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Show Hitchcock, the -witness testified, that individual lawyers, were Inforralne Mm of official action on matters of which the secretary of the Interior had not been advised. -M-.tchcock told Hermann that such procedure must he stopped, or the t.vivtary would himself take measures to stop It For tho defence Colonel AVorthlng-tcm AVorthlng-tcm opcnd by Introducing a muss of documentary evidence consisting of official reports mnde by Hermann and correspondence signed by him as commissioner. 'These documents showed that Hermann had on repeated repeat-ed occasions spoken of the frauds In the exchange of school lands, included in-cluded within the reserves for government gov-ernment lands located outside the reserves. re-serves. Also that Hermann had In several Instances opposed the creation crea-tion of new forest n-snos, or the extension ex-tension of the boundaries of those already al-ready established. Indicating that he would continue his opposition until the lieu land law had been repealed or amended no an to provide that the land within a reserve could be exchanged ex-changed only for land of like character charac-ter outside, of the reserve. PROSECUTION RESTS If HERHAM CASE Portland. Jan. 28. The prosecution today rested its case in the trial ct i former Congressman Binner Hermann i charged w ith . conspiracy to defraud I the government and without loss eif tlmo. the defense befgan tho Introduction Intro-duction of testimony. No sufficient progress had been made when court adjourned to disclose the line it will follow. W. Scott Smith, private secretary to Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock was the last witness for the government govern-ment and leFtlfiwd that early In 1901, the secretary sent for Commissioner Hermann and called his attention to serioua "leaks" io bla department. I |