Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-03-12
PIERP0NT MORGAN
MAY TESTIFY N
ALASKA GOAL
LAND CASES
Defendants win Declare
Railroad Failures Were DC
to Crushing Power Of Great
Financiers Banks.

fiiy i.raerd Wire 70 EscniBe Herald
t'ticaEn Mfrch 81 --it 81 just pos.
siaia thui !. plegpnnt Morgan mas
D. called as Witness in the Ansks
coal iuud fraud caEfF which ere on
ffiri h4fe hefare IudEr Lundia IN IN"
United s1ales district court
The possibility o. the issuance %
supNpcna Cor the nuanrler arose in
court toaay when John r. Haifaine
~ SEATTLE, Waah. former president
81 nv Aiaska csnIrni railway. was
alie6ticiled hy Attorney Albert Fink
81 cnunuei tcr hlberf g.. Frosi one
81 tht 0go defepdanta. ferafdlng Nor
NnnH relation a. bank which te-
aired IN the promotion 30 the Aiassa
CNnlrnl. ana his nise9ed control ~ 81
railroad whirh ccmpetcs with lne
ainssa CrutrNt
Although Morgan ia now abroad.
Judge Lands offered 10 have sua-
rprtA lesupu 80 ntle POI HIM e the
ae er~a oeileYed that hla testimony
would hc material
Nut ~ tliis urlc replied Attnf-
ury Fink. nnless tht gotefnmeni
desires 10 call Ma Morgan"
lf Isl said that The defrn0Hnts.
FROST Pierre O. Nta ia, Frank Mnt~
sou. george J. bsil nnd Ge1rge a..
seward. VII Base PORTION of Their
defence On the ALLEGATION that Frost
crvhirg pgN - or the MorEau int,i-
fsts, particularly uf SHOWN DO th'-
come utf1n ~ the ~ raau road so
AiafNa % this i.ue ul uefsnse de-.
Neiops II % MOI unlikely thul tne gas
efnsH"ns may desire 4saoTgans tcs.-
nicny
ballaiuea IestlnoH, day shove
thai a. Foi4 tns Aiasea Cciltrai rale
way 10 Ffust in i33f ise salu tu.I
Ftusf WAS aidea hna nClaig ~ tr
sovereign hnuA ot ,anaQa, nov Uc-
fnnci, IA Whlcn be sain }. g. Msrlni.
owneu "a tniFd interest.
The taisgfe oi tnt rnnk followed
the Failure ~ FROST q r.alWAy pramu-
uune. Duncan 81. stewart Jrtslnun,
named a. enV "a tus utEeuuauls ut
inr iann fraud ease, rgt oiseuurs.u
because thr a.8tutt 0f ilnltHuons nau
cxnifcu, Was mlAnager ~ the banh
anu iiter+rtea D44 inrutullouH h-|
nancfs in 1rhaii 81 ErosL
lne COVER nineill h4uEcf that ihl
defcnoouis Httompfca 30 drlItua It
puf ~ cuat iNnua tatue4 af lcu Alii.
iuu dollars ANA tn4f It Nas Ges4-Dn iH
ofieu up Nls.e nlfnta go puttln trai-
ne for tne trusl soea. nnllti.u
in"pfinrd so4nsuaui .stlsi wtllsn
nf ffnat in lsHa asttns fnat sgrrre!
ne maintained apent mc Doni iauu
erneme - nlNn b. aus gIomuuas.
-. - l-auufeH ui -puaaup. WASH,
tho fetoud witness ol lnr uug tu.r
nnW ue rrrumc nltald tnat ll- .ua-
neruou Wita tto coal .uud piQposl-
iion uishl gci nIo lutu ,roun!e ana
pa ,fui nut.
Lafapse vas iltcterted WITH Frost
in tle early sttsUs 8i the latter d
.alAh.lt Operations. he sai1 inst frost
ielh niiu iu oIsanlza @ cual CumYDa!
Nnf.1 ~ nio, resolving ~ prr ecut CO..
ihs ftocE. Frrsi. tno winners ssld
BOZ tpet wanted to soll lis buddiug
ulrond properties go ihc guEEeu-
helms and witnesses took ESQ repre-
ttriu-lsts of the family Owe. the prop
cffy Iat. Were n. a. Keller auU
aieAp" glfsh
2. ruHce Ioenme efraid taHt tho
company method ~ getting Goa.
'Hnda mns llleeai. BE- consulted ar
Roualds. . Seattle lawyer. and was
auYeou. NJ tald tDnt Inc laN would
ptfm.f hiu % go aheHd hut th3i the
inna 'ittv tubs Ne- lGainw che
proposition.
tfpHrffr" continued tfc witness.
~ told FrU5i tbat was going 30 got
oHi ~ tht business au1 offered hiW
40 ftarA, hul o. wouldn't bug. Eae
nffeid Sod all go to mN. $50 : gave
1852 NY Hn1 grnGin lb fhs Fntlrumcul
esd ral uHi 90 a."