The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-16
Land Frauds.

A special from Washington. ID. C..
under date Of Dec. 8, says: The fea-
ture of the annual report of f.. A.
Hitchcock. Secretary of the interior.
which was sent to Congress to-day.
was the extended review of the pros
ecution of Government land fraud
cases. Referring to the cases in Lou
isiana. Secretary Hitchcock says:
Indictments are pending in the
State Of Louisiana as follows:
Under Section 2.46l. United States
Revised Statutes, for cutting and re-
moving timber from Government
land. Tobe Simmons. Victor Durell
and John Sherman.
Under Section 5.43S, United States
Revised Statutes, J. l.. Bradford.
For conspiracy to defraud the Gov
eminent. nnder Section 5,440. United
states Revised Statutes. james l..
Bradford. W. II. Wright. George Bal
dey and Francis Lory, Jr.
Under Section 5,497. for embezzling
and converting to his own use money
of another person, j. Il. Wallace.
For perjury, under Section 1892.
Charles Despancy. NJ. A. Cooper. Ben
iamin L. Webb, Charles Dodd. Mack
Cooper, Martin V. Johnson, =. Il. By
ers. Leon Smith. +. q. Boyd. Weldon
Smith. Thomas Allen. Charles Pagan,
Green FOshee, Eli Dedgood, W. ID.
Dixon, w. II. Murray, X. A. Self. :. s.
Akin. Jr.. Frank Mashon. Allen Car
nth. John Dodd. Ida f. Bilingsley.
j. j. Davis, S. Y. Allen. j. J. Billings
ley. NJ. NJ. Hughes. Owen j. Mctlel-
land. Lloyd Palmer. Nat Massey. Ed
ward Dial, Bedie Akin. +. NJ. Ingalls,,
j. Il. Gorum, John N. Tilley. j. l..
Smith, j. J. Blackman. Fl. &. Parker,
Marion Bass. }. A. Smith. George K.
Anderson, J. X. Calcater. Noah ID.
McClond. NJ. NJ. Parker. MiliieC. Boyd.
J. NJ. Musgrove. A. A. Caruth. A. A.
Smith. Andrew Hall. J. N. Lawrence,
J. f. Lawrence, William NJ. Jones,
J. f. Whitaker. James l.. Durham.
J. NJ. Ferguson. II. J. Brock. jasper
ID. Smith. D. Il. s. Baker. j. &. White.
W. j. Sanders. J. N. Lucas. j. Nj.
Keen, Elmo Il. Stinson. g. Il. Allen,
]. II. Gilmore. WI. Fry, q. +. Smith,
L. Nj. sheldon. II. J. Rice. +. =. Wear,
\. S. Godfrey. Il. X. II. Godfrey. julius
T. Long. W. II. Adams, l.. L. Sanders.
Frank Weenis, John Spears, j. s.
Sanders, j +. Spiders. j. Y. Bayette.
.Jr.. II. j. Sanders. u. Il. Williams. NJ.
ID. Morris. G.. A. Williams. A. j. Frank
lin. w. T..Bruckner. q. w Franklin,
james L. Anderson, Elias Cruise. j. X.
Andrews, w. NJ. Baker. w. II. Davis,
2. v. Turnkey. George NJ. Irby. I. o.
Irby. x. H. Irby. Wyatt ID. BOtlie,
Richard Love. Tlsos. j. Flowers,
Isaac &. Adams, w. f. Grimshaw.
J. y. Irby, G.. p. Thornhill. Ernest
Crusr, George w. Cruise, ID. {. Frank
lin, j. Il. Franklin, Eve Il. DuhOn,
Ell Perkins. Isaac Burk. Griffin Vim
cent, j. b. Blackman. james ID. Luz
cuis, j. Il. Bronson, u. II. Blackman.
Georgia Antony. Jasper n. Self. John
A. Stay. Dock W. O'Neul. Luther Ii.
O'Neal, Andrew ,Lemoine. W.B. Keith,
| Walter Powell, Louis Farmer, VIM.
Farmer. A. j. Dunn, G. &. Farmer
We understand that most OF these
cases have been settled, AMI virtually
generating the settlers of any In
tended fraud, long before Secretary
Hitchcock sent his report to Congress,
which Is nothing more than review
OF the land cases coming under his
supervision during the past year.