Lewiston inter-state news. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1905-1906, 1905-07-21
ARRESTS MADE TODAY
IN LAND FRAUD CASES
Indicted Men Taken. Before U. S. Commissioner
E. 0. Neill and Placed Under Bonds
of $4,000 Each

district of Washington. The others
were served under the direction Of the
Idaho marshal. They were sent from
Boise the first of the week. and the
accused men have all. no doubt, been
served by this time. The warrants for
the three indicted with Cornell for per-
jury will be issued soon. The informa-
will not come as a surprise as the an
nouncement was made several days
ago that Messrs. Kester and Ketten-
bach and others had been indicted. The
news then published was based on
semi -official utterances, taken in con-
nection with statements made on the
outside by witnesses before the grand
jury. Among those witnesses were:
O'Keefe, Cornell, Chas. w. Taylor,
Edward Dammarelt, Edgar J. Taylor
and Joseph H. Prentice. All of these
excepting O'Keefe figure as entrymen
in the Kester- Kettenbach timber deals
and some Of them may be in the list of
those indicted for perjury. Others who
made entries in pursuance of the al
legged conspiracy are Fred w. Shaeffer
and Royland A. Lambdin. The con-
spiracy indictments are divided into
two classes, the first embracing four
counts. The first count charges that in
Lewiston on April 25. 1904, Kester,
kettenbach. O'Keefe and Dwyer did
falsely unlawfully and wickedly con-
spire, combine, confederate and agree
together to defraud the United States
Of the possession OF large tracts of
land situated in the county Of Sho-
shone and state and district OF Idaho
and of great value, of which the fol-
lowing described land is a part" Ga
description Of land. about 100 acres.
following.)
This count then alleges that the four
men mentioned in the Indictment per-
suaded the entryman to swear that he
applied for the purchase OF the land
for his own use and in good faith and
not for speculative purposes and that
he had not directly or indirectly en-
tered into any agreement with any per-
son whatsoever by which title should
, pass to tnem.
The indictment charges, however
| that the entry was made on behalf o1
| the four men mentioned and that in
pursuance of the conspiracy they pait
or caused to be paid the money re.
quired to enable the entrymen to ac'
Guire title to the land
The other counts in this indictmen
are about the same, the name of tn
entrymen and the description OF tn
land and dates being the only changes
| The Joint indictment Of Kester, Ket
tenbach and O'Keefe for conspiracy
on three counts. follows the same line
as the other.
The Indictment charging Kester wit
subornation of perjury alleges that o.
June 10. 1903, he did unlawfully, feloni
ously,s wilfully and corruptly suborr
: instigate and procure Ivan r. Cornee
to locate certain timber lands under a
agreement with Cornell whereby It'll
should pass to Kester. The chars
against Robnett refers to the transao
ton of August %. 1902. in which 10,
II. Benton was entryman, the chare
: being in line with the Cornell case. A
the indictments refer to the offici,
: transactions having occurred In IL
r Lewiston land office, the oaths bein
: administered by Register West. TT
most OF the land is in Shoshone count
2 although some Is in Latah.