The San Francisco call., 1904-04-22

to those set forth in the indictment.
Was this true?"
We'll, it may be possible that some
letters were laid on my desk and
just put my name to them without
looking to see what they contained.
This was one of the witness slips.
For the next half hour the Government
lawyer kept him on nettles by pro-
ducing paper after paper filed with
the department and bearing date after
Dhnond swears he had quit Hyde's
service, refusing longer to act as his
attorney because he believed his client
was crooked" These documents in
cluded appearances and letters urging
the department to immediate action
on the Hyde lieu selections. The
names of c. W. Clark, the millionaire,
and Elizabeth Dimond, the alleged
myth, appeared among the selectors
and the cases were a portion of those
which the witness had already admit
ted to have excited his suspicious.
Heney pressed Dimond to explain how
his acts in these selections, after he
had denounced Hydes methods, could
be harmonized with his professions OF
innocence, but the witness took refuge
in his former statement that he be-
lieved the fraud, if fraud there were.
had been committed against the States
of California and Oregon, rather than
the United States.
HENEY PRODUCES DOCUMENTS.
Then Heney dug down into his leath-
er bag and drew forth bunch of four
letters. Dimond seemed to anticipate
what was coming and braced himself
in his chair. First the Government at
torney called Detective Burns to iden-
tify the letters.
THE first and second" he said, "I
received from Secretary Hitchcock.
The second and third came to me by
mail.
The first two letters, as appeared by
their postmarks, had been mailed in
San Francisco on the same day, De-
cember 90. 1908, the very day that Di-
mond had his angry interview with
Hyde. Dimond denied that he had
ever seen these letters or sent them
to the secretary. They were then read,
hing in part as follows:
SAN FRANCISCO.
Mr. Secretary: Note the school sections
taken in the lands Withdrawn in Southern Cal
ifornia You will find that F A. HYDE and
have have them all You will find the same parties
have all in Northern California although
their names do not appear. If STAGE had been
worth the powder to blow him UP he would
not have talked much at Sacramento:
your were fools. He knew every move
that was made and blocked them at every
turn You will find the truth was told in Ari-
zona but your men weren't smart enough to
nail it or use u.s. It when n. you got IL You better
find why w. X. Slack remained in HIS pay
a he left his ernDlOy Why ~
find E. Dimond? or Jennie Blair? You saw
their names on the deeds; some must have
signed. So STAGE told you he heard of her
(Elizabeth) in Oakland. did he? Ha. ha, the
Bush too thick for him and obscured his
it ever occurred to him that some was
Hyde-ing behind that particular Bush. You
will find c. w. Clark is owed so much money
he has to stand in. You will find that all
the parties who give so good character have
been let in on the Doodle. You will find your
suspension order the best thing you ever did
II you follow it up. Send good men, if you
have any; Grand Jury. arrest and make pub
lie: that is the thing How much he paid his
dummies his barber and friends. Get hold of
his pet A. Dickenson: she knows a thing
or two and would tell on the stand Show up
his double life. and above all. stop your office
II the Government wishes to act in this
matter and really wishes to punish the guilty.
any question inserted as personal in the San
Francisco Chronicle and signed Government
will receive prompt reply Very respectfully.
Mr.. Secretary: When Mr.. Pugh and Mr..
STAGE started for, Arizona, your trusted
Frauds Div. wired Hyde full particulars
and details of what SCHNEIDER had said. AS
consequence they failed to get him to repeat 1t.
HYDE again was fully informed. and naturally
bought SCHNEIDER. He has at all times full
advance information and ownes many of
your clerks and many State officials your
case will be hard to prove His statement to
the s. r. Call Published to- day ODE
cember 22), is of course false. Don't
fall into the error of supposing Benson is a
member of any of the Hyde companies. Ben
son is simply tool to carry out schemes. and
Hyde takes half the returns so his name may
be kept out. Benson is always hard up'' and
HYDE loans him money to hold him in his
power Each hates the other and either
would testify against the other to save him.
self Your men did not know that Hyde owns
the Surveyor General Wood and talked too
much at Sacramento. Hyde paid Woods cleo