The Alaska citizen., 1916-03-13
ERWIN ACCUSE ED OF
 # FIXING" i" ATTEMPT
U s. Marshal Charged in Affidavit With Making At tempt to Pack Woodbridge JuryDefendant Makes Affidavit that Marshal Erwin Would be Prejudiced In Selecting Special Venirmen.

1 Last Tuesday afternoon in dis lrict court when 1t was thought mat a special venire would be nee >ssary before a jury for the Wool | lrldge case could be secured, and the court had announced his mten i lion of issuing an order for said special venire, the attorney for the defense interpoSed a motion which. ue stated, he could substantiate by aftidavits All of the members of the regular panel of juIymen, those n the box and those who had not yet been called, were requested to withdraw from the room while the attorney presented his motion, which was for the appointment Of a spe, cial officer for the serving of sum mons on special veniremen, the at torney stating that the defense thought that United States Marsha Erwin and his deputies were unfit persons to serve summons. as fal as the Woodbridge case was con, cerned.
 He supported his motion with the two affidavits herein contained. They were flied with other natter of record in the case and have never been withdrawn, as stated in a daily publication last Wednes- day, according to the attorneys for the defense. The charges contained III the affidavit of R. R. Douse, how cyer are denied in another affidavit made by F. A. Douse, which afti- davit is stated to have been made at the instigation of Marshal Erwin. It also is contained herein.
 After hearing the motion and the reading of the affidavits Judge Bun nell questioned the defendant in the proceedings, w. H. Woodbridge, un der oath. He also questioned sev- eral of the deputy marshals And during bis questioning the judge discovered that practically all of the available deputies were witness es for the government. lie there fore stated that if he appointed special officer for the summoning f special v~nire of jurymen would not be because of the charges contained in the aftidavits but be- cause all of the deputies were wit nesses. The proceeding was not necessary however, as the trial jury was secured from the regular panel
 The affidavit of R. R. Douse. charging Marshal Erwin with mak ing an attempt to pack the Wool dridge jury, IS as follows:
 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
 TERRITORY OF ALASKA.
 R. R. Douse being first duly sworn, on oath, deposes and says. That he is a citizen of the United States, twenty-six years of age, anu resident of Fairbanks, Alaska; that he is brother of F. A. Douse who is a resident of the Town ol Fairbanks, Alaska; that upon the 29th day of February, 1916, in the afternoon of said day, said F. A. Douse came 10 the office where afi- and is employed as stenographer, in the Barnette building, and made the following statement to affiant | in substantially the following Ian guage to-wit:
 q have been down to see Erwin | (referring to United States Mar shal, l.. T. EIwin) to straighten up some books and accounts and eX- penses of the trip over the trail from Chitina to Fairbanks. (Where- in the said F. A. Douse had charge of freighting outfit of the said Erwin). The said Erwin owes me some money for the trip coming in over the trail. He lost money on that trip SO I am not going to ask him for it because it is only few dollars, ana It Is not worth gettlnS in bad with him for. Erwin Is go- ing to give me a job about Friday
 He told me he would phone up to the house when special venire was issued AS long as I am not doing anything might as well have the money Erwin told me I could go outside with him as guard when he took the prisoners out"
 At the time the said F. A. Douse did not tell afflant in what case he eX- pected to be summoned as a special veniremen but upon the 4th day of March 1916, about four o'clock in
 the afternoon of said day said F. A. Douse on Cushman street neal
 the federal jail in the said town of Fairbanks, made the follow ng
 statement to affiant in substantial ly the following form: "I was just talking to Erwin and he told me 10 be around on Monday that spe-
 cial verire would be called in the
 Woodbridge case and that would
 get on;" and the said F. A. Douse