The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-23
j. S. bOUNCEs FOES
OF ALASKA CROWD
New York World Declares That Cor
porate Lawlessness Is UNPUBLISHED
and Prosecutors Fired.

publishes an article directed against
the Morgan-Guggenheim syndicate in
Alaska.
II charges that unarmed workmen,
laying railroad tracks for rival rGd
In Keystone canyon, were shot down
In cold blood.
It charges that when the <nen who
did the shooting were arrested the
jury was bribed. witnesses were brib-
ed and that the pull OF the Guggen-
heim-Morgan outfit is strong enough
in Washington to secure the discharge
of United States officials who tried to
prosecute the murderers.
United States Judge t. r. Lyons,
In Alaska, was attorney for the Gug-
genheims before he was selected by
Attorney-General Wickerskam and APP
pointed by Taft to sit on the federal
bench for life.
Edward c. Hasey was tried for kill
ing one of the workmen of the opposi-
tion company as he was going to work
Immediate Trial Demanded.
The people of the country were
greatly excited over the killing which
occurred in 1907, and an immediate
trial was demanded. W. b. Hoggatt.
then governor of Alaska, rushed TO
Hasey's defense and tried TO get him
or Hasey, at the preliminary hear
ing before Justice John Lyons, was
acquitted of the charge of shooting to
kill. Lyons Is brother of T. r. Lyons
now federal Judge, and then attorney
for the Guggenheims.
The prosecution Of Hasey was con-
Quoted by United States Attorney John
j. Boyce and the jury was impanelled
by United States Marshal ID. A. Suth-
erland. 1t was not long after this
that Boyce and Sutherland were re-
moved by Washington without hear
ing, although they had asked for an
Dist-Atty Harlan Of Valdez, who
first ordered the arrest OF Hazlett and
Hasey, was also removed In the same
way.
Soon after Taft became president,
Judge Cushman, before whom Hasey
was tried, retired from the bench at
juneau. T. r. Lyon, active In the de.
Tense Of Hasey, got the job.
In 1909, Walter e. Clark, a friend
OF the Morgan-Gugenheim crowd, was
made governor of Alaska. He picked
John Rustgard for the district attor-
and II. L, Faulkner for the
marshalship. Both these men( are
workers In the Neutrality-suspicious.
party. Taft appointed these men, but
90 far the senate having confirmed
Rustgard, has refused to approve
Faulkner. In the meantime Faulkner
is acting marshal OF the juneau dis.
trict by designation OF Judge Lyons,
whose action was directed by the at
at Washington.
Last June President Taft sent let
ter to Gov. Clark, In which he said
Faulkner would be continued In Office
by Judge Lyons appointment. He"
(Faulkner) says Taft, "will receive
the full confidence and support Of the
administration and II Is my intention
to send his nomination to the senate
again at the next session"
Tells Of Only "Real", Objection.
Faulkner has been boosted by Louis
p. Shackleford, Judge Lyons law part
ner, formerly Republican national
committeeman and dispenser Of the
Alaska plums.
The encouragement says the only
real objection to Faulkner Is that he
il British sti25ect. - 0slaT~'
And now we come to an amazing
expense account, tled by NJ. B. Nor
riseyr agent Of the Alaska gang, In
which total Of $1,0Ss is itemized as
hotel and grill room bills for the en-
Of jurymen and witnesses
In the case against Hasey. Seven items
are for cash handed to interested par
ties.
or the Morrisey expense account,
the encouragement says: "Mr. Todd
Ia government INVESTIGATOR report
ed that he could not discover a par
ticle of evidence showing that any OF
the money itemized was spent before
the verdict in the Hasey case was
Don't you think II strange" the at
torney-general ~as asked that such
should have been made
after the verdict?"
We'll" replied the attorney-g ener.
al, laughing, Mr.. Todd seems to have
gone into the case very thoroughly
and will have to take his word for
It."