The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-14
Copper Trust Accused Of Trying
to Buy Judge Harnsy.
WOMAN ALSO CONCERNED.
Mrs. Bnckstt TuIt She Would Receive
$4,000 Il She Would Make Affidavit
Showing CsIIusIun

Rock Island. III. Aug. M--Judge Edward
Nv. Harvey OF Butte. Mont. has made
statement Of his position. denying that he
decided the Minnie Healy case. through
the influence OF Mrs. Ada III. Brackett for
o.. A. Helnze, and charging that he was
offered a bribe OF $4,000 IL he would de-
aide in favor OF the Amalgamated Copper
eompany.
F, Judge Harvey, who departed from
Butte, accompanied az far as Livingstone,
IN the same state. by Mrs. Ada II. Brack-
ett, is at the home OF his wifes father
On Buffalo. Prairie township, twenty miles
from Rock Island, Ill
The people and press OF Montana made
vain appeal TO the judge totell his story
an Butte He ignored all requests and left
the city with the woman who is alleged TO
have influenced" his judicial finding in
the SO 900. 600 Minnie Healy mine case.
The representatives In Butte OF the
1Ieinze faction, who won the suit. have
not intimated that the Amalgamated Cop
rer company attempted to bribe Judge
Harvey.
MUTTERlNGS AFTER DECISION.
up to the time i made the decision
] was a good judge in the eyes OF the
plaintiffs representatives, he said: "af-
ter the decision was rendered against
them there began To be mutterings and
hints that | was Influenced in my de-
cision and that a woman was influencing
my course.
Later | was threatened that would
be ruined and my family broken IL /
did not grant the plaintiff new trial"
Then the Judge was told IL would inn
prove his health 10 leave Montana, but
before he left the Standard oil agents
asked the reason for the decision.
I'VE had stormy session lasting sew
eral hours" he said ~ was accused of
havinb been influenced I'm my decision by
Mrs. Bracket was threatened with
arrest and with impeachment II I did
not accept their offer. which was that
they would give me s250.o00 II I would
make an sffidaylt that Hcinze had paid
money for my decision or had offered
10 do SO
ADVISED TO MAKE EUROPEAN TRIP
~ was advised that ] might take my
family 10 Europe and enjoy good va
cation and then come back 10 New York
and live where l pleased in ease and
luxury.
4 replied that | did not want their
money; that such money was curse
more than n blessing. and that / did
not fear their threats for the reason that
there was no evidence or fact on which
90 ground them
- received a sneerng reply that
ought to know by this time that they
had means OF procuring evidence when
ever they required a.: that | was a poor
nan and could not fght them. and that I
must accept either riches or ruin 7
Very emphstieally chose The ruin n they
can procure f..
'Jusf before the conclusion of the con-
troversy thcp sent carriage to tho
home Of Mrs Bracket with whom they
seek 10 connect me, She camc 10 the
room. They informed hcr that ] had
consented To- resign and offered her SIS. 900
~ she would make an affidavit that she
had been employed b. Iicinze 10 improp-
srly Influence me or that Heinze had
'ffered or paid me any money for my
3scision
MRS. BRACkETT sPuRNED OFFER.
II was ia an adjoining room She
asked them 60 call me in ! came IN and
was much surprised to SOC her there
Che asked me II had cousentcd 10 make
an affidavit aud resign. ! told her ! had
not
She told me OF their offer 10 her
told her she might do so ~ she pleas ased,
! was going 20 stand my ground She
then told them iu a few brief emphatic
words her opinion OF them in trying 10
tempt me and threatening 10 ruin me
and my family She very Indignantly
spurned their offer and asked me TO call
carriage and send her home"