Show l I r r. r l I 0 08 I. I 8 14 f. f 8 FO 1 R CED Il I r 1 t. t i t I r t t i 1 tf 1 EIo t 18 I r If UT T II N r I tl Y Jf Il A 4 K qt- qt I J E ES r S 'S T i T r U. U J I t L 4 ii t. t ji i is PU nr i Jv r i I 4 cAsE cigE IS E 1 i Bo H fe l Fred FredA Ji J A rl 1 tj 4 Sant m i 1 knoW coal land f fraudulently acquired ac 1 in Utah and to punish the corporation and individuals indi I who had conspired to defraud the government of its coal lands The TIe terms of settlement are rc l V uel cl company compall pleaded guilty to criminal crim inal con conspiracy 10 to defraud 11 the United I St States out of 1163 1463 acres Heres of coal conI landin land in Sevier county Criminal actions on tamo H char charges cs H against G C. C Wil- Wil Ham general manager of the Utah Fuel company A. A II II H. vie Co vice Ice president pres iC ident Hobert Robert elo t EIJU ElI Elroy El- El I JU roy t N. N Clark Clarl attorney for company D. D los Foster cr Edwin V. W. Senior nUll anil Thomas t A. A Moore are nrc d Tho Utah Fuel C restores to tu tile the United States It by deed tech title to the 1 11 1110 i to 10 lid crest a unlawfully secured nirl SI 13 13 purchase l' l paid for fill lands and nil all coal contained Five I equity suits n against the Utah Fuel litel company Pleasant Valley Coal company and Morten Trust COm company of y Ncy York to recover several thousand and acres of c coal coul h minis lands for huh luch patent has been c n Issued ucal on the lie ground of or unlawful ful acquisition through h the thc u tic o of or dummy anti and entry 1111 women wo vo- men are dismissed tl The Thc Utah Fuel company pays the UnI 1 States SID OO for u use un and benefit hod de-hod from the time patented coal land laud and retains the time land The United States has won one ot of the greatest victories j In the history of oC land hand fraud prosecutions The great Denver Rio Grande Crande railroad and the Utah Fuel Fuch company Its subsidiary corporation corporation corpora corpora- tion thou and seven e of ot Its officers and agents agent acknowledged that they Iud had conspired to defraud the tho United States out of oC 1 1240 40 acres t r coal coni lands The oases eames In Utah have been bean known 48 as the Utah Fuel coal fraud cases By cry means l known to the tho legal proCession profession pro pro- Cession the tho attorneys for tho the defendants defendants defend defend- ants have tried to lo free treo their Clients from the of or the law first by lighting light fight lug ing nr- nr the tho Indictments returned IJ by tho the Utah fedora federal grand ran jUr Jury ani and then by trying to break the time law under which h the Indictments were drawn Not until un- un til tn the court of tho the United States had upheld the conspiracy Continued on fn n Page Two TITO I CORPORATIONS FORCED U TO MAKE RESTITUTION Continued from front On One statute and anel declared indictments drawn under It good did their efforts cease lr tr Attorneys Attorney's Ctorn 1 Facing the criminal chal charge e before a Jury at last the Indicted men and anil their attorneys weakened and a settlement nt was proposed by which alono alone co could ld tho the government hope nope to bo be repaid Corthe forthe for Cor forthe the lands stolen by fraudulent methods On consideration of ot the tho plea plen of at guilty by the Utah Fuel company compan and tho seven seven seven sev sev- en Individual defendants on the tho conspiracy conspiracy con con- charge the suits were dismissed with Ith the exception of ot the tho one ono against a the Utah Ulah Fuel company Yesterday afternoon afternoon aft aft- In the Federal court Jude o John A. A Marshall l fined tho the fuel company compan within 2000 of ot the tho maximum penalty and the Utah Fuel company fraud cases wore were over The Tho settlement is re regarded ar ed n. n as 9 a great personal victory for tor Fred A. A Maynard special assistant to the attorney general gen gen- oral eral In charge chargo of the Utah coal fraud prosecutions and Colonel IT Ii E. E Booth U. U S. S district attorney of Utah Whilo In Washington ton last month taking tho the deposition for tho to Morton Trust com cm pany Mr l Maynard further U tightened tho the chains of or evidence around the de tIe- and J. J F. F Valle Vaile general counsel counsel coun coun- sd sel of or the Gould system offered a a. set set- At first the terms were not satisfactory but finally with a better hetter offer otter Mr Ir l Maynard carried c the tho matter to Attorney General George Geirge e W. W Wickersham Wickersham Wicker Wicker- sham who agreed with him hini that the government should accept Satisfactory t to Gon Government The Tho settlement Is regarded as most satisfactory to the government especially es especially es- es as ns a recovery of at the coal lands still sUJI left len to the Utah Fuel company compan by the tho dismissal of or the equity suits would practically mean that the time government g would havo have to go Into tho time coal mining business This follows because more than 2 in Utah Fuel company bonds have been sold to Innocent purchasers purchasers pur pur- chasers scattered all aU over tho the world With tho the outstanding bonds making a mortgage a against the government government govern govern- ment mont tho the recovery of ot the lands would be surrounded by unprofitable features The case against Thomas A. A Moore was dismissed alon along with the others Moore was indicted for perjury in givIng In ing evidence before the grand Jury forthe for tor forthe the Utah Fuel company and anti tho Individual Individual Indi Indi- vidual conspirators Tho Utah Fuel company tine fine was paid to Clerk Gerald II n. Letcher of the federal court at once upon tho the entry of the tIme pleas of ot guilty New York bonds to the amount of were handed to Mr Mu Maynard nard and Indorsed over to George Georgo W. W Wickersham attorney gen- gen nf cral the tho United States tates jl Mr l li and anti M l nard have been John M M. Zane of or Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago eago and John M 31 L Waldron of ot Denver special counsel to assist the legal staff start of the Gould railroad in tho lImo cases Following Fol Fol- lowing the Indictments In the criminal rases ases and the unsuccessful efforts to f Freak reak them and the law under which I the they were drawn tho the preparation for the trl trial l of tho the cases during tho present I term torm of the federal court has nas gone on with the Ue lc legal al array both for Cor the prosecution prosecution prose prose- cution and defense at work Time The criminal Indictments returned returned re re- re- re turned January IS 1907 hut but tho the trial has been deferred deterred on account of ot the thc a ac- ac of ot the defense In tr trying to break the tho law FI right ht in iii 1007 1000 Tho The equity suits against the Utah Fuel company the Morton lorton Trust compan company com eom- pan pany and tho the Pleasant Valley Coal company company com corn pany Party were flied filed In tho the federal court carl early In Jul July 1906 Judge Marshall referred the taking of or testimony to late S. S H. H Lewis master in chancer chan chan- cery Before the tho master Attorneys s 's Maynard and Booth summoned h hundreds hun hun- un- un of ot witnesses for tor the governments government's case caso Many were wore the tho dumm dummy entry- entry men amen and employed by the coal companies to file on coal land as grazing land and then deed the land landover landover over to the companies or their agents The Tho evidence showed a uniform price of 50 CiO and expenses paid by time the Utah Fuel company to each entrant of ot acres The record of the evidence both on direct and cross examination has reached folios tollos After Atter the death loath of ot Master In Chancery Lewis John W. W Christy was waR appointed to continue the tho ho hearing I Every vor bit of evidence both on general and technical questions per por- taming to the tho character and manner of or acquisition of ot the lands In southern Utah was vigorously vl contested by John M M. l Zano and anti B D. D M. M I. I Allison attorneys for Cor tho the defense defonse To take depositions of the Morton Trust frust company Royal floyal C C. Pea Peabody bod and other witnesses including many prominent geologists in tho the gem gov service three trips ha have been boon taken to time East by the tho attorneys of both sides The Tho record promised to bo ho the largest b by many thousand pages ever presente present present- e ed eu to the Utah federal court court- Oth Other r than tho examination cross of ot the prosecution prosecution pros pros- witnesses tho the defense had put nut In but little Its of 0 tense defense and another year would havo have been needed to complete com corn piote tho the record Question of f. In view of or the fact tact that p patent tent to tu tho the coal lands had passed to the agents of ot teh Utah Fuel and Pleasant sant Valley Valloy I companies tho the case caso was a very turn turn- cult one on which to obtain a I ery for tor the tho government go tho the whole I mattar matter mattor mat- mat tar tor resting resting- on arm the question of ot fraud To prove this against the tho ho defendant companIes com corn after they had surrounded their titles with many covered transactions was questionable Against the tho same samo kind of oC fraud cases casos the government has tailed failed to establish its caso case In many ninny suits tiled filed sinco ISO 1815 With the dismissal nl of or tho the Utah Fuel cases casell but onu ono coal fraud case remains on the docket In Utah United States against Don C. C Walter G. G Fil Fil- Cr er cr Charles M. M Freed and I lid Edwin win W W. Senior The defendants were Indicted January Januar 13 iS 1007 un-ler un the same ame statUte statute stat stat- ute as us the Utah Fuel company nn mind Its officers and agents criminal conspiracy UC acy to defraud t the e government Jo of or coal lands Judge Marshall II has set the trial of or tho cases for tor May 10 to |