Yukon Valley news., 1906-05-02
From the Alaska Forum, Saturday, April 28, 1906.
 Printed verbatim.l
THE "YUKON VALLEY NEWS'
 ADMITS BLACKMAILING TACTICS


 against the honor and integrity of some of the best citizens and miners in this camp. In an article headed Insanity of s. P. Robins v this charge is made:
 Left here last fall by the Rampant City Gold Mines Company with no further DOW CTS, it is said, than that of caretaker of the company's property on Big Minook creek during the winter he formed a coalition with association of men who had acquired cer- tain rights formerly exercised hy Monroe X Lindsay on Hoosier creek, and a large part of the Rampant City company's hydraulic appliances were moved from Big Mlnook to HOoSier.
 The association of men" referred to are, John W. Duncan, manager for the Northern Commercial Company. G. II. Wand, book keeper for the company, and now acting manager during the absence of Mir. Duncan outside, and Chas. A. Traeger, the well known Rampant and St. Michael merchant. The charge conveyed is that this association of men" connived with Mir. Robins, since ad- judged insane, and SO influenced his disease mind, forgot his trust. and allowed and as sisted in stealing the hydraulic appliances from Big Minool< and their transfer to Hoo sier creek.
 No one who reads this will believe any such story; it is of the sea-tshy. If Mir. Robins is insane-and u large majority of the people in Rampant declare he is perfectly sane-the malignancy of the attack is the more repre- hensible. Did that association of men" take advantage of Robins unsound mind to intu- ence the removal of the plant from Big Minook? Does it not seem unlikely that business men like Messrs. Wand, Duncan and Traeger undoubtedly are, would enter into any agreement with Mir. Robins, which would entail the expenditure of at at least ten thousand dollars on their part, and not be fully satisfied that Mir. Robins had ample authority to bind his principals! We think if they did otherwise they were as crazy as the Yukon Valley News, for some unknown reason, would have the public believe MT. Robins is.
 It has been rumored for weeks that the cause of the removal of the plant to Hoosier was due primarily to get the hydraulic prop erty off the creek before a possible receiver took possession of the company's affairs. As a business proposition the move was n good one, Hoosier is producing creek, and up to date if there is q paystreak on Minook 1t has yet to be found. Let the matter be thor oughly ventilated. careful perusal of cer- tain prospectus issued by that company will repay any Ramparter-if he can get one.
 MT. Robins has many times stated to people here that he had money in the stock of the company of whose property he was care taker," and further stated that many of his friends had invested their little savings also that after an expenditure on the part of his company of some S700o0 he had failed by diligeut prospecting during the present win ter to discover anything to warrant the ex- penditure of one-tenth that sum on Big Minook. If such statements on the part of Mir. Robins were true. would it not account for that strange sensation" in his leg. and what effect would the discovery have on himf
 Under u sub-hcadng, "Silelights on The Case" 1t is alleged that the Yukon Valley has had in its possession for months past a certain "clipping" referring to A. II. Monroe, S. r. Robins, J. B. Wiugatc and Chas. II. Ehrhorn, aud to uu alleged mining com pany" about to be organized. The Yukon Valley News rocking with sour grapes" and venom. blunders on;
 Quite naturally the Yukon Valley News wanted tu print this clipping. it had been showed tu the paper in eonhdeuce hy a mau who did not want tu ant tguui1e kuhtns, c9u' uectesl. as he was. with the greatest mining company iu the camp: if Robins would com sent the publication might he made and the sNindiers exposed. For three weeks VT. Robins was dirkered with; but uniformly he would hrs- ant c. consult with the ether~, and would ask that the publication may hs delayed one more week. Finally he was told that na more overtures wuuti h@ made; nnsi in the preseur- uf witnesses it Wus potufrd out e. him that the seheme being worked or attempted Was as criminal as that pructte"d by the Mislats creek" ss tnsiisrs tt Nome our 70 whoua hes just i'r"" s"nie"c"'' q" the p""' fwutitrY
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