Show WEALTH fly A f N or OR U IND aulty IN A CONSPIRACY iTO TO DEFRAUD THE government I 1 they had ha hired men mento 0 o swear falsely to homestead entries on land r omaha april 19 thomas M 1 I huntington ami B todd and fred hot were convicted in the united states court here today on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government out of about halt half a million acres of public lands in sheridan and sherry counties nebraska these mci oarn cro indicted jointly with s and corn com stock of the nebraska land and cattle company who were convicted last fall huntington who is a banker at gordon nebraska furnished the money to pay the expenses of the entry men when going to file upon the land hoyt Is a partner of huntington and is charged with having paid the expenses of five ave entry men and of having given them the descriptions of the land upon which they afterwards filed todd is from denver and procured old soldiers of iowa nebraska and illinois to place the fraudulent filings upon the homesteads |