The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-08
HENEY PUTTING
IN The EVIDENCE
No Trouble to Connect Con-
gresham Williamson With
Blue Mountain Frauds.

Portland, Ore, Sept. 7-Following up
the line of testimony began last night
as the result OF an intimation by Judge
hunt in the federal district court that
the prosecution must prove Congressman
j. N. Williamson's connection with the
Blue Mountain forest reserve case or the
court would feel constrained to take the
case from the jury so far as Williamson
was concerned, the government today con-
centrated its fire upon Mr.. Williamson.
III had been Prosecutor Heney's ex-
pressed intention, because Of Williamson's
previous conviction for land fraud to at
tempt to show only that Williamson was
the alleged conspiracy. From the state
ment of Judge Hunt last night il was evil
dent that this had not, i'm the opinion
of the court, been made sufficiently clear
and consequently Mr. Heney TODAY an
ncuncedN that he would prove the case
from beginning to end as though VIII
hanson were himself on trial
The testimony today followed the line
or that of DR.. Smith, who last night de-
clared he was inveigled by Williamson
into buying an interest in certificates for
1900 acres of school land lying adjacent
70 the proposed reserve, and which Will
hanson declared would afterwards be in
GUIDED in the reserve. Evidence was also
adduced that the men who the govern
ment is attempting to prove were Will
hamson's agents secured fraudulent an
plications for school lands and that viii
hanson himself urged one of the appli-
cants TO rel1nquish his claim because
the old man (meaning Secretary of the
Interior Hitchcock) was mad"
Witness Trapped.
One Of these witnesses. j. w. Hopkins
who formerly lived at PrinevilIe Crook
county, Ore, but who now resides at Las
Vegas, Nye county, New, testified at the
morning session that the certificate trans
ferred by Williamson to DR.. Smith had
been acknowledged in blank At the aft
ernOOn session Hopkins went directly
back on this statement. In an instant
Hopkins became the target for a merci-
less tongue flashing from Mr. Heney The
prosecutor not only accused the recalci-
trant of giving false testimony but
charged him also with having gone direct
from the United States district attor-
ney's office TO the presence of DR.. Van
Gesner, Williamson's partner, during the
noon recess, and this Hopkins was re-
luctantly forced to admit when con-
fronted with the facts. Under the con-
slant prodding he finally gave in and
practically admitted that he had purpose
ly returned evasive answers to Mr.. He
ney's questions.
With the witnesses offered today the
prosecution rested and in order to give
the defense little time, Judge Hunt de-
cided to adjourn court until tomorrow.
After the adjournment OF court Hop
kins was arrested by United States Mar
shall Reed on bench warrant issued BY
Judge Hunt It appears that Hopkins
is under indictment in what is known as
the Michigan case" which charges con-
spiracy 10 fraudulently acquire title TO
about $1,000 acres of government land in
Crook, Lake, Harvey, Wheeler and other
counties of Oregon.
United States Attorney Bristol has been
on the lookout for Hopkins ever since the
Indictment was returned against him.
May of this year, but he had left
Prineville and was secluded on the des-
ert at Las Vegas when brought here on
a subpoena.