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Show COAL LAND CASE ON TRIAL Trial of the Freed Case is on Before District Clerk Tuttle-District Holds Session-Water Right Case is Settled Out of Court The Freed coal land case is being heard before District Clerk Tuttle. The United States is contesting on the grounds that there was fraud in the securing se-curing of the entries by Freed. The defense is that there was only a unity of interest among the members of the family and others in getting hold of adjoining ad-joining land. That the case is an important one is evidenced bv the fact that the case is being conducted by Fred A. Maynard, chief assistant to the attorney general of the United States, whose headquarters headquar-ters is at Washington, D. C. He is being be-ing assisted by J. F. Lamereau, special spec-ial agent of the Department of Justice, and W. A. Wade, special agent. Freed's interests are being looked after by E. W. Senior and Bismark Snyder of Salt Lake. John R. Pike, official stenographer of the United States land office is taking the testimony. About twenty witnesses, mostly from Huntington, are in attendance to testify in the case. John Lott seems to be the principal witness as he has been o.i the stand from the starting of the case on Wednesday up to this writing. Much interest is being taken in the case as it has been talked of for several sever-al years past and the title to about 4000 acres of valuable coal land is involved. in-volved. From the progress being made it looks as though the hearing would occupy oc-cupy a week or ten days yet. |