The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-03


Not only are the cattlemen to suffer,
whose omenses gave the grand jury
its Inception, but men in high official
positions or who have held high posi-
tions under the government, may be
brought under the ban and sent to
prison.
There are whispers about the To-
peka federal building and some are
rather 1oud-but they do not say
whether officials Of the past or of the
present are tainted with guilt.
Whether it Will be a story OF con-
nivance and collision or of individual
offense-that too can only be de-
termined by the federal developments.
II could tell you some things that
would make your hair rise on your
head" said j. S. Dean, United States
district attorney on Saturday after
chow soon viii they. come out?" he
was asked.
With a federal od1eIafs customary
evasiveness he answered. I'VE could
not give them to you in advance ac-
Cording to our rules. And if we should
give them to you and they failed TO
resolve themselves into expected re-
suits, you would have some mOnstrOus
damage suits on your hands
Green Won't Talk.
A. r.. Green. special agent of the de-
partment of the interior. the personal
envoy of President Roosevelt. the
United states attorney general and
Secretary Hitchcock, the man who
gained a name and fame by convict
Eng a United states senator in the
northwest for his land frauds--he is
the man behind the guns who is
working up the evidence. He was APP
pealed To for information. But Mr..
Green is silent as q sphinx
'fWhat are you doing2" was asked of
7 j. g.
his private ONCE on the third floor of
the federal building his nose deep into
maps and records.
working" was his iaconic reply.
Before another question could be
asked of him he veered quickly I'm his
chair looked over his nose glasses.
stroked his gray beard and said again
working" This time his enuncia-
tfon was slow, decisive and distinct. 1t
meant exit for the uuestioner.
And no others but Mr.. Green and Mr..
Dean hold the key to the information.
They are the men who are leading the
big fight from which much may result.
BY Eathering up the ShFeds of Whis-
Pers and rumors which fly necessarily
about, it can be gathered that the
heaviest prosecution will be directed
at the southwestern quarter of the
state. where still the most open land
exists. Just now there are four spe-
cial assistants to Mr.. Green in that
territory and they are digging digging,
digging.
False Entries by Wholesale.
Speculation on the points of crimi-
nality involved I'm this section only give
out two certain ones uBon which in
dictments may be returned, illegal
fencing and false entries. ii has long
been a. commonly known and acknOwl-
edge fact that cattlemen in the west
ern part of Kansas have been illegally
enclosing tracts Of grazing land not
heir own
they find it lying idle. unclaimed
and impressed, and consequently
Just string wires about its circumfer-
ence and use &c for cattle pasturing
Turning to the false entries, it is found
that some OF the cattlemen got people
10 come from other points and file en-
tries on places. But these incomers
do not live on the land, as the law spe-
rfdcally requires. They simply fix up
the original papers and then sell to the
cattlemen who got them to come out
there. Tt is a scheme to get a title
that on its face looks al right. But
&c won't stand the upheaving spade
which is now being vigorously thrust
into it,
rave any of these acts been com
United with the conniVance of Off
Gals? Rumors about the federal
building indicate tina they have. The
details are in the evidences which has
been gathered and now is in the pos
session of Mr.. Dean and Mr. Green
eide. The point is delicate, but its dis
russf0n is not without foundation
Many Witnesses Called.
Hautlv seventy-iive witnesses have
already been summoned to appear be-