Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-03-19
THE PURJURED TESTIMONY
The Kind of Purchased Evidence that
Goes in California
Court.
Who Received Money for
Swearing Against Noyes and
Others.
How a Greedy San Francisco Syndicate
Managed Things in
! Alaska.

! Alaska.
AS an illustration of the methods
employed by California syndicates to
control Alaska, whose industries have
been despoiled during the past quar-
ter of "a century by eapitalistic COM
binations organized in San Francisco,
the attention Of the people Of North
Dakota and the country is called to
a state Of facts with which they are
perhaps not wholly familiar. The
fisheries, including the sealeries, of
Alaska long since fell into the hands
of these moneyed mercenaries who
from time to time have secured legis-
1ation to make perfect their monopo-
slistic title. The discovery of great
gold fields in Alaska three or four
years ago excited their avarice afresh,
and they have stopped ait nothing,
not even murder, to assert their sway
and establish complete ownership.
Thoroughly schooled as they are in
buccaneering pursuits, their first eft
fort was toward the control of the
Alaskan courts. The judge who went
to Nome in 1898 opened a two weeks
term Of court. One Of the early cases
at that term was a contest over a
placer mine between a citizen plain
tiff against an alien defendant. The
alien. a iLaulander, had previously as
signed his right to the syndicate. It
was a jury case, and the jury was
composed Of American citizens. They
found for the plaintiff on the ground
that an alien had no right and could
not acquire title to any part of the
public domain. The syndicate had
purchased many hundreds of alien
claims and naturally the verdict did
not please them, SO they retained the
sitting judge as their counsel, paying
him $25,O0O as a retainer He at once
closed the term, leaving a full and inn
portant calendar, and resigned from
the bench. (See record in the attor-
ney generals Office, Washington, D.
CD This left the Laps and the syn
dicate in undisturbed possession Of the
gold fields. 1t also left the citizen
claimants without court This con-
dftion prevailed for more than a year
and hall. until, July 1900, when
Judge Noyes took his seat on the
Nome bench. Meantime the allen
titles could not be questioned, many
OF the placer mines were rapidly
worked out and the gold was shipped
beyond Alaskan jurisdiction.
On the arrival OF Judge Noyes
numerous attempts were made to
bribe him ii the interest OF the syn
dicate, as high as 500, 900 being Of
fered for one decision. (see again
record evidence III Washington.) Very
Naturally ma the offers Of bribes were
refused. This was a new experience
for the syndicate. A Judge that would
not take their dirty dollars must be a
bad man; the only way that remained
to deal with such a man was 10 destre y
him. "a campaign Of denunciation aud
yituperation was at once inauguratad
against Judge Noyes and the other OF.
fcers Of the court. After bitter
warfare lasting more than a year the
purpose OF the syndicate was finally
arcompli plished; Moves was taken from
the bench.
M Unfortunately for Judge Noyes he
invited the attacks Of the syndicate
by making several in6udicial rulings
and orders 1t was upon these rulings
land orders that he was removed. ORE
of these orders was held to be in de.
fance Of the order Of a superior Til
bunal, which hastened to completely
dismantle the Nome court by dragging
iSall its officers to San Francisco on tlas
Lcharge OF contempt. There they wer.
made to appear, In evidence taken be,
fore q. commissioner. as the blackesI
of villains Imaginable, and were SEN
TO jail fol. terms ranging from foul
months to one year, Judge Moves
owing to his judicial position, 8 be,
ling fined 81 900. From the decisions
lot the San Francisco court in contemp1
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