The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-12
JUDGE HARVEY
MAKES DENIAL
FROM HIS FA1HER-IN-LAW'S
HOME IN ILLINOIS HE SENDS
OUT COUNT Err CHARGES.
In Statement Dictated to His Wife
Judge Harvey Says He Was Made
the Unwilling Recipient of Re-
peated Offers of Money But
Stood Firm, Preferring Ruin
to Dishonesty.

representatives of Chicago news
papers followed Judge Edward w.
Harvey to the home of his father-ln-
law, William Kestler, % miles from
ROCK Island, Illinois, and asked him
to make statement for publication
with reference to the charges made in
the aftidavits filed in his court in
Butte. The contents of the sensational
aff1davits We're telegraphed broadcast
over the country and the denial made
by Judge Harvey will doubtless be
used as the basis for sensational dis
patches also. The morning papers of
Montana printed, in substance, the
statement Judge Harvey dictated to
his wife and turned over to the rep
resentatives- of the press. TIL, Ana
conda Standard printed the following
dispatch from Rock Island:
The judge declares that during the
time he had the Minnie 1ealy case un-
der Amusement In Butte one of his
neighbors came to him. claiming to
represent the Amalgamated Copper
company, and offered to build him a
handsome home and. give him a valu-
able lease upon mining property, so
that he would not feel the necessity
of funds and would be at ease and not
subject to any temptations or influence
by reason of being poor.
II left the room without giving him
any answer said the judge. There
were other minor hints before l decided
the case, which l did against the corr
poration, believing that / decided justly
and honestly; and in this connection I
will say, in justice to the defendant,
that neither he nor any representative,
employe or any one in their behalf
ever made the slightest effort to in
f1uence my decision in this case after
it was submitted at the trial.
"After the decision there were NUT
terings that I had been Influenced In
my decision and that a woman vas in
fluencing my course. Later this grew
to such proportions that 1 was threat
ened that / would be ruined and my
family broken up if l did not grant the
plaintiff new trial.
"The assault upon me was so villain
Gus and unwarranted that it greatly
disturbed me and affected my health
and also greatly troubled my wife, who
was then in i'll health. I was told by
the doctor that I must leave the alti-
tude for short time. I decided to
come to Illinois to visit my wife, and
so announced upon the evening pre-
! ceding my departure.
IT was asked to come to the apart
| ments of leading counsel for the COR
poration, and found there present the
| leading counsel, a subordinate, the
chief of the detective bureau and two
| others. We had a stormy session,
| lasting several hours. I was accused
of having been influenced In my de-
cisions by a Mrs. Bracket. I was
| threatened with arrest, with disbar-
ment, and with impeachment if I did
not accept their Offer which was this:
"They would give me $250,0cO II I
| would make an affidavit that Heinze
| had paid me money for my decision
! or had offered to do So
IT replied that I did not want their
money, as such money was curse
more than blessing, and I did not fear
their threats for the reason that there
was no evidence of facts upon which
| to found them. I received the sneering
reply that / ought to know by this
time that they had means of procuring
evidence whenever they requ red 1t;
that was a poor man and could not
fight them, and that I must accept
either riches or ruin. I very e!nphat-
ically chose the ruin, if they Can pro-
cure 1t.
Just before the conclusion Of the
controversy they sent a carriage to the
house Of Mrs. Bracket, with whom
they seek to connect me. They inform
ed her that I had consented to resign
and offered her $4,000 If she would
make an AFFIDAVIT that she had been
employed by Heinze to improperly In
fluence me, or that Heinze had offered
or did pay me money for my decision
I was in an adjoining room. She asked
them to call me in. I came in, and was
much surprised to see her there, and
she then asked me If had consented
to make an affidavit and resign. l
told her I had not. She told me OF
their offer to her. told her she might
do so If she pleased. I was going to
stand my ground. She INDIGNANTLY