Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-06-08
|AIl hOhICA9E5A RE SETTLED.
Alexander Mckenzie Taiks with
Representative Of the Posse 5
Intelligence.
Tells Why He will Not Retllrn 10 Nome
this Yeear--,Exppeecseead ii Bismarck
Soon.

Seattle Post-Inteiigencerr Wednes-
day.: Alexander Mckenzie, the late
Nome receiver, whose removal from
office and subsequent incarceration III
an Oakland prison for contempt III dis
obeying the orders # the United States
circuit court Of appeals Of California.
and his final pardon 81 President Me-
Kinley, has attracted such widespread
attention, arrived In the city last night
from San Francisco, passenger Oh
the Northern Pacific. He took apart
ments at the Butler where, owing to
his illness, he denied himself to ali
callers say a feW OF his more intimate
friends. It was about 10 {. when
MI. Mckenzie received a representa-
tive Of the Post-Intelligencer and 8
the first time. he stated, Ii HIS
liberation, May 25, talked for piuiblica-
ton Of his Trial and troubles.
He is suffering from threatened +
prostration which preeIudes d
possibility ~ his returning Il Nome.
Meanwhile he will seek rest and health
in his Dakota home il Bismarck. Con-
cerning-his pardon and future move
ments, he said:
/ Tim not going to Nome; at least {
shall not return this OF any other a
son until my health is restored.
somnia and nervousness render it next
to impossible for me to go back this
season. Three years age I had the
misfortune to fall down an elevator
shart for a distance of nine stories in
the Bowling Green building, New York.
This was followed a year later by pneu-
monia and these misfortunes combined
with my recent troubles and the worry
and strain resulting therefrom, render
it absolutely necessary that / shall
seek rest and quiet. AS regards my
self the Nome troubles are ended. My
accounts have been adjusted and set
tied between the defendants and my
self. And in this connection I may
ooo7 tho LILY LiIoS1oA' " oSdItlS ~ u
confer with my secretary, Capt. John
C. Barr, who will present my accounts
officially and wind up all such affairs
in the courts at Nome.
CAN of the r~eceivership moneys and
all OF the obligations contracted by me.
as receiver have been settled. All
claims have been settled in the Metson
cases, and all others OF every nature
whatsoever. There are no suits,
criminal or civil, pending against me.
"Metson, who was the attorney for
the Pioneer Mining Company, whose
mines I had possession Of as receiver,
treated me most honorably. He did
as he agreed in everything. ~.
GAS for the other cases, I do not
care to go into a discussion of them
at least not at this time.
Save as a witness I have nothing to
do with the case pending against Judge
Noyes. $685.. - ~ ,
II have made my deposition in that
matter, and | do not care to discuss
the case, particularly al I recall that
there is a possibility always for a man
to get into contempt Of court
But the circuit court Of, appeals
came to regard me most considerably.
After refusing to recommend my par
don the court sem. an eminent. physi-
clan, Dr.. McNutt, Of San Francisco, tc
examine, me, and after his report, the
august body favored my liberation"
u After q day or SO spent in Seattle
tMr. Mckenzie will proceed direct to