The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-08-18

nanNt UDUvAl NpNtN
asked MAYS TO inform Hall Of the sub
iect OF my call. and he said he would
About ten days after when called
again 10 see Hall he was there but
could not see him. Some time after
telepboned him 10 appoint a time for
an interview but be refused 70 see me
Al the same time when with Mays
called the attention Of this eaiee ~
the land swindles that were g'iaS en
then and there about RoseoorS.
gave him names and adaresses q
parties at MI. Angel oregon. % cor
ner the thieves. but absolutely uoth-
ing was done.
Special Inspector Greene had oeca-
sion 10 look into It and was almost
scandallxed az the fragrant neglect Of
ofHciaI duty. I opened the question IN
the oregonian and the answer %
MAYS was that nothing can be done
before the fraud was consummated
and until the guilty parties come aud
accuse themselves of perjury. Good
for youl whose dummy are yoaf
Did YOU ever succeed In bluding BE-
fore? Your letter reached Secretary
Hitchcock. who over three months
ago ordered a speedy and vigorous
prosecution OF c. Thayer in the
courts. and which order you and John
Han have ignored and treated with
silent contempt In the same order
Secretary Hitchcock stated that Il is
not necessary that the fraud is con
summated to institute a prosecution;
moreover he ordered proceedings
against C. Thayer who never came
and accused himself Of perjury nor
admitted his fraud. c. Thayer is not
30 ignorant as TO accuse himself Of
perjury as you accused yourself in
your own letter under aimsy reasons,
Of neglect OF duty.
Don't Know Rev. seheli.
Afterwards I sent TO Hail a regis
tered letter telling him again Of the
C. Thayer and Roseburg swindle- His
answer was that he had never seen
me before and had never heard Of me
and the files OF his ONCE showed moth
ing Of me. Both Of my letters togeth.
er with his went 20 the Department OF
the Interior with two other letters TO
me from his Office dated few months
before. regarding the same subject.
Ny dear fripnds. your words might
protest. but stubborn facts prove and
convince J. II. Hall. you are paid by
the government TO prosecute frauds
against H. What are you going 10 do
with the order Of Secretary Hitchcock
AGAINST the perpetrator. c. Thayer?
This order seems to bring matters TO
your Official knowledge In due form
and also from the proper officer,
What are you waiting for to indict c.
Thayerg In a few days the statutes
Of limitations viii no longer allow you
to do so. and c. Thayer will laugh in
his sleeve. Whose orders do you
carry out. Secretary Hltchcocks or G
IA. Carey's. or c. Thayer's? We are
tired OF a three year play OF a con
tinuous and scandalous farce on 9
stage OF your jurisdiction and undel
your supervision. Either you know II
or not. and in either event your are
guilty OF incompetency or guilty o
neglect OF duty.
J. II. Hall and Il. Mays. any answel
or objection you may have is kind!
Invited. Since you are ayerse L
bringing suit In the special U. 5
court OF Oregon, you might perhaps
be willing TO bring IL in the general U
8. court OF Oregon.
We all remember that J. II. Hal
and Il. Mays are on the active list o
engineers running the Mltchell-Carey
Scott political machine. They surel,
oil enough, but will never clean II
Yes. we all remember II.
JOHN SCHELL.
The Hays AtiidaVit
STATE OF OREGON.
COUNTY OF MULTNOMAH, ss.
I. Chas Il. Hays. being first dul,
sworn on oath depose and say that
am tho contestant In seventy-fve o
more cases now pending In oregoI
City land Office as against timber en-
tries on the public lands In TillamoO
county, Oregon, that the reason 10
contesting these entries Is because
was and am convinced that all entrie
were made for the benefit OF Claud
Thayer and his associates and not 10
the beneht OF the individual entry
men. That after / had collected IN
evidence showing oollusion on the pai
OF Thayer and his associates | wer
TO u. 3. Commissioner J. A. Sladen q
Portland. Oregon. for the purpose {
having him issue a warrant for sal
Thayer's arrest Commissions
sladen told me- that / would have I
confer with the u. 5. attorney an
that n the U. 5. attorney prepared