Oakes Republican., 1901-06-14

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Nome were able to bring sufficient
force to compel locators to give up
their claims unless such locator could
have a court to protect his rights.
Judge johnson was located at Sitka.
many hundreds of miles away from
Nome. Actions however, were COM
menced before him for the purpose
of enjoining these companies and
their employees from working the
claims and where they had fled over
another mans claim to have re.
ceiyer appointed. Judge johnson
came down to Nome to try these
cases. He had hearing and as is
stated the officers or employees Of
these companies went to Judge John
son and secured his resignation as
Judge and Immediately employed
him as the attorney of the Pioneer
Mining Co. 1t is stated that Judge
johnson received $4,000 for resign
ing and salary ofl$5,OO0 a year as
the company's attorney and of course
| what he could make outside of this.
T::is was the condition when Judge
Noyes arrived at Nome. There were
probably one hundred cases already
TO be commenced and applications
for receivers made the moment he
should land at Nome, and at this
point commences a system of.Aat-
tempted bribery and corruption sell
dom equaled and never exceeded on
the part of these great corporations.
These corporations do not want any
judges in Nome because they could
be the whole thing if lett to themsel-
YES. They had induced one Judge to
resign and they proposed to either
own the next one or get him to resign.
Anticipating the arrival of Judge
Noyes they had a man on board the
boat which Judge Noyes took from
Seattle to Nome; this individual ap-
preached Judge Noyes with the prop.
osition that he could make $4,000
just as we'll as not; that these COM
panies were rich and that he could
mako more off the bench than he
could on it. When the ship arrived
at Nome these companies had pro-
pared an elaborate suite of rooms for
Judge Noyes. Understanding their
objects he declined to accept the
rooms, sent his secretary ahead Of
him on shore and engaged rooms at
one of the hotels. Unable to entrap
the court they next attempted to
feast him. Still unsuccessful they
again attempted bribery, Offering him
an enormous sum of money to decide
cases in their favor. Failing in this
they attempted tosifighten him out
of the country. Their next step was
still more desperate.
The attorneys Of these companies
employed a man, making this charac-
ter ofSan agreement; they would give
this man one thousand dollars If be
would either make an affidavit him
self or secure another person to make
an affidavit that Judge Noyes had
accepted money from them as q
bribe, and agreed to pay the man
whom he should secure $500 for maxi
ing the affidavit. The individual who
was to do the securing approached q
person, told him what was wanted
and hat he could make $500, and re-
quested that he make this false afi-
davit. The party approached &C.
quiesced and he agreed to do it, and
the attorneys Office was designated
as place to meet and make the affi.
davit. He then Immediately went to
the prosecuting attorney and the
court commissioner and related what
was being done by these mining con-
panies and the offer that had been
made and asked their advice. Know
ing the attempts that had been made
to vilify and bribe the prosecuting
attorney and court commissioner told
him to go ahead. The individual re-
quested to make the affidavit went to
the Office and signed the affidavit and
reported what he had done imme-
diately to the court commissioner and
prosecuting attorney. The matter
was Immediately brought to the at
tention of Judge Noyes who imme-
diately issued warrant for tho ar
rest of the attorney and the par y
who was to receive the thousand dol
lars and sent the person making the
affidavit back to secure it.