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Show ALLEGED LAND GRAFTERS MAKING HARD EIGHT WASHINGTON. April 13. The trial of Frederick A. Mvdc, John A. Benson. Henry P. Dimond and .loost H. Schnei-! Schnei-! der, who are charged with a conspiracy to defraud the Govoi umcnt out, of valuable lands, is punctuated with numerous nu-merous objections from tho attorneys for the defendants to evidence which tho Government is endenvoring to introduce. in-troduce. The principal objection made to testimony thus far has been thai the alleged illegal acts in regard to which witnesses have testified occurred more than three years prior to the finding of the indictment in 100-1, smd are therefore there-fore barred by the statute of liunta-tions- While United States District Attorney Attor-ney Bnker has secured the admission of the cvidoneo thus far, a hard legal battle bat-tle is expect od when the final arguments will bo heard, on the motion to strike out all evidence of this character. Tho witnesses lodav weru George G. Brown of tho Oregon Innd office, Thomas Thom-as McCusker of Portland, Or., and Don Alexander. |