Iditarod pioneer. (Iditarod, Alaska) 1910-19??, 1912-08-03

| German one Cent--uOt a quarter; saw
the accused working at Mckay & Hotts
about October l, 1911, never saw him
there before that time; witness had met
Mr.. Hagan in the Budweiser parlor,
but had not talked about the holdup
there, as Hagan had said he would talk
to him later; he never went into any
details at that time; after that he tele-
phoned the marshal and told him he
wanted to soc him; went down to Mr..
Sheppard's office, where he met Jim
aagan, f. M. Stanton, and G. E. Taylor;
made statement there which was
taken down by MIR. Taylor; witness
denied that he had told Ramps Peter
son, in the presence of Mrs. Peterson,
that he knew nothing about the holdup.
The day after the robbery witness
walked out to Flat with Ed. Britt; did
not see Louis German at that time, but
some days later; German asked him If
any of the girls on the row had men
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holdup and witness said he had never
spoken to any one about it; Hagan had
told him that German was up against
it, that he knew he was connected with
the Susitna and kantishna affairs, and
the best out that witness had was to
confess all he knew; he was not prom
ised any immunity; nobody had offered
him protection of any kind; he had
meyer stated that if he could not get
someone to testify against Mitchell he
had 20 years staring him in the face;
Mrs Peterson called him up and told
him he was likely to be arrested in
connection with the holdup, and he told
her that he had nothing at all to do
with it.
Mrs Snyder testified that German had
been brought to her house by Bob
Mitchell about year ago; at that time
she was almost positive he wore mus
tache; he had stayed in the house at
least week; after the holdup, and
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connected with it, German passed her
in the street without recognition; he
did that more than once, and it seemed
so strange to witness that she told her
husband; she had said that the voice OF
the holdup man sounded like Jim
Hasan's, but she knew Mr.. Hagan was
not that kind of man; would have taken
the robber for Mr.. Hagan on account of
his size; the robber had broken accent;
his voice was gruff, and witness would
say i, was very much disguised; he also
took long swinging strides, like Cor
man; there was not a great difference
in the height OF the two men, and she
could not describe them better than by
German and Bronson; she also noticed
chat the smaller man was also the more
slender of the two.
]. A. Mckay, said that he knew
few days in August and September,
1911; on September German quit; he
had been thrown on the scraper and
that may have been the reason for his
quitting; he had not seen German on
the 21st of September, but understood
that he had arrived on the claim be-
tween IL and II; he had heard that he
was there between shifts az and ~,
and that there was liquor in the bunk
house: thinks he heard it from Mr..
Hotts; saw Angus Bronson, who had
come up to see German.
Peter Hotts said that Louis German
did not 60 to work on the day OF the
holdup. but the next day; saw him
there on the 2lst, an hour or so before
supper; had seen him in Flat city two
or three days before the holdup. and
asked him to come up to the claim to
60 to work; wanted him to come up
next morning, but German said in a day
or So or something like that.
James Hagan said that he knew
Louis German; knew Ramps Peterson
Pioneer saloon; had seen German
around the saloon with a parka on; it
was khaki parka, with grease spot
! in front and hole in the back on the
left hand side; examined parka produced
and was satisfied it was the same as the
one German had worn during the
winter of 1901; had seen him with it
on in the Pioneer bar. Recognized the
black slicker coat produced; had seen
it worn by Angus Bronson in Flat City
last summer, before the holdup; it was
in January or February that he had
seen German in the company Of Jerry
Baker in the Pioneer, and had noticed
the grease spot, the worn fur on the
parka. and the hole in it, at that time;
recognized parka Immediately he saw
: it, but never called anybody's attention
+ to it.