Oakes Republican., 1901-06-14
Nick ENzIE's CASE
Brief Story Of the Facts in
His Arrest, Trial and
Imprisonment.
Corruption and Bribery of
Courts and Systematic
Robbery,
By the California Mining
Companies at Cape
Nome,
Compared with Whom the
Train Robber is a Real
Gentleman.

Alexander McAeGzle having SeeD
pardoned by President Mckinley of
the offense of contempt for which he
was convicted and sentenced to
years imprisonment, and the case
having thus been finally settled the
Globe desires to present to the pub
lie o very brief and opitomized state
ment CT the facts and conditions sur
rounding this case, the real facts not
having as yet been published in the
state.
NO understand the matter one
must>go into the conditions existing
in Nome prior to the time Mckenzie
went there. The only Judge in that
section of the country was one Judge
johnson. There were two mining
companies with any amount of cap:-
tai back of them organized in Cali
fornia; one the Pioneer Mining Co.,
and the other the Wild Goose Co.
G. D. Lane, man of immense
wealth, was the governing power in
the first company, but both compan-
les acted in harmony in all matters.
Now in short time after the discov-
cry of gold on the Nome coast all OF
tho abutting claims fer about thirty
miles or so and claims upon the prin-
cipal streams had been filed upon;
some by bona tiae claimants and
others by people who had been EN-
ployed by these companies.
These two companies or corpora
tions employed great many men in
their operations and their methods
were this: They would secure some
one to file on a claim paying him
ordinarily about $3.50, the sum for
making out the papers, and have his
claim Immediately us soon as located
to the company. The first locator or
owner was absolutely helpless in that
country as against these companies.
To avoid thi, and to secure theft
rights number OF the owners OF
Claims organized and sent a man
from Chicago, Mr.. Hubbard, to
London to form syndicate to ex-
tract the gold and protect their in
terests. The London. company was
formed and sent its@ agent together
w.th Mr.. Hubbardto Nome and after
looking the ground oyer the agent
reported adverse to the investment.
About this time Mr.. Mckenzie had
m manufactured a hydraulic machine
which he tested and which he
thought would do proper work in ex
c ayating the sand under the water
aid sitting the gold therefrom, The
II ondon matter having fallen through
I aud Mr.. Hubbard having heard OF a
company heing organized by McKen-
z'e went to see him in New York and
Ithey arranged that these owners
might put their claims in the new
company, taking stock in the com
o any therefor. The company in ad-
dition proceeded to purchase other
claims. The greatest care was exer-
c:sed to, prevent purchases OF con-
tested claims as Mr.. Mckenzie often
stated that he did not wish to pur-
chase any law suits. He sent his
machinery up by Ex-Governor Nc
Cormick with coal, fuel and every
thing sufficient to operate it for Thirty
days. This went up some months
ahead of him. When MIR. Mckenzie
arrived the latter part of July he
found that the machinery would not
work, In fact there was millions OF
dollars worth of machinery OF like
character scattered along the coast
none of which proved successful.
As stated before, these two mining
, companies being all powerful ia