Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-15

Of the Attorney General
Delegate Wickersham urged on the jul
dietary committee the Douglas amdavi'
involving the representatives or the
Northwestern Commercial Company. one
Of the Alaskan syndicate concerns. and
the Sesnor Coal Company.
''On May May %. 1910. he said. Il sent
to Attorney General WkkerRham a copy
Of the affidavit, calling his attention tC
the fact that the government had been
defrauded of $4,000 by perjury and a
combination OF these two corporations In
the sale OF coal to the government for
military posts IN Alaska. i asked him to
make investigation and prosecute
those people for the crime committed in
that transa ction. l received a letter OF
acknowledgment May 81. 1910. and we
had considerable further correspondence.
and June Il. 1911, more than year later.
l received letter from the Attorney Gen
era stating that the statute of limita-
lions had expired"
Correspondence Part Of Record.
The correspondence. including the final
letter of the Attorney General, was read
into the record.
II read the last letter" continued
Delegate Wickersham, ito show that the
Attorney General now says that the
statute of limitations has run against
the prosecution of these men who COM
Uitted perjury and defrauded the gov
60 the government and committed fraud
In April and May. 1908. and the statute
OF limitations did not expire until May.
1911. I sent all the evidence to the
Attorney 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
81 want the committee to have all the
facts. so that it may know whether the
Attorney General has deliberately
shielded these people from prosecution
for crime or not. 1t is fair to him and
fair to me. / say that he has"
Did you send the Attorney General
evidence enough and indicate where wit
nesses could be found to warrant an in
dictment?' asked Representative Webb
Undoubtedly" replied the territorial
delegate, and / furnished him with evil
dence of other crimes. The Alaska
syndfcate is an organized crime"
Goes Into Particulars.
syndicate?" Chairman Clayton inquired.
~ refer to the Alaska syndicate. COM
posed of ]. Pierpont Morgan. the Gug-
senheim brothers. Kuhn, Loeb & Co..
Henry Schiff and Graves"
WHO do you mean by the Guggenheim
brothers?" asked Representative Norris
of Nebraska.
Senator Simon Guggenheim and his
six brothers.
WHO is Graves?" asked Representative
Graham of Illinois.
He represents Close Brothers. the Eng
lsh syndicate, and other English cap
italists."
Capt Jarvis" added the delegate, was
the confidential agent of Morgan, in
charge of the syndicate's interests in
Seattle He committed suicide immediate
iy following the Introduction Of this reso-
luton you are now considering He knew
that this resolution would bring out the
facts"
Affidavit Alleges Collision.
The Douglas AFFIDAVIT charges that
when the War Department advertised for
bids fo- coal to supply the Alaska mill
tary posts. Jarvis, treasurer of the
Northwestern Company. and John H. Bull
look IT the Sesnor Coal Company. a rival
Of the syndicate. agreed to submit bids
which would insure the award of the con-
fract to one company or the other, there
being no other competitor. agreed to GER
tain fghterage charges and fixed upon a
division of the profits.
The Sesnor company got the contract to
furnish 100 tons of coal at S2S a ton, a
irice which Douglas claimed was nearly
,wice too high. and the profits were di-
soed. Douglas himself entering St. 700
rom the Sesnor company on the books of
The Northwestern company as the lat
ters share of the profits. Both Bullock
and Jarvis. Douglas swears, made false
aHldavIts 10 the government that not one
put the company which each represented
aad any interest in the contract.
The evidence submitted Indicating an
attempt to control government witnesses
is fac simile copy of letter written
y John A Carson. counsel for the
Alaska syndicate, to Capt. Jarvis, under
Seattle date. May Il, 1905.
Letter to Jarvis.
The letter reads:
MY Dear Captain: The inclosed account
Of Mr.. NJ. e. Morrisey has been submit
ed TO me by him. / do not claim to have
personal knowledge of all of the items
taerein mentioned-necessarily I could not
f-,se such-but l do know that Mr. Nor
rsey was taking care of several of the
uSN"rnments witnesses Cease of United
t;t'tes -. Hazey). I saw him take them
tutl restaurants very many times tit was
get ersiIy runored around Juneau that
TIT majority of the governments wit
H's~es were broken. and have not the
east doubt that Mr.. Morrisey cared for
it-dt IN the manner shown in his account
In addition to this | wish to express
us appreciation Of the services rendered
- Mr. Morrisey, not only in Juneau blu,
Is" ~ Valdez during the session of the
7Tanr Jury there | found him very eff
cert nd competent. and his acquaint
a"re tn many of the governments wit.
nssses and control over them placed him
- a position TO be of the greatest possible
servi g III defending this action
Entries in Expense Account.
The expense account submitted by Nor
r'sey. dated May 8, 1905 contained, with
"thers. the following entries:
Occidental Cafe-For witnesses S75
ALASKA Grill-For witnesses, slo5.
Expense entertaining witnesses and
jurymen. 500.
Expense Valdez during grand jury SEES
SION, SI2o''
There were many other items of cast
gwen 10 individuals such as '.Jimm,
Kelly. j. Z. OReiliy and others. ali
amounting TO 81. LIZ. 40. These document.
and other evidence, Delegate Wickersha,
declares, are in possession of the Attor
ney General
The resolution asking the Attorney Gen
eral for documents in the Jarvis-Bullocl
matter VII be reported TO the House earl,
next week.