The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-06
UNDER ARREST NOW

MISS WARE OF EUGENE TAKEN,
IN CUSTODY IN PORTLAND
FOR LAND FRAUDS.
Mckinley, who conspired with her
Also Arrested-The Frauds are
Many and Further Arrests
are Likely-Other
News.
Portland June, 4.-sThey tell
me | am to be arrested. Well heres
I ami"
Dressed in the height of fashion,
with her beautiful auburn locks
artfully coiled about her shapely
head, and witha smile upon her
dainty rosebud lips, Miss Marie
Ware entered the Office of Deputy
United States Marshal Pres Worth
ington exactly at noon today.
With the above remark the hand-,
some young woman greeted the Off
Ger as he advanced to meet her with
the warrant in his hand. Forgery
and conspiracy is the charge.
Within 10 minutes from the
time she entered the Federal BuiIsx
ding, Miss Ware had been taken
into custody, had listened to the
charges against her, had heard the
date of her hearing, had given
bonds and gone forth free. Her
brief stay with the authorities was
more in the nature of a society call.
than an arrest.
Miss Ware is charged with
forgery and fraud in connection
with land swindles, alleged to have
been perpetrated by Horace G Nc
Kinley, 5. A. D. Puther and others
during the time that she was an
incumbent of the Office of United
States Land Commissioner at
Eugene.
The fact that Miss Ware was dis
missed from Office, that her alleged
Irregularities are said to have &C.
CURED while che was subject to the
authority of United States Land
Commissioner Binger Hermann,
who was also forciably renewed,
combined with the fact that she
was not taken into custody until
the votes for Mr.. Hermann had
been counted is causing consider
able comment.
United States District Attorney
Hall. in whose hands the prosecu-
ton rest, admits that he has held
authority for the arrest of Miss
Ware and three others for some
time.
Although it has been known for
months that arrests were likely to
follow the DISMISSAL of Mics Ware
from the office of Com issioner and
although Deputy District Attorney
Mays positively stated more tnan
week ago that warrant for Miss
Wares arrest would be issued tha
following day, the first actual step
toward bringing the alleged cul-,
prits to justice was taken late yes-
terday afternoon, when Horace G..
was arrested in this city. 1t is un-s
|derstood that it was not the origi-
nal intention af Mr.. Hall to bring
about the arrests so soon. but q
rumor that Mr.. Mckinley was
contemplating an Eustern trip pre-
cipitated his action.
Friday June 10Th is the day set
for the preliminary hearing of Nc
Kinley and Mas Ware, at which
time O'Day & Tarpley will appear
as counsel for the defense. The
line of evidence to be followed by
the defendents has not yet been
made known.
81 have nothing to say further
than that am entirely innocent Of
any wrong-doing," said Miss Ware,
sweetly, when seen after having
been arrested and released. 81 do
not care to make any statement to
the press. I have no fear of the
outcome,
A. R. Green special inspector in
the employ of the Department of
the Interior, and the man who has
collected much of the evidence
said to have been accumulated by
prosecution. today said that it was
impossible to estimate in money
the extent of land frauds that have
been going on almost uninterrup-
tedly for years. Further than to
say that unless it had been felt
that sufficient evidence had been
secured to make the prosecution
reasonably certain of the grounds
upon which it stood there would
have been no arrests, Mr.. Green
declined to be interviewed.