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

saloon with Ramps Peterson in which
he talked about the Kantishna affair.
he was in Fairbanks at the time, and
has got man who can prove it: no had
been in Fairbanks five or six weeks
when the affair happened; mover held
any conversation with Chapman re-
garding the girls on the row; never
had made threats in front of Andersons
paint shop; wears 9 shoe, but had or
Il 10 when testifying because it was
narrower shoe. (Tried on the slicker.
Had never seen Angus Bronson with
the slicker; did not meet Chapman
October at Anderson's paint shop, but
met him in Pioneer saloon; was sent to
the Montana penitentiary for biting a
mans ear, said man had him down and
was Furnishing him; got year, but
, only served 10 months as trusty in log
gng camp; didn't wear parka in win
ter wore q sweater; didn't wear mus
tache last September, not at all last
summer; had frozen his face the past
/ winter and cut mustache on; Chapman
! was testifyins falsely when he said he
had called at defendants tent; never
wore black hat last summer, but
white one; 1t couldn't have been II
o'clock when he arrived at Mckay &
Hotts; didn't have drink that day be-
tween shifts, and rarely drinks whisky;
Tom Curtin WAS close to him, and
awake when he arrived; Bronson was
not there the first day; TO the best OF
his recollection, Bronson came two OF
three days after, and had dinner with
him. On going up Flat followed tn,
main road until he got to Friend &
James, and took the trail right along
side of the messhouse there; crossed
Flat creek at Mahoney & Rich's, about
three miles up the creek; crossed creeh
near McKinnon & Seddon's cabin and
met Al Walsh; that was between 1873
and IL; met some men near Friend &
James, but didn't know their names:
when arrested he was not going t.
Seward particularly, but to the south
fork OF the Kuskokrim for a little
prospecting, and then On to Seward for
the winter; had no grub along, no dogs:
couldn't say exactly where he was
going to prospect, but the strike was
general talk around Flat; when the
mules were coming out of the barn on
the day of the robbery he was coming
out of the drug store, where he had
been trying to obtain money belt; ii
was at that time that he had seen Mike
Moore walking towards Bronson; never
referred to T. A. Cleveland in dispar.
aging manner; had the highest respect
for him, and their relations were al
ways friendly; was allowed to see no.
body in the federal Jail, except his at
torneyS; Bob Mitchell had asked him
to buy an interest in the Idaho associa-
ton, and had given as a reason that
they could get Caribou Bill's golddust
and run it through their boxes; the
man whose ear he had bitten in Mon
tana was stool pigeon, who had been
following witness about; which witness
resented, Us he was afraid of him; wit
ness was not being watched for another
crime, but knew the man was fight
ing man, and wanted to keep out of the
way; witness didn't know anything
about Mitchell or Chapman, nor does
he look upon any officer as stool
pigeon.
Marie Reidesele testified that she
had been over the creek to the vegeta-
BILE garden, and upon her return found
German waiting for her at the tent; he
had left q garment there for repair, got
it and went up the creek; she knew it
was the day of the robbery, but did not
hear of the robbery until two or three
days after.
John Cronin testified that the slcker
in evidence was not the same as the one
he had marked, and which had been
pointed out to him as the one found at
the scene Of the holGup; that one was
muddy, old and of rough material: he
wished he had marked other things.
Jim Blodgett said that he knew Cor
N In and was interested with him in the
Reindeer country; went over there
with Ramps Peterson and Jerry Baker
January 20, German not being here at
that time; arrived at Porcupins creek
about 24th or 25;h of January, and
went to Germans cabin; German at
that time was at Julius Olson's cabin;
he never saw defendant again until
March 10 or II, when he met him in
[ iitarod; German had arrived from the
Reindeer just before the Christmas
holidays, and remained until January
| 10 or II.
Ramps Peterson said that he went to
the Reindeer country in January, 1911,
and met German there, who advised
him not to return alone, as it had been
hui woo not