Show J A JlE SO ED Against t Him IH Is h of Public Officials New Ne York Dec Iee 31 IJohn A Benson of or Stun San Francisco 1 Is III In hudlow Ludlow street treet Jail tonight owing to his hili Inability to 10 furnish ball Ho lie was arrested here today lodl on oti It a charge of oC bribery nt at atthe tho the Instance of secret service who hio feared he WItS Willi about to leave lele tho tine city dl Hellion was recently Indicted In for tor bribing a It federal out om The rite Indictment which reached here lI re today lode toda tram front Washington contained CO typewritten pages It first charged that and Md Frederck A Hyde lIlle of oC ofSan San Salt Francisco were engaged Ire In tha thu business of unlawfully obtaining pos poll pension of ot titles to 10 the public lands lamb In California Oregon known ns nil school lands landl Tho The nt stated that following the tite securing of ot tho the lands hands by b the tIne two men lIlen the tine Interior department special A 13 n Pugh and H L F commenced nn ati Investigation It Is that on ott May 15 U lest last Benson paid Woodford D I chief of ot tho the police service of tho tine Interior depart department ment to 10 furnish h him with advance Information concerning the report of ot lIPI Pugh amid ond It Il Is further claimed that a Il second payment of ot 2 was na to ta Harland on Ott March 20 a 1 third tinted on March 25 of at the Uio sanin amount and a n fourth on Dec Dee 18 IS to tho tito federal official of ot mo M A claim Is also als made that thai on Von Dee Doc 16 18 lien Hon lion eon hold All William 13 I Volk olk a 1 clerkIn tine tho tholand land the tho sum of ot to 10 permit him hunt to see aeo certain reports After his lila arrest t tho the accused man Inn wins was taken before United States BIales Commis Commissioner stonier Shields who Wino set his examination tot for Jan U 12 1 Being tumble to secure bondsmen Benson was taken to 10 jail J 0 n 1 Campbell Camphell ono one of at lI cOlin coun counsel sel said his itis client had hilI appeared before n a 1 l States commissioner loner In un Wash Ington lw l ee 17 that the tho hunt had gone over until Jan 7 i iNot Not ot cutting curing II ring to 10 wall said AUld he lie the tine federal thero there yesterday Indict Indicted ed NI Mr Benson on timi the tine Identical charge barge he hue Wits wan arraigned on am there Wo We 0 expect to bo be stile ahl In 10 show that Ilenson hud brett been guilty of ot no such sticht crime crimI We Ve will furnish ball bail for tor him tomorrow |