Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-03-19

BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA,
charge for issuing a single subpoena
out Of the Frisco court was So and
the distance to Alaska 5000 miles. On
the othef hand the expenses of the
witnesses for the prosecution were
paid by the federal government, and
to come out of Alaska for the winter
and sign your Uncle Samuel's vouchers
was something startling. But the
character of some of the testimony
in behalf of the syndicate was more
than startling; it was scandalous. 1t
shows that the syndicate which had
possessed themselves of all Of the
aliens gold-and by the way the aliens
have been sued for moredid busi
ness in the line of securing testimony
suitable to their purpose that denotes
great enterprise and indicates liberal
syndicate expenditures. In this con-
nection the following affidavit is di-
rectly in point:
In the matter. of the contempt pro-
ceedings against Alexander Mckenzie
as receiver, etc, in the circuit court OF
appeals of the Ninth judicial circuit
at San Francisco, California.
State of Washington. County of
King, SIS.
I, Enos M. Walter, being first duly
sworn, depose and say: am a citi-
zen of the United States and a resident
Of the city of Seattle in the state of
Washington, and am 81 years old; l
was in Nome. in Northwestern Alaska,
all the time from the 14th day of June,
1900. to the Goth day of October, 1900;
during said period was acquainted
with Robert Chipps, one of the parties
to said proceedings; and also, with
Samuel Knight, an attorney at law OF
the city of San Francisco, state of
California; and with Lafe Pence, an
attorney at law of the city of New
York; both Mr.. Knight and Mr.. Pence
were acting as attorneys for Charles
D. Lane and the Wild Goose Mining
company and the Pioneer Mining com
pany; at that time Alexander McKen-
zie was the receiver Of the properties
Of those companies and was in charge
| thereof, and proceedings had been
instituted against him for contempt
in the circuit court of appeals for the
Ninth judicial circuit at San Fran
cisco; on or about the 18th day Oh
October, 1900, Mr. Pence met me and
said to me You have some infor-
nation about Mckenzie and the re
|ceivership Of the Pioneer Mining com
pany's and the Wild Goose Mining
company's properties, and we want
! IT, or words to that effect. / said that
/ would see about it; he asked me to
wait where i was until he could find
Mr.. knight and bring him and me to-
gether, and / said that I would;
whereupon, he left and in few minu-
ties fterwrds, brought Mr.. Knight up
Mr.. Knight sked me what I knew
about the matter and I answered that
! was not accustomed to talking busi-
ness to a whole lot of people, but that
r n,,,,Id +olL. h,,ci occ 1rr;+I, ono m a :,
and would talk to him straight. but
alone, or words to that effect; he
thereupon made an appointment with
me to meet in his Office ait or about
! 8 o'clock that evening; before parting
with me, Mr.. Pence asked me if was
out Of money and answered that
was; whereupon he, Mr.. Pence gave
me twenty dollars ($20); i went, ac-
cording to appointment, to Mr.
knights Office that evening and found
him there; after some preliminary
talk, he handed me written paper in
the form OF an affidavit to be made by
me and ready for my signature and
oath; Il read it over and found that il
contained several statements thai
were not true, and i said to him:
.sMr. Knight, | cannot sign this; there
are several things in it that are moi
true, and cannot sign it, or words
to that effect; without signing it ]
put the paper in my pocket and after.
wards tore up and destroyed it; q
couple Of days afterwards Mr. knight
gave me five hundred dollars f$s50O tt
pay for my services and expenses in
4 coming to San Francisco and testify.
ing in the interest of the Pioneer Min.
i ing company and the Wild Goose Min.
ing company in the proceedings aris,
a ing out OF the receivership; he also
told me that IL Mr.. Chipps sold his in,
terest and claim in those properties
for five thousand dollars f$5, ,O0O) tx
the Pioneer Mining company and TIL,
Wild Goose Mining company, d