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Show Ij OF NDEI AHGE8JLACKIAIL Magnate Says Attempts Made to Hold Him Up in Land Deals, irch. ;5. David Erclos. whoso tyiptcd Willi the Iqpl deals ii Jildi.urc 10 1,0 investigated by enind Jury miminoneil to meet cs Attorney IcCourt in i'ort-tarcli i'ort-tarcli 1. ' :1" Interview hero mated thiu Micro has been n nr(S effort Jit blackmail, which rlylnP nln''s 1 H"5 accusa-ed accusa-ed against the Sampler Vnl-, 1, Oregon Lumber i-ompnny, ilcialf of those companies, In-l In-l Kiirprised at these charges." elf?. "liecnuFr during the last have received not less tlmn ittcrs. attempting to seeuro me b blackmail concerning itallod Explanation, pter ValKv Railroad company wncd a single -acre of timber statc of Oregon, but, as I am i several lumber companies In which own land. I prcsumn o ones Involved, and no doubt land held b them has been om Individuals by local man-thai man-thai I have never personally nn such purchases, and I , In most emphatic language, company In which I aii in-; in-; donr anything contrary to iot onlj without my knowl-tmtrarv knowl-tmtrarv to my direction and ood attitude, tc satisfied that none of the rged in iho dispatches have tied by any person, because lieve that I have In my omul) om-ul) who would knowingly do itrnry to law. naturally shrink fronvTpub-inncction fronvTpub-inncction with such serious mentioned in the props dls-jnlng dls-jnlng to come Horn the dls-y's dls-y's office in Portland, yet so :onduet Is concerned in con-i con-i these mailers. 1 court I lie align tion." |