Show ill IA RNO FRAUDS mAUDS I IN WESTERN Indictments Result From FrOW anY Investigation by bj Grand Graml Jury JUr WARRANTS ARE ISSUED aad other Lands ObtaIned b bor by or Assignment la In Names or Of Persons Washington Feb ITAI a result of ot J investigation of ot the allied alleged alle ed whole th the In west weISt Ji Una fraud many pub rotates le Ie tate the grand gran Jury jur of at tile the pie Pis am m i of ot Columbia today reported o a oI 1 I Met Lin Indictment for or conspiracy against I joint John tin A Benson a wealthy wealth real irato of San Sail Frederick FrederickA operator A hyde of San ian I closely don Iden 7 with Benson Denson In land affairs HenrY p DImond of ot California an e a at torney Within representing Benion D non Md anti Hyde Hyden H n Schneider of Tucson VL and ni n JO agent of Benson Denson and Hyde n Ch MI an warrants immediately were Is Isu Bench and md Schneider was arrested In this u this afternoon by Secret Ser ler city late lale William J who has hall hasi hasea i Quietly nt alleged been So ea i frauds In a number of aT west western Schneider was taken before era ern n late Into this afternoon and Barnard jut Justice ce fixed his ball bail at nt At ih th later ater Cole and represent orney aske l that thai ball be beat In fiEld ibe at while the government In on n a bond itI has haa been n ft witness before Jury In the case Clue against the tho the defendantS Benson Denson already has ha haten other j here on a n charge of un ten fn In Now NeW NeWYork now MW believed to jo be and ud 1 Is York vort tor while 1 Hydo Is thought to bo he In The Indictment Is a 0 anous FranCIsCO fan tn document and sets forth a 0 ar transactions by which land landed umber r o ot or have havo been fraudulently uc nc ed to 10 from the government In Colt Call qui red Washington Nevada Oregon these ud elsewhere Most of lions lions ire ere alleged to have occurred un dr the lieu hell land law lawIt Ills It is char ell that nil all ot of the tho Indict this 1001 parti i en on D Dec 30 80 In tJ eI parties conspired with other parties to toi city Jury unknown to defraud 1 i the h i nand grand uj the th united States Slates out of ot the possession or and title Ulle to 10 numerous large tracts of oC c lands of or the tho United ted States tates open publIC and be opened to 10 selections In lieu of ot to o tn land included or to be Included within states the tho they In various r lIlt y being carried out by means mean 1 ef f and practises The eme outlined In th and ind alleged to have hove been practised In I e transactions was to obtain school other lands by applications ons assign fr cr r m nn and purchases In the names of ot or of or persons not HIV to fring ring or qualified to purchase e tm I tm and Reason Hemon paying paving thorn them until smell sums lums for tho Iho lands lunds The Indict nt charges that there were false re reo potu pOllA In n nl these transactions transaction in pursuance of ot this alleged ory en thus carried through by br applicants certain tracts tract lii In th the Olympia Wash land burl ot outlining staining c acres nores selected In tho raw rams of C I W Clarke Frederick l A and nd John A Henson Ilenson were oro ob oh and ind other lands specifically cited wt vete secured Including large largo tracts In Inthe Inthe the and Vancouver land lis WI in Washington In tho the Woodward Woo i nd 4 district in Oklahoma tho tha Cascade Binse forest rore t reserve country In Oregon the Pan Fan an Francisco Francl ro land district ind and the th Parson rmon arson City Kev Ne ev land ds dis 11 The Th of 01 the other parties In Is exited very ver roon oon The ac RC action lion tion taken disposes of o nil all the tha land lann fraud rR ass s thus far presented pre to ta tho the Ial crand rad Jury but others may bi b sub sib lb milled at any time and proceedings ire are e expected In other Jurisdictions HYDE WILL IL Fan Francisco Feb 17 Fred A Hyde who was OR a Indicted Jointly with John ihn J hn A Benson HenIon by tho the grand Jury of Washington I D i 0 I for alleged con In connection with land frauds In California Is nn an attorney of this r Mr ir Hyde slated stated tonight that ho holu old did drIll lu not propose e to bo ho taken to Wash Washington ington for or trial and ami that ho would fight extradition Ho lie characterized the tho In lit Indictment n as n it 1 effort to secure evidence against n Benson Denson In nn an earlier Indictment for or alleged bribery He Jle do cared sred that he knew kne nothing of any nn an bribery and had never engaged In a to defraud der the government I 1 1110 do not believe elleo however that hat n a 1 warrant war warrant WArrant rant rant will be bo sent hero here for Cor or my arrest lit O rahi |