The Nome nugget., 1902-07-05
DIFFERENT KINDS Or EXPENSES,

An arucle pub!lsAfd elsewhere Tn ths issue Of the NUGGET makes interesting reading and furnishes food for reflection to Aaskans. It concerns the expenses allowed by Judge James Wckersham to- detectives and others in digging up "evidenee' in the of the United States against United States Marshal Richards and J. D. Jourden, charged and convicted by the evdence thus secured, fer fixing the jury ip the Joe Wright
 Some of the items of the expense bill are unique and not at all specific to minute details as for in- stance, the sum of $40 raid for the employment of to assist in said investigation from May } to.June ?, 1902 period of 2S days at $5 Der day" It is at least gratifying to know that the assistance furnished by the urknown man was considered by the court to be worth the price charged Another in eresting item is for the "expenses incurred at the Golden Gate hotel, per voucher No. l, keeping the witness Flames at said hotel pending investigation of said cause and trial"
 Flames was the star witness of the prosecution as will be remembered he is also the man who ad- initted that he booster for gambling games The question might naturally suggest itself why Flames not kept in jail, but perhaps the court thought Witness Flames might not be safe in the fed eral bastile Therefore he became star boarder at an hotel, and the government paid fer the privilege of keeping such distinguished individual $39, Flames should not be blamed severely for charg- ing up board and room rent to government which under some circumstances seems to be n-handed and, besides, boosting for gambling games in Nome must be precarious way of earning Livelihood
 The expense account ordered paid by the judge of the District Court for the second division amounts far to $o097, and includes the salary paid Detec- tive Cody to investigate alleged jury brihing and fixing, as per contract, from June to July l, l90! inclusive.' This amounts to $23O.77. How much longer the "contract" is to continue is stated or it may be that the evidence for which search has been made, since the trial, has been secured and De- tective Codys oi service has expired Ii Detec- tive Cody has been successful in discovering evidence it is to be sincerely hoped that he has found more odoriferous witness than w. I Eames. This is said in all seriousness, for professional witness Eames' standing is about par with his confessed occupation gambling decOy
 We assume that the accounts allowed by the court perfectly legitimate and that the amounts paid only reasonable compensation for the ser vices rendered. We also assume that the court was authorized under the law to make such expenditures There is context to this however, that We will touch upon, for it seems to be apropos at this time. Last winter, when George A. Carpenter so badly frozen in the Kougarok country that his death re- suited few months later, the men who cared for him and brought him to Nome, and tho roadhouse keepers route who food and shelter, incurred an expense of $350. These could ill afford to lose the small sums, but they furnished what they could with open-hearted generosity. The court was asked if the s35O bill could be allowed negative answer was promptly given, and the men returned to their isolated homes. We assume too. that the court acted advsedly, but that is strange law, indeed which permits the hiring of detectives to ferret out xha rf fhair hoar md lr;p etc., while men frozen winter trails :n an Arctic climate, without money. entirely helpless may perish like dumb beasts, unless the generous people that they chance to meet come to their rescue and relief
 Alaska, indeed, has suffered much she needs