Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-04-12 | Page 1 | Eight Are Indicted on Colorado Land Deal

EIGHT ARE INDICTED ON COLORADO LAND DEAL CHICAGO April 12 Indictments l against John Farson Jr and his brother William 1 Farson and six six- other men charged with of the tho mails in the sale ale of or securities amounting to In a Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado irrigation deal were announced today oday by the United States Slates attorneys attorney's office here herc The Tho parsons are arc members of the firm irm of ot Farson Sun Son C Co with offices offices offices of of- In Chicago and Now York The charge Is that tho the bonds w were rc sold soldon on the representation that the thc project project protect prot- prot was completed and that profits on nn the investment would 1 he be seedy mf fd I f Federal derl 1 Said officials said that that ih the the work was not finished when these representations representations representations were made Conspiracy Is 15 Charged Those Indicted with wilh the Parsons were Roy A A. H II Thompson Chica Chicago o Geo H. H Osborne Cheyenne Wyo 1 Harry E. E Parrott Chicago Charles F. F Tew Greeley Colo Villiam iii Iliff Ct Denver and Samuel H. H Shields Denver Denver Denver Den Den- ver The Indictments were returned In Incourt Incourt Incourt court Saturday but were suppressed for tor st service r Tea Tew iliff and Shields alleged financiers financiers finan finan- ciers of the this company compan are char charged ed with conspiracy The others other are char charged d both with conspiracy and anel of u using the mails maHs to defraud DENVER Colo April 12 1 I failure to warn prospective p e bond purchasers pur- pur purI I chasers chasel's of at water litigation between and aril Colorado resulted In th the J Indictment of John Join Parson Farson Jr William I. I Farson Charles 1 F. F Tow Tew and ot others others lers connected connected con con- with tho rho Poudre Creeley-Poudre Irrl irrigation n- n I lion tion district according to William McHenry Mc- Mc Henry postoffice Inspector in charge of ot the Denver dl district district- Wyoming Flied Filed Suit an and his hilS assistants b began gan ganan an nn In investigation of the company compan last V December lh The Poudre Greeley-Poudre project comprises about l acres In III northern Colo Colo- rado In order to provide proville sufficient fo for for- forthe the th irrigation of or the ti tract ct the company 11 projected a tunnel from the th BR HI Laramie river This tunnel It If constructed would divert wat water r which Is II now available for irrigation In W Wyoming Wyo- Wyo o- o ming and 4 the tle state of ot brought hl suit against the state of Colorado to tu tnt prevent the th diversion l According to the federau authorities a he the promoters of tile the company In advertising adver adver- their bonds stated staled that they had hall nn an abundance of or water rl to mention n t the llie hI Colorado suit