The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-02
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$4,000; the same day that Mr..
Chips and counted the money and
an hour or two afterward, met Nj.
knight in Seattle and asked him for
my one thousand dollars ($1,000); he
told me that he had not yet talked with
Mr.. Metson, the principal attorney of
these mining companies, about it, but
that he would try to talk it over with
him in Seattle before he and Mr.. Met
son started for San Francisco, and
that he had not the time or opportu-
nifty to do SO, he would talk 1t over
with Mr.. Metson at San Francisco; on
or about the 18th day of November,
1900, went to San Francisco, and be-
tween that time and the 9th day of
November, 1900, was given altogether
one hundred dollars ($1OO) of said
thousand dollars ($1,0OO) promised
me.
Enos M. Walters.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 9th day of December, 1900.
(Seal.) N. 8. Peterson.
Notary Public in and for the State
of Washington, residing at Seattle, In
said State.
Had the syndicate kept its agree
ment with Walters the foregoing affi-
davit would never in all possibility,
have been made. The draft upon the
syndicate's "slush" fund must have
been pretty heavy, else they would
have paid Walters the balance of the
$1,000 promised him.
Here is another affidavit which
throws limelight upon the character
of the Testimony" he was expected to
give and which he did give. It will he
recalled that it was upon Walters
Testimony that the charge of "con-
spiracy to rob the poor miners of Alas
ka" wass based and it is this charge
that is now being exploited in the mag
azine referred to and in certain North
Dakota papers in the interest OF the
so-called reform movement" From
the very nature of things Walters must
have been hard up when he was first
tempted with. twenty dollars and later
baited by being given $500. Senator
Hansbrough's, connection with this
matter is here set forth by a man who
evidently wanted to right wrong done
the senior senator in his former testi-
mony connecting him with Alaska
matters. Read this second affidavit
and judge for yourselves whether
somebody was lying:
State of Washington, County of King,
IS.
E. M. Walters, being duly sworn,
=,
E. M. Walters who deposed in case
of the circuit of appeals for the Unit
ed States in San Francisco against
Dudley Duboise for contempt before
United States Commissioner in San
Francisco on or about the 23rd day
of November, 1900.
Deponent herein states in said afi-
davit that he met Senator H. C. Hans
brough at the Hotel Everett New York
City, on or about January 9TH, 1900,
at which time I had a conversation
concerning the future of Nome, Alaska,
and its needs as to its laws; that at
no time was there any talk in any way
whatever concerning any mining COM
pany to he organized or that had been
organized; or have at any time ever
known him to have any interest in the
Alaska Gold Mining company or any
other mining company; nor never en-
tered into discussion with him in any
matters of that nature, either alone or
in the presence of any body.
E. M. Walters. Z
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this Sth day of January, A. ID. 1901.
(Seal) r. w. Barto.
Notary Public in and for the State
of Washington, residing at Seattle in
said state.
1t was purchased testimony of Wal
tiers that was surreptitiously inserted
in the congressional record by Sena-
tor Stewart at the time this whole sub
ject was before the senate of the Unit
ed States on investigation and which
had been widely advertised as the
missing eleven pages" It was SEN
ator Stewart himself who eliminated
the whole of Walters testimony includ-
ed In those same missing eleven pages
from the permanent record when he
was confronted with the above afida-
vitsAdss1D the first time made pub
lic.s
The Whole Alaska story with all of
its sensational details is based upon
circumstances and evidence" of a
character quite as credible as the tes-
timony of Walters.
Today Senator Hansbrough told me
in so many words that he had never
owned one single share of stock in
any mining company in Alaska and
believe him, and SO will every man
whose mind is not warped by preju-
dice.