| Show I TIMBER SChEME COMING TO FOCUS Government Internal Revenue Of Official Official Official Proves to Be the Man With the Key IS SEEN BY U S DETECTIVES Coos Bay Oregon Is Now Named As the Site of the Big Deal DeaLon Money rone on Oil Deposit III In null Suit Stilt lalo Hanks Collections or of Tipster Tipsier In lii a II a hank la lit City elt inon Is Ison I on lii deposit lt the tile collections of lie tho I Timber Ii land tipsier II In Iii II that ti mat city In lii tho 1110 lh National hank 51 IlI IlIJ 1 J in III Is on oil representing lIr the tim op 01 operations III In Draper anil vi ri vicinity 1 Till money IUS collected bv by h 1 V i Terry as al il 3 for foe Or tin 1110 tipster ami it Is be I 1 to hi I ii represent I I lout less lIS Ills cpm com commissions missions olI olIs As s HID tiiu Salt Sail Talo was nas put limit In III by II 11 a It local loal ilio tho amount l li Im not nul known Ko Ho lo i et lt t pos N JulI of or It himself The limo inan ills to Iu board ho thin of nf taint suckers nl III lila liln Iii is Ill now lOW Imo known in iii t l thu tho secret eret sc rc mid ho Ic 1 in Is I n it nal nv ClImb official o a I lin hUB Ima mr e a it I to the hum Coos Cons hay hll Oregon vas tho Iho place tile Iho lima inini nits WUi located according to tn it representations tolls to Idaho sen lids lOn of or whom paid from I mu to III it Hm each eneli to III Ii get ct Into him deal Tim return of or Captain George E Hare in iii charge haro of ot the time field agents of o the tho United States Slates land hand from froman fromon an on extended trip In Idaho brings to tl Salt Snit Lake mutiny many moro mOlo details of the operation of ot the timber I land hand tip busi Liui business ness 1105 state Utah Titan THIS iou I Kibly Colorado From Fi oili Durango In addition comes n I letter which throws great greal light on time the probable nature ot or tho thu Rename and mind It I unity may h iii hn th thu explanation ot of why largo large sums Stuns ot nf money tin lift In Itt escrow in Salt Lako Ogden and Wl Provo Instead of being In tie tho pockets ta ot of f a It smooth Thirty people ot of Durango and us 01 many moro from Aztec are aro now mourning tho tIm loss lOR of ot from to too 21 each Ieh on ott n it scheme schema which so closely par parallels fuels this that a tI connection Is he be 1 to exist them Tho Jho Salt Lakers who Wilt worn 1010 let l Io t In for tol MO oo Inch each tell were ID told first that tho the train would leavo for 01 tho time treasure section nt lit midnight Feb 20 This promise was 10 mudo last fall fail and anti on that daj 03 tho trip 1111 was WaR JUI not ofT off but hut wn postponed po till Mardi March S A possIble fl explanation ot of o tho the reason for tor this In Is that hint the tho perpetrator of or tho thu Colorado Colora o 1 frauds was WIlS arrested In Tx Los s Angeles on Ian lilli 1 and was wait lying In jail on Oil Feb 20 waiting for fol his imis release on the tho Ills JJ I victims In Colo Coil have hn every opportunity to Iii tako him back baek to toco a court trial for them but bitt the moral cowardice that lint follows con COli ot of having been b ell stung slung wan WM too strong and they the Ule one CIllO mind lint all with lh a avery very Ir few exceptions refused to Join in ina inn ina a n prosecution lion D IN IX IOS Time Tho roi Lom Angeles arrest was as nt at In Instance Instance stance of tho Limo mans fo ant and nd It was 6 she idle who wrote the Colorado victims asking them to o send for fOl him Ills His name was Wl ii J R n Thompson l in Colorado and an Harris was hlll hIs name In Los IMS Ills His lii wife who had bad a n daughter H It years UI old by b a previous Ilous husband hU band caused ca his hlll fur for an un assault upon Ulon this little girl sIrl I 1 have such soen In Iii th Salt TAlc TAlce papers wrItes s Hamilton from rom Durango in account of the tile operations of tune one or In Utah Uta ant and It no 1 limUti tho thu of J It H Thompson In this neighborhood that I 1 It probable that they th thare are the SOme S Sor or I r heart heard of o Thompson about 15 Hi no Ho I Ic broached his ImIs hi i 1101 roi 01 hi tiou to in Ott tIll U lund nd ilo the JIo Ho mid Huld he h was Willi lookIng for a t partner to help a bu matter pro profitable to both that ho lie described 1 tutu partner to 10 friends of or mine ur ui that thuy Ihli Introduced him to 10 14 me tui Ci th kind kina of a bali ho he was wall looking for tor torum SAMU um OLD ULD Well 11 In lii unfolding hula his scheme im Ime imM II M uie iii there u a flue lino of or tint tim hOI ij land 1 lie imP haul Imd made mU a corn com complete ot Of inLet Itu HI It know flu 1111 IK value alue und had a u company ready ruady road to buy It at JIUU I OO for fur ouch claIm H I tie t til r tn tu I SI or In in It If nOp I I I hu tho Ld law To lt Il it fulth tu of t if t with iii P him ami ii im 1 ills his company hu hit h toilet t however hOWelll I 11 01 r ron on nil I mu deposit of or IOu to 10 b 1 isi put in III V I Jill nr ui y hOle box In III I I I II n loud bank k I oJ 01 I Ill c mt that a 0 bunk bank UP ito 11 would make W were ro H ho to IKI an nn to i for fill t I It h of 1101 1 IOU He 11 hi III im get Sut al ut title tI II I to in time the lu It nil 1111 within slit nix t und nn iid thin this i Lla the tIm lumin 11 t I lilt WUK hitS 14 I 1 us lis I 1 n asked co o u mall 1111 ti itA at i M m I u th lit lunner I nun mimic 1 hod l II by y lit III l ii prove up UIl um wi Ii I m m j I 14 I butt t lio ho m mft n a it ita ft a nn tin 11 ihu lh 1 I 1 S 14 Inner lanct laws by b u ti Mr Witter of tiC Denver UK II I never Hp k to un lilt I put n II IlU ii I of ut people on I I Ii 1111 I 1 lu guard tint ami nn at I t leaS live n oa hUn 11 he w weal ii wi HO fur ru UH UK to In aNtim his hi d hI ii lotu m thai hal I li Ill ht t iff go K l I tin III I In lit Ix Iff wi k Iny PO I i wn 11 r 1111 f ls lIo h I It lay It with him II UH tIt It io 80 in Ii h IH iii il 0 ShIll n it Slut Hud as til I n ni n n itt al und I r ri tu 1 n tI nA ii nf n 1 I i Smart A u 1 fc II S I I III uh P tho Ow I dial they I IM I I it 1111 iI I lii II its l I I I It h l w worked I I I Hi I Ii Ir Ii title liIl in ui ini aix lx O illo I att i lr i I t Ilo III II Ui lOut I Iland land laud u It ul I lit I WAH 11 1 1 Vill u 11 II n mm lo I 11 tl I r I Kill Ills his lot K i It I ut It Ulan III I ii I 1 a 1 i win Will IJ It 5 0 III i III I I I 1111 I tu tuI In I ut th Ir I ii 1 tI n tt t they thuy tl ml 1 11 iii had il nI gO h ut r them heni f I i ml whoa along I lluu M t 4 1 it H ti tipped 1101 ull ft tint rI Iii it tm fort fo i t t I M Mit I I I I it bun i I m I t 11 II LOut off 0 ff i of f ii It 1 h u r lit lii tl it III d II t It II 1111 1 I 1111 S vII Oil ili u i 1 j l TIMBER SCHEME COMING TO FOCUS Continued from page pago one ono said old there must be some seine mistake and ho would go over to Santa SantI Fe and lix x xIt It up alt all 11 right with tire the land office Taking one of ot tile the men mann with wih him hahn ho he drove droe to Espanola and Ind left leC the lan there to await hits hlf hlf return In Ira two days the tire mirth man 1 drove droe on Into Santa Fc Fe 0 rind and Ild found Thompson had never neer been seen seena seena a a the thc land office HEARD IWARD l OF NO MORE MOlE That was the tire lost last tIre the suckers ever cor saw of him In tho tire meantime ho he had irad drawn dr wI cown down the money from fronin the safe safety ty tIP deposit boxes boxel and arnd had had nothing to gain guini ln by returning to his iris dupes They Tirey V returned home hOe to kick themselves In January of at this year 1 Mrs Leah Leab Lah J 3 Harris at 0 Los ls Angeles Cal Col Cn wrote P PJ PJ J McCartney of ot Durango asking tor or tho tire details of ot Thompsons actions In Inn II tho thre land fraud raud matter as aR ho h was yn her Ier husband husbad there arid and she had hod hn him hurl under arrest Irr t VICTIMS AFRAID Al RAID The Tho victims were one ono and nd all II afraid to speak up or appear up en and tine the matter was allowed to fall rai Hat flat tnt The Te dato date for tor his mIni release In Los Ls Angeles was ivan Fob Feb 8 Tine The TI marshal mere hero hiss has his iris picture and I would send It Illo to you except that a 0 mer nier merchant chant hero here who was waa bunca out of oC 00 to use It and amid ho ire is lit very er angry because e he Ire cannot get tho the dupes to tl joint Join Joll with hInt him hll in bringing tire the graft grafter er Cr back ba k to tot taco face trial tri Ho Ito has las secured cur three thre others who were out of dC 1400 altogether and they may 1 try t to bring him blot back Tho The last ol I heard of If him hint was wn that the tho Los Ls Angeles Angles sheriff lied had hU wired our marshal asking why they tincy the were not sending for tor him and amid de do declaring daring claring ho he would not miot hold him mint longer than Feb 25 5 The Tho details detoll of ot this letter from Mr Hamilton will be familiar data to tire tle Salt Lake Lalo subscribers as UK to 0 the nature of oC the tire story they the were told Thompson was arrested early eal In mt January after Irr tine the plans here were weme well troll wel along flunK and Ii In Iii February the delays ii n Tin In ira II the car cor ca vying 1 out of tho COL IRVINES WARNINGS The Tho first story told In Salt Iee bute to lo secure subscribers was WIS that of ot tine the EDO they put up MOO would be 0 given back after ator their special train trin passed l on tho the way to the tine land by a II pal party ty who would hearth board tho train there thre so 10 that the money was WI really a in 1 tuna rune ot or atoo oo faith to insure the thu trip Doling being made Prospective subscribers took tints detail to Ool Cl A 13 1 Irvine who an sn I a D in lawyer advised thorn thol that this would bo be bf collusion colu lon to secure land hand und umi advised advisee them riot not to lo take tako up U the tine proposition Later I atel tints this feature was dropped in so BO soliciting i subscriptions antI other propositions were submitted to Con Coi Irvine who In each euch Instance found objections till ti the tine subscribers finally had hall the tine mon inon ov es O put In escrow till ti they the should Tiara title perfected How protection was W sc se scoured S secured cured cure In other ether towns Is not known A 4 full tul list lat of o subscribers In Utah Is In InIn In tho tire hands of or tho the government agents and antI It may be bo given out In a I Yew days la for far publication |
