The San Francisco call., 1901-10-18

court to be as lenient with him possi-
BILE. The Withholding of the keys to the
deposit vault was one of the most flag
rant violations of the Circuit Courts
writ.
Hume Takes the Stand.
Hume's story took almost two sessions
in the telling. BY direct and cross ex-
animation all the relations between Hume
and and Moves We're exposed Humes me- vee-
inculpating both to a like degree, but
making the latter the agent and inter
mediary in all the dealings that reflect
The witness was a partner of the law
firm of Hubbard, Beeman & Hume, and
came In direct contact with Judge Noyes
and Mckenzie in their attempts to regu-
themselves.
Hume represented some claimants of
Anvil Creek property. A few days after
McKenzie's arrival in Nome he paid Hume
a visit. The witness had contingent in
terests in some of these mining claims and
Mckenzie knew it. Hume said in course
OF his testimony:
Mckenzie represented to myself that
he controlled the Judge and District At
torney and it would be best to have our
interests transferred to him, as it was
necessary for him to control that litiga-
tion;;, Otherwise we would not get hear
ing"
that Hubbard, Beeman and Hume should
turn over a. one-fourth interest in the
claims. With Mckenzie was associated
United States District Attorney Wood.
made Deputy District Attorney and the
latter admitted that he accepted the po-
sition after discussion with his partners
as 1T was the only way to save his clients
Continuing history Hume testified:
Mckenzie said he spent 100000 in get
ting these apDointments-those of Noyes
and Wood. He came from New York to
organize a mining company and said that
unless we agreed to his propositions we
would lose business and incur the en-
nifty of the court and himself"
. Mckenzie Steers Ship.
According to the terms agreed upon Nc
Kenzie was to become a silent and Wood
an active member Of the court. McKen-
zie was to receive a one-rourth interest
in the firms profits, which was to be de-
voted to the advantage of Judge Noyes.'"
Hume declared Mckenzie to have said.
This Judge" said Hume, repeating Nc
Kenzie's statement, "is weak and vacil-
give Up half Sy Your 10 hSs business @ Beeman % and
myself refused. This must be done, said
Mckenzie. We thought 1t over until next
day and finally acquiesced as we feared
Mckenzie would crush us"
So a partnership agreement was drawn
up and the firm became Hume, Wood,
Hubbard, Beeman & Mckenzie. The pa
pers were laid in safe, but they disap-
aftec. Hubbard had access to the safe
besides the witness.
Then they began at once to prepare
papers which would give Mckenzie the
receivership of the claims on Anvil
Creek, continued Hume. "McKenzie
wanted to get them out hurriedly. Judge
Noyes was waiting to sign the orders, the
wagons with ;he Jumpers aboard were
ready to do their work and in trice the
job was done"
Something was wrong in the papers,
and Archie Wheeler, Judge Noyes' secre-
tary, came to Hume with draf. copy
correcting the errors of the first. These
were the second orders of receivership.
When the writs arrived there were
many consultations, particularly one in
Mckenzie's. office, and the other in
Hume's. Mckenzie suggested that Judge
Noyes should issue an order restraining
Mckenzie from turning the gold dust over
to any one. Then came a discussion how
to avoid the disobedience of the writ
1t seems that Noyes went back on Nc
kenzie for time, and after his arrest
the Judge would not issue writ of ha-
beas corpus. Wood wanted Hume to see
Mckenzie then, and at this time Wood
said i have the keys in my pocket and
they will not get the gold dust"
senator Carter of Montana was men,
toned for moment, but only as possi-
BILE influence in the Noyes camp. When
the name of Gaylen came up Carter was
attached to 1t. Senator Carter is related
to Gaylen, and the latter was sent out to
engage an attorney for the defendants.
fact that Hume had met Mckenzie in
told the former that he had organized
mining for bha ard