The Washington times., 1906-11-21

Union PACIFIC Coal Company for that
purpose By General Manager D. o.
Clarke. secured the services Of num-
ber Of irresponsible and incompetent
men, paying each OF them from S3 10 $40
secured from each power OF attorney
ana their relinquishment. 20 locate by
c. 3. S. a tract of coal land IN the
State OF Wyoming. That srmed with
these fraudulent papers, George a.
Black, superintendent of the Union
Pacific Coal Company at Rock Springs,
went to the United States Land Office
at Evanston and on January 5, 1903,
Tiled eight coal declaratory statements,
on 1850 acres.
That on the 2sth day of January. 1903.
he presented fifteen more declaTatOry
statements. and filed on 1000 acres.
That all Of these filings We're made by
virtue or the aforesaid powers Of attor-
ney- That Black knew that not one Of
the men who executed the powers or
attorneys had ever seen the land or ever
been in possession of IL, or had made
him his agent for securing the land
That Black was the agent of the Union
Pacific Coal Company and the lands
We're taken by him Tor the said com
pany. That in due course OF time the
REIMBURSEMENT so frauduleutly procured
was presented 10 the land Office and
cash entry made BY another employe of
the company. who took the oath re-
Quired. and thus the land passed 10 this
corporation. and not one of the entry
men ever exercised ownership or control
OF one polnd Of the soil.
The COMPANY, prolific in resources,
may interpOsc a subterfuge agency
This has been made a cloak TO cover a
multitude of sins laid at the door Of
this corporation and 3 cOadjutOrs. But
the department has said. The clear
est proof or the point OF agency must,
however. be required i'm every case and
a clearly defined possession establish
ed"
Refers to Records.
The archives of the local land office and
the General Land Office will prove that
all these filings were made by the afore-
said powers of attorney. that these pow
ers Of attorney were all signed by the
one man; also the ACCOMPLISHMENTS. in
every case. The decIaratory statements
were all sworn to by the same man at
the same time. This man was then
and IS now IN the employ Of the Union
PdcinC Coal Company, in its office at
the Union Pacific depot in Deuven, Col.
Also In your archives YOU viii ind al
ndaVltS, which set forth the uumistak-
able facts that charged the Union Pacific
Coal Company and the Union Pacific
Railroad Company with a shameful con
spiracy to defraud the Government and
secure by stealth land worth at "A low
estimated quarter of a million dollars.
Shall these frauds go unChaUenged, OF
VIII your office turn the umelight OF
justice fun on these transactions? II
why such frauds should exist and the
perpetrators not De brought 10 account.
Used "StTaw Mems" Names.
Another more glaring part of these
transactions Is that a number oe these
filings were made by papers that pur-
ported 10 bear the signature of men
who had no existence in fact-''str8w
men" whose names were appended 70
the power of attorney, Ay some one
whom we think we can prove % bee the
man. The men whose names appear
ehere never existed. and We challenge
the Union Pacific Coal Company oI any
OF It's agents, 20 produce them or any
qualified evidence that they ever tN-
listed. We ask that the records Of your
Office and the land office al Evanston be
produced. and before a jury OF good
end true men, aud ! promise l viii do
the rest / have the evidence and am
ready 20 produce II. 1 only ask the op-
IOTtmIty.'