The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-15

or the other, there being no other
competitor, agreed to certain lighter
age charges and fixed upon a division
Of the profits.
Price Twice Too High.
The Sesnor company got the con-
tract to furnish 1000 tons of coal at
S28 a ton, a price which Douglas
claimed was nearly twice too nlgh'
and the profits were divided, Douglas
himself entering $6, 700 from the Ses-
Northwestern company as the latter
share of the profits. Both Bullock
and Jarvis, Douglas swears, made
false affidavits to the government that
no one but the company which each
represented had any interest in the
The evidence submitted, indicating an
attempt TO control government wit
nesses is a fac simile copy Of letter
written by John A. Carson, counsel tor
the Alaska syndicate. to Captain Jarvis.
under q Seattle GATE, May 8, 1SOo Inc
letter reads:
MY Dear Captain:-The enclosed ac-
count of Mr.. NJ. 3. Morrissey has been
submitted to me by him. do not
claim to have personal knowledge OF
all of the items therein mentioned
necessarily 1 could not have SUCH but
/ know that Mr.. MOrrissey was taxing
care of several of the governments Wit
nesses cease of U. S. VS.. Hazey). 1
saw him take them into restaurants
many times. ct was generally ruInoreh
around Juneau that the majority Of the
governments witnesses were pennlleSs)
and I have not the least doubt that
Mr.. Morrissey cared for them IN the
manner shown in his account.
In addition to this I wish to express
nv appreciation of services rendered
by Mr.. MOrrissey, not only in Juneau
but also at Valdez during the session
of the grand jury there [ found him
very efficient and competent and his
acquaintance with many Of the gov
enments witnesses and control over
them placed him in position to be
of the greatest possible service IN de-
Tending this action"
The expense account submitted by
Morrissey dated May 6, 1908 contained,
among others, the following entries:
Occidental cafe-For witnesses. SIS.
Alaska grill-For witnesses, Sl90.
Expense entertaining witnesses and
jurymen, $120."
The resolution asking the attorney
general for documents in the JARVIS
bullock matter, will be reported to the
house early next week
General Wickersham Replies.
Washington, July 15.-Attorney
General Wickersham today mace an
informal reply to the charge of Dele
gate Wickersham that he had allowed
the statute of limitation to expire IN
certain Alaska criminal cases without
taking action.
Il have not given a definite opinion
that the statute Of limitation has eX-
pired in all of thse cases. It is not
improbable that criminal action may
be taken. The matter is still under
Investigation in so far as it relates 10
the alleged combination of bidders in
the coal proposition. The Hazey case
however, I think is barred by the stat
1lte. [ will continue my investigation
of the others. It has been under way
some time and has never been discon-
tinued."
Delegate Wickersham of Alaska to-
dav declared that former Secretary of
War Dickinson has been furnished with
the same evidence concerning Alaskan
frauds as was furnished Attorney Gen
eral Wfckersham in May, 1910, and
that he never acknowledged receipt OF
the documents. He had this statement
placed in the records of the hearings
of the judiciary committee. Coupled
with it was the further statement that
Delegate Wickersham submitted to the
attorney general more than year ago
evidence of an alleged bribing of
United States district attorney by the
Katalla company, one of the organiza-
tions in the Alaska syndicate. Il have
evidence" declared Delegate Wicker
sham that $4,000 was used to bribe
a deputy district attroney. That is the
kind of matter have been vainly try
ing to get this government to investi-
gate and prosecute"