Show f L LAND FRAUD f 1 f TI Secretory of the Interior illicit I I cock Sn it Ills is s Being Con Cone dueled With Vigor J I FALSE CHARGES CIRCULATE i Without In th t j Persons VIII Vill be lit to jus tit tue if II I i i IK 11 rI i 2 e of or lh th In Ii i JIll IH k gave out th lb following i in lu answer to 10 c Ir Iri v r i tall oh ii the method ot conduct tIlt tiu into Inlo Ian Ind IndI I frauds n 11 Hf In Ih COK and r regard regarding ing In th Ii ih p i ken by him in II nh h I t I II iv MS 8 tu to Juith I lj 11 I i 1 n II I f t l t Ii 1 1 I mad nilI mi t rn ti i U IV I cir Iru u 1 I 1 f r I i Hi I ni I ih h hI t I a M 00 III tt fl tIt t it t nn t r i l u r I ii III h i i mill hy ili lii in un int unI I t I t iu A lini Ml In iH I M II i lr mi miU 0 U i I t i i II 1 1 i i vim fill ir It I i HII tin Ih 1111 in inn un un no not pr ds lih dh un Mull v Vi i i IH s II tj Ii a I mill IO 10 to tin th tl LI to tot LIr Bf t r Mv h jn 1111 1 1 ih Inn 1111 t HI i nir Ir nir lr if s 11 Cl cn IN i 1 s 4 Ih hc elI d i n i I III t it It t III all In 0 lIt HI IU i tl Ii 10 the th j I og J mil r i c or of th WOk I aI a U I i I 1 It tOil foi lu I n Il tact fact Th lh T h in lul 1111 i t n II t in tn the Lh Ih han hlll ni i If pf t otT of oP the govi r j t from tIm till IheI I tog 11 und baa tInni hll t I II u i tod un uni unI I def flIP of or l tu Ih r nt ny I of tInn lIu lint II lur IW with nIne HIP h 1 r t 1111 Ib The Iii Ih pro ro roc c cu uti t I r N II I hr I t S him ha vi vii I I b ben f 1 1 Inan hll 1 n nij ij HIT tr I and linni a I nt ut II I nn nfl lime haa 1111 IK hII in any it to lo th puM rf rt the I ft to nO Iu II ni or tato tal of or it lIh nr fit r a aa nil to tiny any matter r In I V I Un IL in AUK AIm AImI i g a sIrI t In the Ii i nt I I lions brought to 10 light ar sr must i ly 17 men t v IM havI posItIon of high standing both and uini IH many of or I men of or urge They thrown many In the WRY way WiY which have pattern d cl clI nIp I anil on tin thi part ot of those hoo thole having charge e of ot the I to overcome They rhey hare dill III sought nought loughl In elason and enni out olt ot of lo to thwart the of or the Iho j and aini lo 10 control Its ls It favorable to Thelo have hn ben been I met Iet and ad Ild Ih hi turtle retorted res tte to 10 by hy the I h their h vj Ind in bj 1111 been heon and at nit II I nil nih 11 points The of ot ilio LIi h IC se c o of ot tho linn hap hit been funn th the I II 1 ining I I tiit mm i I the hi I Id ho liti I thorough and I Juts his brn term loft II undone to no OCI 1 b I I opera hii Ii i V i been on 01 t III II the nt stilt t of if i 1111 ll 1111 but bUI lw lint been el to tn slates sintee In 1 ninny In him II 1 the Ih h hi ye I cu 01 into I tf oilier Alot Tt ii Ihl I fr broadly and 1111 d ply Mil 11 II und alit Ih Itie fhe t tak of thing thin them his been one oneo OlO o II great grent 1 While VII it iiii 11 y about 1 i non n I Ins have ha haI eloper II rt 1 since sIn the lbs allol nun ivus III be hf beK l I K gui RUI Ji the thir practical kal l lui N tar fur ut iii lt t 1111 gro tr tug lug hil and i EN I be hi hI d II Up uI Ul ni M lift ii ln lii inn nl In Iii II Fb 1 hi In Iii II tIm Ih c t tf d if I uk ik A AJohn Ah 11 h nI l John A 1111 v P 1 1 tilH i nf or Hun 1111 11 I I Irra I I UK iiI nid i 11 Jm 1 t I II It 1 l of t Tut mi under CL ll HO itO cf rot c the Ih It II I Pi MI d 1 t is I hIPS for fori fu i v to 0 il its II i Mid ut I of ir II UI il I t nf tf UK I pull III in li Int Ji the Ihl th I d ii In II Dic le ill II Ih r i of nir fr 1 V n ii foi to I i in iii h n i if d r puhl i tO It Mi i ti n I i i lh ui It i 11 1111 on The Th v spir 11 n ci kit it II tiL 1 hk W in rv Hyde and n nI I and ond their th lr lrI M I I tic ms to 10 dri mid t tr ir n u ivas 1111 i 9 R n fl It I I 1 in 11 to 10 Iut to II hundreds M N of ir acre of or the public of 0 Ih In II time the various mid and territories of or na Nw Nev Mexico Mt mIco tinder th thu ns of the net act of or if up nip lP I P TOv June 4 1 j In exchange for l l M 5 lying iy I og within vi I hum tin 11 I Ii J i nil n of t I tb e t I tilted fort re rl rece Krcs rs ce MIlah In Itt 11 the of or C sI l and antt Oregon Orlon Tu 10 Ti m ni Ill ii j IA NOP The tl of Ih noun HI honl hol lands lAnd I w re r Required by and on 01 behalf of or nd Hyde in violation of or the II or orIAld said acid states relating to the tine f school la ml and in Ii n a hid and fraudulent manner by hy ot otral rat fill stud Add lud forged applications and other required by b tl I litti lawa la of ot thou tal to 10 Ix be 1 executed HI a flied In with lh the th r school lands tanda thereby rendering nl inch auch I Itie 1 tie lel thu aIN falM and HI HIby mm by Ely y making and d to In be b mm nut fain and to 10 t tl Tint t nl BIRt of ot such ilci false and An worthies worth I lilac and by 11 ant other land mel belonging to 10 the troth II of or rot forest re r In ill e C fX fur for th I he titles thins tm fraudulent obtained end and relinquished to the tin tined ed II Hale The act at II referred d to 10 provided stun Al 01 other oilier that thA the owner of nr the lain Ion within II a forest renew roll tummy may th I Id h Hump to II ii tho Ihl State Slat and J ie t other lunds In ll lieu u thereof stated d the 1 or i r reserves BrIefly fy of hf the Ihl conspiracy waa WOR to KOIK titles tIIs from the th I ft tor torIl Il public outside eucide oUI of ot forest oret n nH r H ren In m exchange for tor nIce an a 11 titles 1111 to school land tUrl by Iy th lor from said aalI l hI stat rarest forest r tl A IN I While hundreds of ot o thousands ff Involved I Ithe rn aluos a 8 n s or of public bl minus lands lulIs were the hi only a it 1 small portion th timet f of ol less leH Ilu than I hl n an alI en html had me bon ben len pa at the time hue of or the c o the fraud by hy time the Ile of or tin thi Ir In Ii tenor By Ity the Ile direction LI the further issuing of ot patents the M Me l a alen len IN e lionS Slid mid nil entries NIl tips Involved Inove wn wins Wit Intro 1011 and Inel all 11 luth ind md entries wore r suspended which am ant 1111 pension Mill chill II remains In force foree Th TI rhe government H is I therefore In Inn no danger o I further hiss of or Ui its I public lands uh I he the said mid lid m heme The he fraudulent bUll busl n fleas i of or the Ih conspirators lies hns 11 heen com COn comple pl tely ly broken antI and their mire prat hans IDA are aro now ut at lt nn tO end onil The Th lra defendants In these Joti lOIi re ro immediately arrested one A ll non III In th the slI t t of or New Nel York Yort two to wo lenon Frederick A Hyde and Henry Hen I P Dimond In n the state tot of 0 California un or orthe the he the fourth Joost JOO II I In th LI of o The teat last name naim names Is II s now hold held under h he heavy av ball bal for tor hi hil ii appearance for trial trial Proceedings under sw I se 1011 lOt I of Ir lh re rp statUtes were sI At t once onre Institute In In n the Ihl states state of California wild ind N New Je York to 10 stal the removal of or th tho d rn d l I Iho to I tir Ihl ho District of ut Columbia for ro trial IrAI The 10 Hits have ben been diligently prose rut and It II l e rr In n decisions by I I both the 1111 United HII tc anti and of the north i Irn em rn district nf or California 1 u l he tho n p 11 nil ordain th h i f mi nt fhe antI and r V 14 noved to 10 the District of or Columbia fn tr trial rial trIll TO r O They have ha to Ih I h of ff the United 1 ami It I Id Is 1 th tin li I purpose of ii the government to secure seure 11 that hat court eurt an ant of or tine the rear case casen r rOn On n tb tine docket a 0 l of time the on au ti tu i Ii I the tue Ile date Th The or under elt ball bail hi to tl an eli anuci 01 5 Irl il the IH t of or tile tlc supreme count countI I n rendered I naly lii for unbar tn 1 ni A fit Unison ol hl win also all been beant b n heli Itoh til foi 01 removal to 10 th UI the District of or colum hi fin fI r trial tutu ami h hi lie ben bee hI nt t to 10 tin Lb 11 m mo Im lh tIne i n removal t ln I w III I rn er 1 li In InI I said Mill heusen till m Ii landing Mil I Nr NIl York YOk with S Ih Hi Ih inn thu Ui n nin I il III lie lii at nn rum early lh huh like lk favorable remits JF TO ISn Tim Til action of a the ot o t the Il In I In us the lime ant lel entries of or the public land landl Involved hold H It II Ill tIle the and nd In refusing to further Ilp patent upon such h mini entries nITI I u is fully u by I IJ tin the of or both the district and 1111 clr cm putt cult courts of or the United States Stati for thi ilni Ile rul northern district of ot California referred to 10 toAs ti As 11 mi nut 11 re ra I null of ut the investigation Ihl tilts combination lul and con huN has hlA beet broken up mimI ami Its power 11 for tor eI In It the hint future rulUre utterly A As fur further u uthel tin ther thel and ultimate the Ih nil lent 1111 will 1 ill all al hf x anil emil the lands thereby In k klie lie llio Ihl III public domain and It I N iii the Ihl lonO confident fl dent leiti belief of or the secretary of or the tim Ih in Inn 1111 l 11 tf erlon anti or the lie having charge of or the hit Ih growing out oit 0 1 of tic o the lIlt that tile guilty III I II he h bled and a nil stint auch nt nut hilt fin I to In them as All III hii tint not on onh h H rim to to tn tIme the magnitude inn gui of ml but bill will serve a III as a wartime Arl me 11 Il to In In tine till future Tim Thin 1111 refer tefera in to Indict Indictments ments found round In lii the Ihl stub plate of or Oregon animaL Horace 1101 n McKinley V A I n Puter Marie L I 1 Ware Waro T Watson Vatson Our nur Huff Maui Will H If Harry C Pan Jan W V charle A they Hay IIA turin hum Dallas OHara amen aimi II I III i jone ToMI Mark Kate Kute ames suit and Henry DIm UniTy AND Inu O Continuing the statement saya IMs ML M In lh f Charles Ch urn sIn Ana AlIA Dallas t alla lien 11 H and Shelley Jones mayo havo guilty f II lit and ami linn upon all till except l OHara and lanes once Tins other case were Iere set act It for tor or nil rial at the tb May Mn In torm lorm 1901 1904 of oC the Ih fedral fed rell nil ral court nt Rt Portland but awing owing to 10 tono lh he no fact feet that thai one all of ot the principal wit wll for tor trio the government had bait Id d ii this Ih t In vanee ae had hall to 10 bo be continued cud and ir I now flAW eel et I for or trial nt It the tine November l 1901 fl of or th the he court The absconding witness has been i r rented soil and Is lit nov no under boll ball 11 11 for his hla at th November term torm An All ni bie bl attorney In the conduct or if f criminal prosecutions butt hns been macit II en ap nip Minted by iii b tine the h government lIt to assist Ih he lo tI States In the trial f t the Ih lists cars cawn ra and amid convIctIons In all of or lim h inn are rf expected tell ted Tho lion IH is still using baing car led on and emit further Indictments are fue ex e an sit soon a n na the rases enios vain can be he b pro fur for proper presentation In grand Krand Jurle urle urIe In no co far lr ns M a Indictments have hl tot Ut yet el boon been I found It II be b r enl nt It to tn everyone that secrecy must moat br he oth ivl e all nl efforts tori II to 10 ne Rr recalls r would hi be b title There Is I not now no mind and never mover hn baa hOft baasen I ten sen any desire or effort on the tho part pan of the he IC secretary of the InterIor or those under his bl direction d n to 10 t keep rom on the public the result of ot the In mitigation estimation except In M fi far tar ns na n R ely necessary lIer to In prevent n R failure In InIC th he IC endeavor to accomplish h the desired de end to wll wIL the thc m If lion punish punishment ment mn t Of at guilty parties III That ThaI tho th referred to are in every respect reaped without JustIfication lit in fact tAct or reason van can easily be he ascertained by bj anyone who 1110 care cane ca to 10 know tho the ruin The Th r accomplished ore nr largely shown by Iny the tho public records record of or time tho courts court anti and of nit the land department nM In so o far tar at an nOt net thus shown namely m as asto to 10 the destruction of or the Hyde 1111 heusen combination anti and the general breaking up of 01 the Ih fraudulent In other oIlier as III herein Indicated the tinniest bont seeker tk for information can have havI no rio In obtaining It by simple Inquiry of or time the Ih of ot tine tha land lan or of or the time Indicted par tins 8 |