Show S SENI I MITCHELLS LETTER TO 10 T TANNER t fR lie He Sent it as Published Dud and the Reason In lii Part On its Ils Face SUPPOSED IT CONFIDENTIAL lie ll II Desired to vold Publicity In InTo Uc To Ills III Attorneys Cum Cu mum I rift mm g PoU Iob 13 tio 10 Johl N of or who on un lait last was WUK Indicted by thom Iho federal grand jury at lit Ot 01 Jr for iii 01 aliened to defraud tint United States of ol public land lunch ald lIld tu to day tIny that la Ito l not timo Iho sos lIel e shouts of o time the house houe of 0 ll pending I tepid I mg liU hili It iii t for lol ui the lie I wI L it ho In lii I charged Mi It ii ton saul hI ho ill halt hail high Ideals nf tiiu t lie Ilio t hou should ln hO he a I U loud It would bo ho in 1111 affront to lu liis hili fellow ellen members to 10 aiu o ir on Oil time the lino iloe lie the lie t cloud I is III over him hit hi hum humI Ho I Ic declined il oil to 10 i umit kits any aimy eta t t en re rt ito Ihu t Indictment I t list him I ii tiger I iii ii Mi i 1 i Williamsons ii lilt 1 iii 11 league from front Oregon OU who ul III o him huh bessil Indicted by hy the tue graml Jury In lit the time lind fraud macil has limits been h attending the Iho sessions session of oC the house tho thu Indictment t Senator Mitchell said today toda In lit motor unco to 10 the lie published teller letter allotted to 10 havo VU been bosit Mint soult b hy the senator to hit his law ia Judge A H II by bythe bytho thin the hands of III liis IH secretary It U II C 0 Hob Itoh eitson elt oll ollY You Y I saul dent the letter tin all published a I it i 1 I think tim I mm k In III I ii purl pu rt at least ions t on ohm its face tics Attar After 1 I had been Indict lad d Julge Juge mud had lutsi been beell i n isi tallied by Iy inn mn an as II my toy lending till fin iii my nuy defense tie S f and amid lie he it it had imad consented ted J to tim ait ns as 1 Much UK OH his hili letter lettu In lit my po 1101 would clearly show hol Senator Julon Pit it on imi o had ha consented l toil In to art no iii lila hilts III in my toy l I Iwas was extremely anxious that Tunner conin mimic heio foi fou 01 a it with Fulton und and self In imi 10 vu guru to 10 in ill defense hue purpose of mf my lilY letter iott ei van imis us will appear from tho Iho ti to toI letter lell I et ter r heel lI t to 10 I o Induce mice to cone come and bring with him nil of ol our nur hiram 1111 books book bookIn booksin In IhM me 10 o might ml ht be fully Cully advised el elliS its liS to 10 precisely what wore Were mado and coil by hy whom ii made madeI I supposed I wits MIS writing welting a II 1111 letter lel or to my retained lawyer nn tin wily early consultation with me his cli dl client out ent and tutu with liis hili nl attorney Senator Anti And for fo reasons factory to 10 me immo when hen I wrote the time letier letter and now how I to 10 avoid publicity In lit regard re nr to hH hll coming hence my lilY statement In my au letter that It should be tie treated an mis entirely en II It I confidential Any AllY other may amy bo desired of or mo limo In lit reference to this tub letter or O oily any tin other matter connected with my III case I will be ready to answer when my lily trial jim III g culled The flue suggestion In lit Inthe the III pi off itches that I desired to talk to 10 III In regard legard to his hili testify te beCome beCom tho the grand Jury Is ter I as alt It has lias been publicly known for tOl I Home time that the tho grand Inand jury JUl would long before belore Tunner could this city ell |