Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-07
,..u;oent Citizens Included In
The Arrangement by Uncle
SANS officers.
REPORT IS A STARTLING ONE
y !. Given Out as partial and
Further Disclosures Are
cs Looked For.
,,or If the Report Caused a sen-
49,, such AZ Has Not Been Seen
Locally for Many Days
THOSE INDICTED


THOSE INDICTED
= Williams, general manager OF
,be utah Fuel company -. .,,
Wv psh,y, Forester, geologist ana
.,'Iur expert for the same concern
" r Foster. private secretary "
Robert Forester.
alexander II. Cowle. confidentlai
..u IN the employ Of the ID. y IL. u
y and the Utah Fuel company
y, of ,he wasatch supply company
r,,oy n. Clark. attorney OF the
ruh F,lel company.
The Union Pacific Railroad Gun"
D,ny co., oon,nany.
The O. 5. l.. II. X.
paxard Buckingham. senera' sup
,,u,eadent o. 5. L. II. X,
IN Moore, general agent Vi TIC
e. p coal Company
FOR PERJURY.
Two persons were indicted for nav
IN, neriured themselves before the
rand Jury Their names are moi
nslable ut this time. II Is hunted
hat considerable testimony was given
before the jury that was u long way
rom the truth, and one official ex-
mes ed himself to the effect that such
vactlses would receive q mcri'ed re-
hkc.
Aai this Is only the beginning. As
result Of the grand jury Investigations
ma, nave been going on in the federal
court Tor some time past. the first grist
Of indictments were reported to Judge
Marshall In the United States district
court at II o'clock today, and they were
" such nature that they created a
yhable sensation. Startling things
hai been looked for. and there was no
liappolntment. at least on the part
q hose who were not struck by the
8Oadside arraignment.
There was a hush that was almost
painful, as the grand jury. headed by
Foreman Spencer Clawson, filed into
TIE court, few minutes after II had
been announced that a partial report"
would be forthcoming. In response to
DE courts Inquiry as to what the jury
hal to communicate, Mr.. Clawson
strpei forward and handed the clerk
haiial Of papers. which In turn were
tuned over to Judge Marshall. AS
VA In such cases, the documents were
MOP the general public to know until
1roper moment had arrived. Ma
My there was much speculation
$50 Just who was going to be called
account. Court adjourned, and
nee was scurrying to and fro, jurors
sung 10 report to the marshal's office,
sec'atoFs craning about and newspa-
W men doing their utmost to CLEAN
Nhe Of the facts contained in the
'nlaous bunch of papers.
UTAH FUEL HARD HIT.
The principal concern to receive at
'n'ion In the report was the Utah
rue company, against officials OF which
Indictments were returned charging
Conspiracy against the United States
S'ernment in the matter OF coal lands
the SEWER county.
The land comprises some 1,40O
''eS and the manner in which they
nae attempted to be conveyed to the
s"n fuel company makes interesting
,'u'ns' although the methods em-
f'yed were OF the most reprehensible
s a.. The history of the case
s4'es pack to March. 1905. and the
"-'u'sprlng Of the unlawful work
''''i's 10 have been Robert Forester,
y, ,sO'oslst and mining expert of the
fuel company. The testimony
.e'''e 'he Jury went to show that in
w month mentioned the Fuel COM
10y agents secured number Of
'0ha 10 enter lands as dummies,
Nv, -" the explicit understanding In adj
80 mat the lands were to he con-
~. neu through one channel and an
ss Vr 10 the Fuel company. These
''es for the most part were
.s s men who were paid $50, their
Ss'nses to and from the property
Inv 70 per diem while they were max
49, investigation Of tho properties
~" which they we're to file.
HIRED To MAKE ENTRIES.
,n' one George A. Moore, acting under
,..a from Forester, had al
IN ~ caused TO be dug an excavation
ent...s ehe claims sought to be
mai The men hired TO
In. ne entries simply went to
,~ I'M noe saw tho coal uncovered and
p,n. su'a'ely made application with
torn, n.y. furnished by the company at
Ina MaI' William II. Bird. All
ma u'es TO the l.iOo acres were
Ma. on the same date. namely.
.n,,,", -, 1905, All the persons who
an. 'ne land went through the
vim . savcesS of borrowing money
ab,son n'en to make the entry. and to
uuss laen'ly pay for the land. a, 40