The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-18
Asserts His Innocence.

After detailing the charges. he said:
! assert in the most positive and un-
/ quahhed manner that each and every
one OF these charges, insofar as they
relate to or involve me, are absolutely.
unqualihedly and atrcciousiy false and
i here and now Indignantly and def
anuy deuOunce their authors. and each
and every one of them, and brand them
publicly as malicious and atrocious
liars
Following this general denial with
one more specific. the senator spoke
substantially as follows:
But / desire to be more specific and
therefore 1 further deny. in terms the
most absolute and unqualified which I
am capable of using. that I ever. either
lin the month of January. 1902. i'm the
state # Oregon or at any other time
or place. uulaWfuly or feIOuiOuSIy or
otherwise cOnspired with Binger Herr
mann, then commissioner of the land
office, and :. A D. Puter. Horace q.
Mckinley, y. W. Tarpley. Emma l..
Watson, Salmon 3. Ormsby. Clark T.
LOOMS and William H. Davis, or with
either or any of them, or with any 9TH
er person or persons. to GefTaud the
United states out OF any part of its
public lands located either ian township
II, south of range Z east, i'm the state
Of Oregon or any other public lands
either IL the state of Oregon or else
where. - - -
Denounced as Liars.
II assert. furthermore in the most
absolute and unqualified manner. that
any and all statements by any person
or persons to the effect that I ever al
any time or place entered into a con-
spIFacy with all or any OF said persons
or they or any of them. with me TO
defraud the United States ont OF am
part of its public lands in the state of
Oregon or elsewhere. either by false or
forged homestead applications, afida-
WITS, or proofs are absolutely. unquaIi-
Hedty ana atrociOusiy false. and DEFY
my defameTs and challenge them 10
produce any evidence other than that
of condemned thieves. forgers and per-
jurers to sustain any such charges
Received No Money.
Z further deny in the most absolute
and unqualified terms that :. A. d
Puter did, either in the city of Wash
mgton on March 9, 1902, or at any other
tlrne or place offer me or pay to or give
me-nOr did / on March g. 1902 in
Washington, D. g, or at any other time
or place, accept or receive from said
: A d PuJer the sum of 50. eco OF. any
other amount whatever, either in TWO
$1,000 bills, or any other denoniDa ticn
or amount whatever as an inducemeDt
to use my influence with BinEer Herr
mann, then commissioner Of the general
land Office, 70 induce him, as such com
missioner. t. pass to patent twelve GER
nome
stead entries whatever or for any other
purpose.
And I here Indignantly. with all the
force I can command, deuOunce the
public statement of 5. A. d. Puter that
ne, on March Q. 1902, at Washinatorl. ID.
c. paid me 81 coo in two 81. 900 bills as
wilfully. maliciOusly, unQualihedly ana
atrociously false"
Attack Upon Heney.
Then the senator attacked Francis J
Heney, an assistant United States ar
torney in the prosecution of the land
fraud cases, accusing him OF unprofes-
sionaf conduct in the jury room and as
sorting that subsequent TO the eouvic-
lions in the land fraud cases early i'm
December and before sentence had beeD
imposed. Heney engaged with United
States District Attorney John H Hall
in representing the government in the
prosecution of said case, entered into
an agreement with the said s A. ID.
Puter. Emma l.. Watson and others in
Guided in said conspiracy. by which
they offered clemency or leniencv of
some kind or character, provided they
would. by their evidence. involve my
self. Mr.. Hermann and others in these
frauds"
The senator referred TO his long
career in the senate, and said that.nCt
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