| Show COAL LAND FRAUD F ra ft AVD CASES utah fuel company ind nd others will probably be tried in the november term of court 0 at salt lake city quite the mma important cases to be heard by judge marshall at it the convening of federal court at salt lake city next monday are those arising out of the by the grand vand jury jur for alleged coal land frauds in which the utah fuel company v pr A 1 many of ita agents are defendants fend ants it is considered quite probable altho tigh nothing de denite n tte can be said on thy the subject that these cases will be set for hearing in the november term the union pacific the oregon i ne and the union pacific coal company are ure also under indictment foi violation of the interstate ter state commerce law together with E buckingham general superintendent in of the oregon short line and james M moore general for the coal company it L not thought probable however hal that f these cases will be ready for hearing at th the coming term I 1 the he indictments under which the utah fuel company and others will probably be tried in the november term we wet e brought last by the federal grand jury after an ini in esti stig aHon gation extending over some weeks wa 1 the company itself I 1 criminal charges tire brought again I 1 hnry G williams its manager ilot For ferreter reter geologist and con I 1 agent william D foster ian an employed of the company su supposed V to have been its agent in the acquisition of coal lands by fraudulent means george A moore a civil engineer accused of similar ac lions to of foster le roy N clark of denver and alexander 11 II cowe cowie who had much to do it is stAt edwith the transfer of the lands from those who filed riled on them to the utah fuel company and others immediately imn mediately edia tely after the indictments were ere brought and the ar agriest riest follow ieda ed demurrers deburr rs were ere filed by the defendants fend ants to the charges on the ground that they vote irregular and invalid those demurrers are et for hearing october and until the 1 are decided the accused mn will not be arraigned As to the de murders murr ers s attorneys atto ineys for the tion state that they have no feares fear as to the decision of the judge in the thee e cased cases it is stated that on every plea except one hat chat is is advanced by the judge Mar marshall shull has already ca lys decided ali against an ants ts in 1 similar ar pleadings plea dinga in other actions |
