Show jury convicts land swindler lers after for thirty ave minutes tho jury in the united staton district court at portland oro ore returned a verdict con inting 13 A ID puter horace 0 mckenley emma L watson and D W harpley guilty of at conspiring to couraud Io the states government govern meat out of tho the title of I 1 a portion of ati tt public lands tin thi case has been a ions iong and stubbornly contested one no pains or time or expense haa has been spared by the government to accomplish ita its purpose the remar remarkable hable efforts of colonel A R greeno special ir of the interior delart department ment in accumulating ev donee dence had lind woven around the defendants fend ants fi na n t so closely compact and unbreakable that there as no escape there Is no doubt that an appeal will be taken tho the attorn oya era tor for the defense are now preparing their motion and ani will in all probability present it at tha opening of the next case on december 13 |