Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-07-15

Washington. July 14.-After secret
consideration of charg es made by Dele
gate Wickersham of Alaska that At
torney General WfckerSnam deliberate
ly permitted the statute of limitations
to run against agents of the Alaska
syndicate who defrauded the govern
ment by perjury to the extent of $780,
900, the house committee on judiciary
has determined to report favorably q
resolution of inquiry offered by Dele
gate Wickersham.
Resolution Calls for Documents.
The resolution would call upon the
attorney general to furnish the house
with all documents, aff1davits and tes-
timony in his possession relating to an
affidavit submitted to him more than a
year ago and sworn to by II. J. Doug
lass, former auditor of the Alaska syn
dicate, in 1908.
Attorney General Declines to Talk.
the attorney general, when seen to-
night, declined to discuss the action
of the committee. His friends init
mated-that the charges were old and
that a certain phase of them was un-
der investigation. They declined to
indicate just what this phase was.
Delegate Startles Committee.
Delegate Wickersham startled the
committee when in executive session
he produced a copy of an affidavit re-
1ating to an alleged criminal act COM
II Il.
Alaska syndicate and John II. Bullock
of the John J. Sesnor Coal company OF
Nome Jarvis was once prominent in
the revenue cutter service and commit
ted suicide in Seattle on June o., the
day after the introduction of the
Wickersham resolution calling for'pro-
duction of the papers in the case.
Defrauded Government on Coal Con-
tracts.
Through connivance of these men it
was charged that the government was
defrauded on coal contracts and that |
evidence to that effect was permitted |
10 remain unacted upon in the attor- |
ney generals office for more than a |
year, until the statute of limitations |
expired last May. 1
Photographic Copy of Damaging Letter |
Delegate Wickersham furnished the |
committee with Photographic copies of |
a letter by an attorney for the Alaska |
syndicate to Jarvis, admitting the ex-
penditure of money to control govern |
ment witnesses in the Hazey murder
trial in 1898. wherein an agent of the
Alaska syndicate was accused of muir |
dering laborers employed by rival in
terests during the construction of
railroad in Alaska.
Witnesses and Jurymen Entertained.
A photograph of an expense account
for $1.133.4o for NJ. b. Morrissey, enI- |
ployed by the syndicate, it is alleged. |
to entertain government witnesses ard
jurymen in that connection, was also |
submitted to the committee. This eSi- |
dence. Delegate Wickersham asserted, |
is likewise in the possession of the at |
torney general. Delegate Wickersha m |
urged on the Judiciary committee the |
Douglass aff1dsvit involving the repre- |
sentatives of the Northwestern Com |
mercial company one of the Alaska |
syndicate concerns, and the Sesnor |
Coal company.
Notified the Attorney General.
con May "a, 1910" he said, Il sent |
to Attorney General Wickersham d
copy of the affidavit, calling his atten
tion to the fact that the government
had been defrauded of s50,000 by per-
jury and a combination of these tW7
corporations in the sale of coal to the
government for military posts in Alas
ka. | asked him to make an invesJi- |
sation and prosecute those people for
the crime committed in that transac-
ton. | received letter of acknowledg
1rent May 81, 1910. and we had cou
siderable further correspondence, and
on June 49, 1911, more than a year I
7 orney general stating that the statute
of limitation had expired
Letters Produced and Read.
The cores spondence, including the
final letter of the attorney general,
was read into the record.
Statute of Limitations Has Expired.
Il read the last letter." continued
Delegate Wickersham. TO show that
the attorney general now says that the
statute of limitations has run against
the prosecution of these men VINO COM
mitted perjury and defrauded the gov
eminent. They submitted false affi-
davits to the government and com
united fraud in April and May. 19Os~
and the statute of limitation did no
mir Y
evidence to th0attorney general year
before and he failed and refused to
prosecute these people for~ ~robbing the
treasury. and he permitted the statute
Of limitations to run in their favor.
Shielded by Attorney General.
Il want. the committee to have all
the facts, So that it may know whether
the attorney general has deliberately
shielded these people from prosecutionl
for crime or not. 1t is fair to him and
fair to me. l say that he has,"
Furnished Him the Evidence. i
Did you send the attorney general
evidence enough to indicate where wit
nesses could be found to warrant an
Indictment" asked Representative
Webb of North Carolina
Undoubtedly" replied the territorial
delegate ''and / furnished him with
evidence of other crimes The Alaska
syndicate is an organized crime
l
syndicate?" Chairman Clayton in
quired.
Personnel of Alaska Syndicate.
II refer to the Alaska syndicate |
composed of J. Pierpont Morgan, the
Guggenheim brothers, Kuhn. Loeb &
company Henry Schiff~and Graves"
Who do you mean by the Guggen-
helm brothers," asked Representative
Norris of Nebraska.
}Senator Simon Guggenheim and his
sK brothers"
who is Graves?" asked Representa-
tive Graham of Illinois.
He represents Close Brothers, the
English syndicate, and other English
capitalists"
Jarvis Mersan's Confidential Agent.
Captain Jarvis" added the dele
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