Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-05
TRIPLETT IS AGAIN INDICTED
Placed Under Charge Of Criminal Action
bv Federal Grand Jury.
THIS is TO FoRuFY FIRST TRUE BILL
United states Omcials Think They
Are Entirely Warranted I'm This
Course, as Accused Left
Their Jurisdiction once.

Aduilla Tripletts case assumed a new
phase Monday morning through the fed
eral grand Jury returning a true bill against
him for subornation of perjury. There are
eleven counts to the Indictment just found.
while the first Indictment upon which he
was arrested and IL stu held in 5000 bonds
has but three counts for subornation of
perjury. Triplett was arrested on a
capias at 3:30 Monday afternoon. by
Deputy Marshal T. o. Moore and taken
to the district clerks ONCE, where his
bond was fixed at $1,000. The bond was
given and Triplett was released from
arrest This now makes Triplett's bond
$4,000
The finding Of this latter indictment
against Triplett was not exactly in the ma
ture of new evidence being found in the
case. but merely to fortify the first indict-
ment. Triplett consequently now stands
charged with subornation of perjery on
fourteen different counts in procuring
fraudulent filings on lands within the Bart
lett Richards and w. O. Comstock en-
closures known as the Spade ranch in
Sheridan, Cherry and other counties.
The action OF the government ofncers in
procuring this additional Indictment was
stimulated through the recent efforts Of
Trtpletts attorneys TO enjoin the United
States district attorney, special district at
torney and the secret service oficials in
the employ OF the Department Of Justice
from keeping too close an espionage sys-
TEN upon Triplett.
Left the JurisdictlOn.
The government officials are of the opin-
ion that their efforts to keep tab on Trip
lett are fully warranted from the fact that
he left the Jurisdiction Of the Nebraska
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with his attorneys, after having been in
dicted and given bond in the sum of 5000
that he would not depart from the juris-
diction of the court. According to his own
petition asking for a restraining order en-
Joining the Department Of Justice officials
from maintaining a close surveillance over
him, he did leave the Jurisdiction OF the
court and went to both South Dakota and
Colorado.
The opinion prevails with the Department
of Justice that Triplett is going to make
stubborn fight against conviction and will
put every possible impediment in the way
of bringing his case to trial. He evidently
has some extremely strong backing and
the case will be one OF the most strenu-
ously fought of any of the fraudulent land
filing cases to come before the federal
courts at this term, II It comes to trial at
this term at all.
Eamisten is Indicted.
]. II. Edmisten, former state oil inspector
under the populist regime of Governor w.
A, Poynter. and later editor and publisher
of the independent organ, the Independent
published at Lincoln, has been indicted by
the federal grand jury for alleged suborna-
tion OF perjury and forgery in reference
to a number of land filings in a ranch in
which he was interested and part owner in
Thomas county. The Indictment was re-
turned against Edmisten Monday morning.
The case has been under litigation by
the grand jury for three weeks or more and
the indictment contains several specific
counts. Two indictments were returned
against Edmisten. In one he is Jointly
indicted with DIN w. Hendee for con-
spiracy and subornation of perjury. The
other charges Edmisten with alleged
forgery in three instances in signing final
proof papers
The federal grand jury rendered It's fret
report for over a week Monday morning
Four true bills were found and indictments
returned. The indicted parties are Aqulla
Triplett ], II. Edmisten, Olin w. Hendee
and J. F. Rahe. The indictment against
Rahe is an additional one for sending
obscene matter through the United States
mails. Rahe was only sentenced Saturday
last to six months In the Nebraska peni-
Tertiary for a similar offense, to which in
dictment he pleaded guilty.
Peter Sharpback and Fishtail Lincoln,
Winnebago Indians, recently indicted by
the federal grand jury OF introducing
liquor onto the Winnebago reservation,
entered plea Of guilty Monday after
noon. Sentence was suspended pending
a test case involving this same question,
that is to be taken to the United States
circuit court OF appeals