The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-11-18
LAND COMMISSIONER
COMES WEST PERSONALLY
TO INVESTIGATE LAND
FRAUDS.
Richards Is Said to Have Framed a
New Bill, Which Will Be
Placed Before the Next
Congress, to Stop Land
Frauds.

San Francisco, Nov. 15.-To lend
his personal aid to the in yestiga ton
now going on at the isnd -tff ss
throughout Oregon, Washington
and California, w. A.. Richards
commissioner OF the general land
office at. Washington. has arrived
in San Era CISCO, an is at the Oc--
cidental. So great mas become the
question and so G oss have the
frauds grown to be that Richard
son; desires to make personal in
vestigation.7 II
The main business of the land
office of late has been really, con-
cerned with the Pacific states. To
stop the frauds, Richards is said to
have framed new bill, which will
be pl iced before the. next congress.
In order to make it comprehensive,
he will study. conditions here. in.
Oregon and in Washington. Mr..
Richards eaid tonight: s, .5.. ...4g
The inyes igation into the sever
al matters which have been brought
to public notice Of late has not been
completed-that is, that the, report
hes not been filed. So I can cay
nothing as 10 these matters. Ny
visit here is largely a private one,
owing to the i'll health of my daugh-s
ter, and to the des re to see old
friends. In 1879 I was el4c-ed
county surveyor of Santa Clara,
and have many friends in the
state. ~ f. ,s.-.
M. Richards went to California
and went to Wyoming. where from
1894 to 1899, be occupied the posi-
tion OF governor. In 1899 he was
appo nted, assistant commits sioner;of
the general land Office, and later
was given the important position
be now f Is. - "a
S slem. Or, Nov 14.-In county
court today Judge Scott heard tes-.
timopy, upon the petition of Mrs.
Henry Oilschlager for the appoint-
ment of guardian for the estate of
the insane husband. Objection was
made by nephew and nleees upon
the ground that the petitioner ia
not the wife Of Oilschlager, though
she has been living with him as
such for 16 years.
The wife testified she had no.
written evidence of MARRIAGE but
that in P Philadelphia 16 years ago
she and Oilschlager went through
ceremony in English which che,
being German, did not understand,
but she was, told she. was married
and had always been led to- believe
such vas the case. Opposing testi-
npepy was that Henry Oilscblager
had. denied during the. last seven
years that the woman was his wife.
These denials were made since he
6, ffsreda paralytie stroke, which is
alleged to have impaired his mental
fsealties. The case has, no t been
decided. Governor Chamberlain
and p. HI. darcy appeared for the
wife, W hile Bonham, 4 Martio APP
peared for the nephew. The copI
test Is for the control of property,
which amounts to several thousand
dollars. 4 j ii
Burns, Or, Nov. 14.-Sherif Al
len Of this county, and Constable, :,
T. NJ. Mccoy, Of Elko, New, arriv.
ed here Monday night with Harry
Egbert, the murderer of John G.
HSaxton and Jack West. Mccoy
came from Elko at the special in,
vitatien of Sheriff Allen, as he had
been the chief factor ia the run ming
down Of Egbert.
Soon after arriving in Burns, Eg
bert. was .arraigned before Judge
Clifford, of the circuit court, to
whom he denied the name of John
Frost, asserting that his true name
was Egbert.. Asked if he had means
with which to procure counsel, he
replied that he had not. The court
appointed "A. D. Leedy, Of Canyon
City, to defend Egbert, and he was
remanded to Jail. At 80 Tuesday
afternoon the case was called up
and the defense, before pleading,
submitted a motion to dismiss the
Indictment as defective. The mo-
/ ton was argued and overruled, and
Tuesday, Decem Der /, at 10 A. M.
was set as the time for bringing the
case to trial.
/ There has been no demonstration
of any kind against the prisoner.
| There is general satisfaction that
| he is safe within the grasp of the
! authorities and that his trial at ar
early date is assured.