Deseret Evening News | 1905-04-18 | Page 9 | Affidavits in Answer to Sen. Mithcell's Charges

d AFFIDAVITS IN ANSWER TO SEN SEt MITCHELLS CHARGES Portland dr Or April 17 n answer to Senator II charges that the federal grand Jury which brought In against l him bins In hl connection cuss with land frauds fraud In this stale slate was sva un 1111 Il it Illegal body bOil and that United States Sta tea Dist DIRt Atty Ally Heney was prejudiced He lit Hency litney fey ncy today Introduced show showIng Ing that he hc Wile was IIII duly appointed is acting net assistant Unites United States Slates district attorney for fol Oregon and anti later Inter district 11 attorney Y that thAI In Is a n 1 duly outlined II and ami naturalized citizen ot of f the United and he Mr Ir Heney Matey insets hUlls iu na towards any rUI of ot the thc defend deren defendants t stilt ants from rein any 1111 reuse CHUM II II whatever Judge Bennett Uennett for rOl the defense ly I mined lI technical objections to the In Is of ot the upon the ground that the government had hlll trot not adopted the proper course of or procedure Mr Ir Heney eney argued that n A statute statue of ot the United States provided that Its could be he introduces Introduced to show Dhow the citizenship of ot n n a I naturalized foreigner to ehner Hu lie stated stilted that the statute provided that pleas theirs la In abatement shall he be tried tied by a tt judge without n a jury and that tho t foul fed federal eral oral lauH airs allI provide for tor the Introduction of or evidence In the rants form olm of or Binger Hermann today submitted demurrers 11 to tn each of ot the charges s lic ng him In connection Ion tion with land lind 1111 frauds In this state Former bist Ally Atty All 1 J II H Isle Hals formal for former mel mal Deputy l t Atty AU Y Edwin l Mays May Karl Benson nen oll 11 V X N Jones tail and deuS Potter pleaded not lIot guilty or en on entered pleas In III abatement