Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-29
BIC LAND NEWS MAN Is UP
A. B. Todd ArreS cd At Denver to Be
Tried in Omaha.
CASE MAY OPEN ONE THOUGHT OVER WITH
just How Close Relation Prisoner
Bears 60 Richards and Com
stock Remains 60 ne
shown I'm Court.

A. B. Todd is under arrest at Denver
under a warrant sworn out by the United
States authorities of Omaha charging him
with subornation Of perjury in securing
fraudulent land filings from old soldiers
and others within the slade ranch enclosure
Of approximately 10000 acres In Sheridan
and Cherry counties, Nebraska, which Is
owned and controlled by the Bartlett
Richards and w. G. Comstock land and
cattle syndicate. The secret service agents
Of the government under the direction Of
Special Agent Wheeler have been on the
trail Of Todd for some weeks, but he has
managed to elude arrest until Monday,
when he was located and arrested at Den
yer, and now awaits the action Of the fed
eral authorities there for his removal to
Nebraska.
Todd will be arraigned before United
States Commissioner Anderson OF Omaha,
who Issued the warrant for his arrest.
discriminating letters were found in Todd o
possession that show the collusion OF promi-
nent land holders, indicating Todd was
acting for them. Just low far Bartlett
Richards and w. @. Comstock MY be con-
nected with the matter remains to be
shown.
Todd q smooth worker.
Todd is a former NeDraskan. his home
being at Plattsmouth, and he lie regarded
as one of the smoothest of the land agents
of land grabbers in the country. lie will
be brought to Omaha Wednesday or Fri
| day, or as soon as the necessary extradi-
ton papers can be procured.
He is charged with almost identically the
! same ofTenses for which Frank Lambert,
| Harry Welsh and Rev. G. G. Ware are now
under indictment. though not with the l.
| b. T., but with the Spade ranch.
The trial of the federal criminal docket
! OF the United States district court will be
| begun early next week, or Immediately
upon the conclusion of the case OF Cornell
against Convent of Mercy, now on trial be-
fore Judge Munger.
Under the old trial docket OF indictments
| formerly rendered by the federal grand
| jury there are fifteen land-fenclng cases to
be tried, four violations of the postal laws
three schemes TO defraud two false claims
one forgery. one cutting timber on the pub
lie lands and one counterfeit case. Their
in addition to these are the fifty indlct
ments returned by the session OF the grand
! jury just closed.
Ware Case Comes First,
| As at present intended, the Rev. c. q
Ware case will be the first called for trial
However, there may be some delay in tht
calling Of this case, as T. j. Mahoney
counsel for Ware, who is employed in tn,
Convent OF Mercy case, says he has had ne
time to examine the indictment against
Ware and may ask continuance until
| later in the term.
In any event the Iand-fencing cases will
be the first brought to trial. with prefer
ence being given to the old indictments
and such as may have been additionally in
| eli ar Oh
the land laws. The Ware case is one O
these. Ware was indicted in May last To-
Illegal fencing Of public lands and at tn,
last term of the grand jury of conspirac,
In securing fraudulent filings.
Several special agents of the land ONO,
are In the city to- appear as witnesses
against the land offenders
An official connected with the investiga
lions, who does not desire his name to b,
given, said Tuesday morning:
II can give you positive assurance tina
the biggest of these land fencing cases Il
yet to come. There will be no let up OF
these prosecutions and some OF the BIZ
offenders who have escaped on a techni
cality will yet be caught and punished &C
cordingiy."
The official did not. in 50 many words
say this referred to Bartlett Richards an,
w. G. Comstock.
Grand Jury Through.
The federal grand jury for the Novem
Der term concluded its work Tuesda,
morning by returning seven additional in
dictments. The parties indicted are not We
Inder arrest and consequently their name
cannot be given out for publication. How
ever. II is understood the indictments ar
largely in the land fencing cases, thougl
4 two of them at least are for offense
against the postal laws.
The grand jury had been I'm session
since. November 10 and reported fifty in
dic1ments. About thirty of these were 10
violation of the liquor laws on the In
dian reservation and elsewhere, Ave 70
violation OF the postal laws. 1--WE for subor
nation OF perjury and the remainder reia
ting one way or the other to the illega
fencing OF the public lands.
Liquor selling Case.
Orville B. Hober of Fullerton, recent,
indicted by the federal grand jury for sell
ing liquor without first accommodating II
self to the government usage of taking on
a special tax was arrested Monday even
ing by Deputy Marshal Holman and brough
TO Omaha 10 plead. He entered a plea 0
not guilty and was bound over to the dis
trict court in 500 for his appearance. HI
gave bond
Information was filed by the Unite,
States district attorney Tuesday evening
against Fishtail Lincoln, James Lincoln
and Ruth Black Deer, Omaha Indians, To-
the forfeiture OF a team that was seizet