THE FORMAL CHARGE ACAIN8T
FAULKNER AND RUSTCARD
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Washington, April 29, 1910. j
Honorable C. D. Clark, Chairman, Commit- '
tee on the Judiciary, United States Senate: i
SirHerewith enclosed I hand you a copy ;
of another telegram received by me this day
from the mayor of Valdez, Alaska, protest
ing against the removal of Sutherland and
Boyce.
Also herewith you will find photographic
copies of a letter and an account, the letter
being written by John A. Carson to Captain
D. H. Jarvis, dated May 6, 1908, which need
little explanation to show their criminality.
Upon information sent to me, and upon
other matters known to me, I make this
formal charge and complaint against Her
bert L. Faulkner and John Rustgard, nomi
nated, respectively, for United States mar
shal and United States district attorney for
the First division of Alaska.
1. That Sutherland and Boyce were re
moved on false and secret information fur- j
nished by the attorneys and lobbyists for !
the Alaska Syndicate Katalla Company, aid- j
ed therein by Governor Walter E. Clark, of !
Alaska, intending to prevent Sutherland and j
Boyce from securing the indictment and ,
conviction of the men named in the photo- j
graphic copies herewith enclosed, and an
other attorney connected with Carson |
therein, for bribery and corruption of wit- |
nesses and jurors in the case of the United '
States vs. Ed. C. Hasey, on trial for shooting
one Rhinehart, upon instructions given to
Hasey by the men higher up in the councils
of the Guggenheim Alaska Syndicate.
Jarvis is the Treasurer of the Alaska Syn
dicate Katalla Company.
Bogle is the general counsel of the Alaska
Syndicate at Seattle.
Carson and Lyons were the attc rneys for
the Alaska Syndicate in the defense of
Hasey.
Seventy thousand dollars was spent by the
Alaska Syndicate in the defense of Hasey.
2. Faulkner and Rustgard are indebted for
their nomination to the men who have spent
months in Washington to secure the re
moval of Boyce and Sutherland, and will be
dominated and controlled by them and the
Alaska Syndicate.
3. Rustgard, as district attorney at Juneau,
will have control for the United States of
the litigation arising out of the coal claims
known as the Cunningham group and other
coal frauds in which the Alaska Syndicate is
interested; he is appointed by their influ
ence and by the influence of the men who
secured the removal of Boyce: his appoint
ment is wholly in the interests of protecting
the Katalla criminals from indictment for
bribery of witnesses and jurors in the Hasey
case, and protecting the Alaska Syndicate in
its litigation over the coal land frauds in
Alaska.
4. Faulkner, as United States marshal at
Juneau, will have the selection of Jurors in
any case brought on indictment for the trial
of the Alaska Syndicate criminals for bri
bery and corruption of jurors and witnesses
in the Hasey case at Juneau, or in the trial
of litigation over the Cunningham or other
coal claims there, wherein the Alaska Syn
dicate is interested; he is under obligations
to the Alaska Syndicate and its attorneys
and lobbyists for his appointment, and will
be, as he always heretofore has been, com
pletely dominated thereby.
5. To confirm either Faulkner or Rustgard
is to place a trusted and bitter partisan of
the Alaska Syndicate in a position to, and
either or both will, betray the government
in the said cases and litigation in the inter
est of their partisan friends and supporters,
the Alaska Syndicate and its attorneys and
lobbyists, who have worked so successfully
to secure their appointments.
6. Faulkner is not a citizen of the United
States, having only declared his intention of
becoming one in 1905, at Ketchikan, Alaska.
7. That Faulkner has heretofore been dep
uty for Sutherland at Juneau, imposed upon
Sutherland at the time of his appointment
two years ago by a special extension of the
civil service rules, obtained by Shackleford,
one of the men responsible for Sutherland’s
removal and Faulkner’s appointment, and
has at all times been disloyal and seeking
how to betray his principal, and to obtain
his position unfairly and unjustly.
The record in the Hasey case is lurgely in
the office of the attorney general, and I re
spectfully request the committee to apply to
the attorney general to have all the papers
therein sent to the committee for its use,
and that I be permitted to examine the
same in the consideration of this matter.
Respectfully,
(Signed) JAMES WICKERSHAM,
Delegate from Alaska.
BEAR MAY HAVE KILLED
MISSING HOSIANA PROSPECTOR
One of the theories advanced as to the
fate of Joe Fitzpatrick, who disap
peared in the Hosiana river region the
last of last September and was not seen
again, is that he was killed by a bear.
He left camp to go out hunting alone.
After he had been gone some time his
partner, Alex. Xicol, heard shots, but
they were in an opposite direction to
which Fitzpatrick was supposed to take.
Consequently Mr. Nicol at the time con
cluded the shooting was by Indiairs
coming over from Dali river. The firing
was rapid, and apparently the magazine
of the gun was emptied twice. It was
not until fruitless search had been made
in the opposite direction that serious
thought was given to the gunshots heard
in the afternoon of the day on which
Fitzpatrick started from camp. Large
brown bear are numerous in that re
gion, and they are very powerful and
dangerous beasts, native hunters never
following one that has been wounded or
shooting at one except under circum
stances where their safety is assured.
There is a possibility, too, that Fitz
patrick had accidentally shot himself or
otherwise become disabled, and was fir
ing in order to attract attention and
bring aid.
During the night following the disap
pearance a heavy snow fell, the first of
the season, and that rendered the
chance of finding the body remote—for
Fitzpatrick must have died at or near
the place where the firing occurred.
Jack Welch, who was prospecting on
another branch of the Hosiana last win
ter, was in Tanana a few days ago and
told these circumstances of the case.
He said Fitzpatrick is undoubtedly
dead. Alex. Xicol is expected in Tan
ana in a day or two. At last accounts
he was at Victor’s Camp waiting to hear
whether or not the authorities would
send some one in to make a further
search, and in case they did to be ready
to accompany him.
Prominent Law Firm Dissolves.
Fairbanks, June 1.—The announce
ment has been made that the well
known legal firm of Wiekersham, Heilig
& Roden, of this efty, has been dis
solved, although the partnership affairs
will be attended to by Mr. Heilig until
the arrival of Mr. Wiekersham. The
dissolution is caused by the withdrawal
of Henry Roden in order that he might
open up for himself in the Iditarod.—
News-Miner.
Go to Xussbaum’s Barbershop for first
class work.
Headquarters for the Traveling Public
Pioneer and Tower Houses
Two First-class Resorts
In a few days a dozen new and elegant Rooms
will be ready for patrons at the Tower House
Joe Anicich, Prop. Tanana, Alaska
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BILLIARDS
Fine Liquors and Cigars
POOL
Tanana
THE GRAND
CHARLES CHANQUIST, Prop.
Alaska
RELIANCE TO GO
UP THE PORCUPINE
The steamer Reliance, which arrived '
’ . i
from Fairbanks yesterday morning at 4
o’clock, proceeded up the Yukon intend- |
ing to ascend the Porcupine with three j
members of the international boundary ;
survey and supplies intended for use by '
that body next year.
If possible the steamer will go as far
as Cadzo’s post, at Rampart House,
where the boundary line is supposed to
cross the Porcupine. 2so steamer has
ever ascended the river that far, but
officials of the Northern Navigation
Company believe it is possible under j
favorable conditions for the Reliance to i
do so. The outcome of the effort will be
awaited with interest by many people
in this part of Alaska.
The boundary survey is being con
ducted jointly by American and Cana
dian representatives. A party consist
ing of sixty-five men recently came in
by way of the upper river and will work
north from the Yukon the present sea
son. The line is to be marked from the
Yukon to the Arctic ocean, and it is ex
pected that 110 miles of it will be fin
ished this year. The party has with it
110 horses and much paraphernalia, ag
gregating 50 tons independent of what
is going on the Reliance. The working
| camp has been established at Sheep
| creek, six miles below the boundary line
| on the Yukon.
J. I). Craig is in charge of the Cana
dian end of the party and Thomas
Riggs, Jr., of the American end. Under
them are men to be entrusted with the
work of triangulation, reconnaissance,
topography, line cutting, monumenting,
etc. _
New Find on Fortymile.
Log Cabin creek, a tributary of Forty
1 mile river, is the scene of a new strike
that seems a winner from accounts
printed in the Dawson News. On No. 41
two men rocked $89.05 in five days, each
man working three hours a day. On 43
: they have 40 cents to the pan and on 5
above discovery they claim $2 to the
bucket. The creek was first prospected
; by members of the Rock Island Com
| pany in 1898.
I The Leader on sale at Postoffice Lobby.
LOCAL COURT
WORKING AGAIN
Paul Kokrine, a native of mixed blood,
was last Monday evening fined $25 and
costs in Justice Gallaher’s court. He
had been drinking more or less for some
time and went into the tent of an In
dian woman and asked for a cup of cof
fee. She told him to get out. He re
fused to go and when she had gone out
side he mussed up her provisions in a
nameless manner.
N. C. Co. Vs. Peterson.
The case of the Northern Commercial
Company vs. Martin Peterson, on at
tachment for debt, was heard Tuesday
afternoon. It had been pending since
May 27 on account of the absence of
Justice Gallaher. Judgment against the
defendant was rendered in the sum of
$139.25, and a writ of execution was is
sued yesterday.
Peterson was on his way to the Idit
arod with bis wife and child when the
attachment was served. The property
levied on consists of a gasoline launch
and appurtenances.
Koyukuk Jimmy Not Crazy.
Jimmy Butler, commonly known as
Koyukuk Jimmy, was acquitted of the
charge of insanity by a jury in the local
court Tuesday evening. His trial orig
inated in domestic troubles more than a
week before. He is of a morose disposi
tion and is said to be subject to tan
trums. His wife made him a pair of
mueklucks, but he found them too
small. He passed them back to her
with instructions to put new soles on so
that they would be large enough to ac
commodate his feet. Wife got angry
and threw the mueklucks in his face
and told him to get somebody else to
make his footwear thereafter. Jimmy
then forced his feet into her Sunday
shoes, which caused them to rfp and
tear. She felt aggrieved and left the
house, and he got so angry he tore or
cut up her sweater. She told Rev. Mr.
Peabody at the Mission that Jimmy was
acting crazy and said she was afraid, and
Mr. Peabody laid a charge of insanity
against him.
Wally Laboski was in town Monday night
on his way to the Iditarod.