Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-12-30
LAND FRAUD CASES
OF PECOS VALLEY
The Taimaees are Denied
Change Of Venue by
Judge Mann.
NINE DEVELOPMENTS EXPECTED

A Roswell dispatch. under date OF
bee. 90. says Tho applications Tor
"a change of ycnHc BIZ II n. Tainana
4. 4. ralmage and n. "a. Talmarn.
alb uf Chicago Operating unanr the
arm name ol fhe Southwestern. f.ana
I company ai H0aweil and I'M Qhavea
county anu araust whom twelve I'M
i t.cimcuis ore Ending ln tho United
I States district cuurt for the Film in
dlclal district chatein9 them with
conspiracy to deiraud the United
States ln land Cass perjury ana au-
formation oi PERJURY. and which APP
pHeau0us were tesii belofo AssOci-
! 9tc Iuali,, Edward Munn. M Inc
i United states dNlre. court
Anpr.aNhau ffc aIs1menis the peii
lion was denied anl ihC defendants
. aim havc to WHuI fui in the finh
ludlciH iMuc
CAUSE o. rrovBie.
tHHrd St1'cr Attorney W. II. ~
lleueliyn. ana = u,nndori. spec
, oiai aufut MI tho reU,.i land oincc
, iu charge eft Sew Moll1 iue Arizona
/, appeared Tor the un.i. -nes The
indictments we're iouud UIu the ties.
!. Umouy ni witnesses rH' admitted
4 before tho United stare. lnd iur,
4 that they had been Induce. hy de-.
n londant- lo ru Co the per 1liey ani
fo make desert land entries Ia tbs
United States land office clayton
upon public lands and .lrr"u =
make statements which Nrf' no
borne out by facts aud which we're
therefore. untrue. Under "hlstinl
n United states laws. this cIu.. Ute
- Ibornation Of perjury
IL B n. Talmago. one of ,hr ultie'
a persons acted as a witness iu erNtfa
m OF these cases Ia hia case Coz par
"a Ocular counts IN the Indictment
q charge lin xith swearing that br boz
N no interest Ia the land entriss whri
IN reality, he did 30 have.
Why Wanted Change.
The allegations hy defendants au
c. upon which their application %
"A | changes Of venue were based that
y. account OF the excitement and q
10 great lnterest taken by the c0mmul
be ~ la these land cases and the pr
IN iudice existing. the defendants cou
%. not obtain fair trial
of Judge Mann heard the argumcr
10 and the evidence submitted "ery p
III tiently aud thoroughly and then ma
ar. an adverse decision The amount
b. land. ~ present involved In the
o. cases Is not great, but, at this lny'
A. tigation. the land ofiiclals and the
ON of the department OF justice arr of
s. opinion that attempted frauds OF ma
nj nitudc will be- discovered and sho
al up. Ow.ag 10 this Investigation.
the desert land entries in three TOW
ships. namely. 10. IA and ~ sou
range 20 east, have been suspen,
IA and are nov being carefully inyes
ua gated by special agents Of tho "
~ eral land Once
-, In Artesian Belt.
an The land being In the artesian
~ aud IN one of the finest food and G
a. eal raising sections u the terrific
- are very valuable and after COVE
ny ment titles TO them have been ohtH
~ ed, would sell an the way az from
a. 20 tSG per acre. The cases aga
% tho Talmages aud The other pers
- indicted will come ap FOR trial IN
April term OF the Fifth judicial
trlst court before Judge W. "a ~
and will no doubt attract great &
.E | OF attention ana will be- watched Y
NJ. much interest by the people OF
,ch Pecos valley and OF New Mexico.
Nj The defendants are represented
~ the law arm OF Richardson, Reid
L. Hcrvey, and H. s. Bateman.