Show APPLICATIONS WERE ERE SIGNED IN BLANK Damaging Testimony Produced in hi Land Fraud Cases Cases' at 4 V Washington s lin t ts DEFENSE F NS E S SCORES R S. S ph Attorney General Will Make Fight to Get California Records in Court Washington lon April 1 10 O- O More More damaging darn dam am- am aging testimony was developed in the time trial of or l Hyde yde Benson Denson Dimon antI and Schneider charged charge with land lantI frauds b by the United States attorney to today a t. t The testimony expose exposed the thc manner in which school lands were procured and how applications for these lands were signed in blank and later sent to 0 notaries by olce boys bos Incidentally the tile defense score scored heavily for fot the lie first time line since the trial began while Miss ls s Marion Marlon I. I L Doyle Dole one of or the lie witnesses for fOl the lie government o was on omi the lie stand Miss Doyle Dolo was employed as a stenographer stenographer steno steno- grapher in H Hydes Hyde's des de's office from fromn 1899 to lo 1901 1901 She identified while under the of or examination cross cros signatures Hyde rde and antI Ben OM to certain agreements agree agree- ments providing for a division l of oC proceeds pro pro- cee coeds s from the sale of lands in which the they had hatI a a Joint Interest Counteract cl Coln Collusion tol Charge This was wa brought out to counteract the charge of or collusion made by the government The Time documents were alne stained and antI scorched by Lr the lie lire in San Francisco Miss Doyle testified as asto asto asto to tho the clients who called on Hydo lydo who v desired to obtain land in In various parts of California She swore that ono one of his Ills duties utes was to choose the tim base or 01 school lands which were to bo be ex exchanged ex- ex changed subsequently for the lie land the client really realy desired Miss Isabella KIncaid 1 who was employed em cm- in from 1888 to 0 1897 19 testified that Hy Hyde e frequently directed her to fill iii in applications forland for tor forland torland land and power of or attorney many m ny of which were signed in blank and some somo sIgned by applicants after description tion tiomi ton of or the land kind had hatI been inserted She Shu he testified further as to Hydes Hyde's l es e's re relations relations re- re lations with wilh certain agents of or the theland theland theland land and antI tire the Interior tIc department To ro FI Tight Fight hl Injunction Attorney General Generl Bonaparte has Ilas In Instructed In- In tho the United States district at attorney attorney nt- nt torne torney at San Francisco to oppose ef efforts cC- cC e- e forts to obtain an injunction to lo prevent pre pie vent ent the tue records of or the tho United States Slates land office omco In California to be Le brought to Washington for u use e during the tho trial trIal |