The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-10
IN MOVES DEFENSE
ST. PAUL MAN FROM NOME SAYS DE
is VICTIM OF CON-
SPIRACY
BROKE UP BAD COMBINATION
just Methods of the Judge Antag-
onized the California CONNER
ciaI COmpanies-Trying
TO Run Him.

P. G. Steber, of st. Paul, VINO has lately
returned from Nome, Alaska, where he
mas been since the summer Of 1898, char
acterlzes the charges that have been
made against Judge Arthur III. Moves as
Jobbery, pure and simple, and without
the slightest foundation of fact. Mr.
SLeDer says the miners are w4th Judge
Noyes to man, and that the charges
were all brought about by the California
commercial companies, In a desire to get
California man in Nome as Judge
when they would be able to run every
thing to suit themselves. In speaking to
I e G o b last night Mr. SCeber SAID
Went to Nome in the summer OF
1898 before Judge Moves appointment as
judge, and to get a right idea Of the
state of affairs, one has to go back to
that time Everything was chaotic ana
any claim of the slightest value was
brought into litigation Nome wasn't in
corporated, and if a man staked off
lot and put up his shack, some morning
he would find another shack on his
ground. He then would take the matter
before the United States comm ssfon
whose judgment would be to tell both
parties TO leave and cease quarreling The
result would be that each would settle
down until the original settler would be
one day brought into court for trespass-
Ing. The commissioner would get very
angry and hold a long session. In the
meantime deputy marshaIs, under Unit
ed States Marshal Lee, would tear down
the shacks, and some oeher members OF
the gang would get ,le property.
With mining claims there was the
same procedure. United States Commits
s.ener Stephens was the cause of the
trouble, as he and the lawyers up there
mad interests one way or the other In
nearly every claim of value. JObbery was
going on right and left at the time of
Judge Noyes' arrival in Nome. The gang
was running everything to suit itself,
without fear Of nolestation.
NOyes Made a Change
Judge Noyes started to deal out jus
tice honestly. He knew that the miners
wanted something done so that the claims
could be worked, as they could not af-
ford to wait around doing nothing until
the litigation that was binding them wa.
settled. For this reason he appointed
receivers, and it was a good move in the
opinion Of the miners
"The lawyers always got an interest
in a claim when it. was brought into
court, and as long as the cid regime was
in force there was little difficulty in pick
ing out the right site to get into court
with. With Judge Noyes it was different
He wanted to- know the facts in each
case, and his decision in regard to one
claim would be no indication Of what he
might decide on another. This effort on
his part to be just left the lawyers in
a position where it was entirely a matter
of guess work for them to get a case,
and they naturally objected to having
their revenue cut down to the extent
Judge Noyes' methods accomplished
United States Commissioner Stephens
was busy all the time searching the rec
ords for faulty entries, and the moment
he found one that related to a claim of
any Importance or promise he had it
jumped l never had a case before him.
but was acquainted with the exac, details
of several cases which were brought be-
fore him, in which he was through others
a party to the case.
l do not know anything about Alex
Mckenzie, but as far as I know and the
general run of the small miners of Nome.
Judge Noyes was perfectly honest and
trying to act accordingly in the face of
the most gigantic rascality that ever con-
fronted a man. There have been many
so-called miners who have given inter
views concerning him and placing him in
bad light. These interviews should be
taken with caution, as it has to be re-
membered that annually about 80, 600 peo-
pie float up there and float back again
They stay there a short time, and only
learn what they see in the papers, which
al DOAonS y Lie OdlllOIlllo@ commercial
companies. They then come back to- his
country and set themselves up as miners.
when in reality the great majority CT
them wouldn't know mine if they saw
it.
# see that Senator McCumber, of North
Dakota, is making a defense of Judge
Noyes in the senate. But that's a long
way off. The California commercial com
panies, in their greed to get everything
in Alaska, have broken him physically
and they will not rest until they have
done so financially. It's the biggest fraud
ever perpetrated."