off,