The Alaska citizen., 1917-09-03

. III ask .ou 5l if tsnf tt fact ,hM either NJ Miller. the chief deputy. or Mr Erwin, the marshal ot this division that you're indebted to ,hrm or one ot them for fifteen hundred dollars and have mort sage upon your house lobj"etion 4nd uIng1.
 c You sad you inferred there VAS ,eeung existing brtwecn Ms ga-key and the mar-hals office. you know tha, as a matter of fact don, you. Mr Thompson Objection and argamrnD.
 e In the controversy with Mr ta-kcy and when say your con tro,rrsy mean the News-Miner against The citizen since the News Miner has made peace with some of The official, II used to take fall out of not very long ago. you have had or pursued 8 policy Of antago- n!sm and criticism and censure oi The Citizen which has 10 greater or less extent been suggested and souched Tor and backed up by some os these same officials. have you not" tObjeclion).
 A would be glad 10 answer tRuung)
 0. One of the policies of your pa per within recent months, MT ThOmp son. has been the policy, such a policy as encouraged such policy as far as those Of the tedersl off clals who are in control of patronage. to see that you got all the patronage and l say you, mean the News MIner-and 10 see that Brother Gas k~y didn't get any. isn't that true?
 A No. sir Objection and argu menD | would like 10 answer them all.
 c |. soems that government coun- -rI and the court won't let Us In fact. most of the money received Io. advertising and 30 forth from that source you have go, it, haven't 4or? tObjection and arsuuenD.
 \ don't know (O5iection and mo,on to strike).
 Q %ow, Mr Thompson, you have br,n. as sou stated before. been en- eaeed in the newspaper business quite some time
 \. Quite some time
 Q And you have generally felt yourself capable and competent to hoe your own row and protect your self2
 A Yes
 Q. And you have not made il practice when you got back little of that you were giving, to com mence criminal prosecutions, have youo
 A I have been giving nothing of that kind no islander.
 c You have generally taken your medicine and fought back? (Objec- ton and argumenU, l understand you to mean by that answer you hadn't commenced suits for libel whenever you had dificulty-that what you meant?
 A Yes. No, haven't given back that sort of argument, islander and libel
 e My question was directed to this point: You had taken care of such matters in your editorial col umns rather than in the criminal courts?
 A. couldn't imagine any allega- ton except graft in patriotic mat ters that would appeal 10 the court.
 Q. You for a good many years have been running a paper in Fair banks and have had some opposition at all times?
 A Always.
 Q But isn't il true that up until right recently, since young man by the name of Carlton Fitchett came in here, you never felt you had any opposition on the editorial staff of the opposition that you need be afraid of? Objection and rul ing) And isn't il true that the req son that you have now come to the criminal courts instead of fighting your own battles is because you realize you're up against a man that can sling the ink as fast as you can?
 A No, sir.
 Q That's not true?
 A No, sir
 e. That's all
 Redirect Examination (6y Mir. Pratt)
 O MT. Marquam questioned you in regard 10 vour motives in bring