The San Francisco call., 1904-10-03
DEFENDANTS ARRESTED.

The defendants in these indictments were
Immediately arrested one, John A. Benson, in
the State of New York; two, Frederick A. Hyde
and Henry p. Dimond, in the State of Cali
fornia. and the fourth, Joost H. Schneider, in
the District of Columbia The last named is
now held under heavy bail for his appearance
for trial. Proceedings under section 1O14 Of
the revised statutes Were at once instituted
in the States of California and New York to
secure the removal of the defendants arrested
in those States to the District of Columbia for
trial. These proceedings have been diligently
prosecuted. and in California have resulted in
decisions by both the United States District
and Circuit Courts for the Northern District of
California sustaining the conspiracy Indictment
and ordering the defendants, Hyde and Dimond,
removed to the District of Columbia for trial.
They have appealed to the Supreme Court of
the United States, and it is the purpose of the
Government to secure in that court an ad-
vancement OF the case on the docket ana
date The defendants are under heavy bail to
answer the decision Of the Supreme Court
when finally rendered Upon the indictment
for bribery John A. Benson has also been held
for removal to the District OF Columbia for
trial and has appealed to the Supreme Court.
Upon the conspiracy indictment, removal pro-
ceedings still pending against said Benson
in New York. with the expectation that they
will be concluded at an early date with like
favorable result. The action of the Secretary
of the Interior in suspending the selections
and entries of the public lands involved in the
conspiracy. and in refusing to issue further
patents upon such selections and entries, is
fully sustained by the decisions Of both the
States for the Northern District Of California,
above referred to.
AS an immediate and very important result
OF the investigation this gigantic combination
and conspiracy has been broken up and it's
power for evil-doing in the future utterly de-
stroyed- As further and ultimate results, the
fraudulent selections will alf~be cancelled and
the lands covered thereby restored to the pub
lie domain, and 1t Is the confident belief of
the Secretary of the Interior and Of the off,
cials having charge of the prosecution growing
out of the investigation that the guilty parties
will be convicted and such punishment meted
out to them as will not only be commensurate
with the magnitude of their crimes, but will
serve as a warning TO evil-doers in the fu-
ture.
GUILT is ADMITTED.
The statement then refers to indict-
ments found in the State of Oregon
against Horace G. Mckinley, Stephen
A. d. Puter, Marie L. Ware, Emma L.
Watson, Guy Huff, Maude Witt, H
Walgamot. Harry C. Barr, Dan w.
Tarpley, Charles Cunningham, Asa
Rayburn, Dallas O'Hara. Glen H. Sal
ing, Shelly Jones, Mark Shackleford,
Kate James and HenrN Meldrum. Con-
tinuing, the statemenr says:
In these prosecutions Charles Cunningham
Asa Rayburn Dallas o Hara. Glen M Sailing
and Shelley Jones have pleaded guilty and
sentence has been imposed upon all except
& o'Hara and Jones. The other cases were
set for trial at the May term, 1908 of the
Federal Court at Portland. Ore. but owing