The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-04-12
GRAND JURY QUI7S|
FIFTEEN MORE MUST ANSWER IN.
DICTMENTS,
List includes Head OF Booth. kelN
Lumber Company, . Former Re.
Ceiver OF Q Land Office, Two
Seattle lumbermen and q hin.
lister.

Portland, Or, April 1O.-In a man.
ner consistent with its previous record,
the federal grand jury, which has CON-
dcuted Investigations into the alleged
land frauds perpetrated in this state,
Saturday babe adieu to the public and
passed out If existence, after returning
five more indictments, imI licating If
teen men, among whom are the head
Of perhaps the largest numbering con.
Germ in the state and state senator, a
receiver Of the land Office and minis.
ter Of the gospel.
Never in the history of the North
Pacific coast has a similar body of
men achieved so remarkable q record
as has this grand jury, which, alto
gether, has returned twenty -four in
dictments in connection with alleged
conspiracies to defraud the government
Of part Of its public domain.
Prominent Men on List.
These indictments prefer charges
against nearly fifty different persons
all told. In this number, besides those
enumerated above, are q United States
senator, two congressman, a United
States district attorney, several Off.
cials Of the government land depart
ment, several county and municipal
officials and number of attorneys,
livestock men, timbermen and cash.
tered officer of the United States. Con-
spiracy to defraud the government Of
public land, conspiracy to defame the
character Of government official.
bribery, perjury and subornation Of
| perjury are the crimes whihc the gov
eminent will attempt to fix upon the
accused.
The operations of the different per.
sons accused Of conspiracy are alleged
to have extended into the Blue noun
tains Of Eastern Oregon, into the Har-
ney valley in Southeastern Oregon, in
to the stockraising country on the east
slope Of the Cascade mountains in Gen.
trail Oregon and in other places along
the entire Cascade range, from the
southern boundary Of the state to the
Columbia river on the north. The
only district upon which the jury has
not left its mark is that part Of the
state which lies between the Coast
range and the Pacific ocean.
New Jury Nay Be Drawn.
The jury which went out of exist
ence Saturday is not believed to have
concluded the Investigations of alleged
fraudulent practices in the securing Of
public lands in this state. From the
fact that United States District Attor.
ney Heney spent considerab BILE portion
of Saturday in consultation with Unit.
ed States Jury Commissioner G. j.
Held, it is thought to be Mr.. Heney's
intention to secure new grand Jury
and continue the work.
The five indictments returned Satur.
day are the first to be returned since
the grand jury reconvened last Mon
day. In these indictments, besides
State Senator r. A. Booth, manager
of the Booth Kelly Lumber Company
which is one Of the largest concerns of
its kind in Oregon, are numbered his
brother, Henry J. Booth, receiver Of
the Roseburg land office; Frank d.
Alley, Of Roseburg, abstractor; A. r.
and Edward Downs, Seattle timber
men; Rev. Stephen W. Turnell, Rose
burg minister; Edward Singleton, bro
Their law Of the Booths; Willard N.
Jones. Portland timberman; Thad.
deus s. Potter, formerly clerk in the
law Office Of +. p. Mays; H. l.. Sisler,
of Seattle; Daniel Clark, an old SOL
der, Clarence b. Zachary, Col. Bar
nard and Charles A. Watson, Of Fossil,