Show SENATOR SE ATOR MITCHELL MiCHELL KEEPS MUM I Refuses to Talk Tal About Abo t Any Features of the Numerous Cases i Him Indictment Se F Against Against Seattle I Attorney Dismissed i Ii I r Ore April Iril 12 l United Unile PORTLAND Y States District Attorney Heney to today toda today day da decided to di m ei the indict indictment indictment ment moot against H L 1 S of Seattle attle upon the ground round that he had no guilty guilt knowledge of the offense w with wih ith which he heis heis heis is charged char that of conspiring to de defraud defraud defraud fraud the government out of a R portion porton of its is public lands was wa indicted during durin the closing closing moments of the late federal grand jury jur and accused of having aided Willard Viard X N Jones in itt a scheme to acquire ac title tte to a large Jar e tract in the Siletz Indian reservation through the instrumentality of old soldiers claims He Hl is the assistant a general agent of the Consolidated Railway company of Seattle comprising the Chi Chicago Chicago cago St S1 Paul Minneapolis and amid Omaha and Chicago Northwestern and for four and a half years was Portland agent of one of the Portland iron iton com coin companies companies patties Was Imposed Upon According to the statement made to Mr Ilir Honey Henl was imposed upon by byr V r N Jones to the extent of unwitting unwittingly ly acting a as agent in the transfer of or several everal of ot the old ol soldiers entries Mr Honey Heney was vas not entirely convinced that Slider was wu wm to blame in the matter ma tet anti and and the explanation he makes of his con connection nUon with in the time Jones transactions convinced the district attorney that he lie had no guilty gity knowledge of any of the details Clarence Clalence B Ii Zachary alun Edward Bar Kar Barnard Barhard hard nard an and amid j Charles W XV V Watson jointly indicted by b the federal grand jury last I Saturday upon a a perjury charge in r having haing made false oaths to the final proofs proof of each other in connection with ith I homestead entries alleged to have ha e been made by b them in the interest of Butte Land Timber company compan were ar arraigned arI I in the United States district court today and entered pleas in abate abatement abatement I ment similar to the one presented present d yes yesterday yesterday e terla in j behalf of Senator Mitchell Their cases will vill wi be heard Friday morn morning morning ing imig Mitchell Mitchel Is Mum Senator Mitchell refuses absolutely to discuss any feature of the numerous indictments against him preferring not HOt notto HOtI notto to make a statement of any sort to the I public except as arranged through court proceedings edings |