The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-05-26
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b. Hoggatt and National Committee
man Shackleford. 49,
The battle OF Keystone canyon
near Valdez on September 20. 1907,
is charged by Boycc and Sutherland
to have been the starting point of
the trouble. The Guggenhems had
constructed a railroad grade in the
canyon and had afterward abandon
ed. Men of Valdez organized the
Alaska home railway company and
announced their Intention of taking
possession of the grade. The Gug-
genheims sent up force of men
to work on the grade and Valdez
despatched an expedition to dislodge
them. The Guggenheim force was
led by Edward Hasey who was cloth
ed with the power of United states
deputy marshal, fact that is point
ed out as an evidence of the alleged
favor with which the magnates were
regarded by the court.
When the Valdez delegation appear
ed. the Guggenheim army under the
leadership of Hasey opened fire. Two
men were killed and three wounded
Hasey was tried at Juneau on the
charge of murder In January and
February, 1908, and was acquitted. A
year later he was placed on trial on
the charge of assault with a deadly
weapon. was convicted and sem
fenced to serve eighteen months in
the Washington penitentlary.
Ex-Marshal Sutherland submitted
TO the committee a letter written by
the counsel for Hasey to the Guggen-
helm agent at Seattle, With II he al
so presented file of bills amounting
to $1,000 paid to one. of the Guggen-
helm witnesses at the first trial of
Hasey. The bills, it is alleged, show
ed in detail how the money had been
spent for the entertainment of Jurors
and witnesses" In the first trial That
was the trial In which Hasey was
acquitted. The letter stated that the
men who had expended the money
In behalf of Hasey had been of great
assistance. The bills had been ap-
proved and paid by the Guggenheim
agent at Seattle. II. j. Douglass, who
was auditor for the Guggenheims at
valdez until he left their, service a
Few months ago, is reported to have
furnished the papers to Boyce and
sutherland, so Douglass testified be-
fore the committee in secret session.
IL Is reported that the effort OF
Boyce and Sutherland to get evil
dence to convict the man alleged to
nave tampered with Jurors and witt
nesses and one or two others involved
was the cause of the movement that
led To their dismissal. Charges were
MED against Boyce and Sutherland
with the department of justice last
november. 1t appeared that there
mad been fight at Juneau between
Eultor a. II. O'Brien of the Record,
owned by Hoggatt and Il. C. Rus
SELL editor of the rival paper, in
which Delegate Wickersham is said
TO have an interest. O'Brien was ar.
rested plead guilty and was fined.
Boyce then procured the indict-
ment OF the clerk Of the federal court
jury commissioner and a merchant
on the ground that they had at
tempted to rescue O'Brien from a
policeman. At the trial of one OF
the court clerks ii was asserted that
the trio had urged O'Brien not to
'N''SN oiAoSt iNt clerk was dCqull-
ted and the two other cases dropped
Then Hoggatt and Shackleford pre-
ferred charges of procuring indict-
ments for malicious reasons and
abuse of power, to discredit the rival
Republican faction against Boyce and
Sutherland.
They were referred to Governor
Clark by the department. OF justice
tor Investigation, He recommended
the dismissal of Boyce and Suther-
land and his recommendation was
adopted. When their successors vera
named the two men filed a protest
and the nominations Of their success
sors are held up by the senate ju-
dietary committee, pending this In
vestigation.
Clark, Hoggatt and Shackleford
contend that the Hasey case has
nothing to do with the diamissal OF
the two officials. They say II the
latter had the evidence OF jury fixing
before last February they should have
given II TO the grand jury. II they
got Il subsequently 1t csonld have no
bearing on the case.