The Alaska citizen., 1916-03-20
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DISCOVERED WHO s BOSS.

lute certainty who was the boss O. the late grand Jury. Marshal Erwin is talking, and from his talk the people of inc community Will | able to distinguish the God Almishty of the Panama Valley.
 While chort'ing over the yindica Jon of the ma-s,al's od4ce during t'- nast week the diminutiye pei loDuge made the bald statement t a representative of The Citizen i. the presence Of at least two of hi deputies, that if it had not bee for his influence the writer of t.. article would have been indicted That he went to one of the mosl prominent men on the grand jury and asked that they refrain from Investigating cur citizenship and ac. tions while a resident of the Klon dike capital.
 When asked why he did that noble act. his answer was that If V, were Indicted then it would look like political frameup and l., would wait until the next gran. Jury for his revenge, or words to that effect.
 For his action in this matter. i. such is the fact, we refuse L. be the least bit grateful to NJ. Erwin, CT to consider ourselves un der any obligations to him. H cannot buy OUT silence, neither cal he intimidate Us by his statemons that he might go before the neN grand jury with our case. All we care to say to him in that cOnneC. tion is that he can go as far as he likes and We will be here fighting his crooked methods when the traI is sprung.
 It might throw little light on recent happenings to analyze this great statesmans words He claims that he was big enough, and had the power to prevent our indictment If that be true did he not also have the power to have other men il dicted against whom he had per sOnal grievances and who We're l. his way politically? The result Q the investigations by the body l. question was the return of two indict- ments against men who were offensive ly active against the marshal, and b. virtue of 8 verdict being rendered against one of them he gets S swelled up that he Is most willinG to tell what else would have hap pened but for the reason that tho play would be too raw and the people of the community would nos stand the gaff,
 Now what is his ground for threat ening that at some future session of the grand jury he might talk, our case before them?
 In the year 1899 the writer wen to Dawson to help install the Daily News plant. At that time the mia CTS of the country were being rob bed right and left by as crooked gang of officials as ever kept oW of jail. Everything was graft, ant they stopped at nothing to gain thei ends. An election came on ant with it one of the fiercest politica fights ever known in the North tool place. By virtue of having the reins of the government in thei? own hands, the officials were doins just about a5 they pleased and werc carrying things with a high hand
 Every man in the country. regard less of nationality, had more o. less to do with events at that time for they were the ones that were being systematically robbed. Many went just as far as they could with out jeopardizing their citizenship and even at that some overstepped the mark and have since been rein, stated. They were all in the fight against raseally gang of grafters and the final outcome of the cor rupt situation was their defeat at the polls after running one of the gang half oTer the town with rope ready for business if he did not perform certain acts. and it Is needless to say that he did what he was requested to do.
 In this fight the writer was in the thick of 1t. He was opposed to gang robbery then just as much as he is today, and was making the fight then just as he is today-fo. the betterment of conditions of the masses and the death of gang rule It won In the upper country, though they had to have a rope in evidence, and it may have to come to that here yet.
 This grand jury boss. conceiving the idea that we had taken out our papers, commenced an official probe and received what was pur- ported to be an oath of allegiance, and forthwith had 1t printed in