Show CONSPIRATORS AND INDICTED j I I I r fifTEEN CAUGHT fl IN I i NET CAST AST j BY THE FEDERAL JUR r. r r M I 1 Indictments I Returned Yesterday for Fraud Violating I Interstate Inter state Commerce Law and for Perjury HIGH HH H OFFICIALS HIT 1111 BY DY THE TilE INVESTIGATORS 9 Coal Monopoly and Tools Charged With lith Grave Offenses I Against Government Warrants nt-Warrants nt- nt Warrants arrants Served on Alleged Perjurers r 1 i I of t t t INDICTED BY FEDERAL GRAND JURY t I 1 r f 0 4 t ro rim Jon co o TO un O t t t i 4 s Th The Utah IH i r In III Dooly iii Salt Sal t G City 4 H II O. O general nia manager of ot I Utah Fuel Fiul company Snit Salt Salte 4 44 ro 4 ke JIH e CH CUy 4 44 4 noh lt Forrester tI geologist geologic 1 mining e of Fuel Co 4 i. 44 v. v I n. n Foster private secretary of Salt Sail I iKe Chy t I. I 4 Alexander r I II II I. I Conic confidential man flail of n. n I A 11 H. G. G I. I railroad com company 4 44 4 f pany and Utah Fuel and nf of nt lh company II JI Snit Salt 4 44 4 4 LiI CHr 44 4 J l lroy X N. N Ia C Clark I for Cor Utah 1 Fuel company Denier Cr Coin Colo t 4 f s eorge or A. A Moore loUl civil chiI er fi ftH or Utah J nel 4 1 I t t 4 s 44 4 S ron JOn co fUnion f 4 J 1 j 44 4 Union Union J Company i Oregon c Short Line Va railroad company 4 4 f 1 I il I lIc flo Cons Coal company t t O. O SJ JJ j fl Jr II t C l iii K JI J O S 4 rr 9 f o 1 mh r t. 1 Ima 1 44 4 JF n 1 4 44 ron 1011 l l POU 4 Snit ako I Ct City 4 M Fuel 1 of ur Utah 4 A. A Moore loO Suit Salt Lake Lale Cit City 41 f 4 Utah Fuel compan 11 t 4 Theodore A. A Schult chUC hmm n F. F COMMISSION t I 1 FOR FOU It ItnE nE OnE and aus dummY dumm of Union 4 44 I o. 5 of or 13 E 4 P. P AY V. t orn nl attorney f 4 Pacific COLd Coal com company 11 fi i- i L i. i I- I A k L r for conspiracy to Seven Se indictments ll defraud fraud the thc United States government Io violations ns or of o the Interstate f t. t five fi for or three for perjury Commerce Coz law and Commerce f b the Federal grand by Were yere returned John Johnl report to Judge JUl jury jun In Jr a partial District District Dis Dis- States A A. A Marshall of If the tho United l 0 court yesterday afternoon Other Othol Other also returned but Indictments were vere L I the fifteen mentioned are arc the only V land land frauds ones that relate to lo tho the coal coat J discrimination of the and to the Illegal combine that company compan coal railroad coal coat dealer Independent froze out aj an aJ L opened up eventually In Salt Lake and an Investigation which bore boio ample e fruit yesterday o to too conspiracy of or Under the charge t the thc Utah Ulah Fuel o- o defraud the government ar are arc and tools too and Its lis agents company compan frauds In Sauna Salina land Indicted Inc lct for tOl coal t I Utah along a Carbon county I canyon anyon c railroad rail rail- the tho Rio filo Grande s biAnch a line of or ln came which the th fuel fiuL comp company road by of oC valuable valuable valuable acreS of or 1440 into pO possession Ig lon able coal lands Nine lne Ine persons were Jury to have acted found by the grand graml the Utah Fuel company company com dummies for as ns each t-ach of or them filing on 1 ICO GO acre acres pany I paY pany dummies dum 7 of oC land lund While only two o of the in the net of th the mies meR wore vere caught 1 chall Jury and these thele on the grand federal Investigator In of p perjury the the men who went after afler v. liue Fue the deals for car fraudulent the Indicted iron and hu have hu company combine officials connected with th the Uw i. i 1 indicted addition t to the indictments In frauds out ot of the coal land growing returned live fI In Indictments In- In has the grand JUl Jury and coal railroads against t for subjecting the company Coal company to lO undue David J J. J Sharp In disadvantage by i refusing of using prejudice I Lake ll o let him have bave coal for 01 or the Lake to the Indictments market market- In these and two Pacific Coal Coat company Union are companies officials o of these allied I the mesh cau caught hl in Sn report of the Fe Federal eral grand The Tho breathless been n awaited with had jur Jury and those who had been Involved In Involved In- In m interest frauds and In Inthe Inthe land lanel in tho tle coal conI vIolations of oC the Interstate Commerce Commerce Com Corn the seat seal the anxious law luw wore were on l merce afternoon when the until yesterday that a n sheaf shoaf of oC Indict Indict- Indictments predictions verified meats ments would h bo 10 returned were the fullest extent L t to had bait been examined ex ex- ec- ec j About thirty witnesses lJ by the tho grand jUl Jury on the tho coal coul them frauds alone anti and many of I land lund recalled United d Stales District t were Assistant Assist Assist- Special Attorney 11 II E E. Booth Assistant and A. A Maynard y ant Fred McCrea ha had haO William District A Attorney C L lon Investigation that thal sifted an I i i th the facia into the receptacle of OL evi cv evidence the tho will 11 be laid before deuce dence that District court In April I United States called for trial are ate cases the L when no noone course of oC evidence e k It I the time f. f What federal t. t one ono can SO say hut but that thu Ka I of oC mass mutI If prosecutors ha have haa a r I the Indictments Is a facts fact to support f certainty 1 p fl Air lr Pull Full of or Trouble Jury tiled filed Into the court courtroom The grand after ateL W t yesterday 3 room at nt 1 12 1230 30 o'clock 1 1 noon Besides Judge J Marshall there were eIe United States Attorney Booth Assistant McCrea Special A l. A-l. Maynard two newspaper men and EM E E. M M. I. I Allison A Jr jl attorney for or the tho Hlo Rio Grande Railroad company who In the tho Investigation of thc the Interstate Commerce Commerce Com Coin merce commission tried to secure im Ira- immunity I m for 1 H H. G. G William one of or those indicted ted Tho all air was heavy with tilh trouble Ate Arc you yon read ready to report gentlemen gentlemen gentlemen gentle gentle- men 1 asked the court as Mr 11 Allison Alli II son Ron left len the room We c are arc raid aid Spencer Clawson of or Salt Lake foreman of oC the grand Jury jur a as he handed an nn ominous looking bunch of or indictments to Judge Mar Mar- I shall Judge Marshall rend read the Indictments Indict indict- moats ments carefully fixing the bonds In each tach case In the Indictments for con conspiracy and for violations of the fixed the tate Interstate Commerce law itt he bonds hOOlI at al In th the Indictments for Cor forI perjury and for toi the tho other othor offenses off that I i had hail boon found Cound by hy th the grand jury jm ho placed the tho bonds hond at 2000 2500 Some Arre t Made were h Issued as soon as ns th the Indictments went vent through the usual routine and the United States marshals marshal's force was busy husy all nil afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon rounding up UI the poisons against t whom Indictments had been heen d Thomas A A. Moore 1001 indicted for perjury perjury per per- jury Jun was arrested h by Deputy Marshal Lucian II H. Smyth at time the re residence of or H. H O. O Young YounS' on Eh First t We Vest eH t street treet Ho lie Houas was taken to Marshal Spry's o office I c I i Mr h Moore 1 who I is at present a n clerk cleric clerkIn In tho the office of the he county recorder 1 filed fileti on coal coni lands in Carbon hon count count- I lie lIo appeared before the gl grand and jury JUr In I answer t to a subpoena and was questioned ques ques- concerning his connection with the case cat He did not tell all he knew Like several others other's he was recalled to correct his testimony On Omi appearing appear appear- ing lug a l second time lime h he again tried to plot protect ct tho those c higher up in the fraudulent r lent de deals ls than J himself H It was as on account of or his failure to tell the tr truth lh tho the grand jur jury In In- dieted him No n Wrong nOrong Intent I I Iam nm am perfectly honest about it when I ay say that I 1 dont don't have an any Idea where I could have committed perjury per ver- jury Jur Pel Perhaps haps I s should have told more more he ho said yesterday but bul I did not think I 1 was doing wrong Theodore A. A was 5 arrested by Deputy Julian Riley yesterday af afternoon ar- ar on the same chance ch and anti he was ta taken ken before United States Marshal Marshal Marshal Mar Mar- Spry In the tho meantime Moore had sent for Rodney Hodne A A. cashier cash cash- ier of bank to go on hl his bond U United n I ted S States ta I es Co Commissioner in in I o a er Charles Baldwin made macic a Hying trip to the office anti and met Mr Ir Badger cr and George W V. Morgan who signed th the e bonds of oC both r mien i In I noh instance the bonds were Vere fixed at I 1 2500 2600 2 GO Mother Nother warrants were served yesterday yesterday yes yes- eg but hut Marshal telephoned nn an Invitation to H. H G. G Williams to toI ItIs It ItIs ItIs appear allem at 10 o'clock this morning several others will Is expected 1 that appear before Judge Judg Baldwin In the Commercial block bloc this m morning at which time their bonds will he be fixed and they will viII be excused until the on ou past page two luo FIFTEEN CAUGHT BY III BYTHE f. f THE GRAND EIRAND JURY r. r Continued from page pao one t. t f.- f. he beginning or of the te next term of r court Ii the sec second Monday ronday ronda In April i. i rand Grand Jury Iury Taken i Hc b As soon as Judge Marshall hall read the ther r report o of the grand Jury he dismissed cd i the jurymen until January 7 when k resumed The r 1 the Investigation will be i jurors juror who come from all parts of 4 the state said Merry Christmas to tol l the government Jo officials with whom 1 the they had been a associated and left for forit Jury was composed com corn it their homes Tho The grand g rt i 4 f posed of the following W. W Yo J. J Buck Park City f James Ballard Dallard Ogden 0 Thos H II Blackburn Brigham CIl City r f Spencer Claw Clawson on Salt Lake Lale I John Ford FOid Jr Center J J. J A A. Hn Hagard Mantl Manti l. l Provo II ir E. E Hoagland j Ernest P. P Horsley Horsle ham Brigham CIt City n. n R R. Irvine ln Provo i Alma Alm Matthews Providence 1 Geor George e St. St Clair Ophir k C. C A. A O Ogden den f J P. P Smith Logan George Georg TIngley Murray urray i j. j R R. K Thomas Salt Lake Henry Benr Wallace Salt Lake ii James M. M White Willard F. F C. C Woods Orden Oden or Of the two features of the grand Y jury report the co coal 1 land frauds will t c de develop deop op the tire greatest scandal It was wac I. I here that the law Ia was open openly arid and I i flagrantly violated and the facts brou brought ht out at nt the tho Investigation of the Interstate Commerce commission are arc mere merely a taste of or what J i IF to o come com at atthe the trial of those thosa who have hav heen ien In In- In 1 J r. r While 1 everything in n connection cUon with I the report of the thc grand Jury and th the subsequent l indictments wa was shrouded dl cd from lom In secrecy enough nough was divulged unofficial sources ye yesterday to prove that iho tho grand g jury jUl had lived up to expectations and hind had com through with a stirring report Climax of aion 1 Tho The indictments against the Utah Fuel company and tho those who lent their efforts to grab iab tho the coal lands ands in fn Carbon county count for the company's u use rise e have o put a sensational climax to toan tou u un an n equally sensational scandal and andare ar are thu Iho outgrowth of charges of fraud filed In the United States Circuit court Jul InI July 27 1906 Four bills against ag coal companies and others were wele filed HIed at that time The names of or former Governor Gov Oo Heber M. M r. r Wells president of tho the state land lantI board Byron Groo former secretary of or the land hand board William F. F Colton ent and antI treasurer of or the Pleasant Valley Coal company Robert Forrester geologist Ift for the tho ruel fuel companies H H. H G. G Williams Will ViII I iams larns general mana manager er of the Utah Fuel company compan William H H. Bird now c deceased attorney for tho the fuel mel companies com corn rol L panics Royal C. C Peabody of Boston BostonI I official of or the Utah Fuel company compan I. I I and Charles Chares Mostyn Owen agent for rot forthe I L the Pleasant Valley company compan were implicated in the frauds alleged in inthe J the four tour bills V Charged Charled with being dummies In c. c 3 tho the conspiracy to acquire coal lands were Hyrum TIdwell William S. S Ron- Ron jT Juc J T u J. Jano Forrester Jot Jot- 1 l' l r On Clarence I I. Nix John q T. T Tf dwell ell W. W J. J Tl Orange J. J Seely Joseph Seely W. W H. H dwell T Joseph Tidwell Francis C. C John A. A Williams Fred W W. Sinclair Henriette and Elizabeth Mack Mack- intosh Charged cd with acting as agents for fOl the fuel companies were were- Robert Forrester Jane Forrester May KImball Charles Mostyn Owen Will Will- Jam lam H H. Myers Clarence B B. Sprague Sarah Tidwell Edwin L. L Carpenter John J J. J Judson Andrew W. W Dowd Dovd William O. O Williams Chris RoO K Jensen and John B B. B In a addition to these names many others othel's have since appeared In the In InI Investigations In- In I conducted by the grand rand jury and b by the Interstate Commerce commission Some of or those mentioned mention mention- 7 ed Cl in the original Inal bills have i valuable testimony Dummies Charged with l Perjury rh The c C c faints explained Jhc the methods methods methods meth meth- b by which the lands were fraudulently fraudulently acquired Forrester Owen and l Colton were directly charged with procuring procuring pro pro- I curing curing- persons to perjure themselves In order to obtain lands for the fuel companies The dummies were charged with perjury It was shown I that the dummies filed flied on on n land landS S which some mine of or them had h never seen and which some could not describe either In location or geological formation formation forma forma- J tion to either the commerce commission commission commis commis- sion slon or grand grand grand' Jury Soon after filing on the lands the dummies I transferred their holdings s to the Utah d. d lu Fuel 1 company compan j The accusations in the complaints complaint were wore pretty strong against certain persons persons persons per per- sons and the grand Jury found a a. fertile fertile fertile fer fer- fer- fer tile ground In which to work for evl dence to sub substantiate the charGes charge against prominent men William H H. r r- Bird who was shown to have been connected with the scandal i-candal In a promInent prominent prominent prom prom- wn way was dead and no Indict Indict- mont could coul reach him but Robert Rober j. j 1 Forrester prime mover in the sc ur- ur ii ing of or lands through dummies was wa t found to be Vulnerable as were others other Implicated in the frauds The Indirect accusations in the origInal Inal bills against ag Mr Ir Wells it Is no not believed will result In an Indictment t. t although It ft Is believed that when shen th the r. r rt t grand r nd Jury reconvenes In January Mi 11 Mr i 1 Colton Charles Challes Mostyn Owen and oth oth- ers erg will be Indicted 7 It was as shown In the evidence that tha went before the Interstate commerce commission lon that II H. G G. Williams genera gent gen gen- t 7 era manager of the Utah Ulah Fuel compan company com corn y pan pany was prominently Identified I Ithe In the work of carrying out the illicit if scheme of or his company compan found dummies dum t mies rides and steered them to the ground which the Utah Fuel company later late acquired Evidence E Against Forrester i 1 V r Robert nobert Forrester had man many a bad day before the interstate commerce z commission and it Is believed that I more lama damaging evidence was presented present present- I ed d to the tho grand ju |