Show l I GOVERNMENT AGENT AGENT ACCUSED OF FRAUD V Major Chittenden of Seattle Said aid to Have Profited by Knowledge of Afia Affair 1 V I x Seattle Feb IS IS Major Major Hiram M. M Chittenden en of or the United d States engineer engineer engineer engi engi- neer corps in of tho the work In Inthis inthis this his district Is accused of defrauding the he KO go in the matter of public public pub pub- lic lie land locations In Im Ith action filed him today In the federal court courtIn courtn In n the name of or Attorney General Charles J. J Bonaparte The complaint also muk s Major Chittendens Chittenden's dens den's brother Clyde Clelo C C. Chittenden Ira IrL E. E Frederick Fountaine T J. J I Ta Ih Derwent V William III lam II 11 Brown Drown and their their- wives I Major Chittenden anil his brother are arc charged with having fraud fra I obtained 1 lL a patent of or ares cs of or valuable valuable val sal coal land lant In Skagit county This land was waa subject to lo entry as coal land and nd it Is charged l that Major aJor Chittenden Chittenden Chittenden Chit Chit- conspired with Fountaine Foun Foun- tame taine Derwent and Brown Drown causing the tho land to be taken token up nn and entered In their name but In reality for tor himself him him- self self- an and brother The complaint recites recipes that thiL the locators loca loca- tors tore to perfect tho the title and procure patent to the land in question paid through the Seattle land Jand ot- ot flee and that time the money was supplied b by Major and his brother The government Is n asked ked to annul tho the patent find and to declare tho money paid ld for Tor it forfeited |