Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-07-13
HENEY
GETS
BUSY
Sixteen Land Fraud Cases Set
Down for Trial up to Au-
gust Twenty First

That pleas of guilty are likely to be
enteNd to indictments now pending in
the United States circuit court charg-
ing William H. Davis, former mayor of
Albany; Clark E. Loomis, FORMER spe-
cial land agent of the general land
Office, and Salmon B. Otmsby, once a
fores't tanger dn the Cascade Reserve.
with completely in Oregon land frauds,
was indicated this morning, when AS
sistant Attorney General Francis j..
Heney informed judge VIM. H. Hunt
during the calling of the calendar
that he did not expect the cases
against these defendants to come to
trial.
Ex-Mayd' Davis was indicted Jan
uary 81, 1905, charged with perjury in
having sworn falsely when making
final proof ON a homestead entry. H.
voluntarily went before the federal
grand jury, and it is understood that
hd made a clean admission of his
| lNO"hNN"hOh WYNN ilt dbIuOu2u
warmed that the Evidence he gave could
be used against him. His story to the
grand jury is believed to have been
little short of full confession and it
is not thought that he will undertake
to acquit himself of the charge by
standing trial.
, Two indictments are pending against
Loomis and OrmSby, charging conspi-
raey to defrand the government out
of public lands. They are jointly I'M
volved with Henry A. Young, William
II. Davis, and George Sorenson, ON one
Indictment returned December 81,
1904, and an indictment consolidated
with it involves Congressman Binger
Hermann, s. A. ID. Puter, Horace G.
Mckinley, Emma l.. Wa'sont Daniel
Webster Tarpley, Elbert G. Brown,
Mrs. Nelhic Brown and Frank Walga-
mot, Portland dentist. When this
ease was reached ON the calendar, NJ.
Heney informed the court that he ex-
pected pleas of guilty. but that the
case was ready for trial, and had it
set down.
One Defendant Is Ill.
WI. d. Fenton, attorney for State Sem
ator Franklim p. Mays, appeared this
mo ming and gave notice that he de
sired to file pleas in abatement in all
Three of the cases pending against his
client, and said he would have to ask
for q continuance in the case against
Mays, for the reason that he is unable
to bc tried. Mays is now on his Tygh
Valley farm, and Mr.. Fenton says
he is in poor state of health. He
broke down Immediately following his
indictment and went to California.
Mr.. Heney, so M. Fenton stated to
the court, would not consent to a con-
tinuance of the Mays case.
Charles F. Lord, indicted jointly
with ex-United States District Attor-
ney John Hail. Henry P. Ford, for
merly sheriff of Washington county; |
Harry l.. Rees; A. P. Caylor, ex-Dep- |
uty Sheriff John Cordano, john Henry |
Hitchings, local lawye,, and John
Northup. appeared this morning and
made another plea to have his case set
for trial
Lord declared that his reputation
had been smirched; that he had re-
peatedly pleaded for trial during the
of seven juries on the court
and ended by demanding trial under
the guar antees of tba seventh amend
ment to the constitution Judge Hunt
said he would call the calenda0 and
Lord sat down.
Lord Is Repremand-E
When his case was finally reached
IN the docket, Assistant Attorney Gem
sral Heney asked thai II go to the foot