The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-01
CHARGES FILED
QUITE SERIOUS
Wickershams, Delegate and
Attorney-General, Have
Hot Words
COMMITTEE HEARS
OF GIANT FRAUDS
Murders Condoned and De-
partment Fails to Take
Action, is the
Allegation

/ WASHINGTON. July 31.-Summing
up his arraignment of Attorney Gem
/ eral Wickersham on charges which
he claims are sufficient to justify
| impeachment proceedings Delegate
James Wickersham. of Alaska. to- day
/ told the house committee on judiciary
that:
l. Administration OF justice In
| Alaska is badly conducted.
| 2. Murder, fraudulent land grabs.
stuifing of ballot boxes coal contract
! frauds. and bribery OF United
| States assistant district attorney can
| be proved easy.
8. Power OF the Guggenheim Alas
kan syndicate over the judiciary and
government of Alaska Is supreme.
4. Attorney General WYckersham
knows the facts. has had proofs OF
crime laid before him and has shield
ed the guilty criminals.
B. President Taft and Attorney
! General Wickersham sought to defeat
him as delegate from Alaska. He Is
now denied Alaskan patronage.
Wiekersham Denies,
Attorney General Wlckersham en-
tered a general denial to all of the
Delegate Wickersham charges.
| Some he denied as untrue, others
he said were being investigated, still
others he had no knowledge of, he
explained.
The Jarvis Bullock coal contract
frauds are being investigated and the
statue Of limitations on the collision
in bidding probably still runs.
Indictments have been brought
against three separate sets Of land
fraud cases and prominent land grab
syndicates are being prosecuted.
The Cunningham coal land cases
are In charge Of the department OF
the interior. The claims have been
! declared Illegal by Secretary Fisher.
| There have been no indictments
against the Cunningham claimants,
because the ey-generus. he says.
| personally knows of no frauds or
| crimes in their case.
| Cause Of Removals
| President Taft removed District At
! torney Boyce and District Marshal
Sutherland because of charges against
them. and not to prevent their ac-
| tfvities in prosecutions of Alaska syn
dictate agents for murder. bribery, per-
I jury and ballot box frauds They
were not active In such prosecutions.
! Administration OF justice in Alaska
/ is improving. 1t would show more
improvement Ii Delegate Wtckersham
would stop abusing everybody in au-
! thority in Alaska.
| There has been no shielding of
criminals in Alaska by the depart
ment OF Justice or the attorney gen.
eral. The closest investigation has
been and is being made,
/ Dsnounccs Accuser.
Delegate Wiekersham has no right
| TO make su arghchc cmfwyeaoin
Ito make such charges without proof.
| His love of denunciation and lack OF
facts are characteristic OF his letters
and statements. He Is guilty of q
general srneaFtng Of the Alaskan gov
eminent for the past twenty-six years.
I I'm substance. there are tfie counts
and answers in the Wickersham-
committee on Judiciary will weigh.
| Delegate Wickersham wants some
private reports in the possession of
the encouragement The latter op-
poses placing them at the disposal
OF the delegate because he will use
them to injure persons in Alaska,
! Much bitterness developed at the
! hearing TO day.
The evidence I have submitted to
the committee" said Delegate Wick
ersham. has been in the hands OF
the encouragement for a year"
That Is not true" said the attor-
ney-general. II have had some of II
less time than one year"
''Oh. well. you have had most OF
Ut for long enough to have acted II
YOU had intended doing So said
Delegate Wickersham.