New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-16
DULUTH LAND PATENT SCANDAL
THE REED PATENT'NOT THE FIRST STOLEN
FROM THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
CHARGES AND AFFIDAvITS FILED WITH THE
COMMISSIONER DUPLICATING THE SAME
MEN IN A SIMILAR ACT LAST
ley TELEGRAPH TO THE IRIBUNE.l
AUGUST.

Washington Jan. 15.-The investigation In the Gen
eral Land Office into the matter OF the now notorious
Duluth patent for mineral lands stolen ont oil inc
Office in the interest and for the benefit OF Hartman
& Mallet Notwithstanding the fact that controversy
involving the same land was then pending before the
Secretary OF the Interior and written protest against
the patcnt was on file with the entry papers In the
General Land Office has directed particular attention
IN the operations of the "cOmbnc' OF holdovcr
Democratic officials and their outSce assistants opera
ing in the Duluth and other land DISTRICTS ana nc"
and startling developments are now inc oroer Oh INC
day. ..,.
charged in the Investigation with having procured the
cIandcstlnc issue Of the Reed patent were Luther
urri.o, and p H. seymour Hartman e MallcpS regll-
,o washington reprc,cntatives and that one tlcldcr
u Cbcvr and one r. NJ. MarbIc-the latter an cX-
Democratic Register Of the Duluth Lana Oihcc-M
the attorneys Of combine" at that end oil inc inc
II will also be rccocccd that, when exposed by inc
testimony in the pending investigation, the Washing
ton attorneys named set up the claim that the Issue oi
the patcnt was all a mistake that the combine were
really after another crooked patent instead OF inc
one in question: and that. to give color to TINS I'M
po.ition upon the committee telegram was prouuccu'
which had been sent by one O. H. Herring 10 Luther
HARRISON and in which, It asserted, there was al
error In Transmission. The attempted Imposition "a'
fully exposed by the testimony, as has been stated III
dispatches. lut IL - ii"P"'''''N -
view Of subsequent developments. that this same
O. H. Herring is a Washington attorney, having an
office I'm common with Harrison; and that he Is also
regular business correspondent Of the Duluth attor
ncy Chew. 49,. 49,
If has Just leaked out that the Reed patent was
not the first one stolen out OF the once Oy inc ''
hinc or certain members Of it, but mat as IohH a.
a., August last another one was procure" u''u0'
similar IT, indeed not atrocous. circumstance
written charges lieu WIN
I, commissioner of the General Land Oilce are IN
substance a, follows: 49,. ,,,n.,
District was pending in the Special Agency pN'''O'
- the General Land Office. being suspchueu uPo''
tr.cs ~ fr,ud Ia this situation contest aihoaNl'
y..,s filed against the same: and, being rco'Nou ~
Division II. the contest branch Of the once 'N''
divi.on withdrew the entry from the spechi NNcn''
nl,i.iou IN accordance with the usual pIacu'e' u,
f,iturc con Iteration. To prevent any po'Sl''''s W
u,t.ut the attorney for the contestant hl'u '' NV
.i,, n a written cavcat and protest "e'n'' ",'
action pending the filing Of papers - '"i'pe' ~,
,,,.,.t This under the law and practice. su'peiu''
q, ..,,., 10. 3D.. casa The day following the ming
, ,ti. .,ve,t in the absence " the CLERK h'Nl"-
,.-r..r ,,,r., q tai, case. the papers We'' '"","
Damn bi, desk and given to another ccr. iHlhUS 'i{
oavcat. and. upthiu; dppeai ~ 1-'' n.yi-.o1 wa,
E p',t division returned to the Division ron ~
IL had ,ri..ullF been Withdrawn ''t' W. f,,- d,rs
~ ,-t..t If The attorney thus m} -t"r"u-lN sup
pr.-,ed ha, never sine" come To- I-"' 49,. rr,,urc
,i.d alice that aI tm, Was done hy lne F"t
mcnt 81 90. H. l';i"- a'H m iIc Hartman ~
torncy, 30 .cr.n,h ,mi'''t " aGd il IL asserted
49, In the charge, mentioned, thAi th's' a,'"'n.,,
i,a a,rc-- TO- and actually had CUSTODY "', @ f,bc
1it. - M. oavcat and 10, disappearance up", ttn
following day. II l' 'h,i-"l' ','.,.r N,,,lrrl.
in -N o;te, similar CO. S letter. OF cautciia
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