The San Francisco call., 1901-11-08
METSON LEADS
HIS DETECTIVES
Tells Story Of w ork Per-
formed by Sleuths
Up in Nome.
Noyes' Attorneys Enjoy a
Merry Time Making
Objections.

w. H. Metson furnished a sensation late
yesterday afternoon during the Nome con-
tempt proceedings The attorneys for Re-
spondent Arthur H. Noyes were response
bic for It
\ Metson went to Nome as an attorney
representing big mining interests. When
he landed he found his clients blocked at
every instance and In order to cut through
the ice OF legal obstructions he employed
q detective force, directed its movements
and saw that his enemies were ''hoist
with their own petard."
Some of the scandal about Mckenzie,
Judge Noyes and all the co-conspirators
as alleged has been printed. W. T. Hume
told the bulk of the sensational side Of
the case during the first two days Of the
hearing. That was three weeks ago, since
which time there has been much reitera-
don and little that was startling.
Metson was afforded the opportunity
yesterday afternoon, and he told what he
knew of the cases at bar. The respond
ent's attorneys objected, but, as the testi-
mony is taken before a commissioner. they
found little satisfaction.
Was Captain Of Detectives.
The direct examination of Metson, con-
Quoted by Judge Mclaughlin, ELECTED the
fact that he had employed four detectives
to sift the McKenzie-Noyes combination
By name they were Carson, Crowley,
Brown and AerTin- What they learned
was reported to Mr.. Metson. He detailed
them TO assignments Of duty and received
their reports as one accustomed TO the
work.
Nelson's reputation as a leader Of detec-
tives. After bringing to light the special
and private system of espionage he gave
his attention to the case Of Carson.
nT f0T the She6 weS as asked sort Mo OF
yes, sir" replied Metson.
"a \ A--c% ,1,ax~ 49,
About the latter part of August-be-
fore Frost employed him." answered the
witness.
More Noyes Disclosures.
Mclaughlin then diverted the examin-
alton to the spying on Judge Noyes. He
detectives the duty of spying on Judge
Mefson responded; 'I did not, but some
of them out OF their own volition spied
on Judge Noyes."
Crowley it was who brought the inter
esting Information 10 Metson- Since that
death of Crowley Judge McI.aughlin said:
1t were better he had died before
Not so,' said Metson. He was good
man and what he found out about Judge
Noyes would make all the evidence slum-
ber for all time"
Then Mclaughlin tried to force from
MetsOn an admission of regret that he
employed spies to work on the case, but
all he got for an answer was a declar-
alton from the witness that he was glad
of the chance to get at the bottom of the
oyes-Frost-Wheeler- Stevens
alliance"
The cross-examination was what Met
son and Pillsbury both reveled in. Met
son told of his deep-seated antipathy for
c. A S. Frost, recited his suspicious that
he afterWard found TO be verified and
rounded out the general tale with specific
instances Of Judge Noyes' iniquitous ju-
dicial procedure, all founded on the de-
tective information furnished him. Nc
Kenzie was exposed as a real party in
the Anvil claim cases. The "Soapy' Smith
crowd of jury suffers, fresh from Skag-
uays and the rest Of the bad men of
Nome were passed upon by Metson. He
that every rich claim would have been
tied UP by the machine If matters had
not been exposed.
Crowley Heard Much.
Crowley told Metson in one Of the in
teryiews that he overheard Noyes say
that so far as the gold dust was con-
cerned he would not obey the writs, and
that il was talked over between McKen-
zie and Noyes about sending the gold dust
outside to keep 1t without the Jurisdiction
Of the Circuit Court of Appeals.
To all of this the attorneys fairly
rsined objections, but the matter went
into the record just the same. The cross
questioning closed with an attempt of the
amicus curiae to find what had become
Of $4,000 gold belonging to Mckenzie
which came out on the Roanoke.
In the morning NJ ]. Cochran took the
stand, and was soon after succeeded by
Thomas Jacobs, a claim owner on Anvil
Creek. Jacobs testified as to the manner
of stalking and the operations of the Lane
crowd. The object of the respondents IN
putting Jacobs on the stand was to show
that military supplies and reindeer were
used by them, and that they fought gov
ernmental organization and the carrying
out of the mining laws IT is the charge
Of the respondents attorneys that con-
spiracy existed among the Lane people
against Judge NOyes.
Judge Mclaughlin said last night that
he is not sure now whether he will put
Judge Noyes on the stand.