The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-17

III. Bracket was introduced ana recom-
mended to affiant by E. w. Harvey. who
had heretofore employed her services.
as very competent clerk and stenog-
| rapher. That the said Ada H. Bracket
| had q custom stenographer's office In
| Room Is, Silver Bow block. in the city
Of Butte, Mont, with one George B.
Dygert. an attorney -at-law, and known
to be in the employ Of the Amalgamated
| Copper company or allied interests.
THAT said af11ant aided said Ada H.
Bracket to obtain a clerkship in the
| Seventh legislative assembly, where she
| did stenographic and clerical work until
March Z, 1901. That said Ada H. Brack-
| EFT, since the 18th day of March, has
been employed by the Montana Ore Pur-
chasing company as stenographer, but
never at any time has said Ada III.
Bracket been in the employ of F. Au-
gustus Heinze or the Johnstown Mining
company or this affiant.
That the Montana, Ore Purchasing
company has not and never had any
interest in this case. and that said Ada
II. Bracket has never been employed
or authorized by this attiant or any OF
the defendants in this case to perform
any services therein or to influence or
the court or the judge therein. or to
do any secret service work for this
aiiant or any of said defendants. with
reference to this case or any otner case.
and that neither this affiant nor any 1T
said defendants have had any other case
on trial in court since atlantis acquaini-
ance with Ada II. Bracket.
That said Ada H. Bracket never per-
formed any service for either F. Angus
tus Heinze, Arthur Heinze or the Johns
town Mining company, defendants in this
c;Aa. and that she never was employed
to deliver to said Heinzes or any of the
defendants of this ainant any copies Of
work which she might do for Judge Har-
ner, or to inform them or either of them,
of all or anything that she did with or
for said party, and that she never did
furnish to any of the defendants in said
case or to this affiant or to any one else,
SO far as affiant knows, any copies of
any work which she did for said Judge
Harvey, and that she did not receive
salary of $175 per month from F.. Angus
tus Heinze or the Montana Ore Pur:has-
ing company or either of them, and this
atfiant never asked her to say to Judge
Harvey that all they wanted him to do
was to be honest in every decision.
whether it was for or against them, as
stated in the affidavit of George B.
Dygert or at all, and never authorized,
empowered or permitted the said Ada
H. Bracket to make any statement to
said Judge Harvey with reference to the
decision of this case, or make him any
| offer or promise of any kind whatever
either for the then present or the future:
! and affiant says he knows of his own
knowledge that said Ada H. Bracket
was not empowered, authorized or per-
mitted by any of the defendants in this
case or affiant to make any statement
to said Judge Harvey about his pres mt
Or future, Or to promise f&n certain or
any things with reference to his future
| after he left the bench, or at all; and
afhant further says that his position and
that Of the defendants is, and always
has been, that they only wished to have
this case, tried. and decided upon it's
merits and without any influence or any
attempt to influence the court or Judge
therein, and that neither he nor the de-
PENDANTS nor the Montana Ore Purchas-
! ing company or it's officers or agents
made any attempt directly or indirectly
to influence the court or judge in the
! trial or determination thereof.
"Afflant further says that said Ada
| H. Bracket has at all times since the
| 18th day of March, 1901, been employed
| by the M. o. p. company at a stated
salary for such services as she might
render to it, and that sh had abso-
lutely no interest in the case or in the
| result thereof; that there was no agree
ment or understanding with her that
| she should receive any more or less than
she was receiving upon the case being
i ID
any of them, and that decision in
/ their favor could not therefore interest
her.
| "Aff1ant further says that the de-
cision In this case was made on the 18th
day of June, 1901. as the record of the
| court will show, which is hereby re-
1 ferred to and made a part of this affi-
davit, and that said Ada H. Bracket
was absent from the city of Butte and
county of Silver Bow from about the
list day of June. 1901, until a consider
able time after said decision was
made. Affiant further says that the de-
| PENDANT, F. Augustus Heinze. left Butte
and went to New York on or about the
29th day of May. 1901, and has been
| absent in the east ever since. and that
said Heinze had nothing to do with the
employment of said Ada H. Bracket
as stenographer and typewriter for the
Montana Ore Purchasing company, and
that she was not in the employ of said
HeinZe.
"Affiant further says that he fire.
quently called upon said Ada H. Brack-
EFT, both in Helena and in Butte, and
affiant gave her work in the line of her
employment as stenographer and type
writer for the Montana Ore Purchasing
company while she was in the Office of
the said Dygert, and frequently at
times spoke to her about doing work
of such character, and that he never
concealed or attempted to conceal the
fact, but always saw and talked to her
wherever he and she might be or
wherever he might find her at the time
he desired to speak to her aDout such
work or to give her any dictatiOn for
the same and that she neYet. was I'M