| Show SPECIFIC CHARGES Scathing of Union Pacific 1111 The Tho following read by Atty yesterday was ono one or of the tho ot of the day United States Land Office Evanston Wyo Wro October 1906 State ot of Colorado Count County ot of Denver as 5 asAr Ar J 3 Smith ho being first duly sworn oath deposes and says as I 1 am n 11 citizen o of the tho United Stales over ocr thu age of 21 and amid a ot of Den Denvor Denver vor ver Colorado runt I nun am the Identical J 7 I Smith who made APplication through the tho secretary ot of the tho Interior for tor an order requiring the tho honorable I commissioner ot of the tho general land to the record no now on 10 illo II iii the tho land Jand appertain IJ to my efforts to obtaIn 1 a hearing on certain therein specifically stated That I t filed d the Iho said application In inho tho ho month ot of July 1 06 antI anul GO n to the th ot of the tho same month the tho said appl catton catIon van dul tl to the ot of tho honorable secretary ot of the Interior On Aug 8 1906 the tho honorable granted the order and further Instructed the tho corn com II mIssioner M as follows You ou wi vill furnish the tha petitioner with l I py or Of hl his advising that ho ha wi bl be allowed 30 llyl froni tho ho re cc In I to to tile lith Ith the tho nt charges In support thereof a ho may dein necessary essary 1 lIr I 1 receIved 1 a top copy ot of the tho sai said letter from the tho lo local al at I Evanston vauston Wyo ro roon on Oct 22 the SM being ac 1 IY honorable leter letter ot of Oct Oct li iT Upon receipt ot of the tho sid saId copy and acting upon the herein con tamed I 1 attach hereto copy which was filed b by m mu In the local office at Evanston Wyo and transmitted to the tho general land on May 23 but which has not yet been acted upon by bytho bythe the tho honorable The Tho protest Betl sets out In detail al all the ot of up to the tho date eto ot of Ia its filing and matter transpiring since then are In the Ir ordered oNoro to the lie honorable secretarY I here hereby b with It 1 a cn conscientious In their truth make the following nl ad Dd and chargee fm ChARGES CHAnGES charge thin Union Coal and Ill its wih wIth fraudulently obtaining title Ia to large tracts of at coal coni land In the state ot of WyomIng d 01 as follows Cash coal entry No ao made Nov 0 20 1903 b by one P I W mV Spalding Wo for tur 1011 lots 3 ant antI 4 Im anti east half ot of quarter or of soc C Clon lon lion 18 1 township 21 north range P II U m The Tho said under oath before tho Inter interstate state lt at al Lake rako City Utah Ulah on Sept t 4 1 1906 OB that ho wa was an attorney for tor ha Union COl 11 I that he the tho fall hand for tor and the instance and amid request ot of th tho Union Coal thit they him for Ito tho said Purchase that tIP they furnished the tho ICI money to make mako the pur van toot took tle lie 1 loel for or the That h he had hati novel 11 cen tIme tho land lant Ind and dId not know where It WM was Flint h held he helid eld lid not know what oath hn he to when lie hn the hut but ld lid everything tinder the ot of tIme the Officers or of the said company l For ol proof or of this charge I respectful respectfully ly Iy refer reter to the tho record of It this trl lle lon thoR Cow ow In the archives ot of the tho general land oleo anti tle the notes taken at the tho commerce corn com commission mission al as aforesaid U I PAI Cash coal entry No liT made modo No Nov November ember 0 1203 by ou one Cyrus Beard now on one ot of the JUdges ot of the state ot of Wyoming for the S 5 E or 1 quartet section Hi 16 township 2 21 north west Irest P 1 01 Tim Tho Cyrus nus heard testified under oath before the Inter interstate state ot at Denver Denvor Colorado on the tho ulay ot of S bel bet 1906 1300 that ho the Bull lands with funds fi him by the Union Pacific CoOl Coat who pall him u a bonus bonu ot of alli amid took n a ded to the tho land hand lie Ho admitted that ho haul neler seen the tha land hand Cash coal entry No o 1 IS oel bet ber Z 2 1903 but Charles Durham n a cleri clerk In iii lie employ of the tho Union Pacific Coni Comil company nt at Hock Springs for tor the tho S I E section 20 toiva toI ship 21 north ranC 10 west p ni m Thiis man inn t ln before lie tho lel hives 1 at Salt hake Iku It ity lint ho purchased lie tho land for tor Ild lt itt the 11 In Instance stance and request ot of the nion 10 tic coal company compan lila hIs ant unI that thu tho said co 1 n furnIshed heel the tha money to 10 make the thA purchase anti and lie hn never nver UI any on the land or fulfilled an any requirements menta ot or the tho III law Cash coal coni entry No o 1 iG first by coal declaratory Jan 5 1503 1303 and on n a later lahr Into Iato changed It to U a CHAh asli purchase This hInd ts Is the northeast section S 3 hlll 21 north range west nest 6 p II 1 ma rAnk before the tho interstate commission at al D Denver ner In tn 27 7 1906 that he tok took up il for tor the tho Pacific Coal il ny and that ho wa for 1 s doIng Cash coal entry No 0 Dc 1 11 1903 b by August Paul on foreman for forthe time the Union Coal com lY ut mit nok Springs Wyo tM fr the tho northeast quarter section 31 29 town townshIp 21 north rago range went wesl p m This mal mali te tl d before the tho said commission fit at Stilt Lake Cl City that lie ho took up the tho land for tor the tho Pacific Coal company OM nn that lie he hail no In hi Interest crest terest In thio said Bald land that the company paid him tOl to hIs rIght fur furnished tho thic money aim took the tho deed deell to the tho lan lanI land landI I charge tho Hall said Pacific Coal ConI company wih fraudulently IC tic quiring t to tho lurid ulon Upon herewith pages 2 21 2 22 ot of tho ho protest ld I all alu charge the Mil said company wih wIth vIolation ot of or of the revised ot of the tho United States In that ty they dId conspire with the tho Pa Pa elIte cine company and the nor Coal company to th thai Cul cd HIles States I by Is its their agents unc mind b by false suite sUlt ments oaths und antI representatIons Ind IndIn and andin In this 11 va title to large nod and valuable tracts ot of cOAl hands In the state of Wyoming SUBORNATION OF Second I charge D Dyer cr O 0 lark George I 14 mack Black 1 Giford td amid George Io wih with subornation lon tion ot of In that the tho sai said Dyer 0 Clark lurk O an ice president unc and general nerl of the Union Coal malinger Coal corn com did at divers times secure th hi services of at numerous men whose ho o lames appear 0 on pages Z 2 23 3 and ancl 24 ot of thu tho protest hereto attached to 10 go be before tore fore one ona George I Clifford nn an 1 agent ot of the tho said coal company compon and make oath to 10 n a statement of 01 facts acts that were un Untrue true truo and thereby defraud the govern government ment of largo large und and valuable tracts ot of co coal land In the ot of W That the saId D C 0 Clark the mone money to pay for tor this perjured evidence and employed the men Black lifford and atal paid them for this service Jor For evidence ot of thIs transaction I refer to thi of at atthe the said Dyer Dr O 0 lark Clark given ghen r roath oath at Omaha Nebraska before tIn interstate commerce commission 01 cit Sept September 1906 1006 Ind and now In the custody of at the tho s said I call 1 lal attention to this TOO FALSE OATHS That thin sold said I L I as superintendent of the said coal corn com Paul after the lie aforesaid all allmon mon mentioned on patell Pages 22 Ii 23 and amid 21 I I took these false o oaths on other ments and wId went therewith to the local amid at I anston Wyoming anti fell fIled coal out on valuable tracts of at coal lund land antI tool took possession for nut In the name of the lie sll said coal and worked for tor coal coni and kept PossessIon ot of the SUI sante anti the mane money and secured the tho services ot of loin ot of said coal company to oath to conditions that the tho lall saul k knew were ero false and untrue and thus lurch the fd said lands from the government That the method ot of ad adopted b by the tho Duck was to get men of t disreputable chr char character acter to go to the tho 1001 companies s 01 ces nt at Denver Colorado and by ne lIe tous and addresses from them I a power or of attorney Ind and I a relInquIshment signed In ii l blank 11 k anI anIlie lie tho fald mid Back Black armed with this tous power of at attorney Ind and o other 11 pa hers on Jami 6 5 1903 fell fIled thre three declara declaratory tor tory statements on 1280 1260 acres tIt of land 1 lne and on the day ot of January 1903 he tod tIled I 15 coat declaratory state statements monts ments on oil 2480 nerO acres of lund land That lie tha Bark Black vell knew nt at this time that filings fraudulent and void old That hf he to be paid pahl to these thesa tact men who so 80 committed perjury of at ranging hm fRom n 3 to 0 that at the expiration It of the tho for Cor making application to Il the said lIlack produced tIme the blank relinquIsh meats ments amid after fIlling thorn them out flied them In tho lie local hand and cau caused e etho the tho la land ni to revert to ho he and lie he the tho sall MII ot of the col coal wIle who took the oath that that each one was In actual possession or In the lan Ian ot of the tho oath amid I solemnly swear swear that no porton portion ot of said It tract I Is In the ot of Iny any other party and amid I do 10 further swear that I em wel well acquainted with Ith th the character of described land and and thi th each anti and ovary legal subdIvision lon thereof having tr ire passed vcr the same ot of these on the tho stand under oath before the tho interstate lon investigatIon notably P PW I Iv W v and nd Judge Beard t st fled that th they had never noor sent ell the tho hand lant and ted dill did not where I it wa war TU L LAND D The he hand thul thus b by r P W V wu was first entered or ted flied upon b by L Ii Roberts ho gave Kave his address its UI Blake street Cot CI outdo orado wal was one of George eo rj a I L investigations 10 W tollo follows No such Uch lumber number In ia I Denver Blake aun i tins only to 10 the tha smallest numb r Is 1300 on the street Thu In land ld thus Purchased c hy by D 0 hark vice ot of the U 1 I Coat Coal company first 1 by M I l I who IO his bus at 2111 St Denver Colorado revealed the that there thero was mie such Kuch nt at that ThIl This Wild o of During the tho or of the Inter Mate tt lt at Salt Lako City the tho presiding Jud Judge Charles harles CharlesA A Prouty to the ot of George Lu L Huck Black and others ond ut at the tho sc slon II hum he hIke refused the testimony ot of and others ns as lie he not nol thInk they merld merited 10 lie lIkewise to 10 d from the lelch In SuIt Salt Lake City I hf I haul hall known us IS much an I know Dyer 0 Clark would Omaha Omahu not have havu lien ben II iii I now charge th nal flail road co company 1 11 lh thu Pacific company milid Coal COl corn pany with beIng one the tho or dif ferent 1 flu organIzatIon I iii collect Iel wih conspiring h by and through the aid nl of lieu l Ind amid wih with the crime erlmo ot of sub of Perjury amid u a dIrect iu It ot of section SIb MIO revIsed oll of the States For tIm tho I to th the ree rec of the land at Wash ashi D C lie Iho laud hand ole It at ro I refer to 10 Ih the ot of flyer DYlr O 0 Ial hark anh othel before the tho interstate rc coma 01 ml a as contained In iii the Ic or of that investigatIon I LAND D OI OFFICE lII reluctantly charl charge th thic Ill gen eral laud land orico orico wih al all Is its hehl ali amid to lc J faIth wih mo amiul t by II a system ot of titration indifference alli compelling 10 tao to to o tuch hullelt indirect 1 in beds 11 as Ito tho record of thiemo o proceedings cl clo close I 1 lako make the tho bold assertIon hint is 18 now In iii the records ot of this Cl case casein In the tho general latin land orico office mui I affIdavIt that carrion thu u pcr lon this arm or of the tho h Is I ill the tho corporations knois no I mm D as th the UnIon I do not Ih give credence to tn this worn vori amid only refer to 10 It IL si o hut I 1 laY many bt bl Par pal coned In I b I f that thaI I 1 nm am 1 n or ml I 1 u tip before that 1111 al us usan an n cItizen fn d for Cor tog I In vain In lie I 1 03 rho I 1 01 U imp to und antI antIi i rich imil I mug Ih I lie p rosen t I 1 mm 1 I tm last ast of I 1 t a I have t ti gt I till Petition to the tho toot foot ot of lie tho throne r I failed Ihno t disconsolate I hl liar lt at luF r tidied tl tIm eU or of the tho 1 tu rotary ot of the tho Interior iii WU Imm In Imi 1903 I lull haiti baro thin Infamous hand grabbing before or Agent gent lt itt r I prod pro durf before him witnesses w lio ho sworn 1 Wil and fr for to that thaI t testimony Is 18 timo tho same me ni nit has bel been b fore foro tIme tho interstate sian ThIs special ag agent nt his has unal hIs report ald amid wa by the genii cn cal ral land lond londono ono III most t r 1 to L Loi Angeles Ills His successor wan and anlIs andIs Is 1 a Jan oman who II In knowl known to In the lie U p My y appeals I wrote t to Ih honorable lo le r ICY of oC th Ibm interIor anti ho he requested 1 a th the honorable j 11 cc In that time coot missioner stated that he had I I th tb alleged fraudulent entries Ind omit investIgate thai matter I wa also thoU I would bl be given ito an oPportunitY tl 10 aPpear I at sold S g ution I 1 huu repeatedly te Ihl thit I b hend hearel lit In lie matter auth have I 14 I ii repeatedly spurned I 1 tic e i r rc haul hah informed hOt this III i WUI 1105 hl In fri the tho il m r 1 I Pd lal of this tho I amii 1 to timi th town Of 01 I anI anti II itt I thI thi cI i it r nn an attorney ot of time the I lf In Ia company II a stAr start t 0 ll IrH was as held A fel lulI if C the MII WHo ter room Hok and belt taken lalum aol I Iwer liS 15 returned and this pedal mL returned to hI his fIeld it t labor arid amI made his and upon ullon that thela these entries went tl to nt ThIs was dono dolie In the tho face of 1 potest protests which were then than on file In the hut general land In the face ot of I a of one which wal thou thon on tu to the tho honorable see Sec rotary itS III still tl al out appeal I 1 hero II by 11 1 respectfully request ruest that I be IIII hel with a cops eop of that report the tho had thereon io that I ma limay be able ahle to 10 10 make It IY my charges Cr or forever peace 01 Ott tIm day ot of Hf ls 1 may Protest as ld flied In tle lie gen vial elul land amid Oti on that vcr ser da day tho which I 1 was o objecting to tO so strenuously re anti amid trails to tn Evanston 0 po tents were In the lie of 01 the general land 01 ulder under its control Jai Jan Ii 17 1906 1006 after thIs I 1 almost Iao gave tl nil hope hOo anul II iii 1 despair I 1 once 1 to 10 the tho secretary of lie tho Interior The or of the tho amiul local olliee nl at Wy Wr orning wil till be all I tIne proof nee necessary sar In support or of this charge Whon I oh ob u a ot of time the In I wi vIll thou then 1110 this charge III hi detail l DE submit for tOI your our lien hon oi eon a chip RIng tram the Salt Lal Herald Horal or of Oct kl I 1 D 0 I 1 II loUo rule nl 01 untrue I 1 demand nn official In Inv v rho lie therein stat td ud and amid 18 to tl the genral 1111 office are ure talc fahe und and untrue Is Its l I It at t the In Iii Ih the wl west 11 he 15 hut hint I It collies calMa with iii grace ibm I TICO fam i of lh Ito the It l Id criticises 1111 timid This very I is alluringly referred to timid 11 It Its conclusions up statement mell Is there thon accredit oil oel to thin tho land orco office bust tilt l tho those e entries were Iru over oer sk I years emr ago arc oro consequent 1 11 rh flis tact is b that II no one oneIll Jt Ill the II iii nH nay pro Is OlOr years old alil ann mo most l lot ot of thom not n ii old I refer thus Inlet II to 01 his Imis excellency prell 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