The Alaska citizen., 1916-04-17

-fnu of marshal. which he now holds. and as Dan had been Democrat. he believed himself entitled to rec ognltiou. so he applied for a posi- tirn as a deputy marshal and claims that Erwin promised him a place. provided. of course. Dan should not n-a his influence against the ap- rointment of Erwin Erwin re- ca.y,d the office. but Dan was side tracked. Tha Irish blood of Dan was aroused to the boiling point and he plainly told Erwin he WIS a liar and added some other re marks which tic law prevents print ing
 Dan and R FRoth attended the -a.tc % nEcrtian al Skaeway
 in 1914. as delegates from Fair banks They were evidently on friendly terms when leaving here. hut upon their return Dan openly accused Rot1 of having deliberately broken his word and promise re ~arding the ap0o-tment of the com mitteeman from this place and talk
 ''a o--ition for himself Roth did a great deal of explaining but
 nary and in particular Dan and aaomt CTS of tho Callahan faction denounced Roth and ever since have
 't....' 'i f have nlocod pr sonal advancement ahead of the ~arty interests Dan las not minced words in expressing his opinion of Roth. and has constantly vowed he would cause the removal of Roth from the office of district attorney, ,, whirh the latter now holds. / ~
 Some months ago Dan was arrest ed upon two charges and fined twenty-five dollars upon each charge in the municipal court But a few days later Dan was arrested and brought before the United States commissioner, upon a charge of as sault and battery alleged to have been committed at the time the other two infractions of the law were said to have occurred. In the first trial in the commissioners court the jury disagreed In the
 second trial the jury acquitted Dan. In both trials Roth prosecuted to the extent oF his limited ability, and told the jury that in his esti- nation Dan was much lower down the social ladder than the harlot in the case and a menace to the community Chief of Police Wise man, who is a personal friend to Roth. was one of the principal wit nesses against Dan. During the cross examination of the chief it
 was shown that on the night of the alleged assault Dan had told the chief that the latter need not eX- l poet reappointment as a council Op- l posed to that official would be elect 1 cd at the next election, to be held ! in April. the present month, and
 another would have the office of l chief. Dan has persistently opposed l Wiseman, and the two have ire
 quently clashed, but as a majority
 of the council favored the chief,
 Dan was unable to have Wiseman removed. Niseman has openly
 worked on election day against the election of Dan to the position of
 councilman, but Dan won and as is
 but natural, was constantly endeavor-
 ing to cause the removal of Wise man.
 After Dan was acquitted of the
 charge of assault and battery he procured an affidavit from one Lou | toward, a negress, formerly a pros titute of the so-called ROW" where l in the woman made certain accu-
 sations against one R. FRoth: The affidavit was sworn and subscribed
 to before W. H, Woodbridge, a No | tary Public. Dan exhibited the affi- dayit to a number of people Roth i learned that Dan had the instru- ment and the knowledge was pos | sessed by Roth before the grand | jury convened. Roth also knew
 that Woodbridge was the notary in
 the matter. It is reported that at least two members of the regular
 panel of jurors now in attendance
 at this term of court were either l promised positions by Erwin, or 1 that Erwin had friends indicate to
 the jurors that positions were open
 or would be open to them in the
 land office. On the special venire drawn in the Callahan rape case
 was man who stated he did not
 believe he could make a fair juror
 unless he cast aside impressions
 entertained by him unfavorable to | Callahan. He said he could and
 would cast them aside. Another man on the same venire acted as guard for Erwin in transporting prisoners to the penitentiary, and