| Show n M 1 R Rm m UTAH H GU COAL ll LAN N NHe OS He Has Commenced Four Suits In the Federal Court In tn This City to Recover Them ARE VALUED AT MILLIONS Prominent Persons Are Accused 0 Of Conspiring to Commit Fraud For Coal Coat Companies r Sule 1 Board For lor H Jt lis Methods In III Titles to 10 bo be Obtained under the al GI alT GIr V s till hen special p agents of ot President Roosevelt H and the Iho T r n fh of the attorney attorn general ot of the States Intes camo carnO to Utah a year ear or ngo ago to 0 Inquire Into Inlo the alleged wholesale coal anI land frauds fraud ot of this te tho promise was U A made that jut Just Justas juta the tho evidence could beco as a soon as lJ would follow folio and B 1 big bg scandal candal be exposed That prom promise lie ise It has ha now been bell made good and the tha await with lIh marked Interest the outcome of ot what whal will doubtless be bea a ot of cases casts In tin th Federal court FOUR FOUn DISTINCT CT ACTIONS S Sour Four our distinct actions hav hayg been torn om m being flied Hied In the i e fed trill cral court laws yesterday y afternoon as U a In the News Nou ew a week nek ego ago II go The rho defendants are the Utah Fuel company and tho the ant Val Vat Valley ValIe VatI ley Ie I Coal company compall both of oC which are aro charged with fraud deception and con conspiracy pIraCY In obtaining between and acres acrel of valuable coal coat land lane There arc two actions each of ot the defendants under distinct classifications cation One class cloas deals exclusively with lands that have hae been blen acquired from the State of oC Utah through the state land board while the other has hn ha reference to lands landl that were ivere ere obtained direct from Crom the tha th federal government through the coat coal lands law la passed by Congress In ISiS ms It Is charged with II h regard to the last I t named law that Indi Individual vidual in employ of oC the company compan filed on quarter sections of at land and then deeded them to the company compan for the th nominal sum aum of ot ISO 50 each tach OUGHT BROUGHT BY D ATTY GENERAL The Th suits were flied filed In the name of at W lv U H Moody Mood attorney general In n be behalf halt half of ot the government which peeks to annul the titles held by the coat coal com corn to lands In Carbon county count val vol valued nl tied at millions of dollar d a Sot Not ot only does Undo Uncle Sam pain propose to 10 have title 11 t theta these lands vacated hut but according to the complaint he proposes to 10 sue lIue for tor forthe forthe the value of ot the coil taken from the lands lande In question which of ot Itself wilt will run Into the hundreds of ot thousands ad d perhaps go 10 poet past the tho million dol dollar Jar lir mark markLAND markLAND LAND IJ D CRITICISED The tate state land board of ot which for forM or M 11 pv Governor Heber lIeber M Wells elle was rr and Byron Groa Otoo secretary is II l criticised for Cor a 1 negligence Utah people generally will bl bi Vari to 10 believe has haa any an element of oC oCr wr nf r intent In It It is it generally J II n that the land board bo td was de deJ derd J rde rd 1 it t upon others for or the tIr it t acted R ted upon and 1111 that cert I fats tI only were ere granted under the tha that t lJ ual al representation and oath and In a aI ar 11 r I mary mAl manner manlier In all nil respects r S INVOLVED I V P 1 Colton Cotton president and tr of ot the Pleasant Valley a II e Coal Coat CoatI i pany jaTy vall Robert Hobert Forrester geologist f d f tilt the Utah Fuel ull ond Pleasant Plen ailey lod I oal oai company H n G O 1 William general t Tanager of the former company W H If now mow deceased cd attorney for both Royal noral C e C Peabody of Boston lias 1011 nt or of tit f the officiate officials of the Utah Iah Fuel Fud I ROd and Charles Mostyn O Owen Oln I spotter Broiler are all 1111 accused cru cd of ofa r a In the conspiracy and fraud al nl 1 to have been blen Among Amon se who ho have ho permitted themselves 1 t be bl used u td as u dummies in the tho cases re rye r rl the following Tidwell William S 8 J R It Tl Jane ler Jefferson Clarence f I tt II John Johll T r Tidwell W J 3 TIdwell I 4 wigs tange Seely Set Joseph W V H f Tid H Joseph Tidwell Francis C e s r John A Williams William Fred W tv Sill fin Ir lI and anit Elizabeth li ACTING ACT G AS 8 AErs Am iS rd d acting a R for fOt the rr c i in the fraudulent t of t coal lands lan ll as a agricultural lands land trou s are Robert Jane Forrester May In Kim ball all Juries hines Mostyn Owen H If I Mers Clarence Owen Oen William W m H 11 1 My h ht fr Cr t clarence R B I sprague Sarah Tid L Edwin L Ii I Carpenter John J 3 Jud JudI Jn I n fl Andrew W Io William Wiliam O 0 Wll WI I ns brie K 1 1 Jensen and John B n t PATENTS ATTACKED The Tle Th allegation against tho state land lant landard bard ard ad are lre contained In two bills bill hi at nt king the validity of ot patents secured f the coal companies through th ough slat and nd selections One OM Is I directed against I Itah tah Fuel FUlI company and the other i the Pleasant Valley alley IE Coal COi corn com comi m mu any i u The allegations are aro hf It b same Mme mf except as RI to details tt l and the lc of lands Involved The complaint charges the flu and agents rf of tf the theal sl al companies wih wIth instigating I 14 In I con conI I to defraud the government by h f purin the land from fro I the tate state at IU 11 P Ir Ar Instead In of ot paying fine the th Ih legal II II I Mrs fr or of sto 0 and M 20 an al acre arre to the goy 10 I f U It I does do not ft directly h ht president and the secretary of oC the md board nf ot knowingly being 1111 I nl conspiracy but hut suggest that well known connection with wih t coal 1111 companies an as al In tho the of ot getting na edal lands lAnd was 11 to put Iut said president pruet and sc scy 1 sc y on Inquiry and an to have satisfied m that and the others hat had hadi haty hl i y o agricultural Intentions CALLED A PRIME MOVERS MO IOrns The Th other two to bills bis lest deal with the sc se 1 turing r of ot lands land by h 1 coal cOli entries They that tha William WIlAm F olton Colon Robert nober Forrester l Charles Mostyn Owen OIn ant and An were prime In a conspiracy pime I I the thi Ary acy to 10 defraud the government In thO of C the th coal 1 companies The Tt i i bills recite nela the th methods of vf I l lands by coal cal entry In the Ihl It ft ItIs I Is f 1 explained that each U I 1 en tn entitled entitled titled tied to only Op 16 acres and that h ht he matt tut swear er he Is II not acting as the tho ept ef of emt other i tenon ci on or G r corpora I 0 tion but lut solely in hi his hll own Interest 1 J it Jc ii charged charge that Colton Collon Forrester and the other oilier directly direct rell tie or Indirectly procured l rien to 10 perjure themselves In making entries for the company compan illegally elly ellyAS AS TO COMPANY O IPA SECURITIES It I M Is II specifically set et forth that the Trust Taut Tru 1 company of lt N Ze Nt w York holds hold A a t mortgage on the lands ed Id and It l I Is that If It In II the judgment Jud of ot the Ih court It would be best het that the company also algo be he made a 1 port r defendant to nil ul the suits aults The mort mortgage lort gage an ag Is understood to 10 be for anti It I Is 1 a mater IMle of ot Kret greit peculation on oil UI the Iho part of ot local financiers as to what hat extent the commencement of ot the th suits will 1 affect the he securities of ot th company which are ate held all ni over the country VOLUMINOUS Lt COMPLAINT T The complaint against the Utah limb Fuel company Is la as nl follows 1 I That on 01 tho the 1st let day da of July Jul Jul 1900 complainant was wa the i In II fe fe fee of oC oCth the lie th following described tracts of ot land lond d Ip ti the county of o Carbon CarIon and Ro the State Slate of ot Utah Ulah which lands on the theda day da anti and year e r lat last aforesaid were va m vacant vacant cant calI unreserved d and end were rough und and nd Jn in charno irr r unlit unfit for agricultural purposes c and of If Might elight If it any al utility for grazing but were ere then known teal coal lands of at the tho vat val value al ue uc Ul of at one olle million milon dollars and upward DESCRIPTIONS S OF J LAND A D Following are ne the descriptions of the tha thoM theland lard land M Involved The t quarter of oC the IhA south w i it 11 t quarter and the south louth half hI of ot the th l the vest t quarter of ot section 17 ii h cut halt half of at the southeast quarter o section 18 19 the northwest t quarter of ot tho tb northeast quarter and ald the t north half hat of ot the northwest half of ot nation l ton ro 0 town lown meridian I 2 south uth range ranc H II 1 east cost RII Salt Sni Lake Int The southwest t quarter of ot the north alt ait quarter the ast quarter t f tIt th It northwest quarter the northeast quarter of at the nt quarter the northwest quarter of at the quarter ald and the south ruth halt half of at the southeast quarter of ot SO 20 the Irth half hal of ot the northeast sl quarter ol at t r 29 9 township II It 1 south range rAn H 11 Hrat rat east Salt Palt Lake meridian The southwest l quarter of Q the he south ft quarter of section lon S the south I I of ot the northeast n quarter quater the tJ tt east cast halt half of at the southwest quarter tnt th quarter of ot section i township 14 1 south range rIg 14 1 east al gil alJ Lake meridian Jake The southwest quarter of the south southwest west ut quarter of ot 21 1 the ea c eat t thai half the northwest quarter the north hai half of ot the southwest quarter and th hai quarter of ot the t of ot section township 14 U couth Routh Ine 14 1 east fast Fait Slit al Lake meridian The northwest quarter Quart of the south luth southwest west et quarter of at section 17 IT the north v Vest est quarter of oC section H ton 2 the vast last halt hall hal the south southwest ff r the northeast quarter west iest tt quarter of the northwest quarte the west half of ot the southwest quarter tte Ht Ile southeast hal quarter of oC the t oust tor and the quarter quart r o othe of r the southeast quarter of ot section 10 20 0 th the east half hal the norwest quarter the th north half h r of ot the southwest quarter the south southwest ono en the southeast quarter of at west went quarter of ot section 21 1 the west t half of ot section 26 16 the southeast quarter cf et cC the northeast quarter the north northwest west it quarter of or section 29 all nIl of or see e 6 v tion J 3 U township 14 1 south range ran 14 1 east ton Salt Lake Ike meridian The north half and the southeast of cotton 3 S the he northeast quarter the 0 southeast clon quarter of ot the th northwest quarter and the south out MIJ MU of the southeast quarter of ot section 17 Ii the northeast quarter quat r of ot eIn It fl 2 all allot al ot of section M 21 1 the southwest tee ter of or orthe the norh s quarter the not not lf It of or orthe the northwest quarter the Wit est quarter of ot the northwest quarter the east elt half of oC the southwest quarter the southwest quarter of ot the quarter and ald the west half of ot the south southeast luth east cast quarter of section ton 21 24 the ea east t half hal of ot section 28 26 s nil all ni IQ II i township 14 south Muth range 14 1 nIt east Salt tatt Lake meridian Lot lt I 4 In section 31 township 14 1 south range 14 1 east eist and lot 1 J southeast quarter quarter quarter ter of ot the northeast northe t quarter of section 1 I In township 15 l south louth range rang 13 east easL Salt Lake meridian The west half halt of ot the southwest quarter qua quarter ter of section S f the southeast t quarter quater of ot the southwest quarter and RO the south halt half of the southeast quarter of ot section 6 township 1 lu south range 14 1 east Mt Salt It Like Lake meridian Lot Lt 2 In section 6 township IS 15 J south range rai 14 1 east elt Salt Lake meridian Lots 1 I 1 2 3 4 f S a and an 7 i south halt half of the tho northeast quarter r southeast quarter fURr quarter ter tf of ot the Ihl northwest quarter south southeast southeast east rut quarter of ot the southeast quarter quarte west tI halt of ot the Ihl southeast quarter and ami nn the southeast quarter of or the tho southwest quarter quartE of ot section S I lots lol 1 antI and 2 the east cat half halt of ot the northwest quarter barter southwest quarter of or th e I quarter the southeast quarter of ot the th southeast quarter quart r the Ihl west half bait of ot the Ule southeast quarter and the east half hair hal of ot the southwest quarter of ot section Ilon 7 i lot lots 2 3 1 and Ind 4 f the east half halt of nf the south southwest west I l quarter the tho west half halt of ot the southeast quarter and Ind the thi northeast 1 quarter of ot section IS 11 nil all ni of section 19 1 the northeast quarter of ot the northwest quarter and the th northwest quarter nf at atthe t the southeast quarter of IO t on SO 30 3 township 14 II 1 south louth range rn 1 14 It 1 east ell lots lot 2 3 2 and lid 4 the south half hair of or the Ihl north northeast northeast east tut quarter the east tut half balf of or the tho south southeast southeast east At quarter and Ild the southwest quarter of ot the southwest quarter of or section Ion 1 township IS l 1 south range 14 1 e cast Salt Lake meridian The ChI south halt half of or section Irton 21 22 alt all al of ot section Ilon 27 i cli H n of at o action 34 31 in town lawn township township ship hip 14 I south range 14 east IBI and Rne nil ni of ot section Ilon 3 lot 1 I the southeast ast quarter of t the northeast quarter and the east rast half hAlt of ot the southeast quarter of or section 4 township IS 1 1 south smith puh range rall 14 I east Salt Lake meridian The federal law as a s to coal nl entries Is then quoted telling the method of ot ap application to the th register ter of or the land lalli of ot flee for entry e of nt f an RI amount not ex exceeding Ix e IfO 10 J acres acre to an Individual ant and the granting of title by b the government on the payment of ot liB If It mote more morl than IS 15 1 mites inUre from a n railroad d and 1 JO It If nearer n a railroad This It Is II i explained i 1 the theon only on legal method by b which coal cal l I lends may mA baA b h be acquired CONSPIRACY CO The Th bill bi then makes a R charge of ef con conspiracy tf conspiracy to 10 demud In the following langla language Your orator further shows that MM Mid HI defendant by b and through Its 11 directors agents and ye well 1 knowing the tha Ihl provision pro Imp of o said nel flet Itt on en onor In Inor enor or about the day da ant and yar Mr last store afore aforesaid sid said combined and ane confederated to 10 together together gether and Rne with other pm persons rOI ns to 10 your or orator unknown to term form tom and ant execute ull n a fraudulent scheme and did form a I fraudulent scheme whereby to obtain obAIn the possession of ot and title tle to tn the above described lands from complainant and without any an consideration to complain complainant ant by b and Ane through th Ih the Stain Slats of or Utah a A as they Ihl might from time Ihn to In time Um have havn opportunity Kuch Hu h scheme In substance uh ant and effect being to represent represent sent and p pretend ll lands lan which they well ivell tl knew knef to t 1 ep a sI lands landl and lh th the y desired to obtain solely because they were coal eoal lends lands were nert Ir In fact tall grat gre grating Iru ing or agricultural lands The Tl terms ler of the land grant from the trie United State to 10 Utah tah at the th time UrI of vr the tatters IAtt admission to t the tha UnUm I is explained O er 1 J COO acres of at land lend landwere were appropriated for fM state ta n lions lion lon These lands land were to be e selected 11 by the state from lands withIn It I Its borders bonier but hu ut |
