The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-28
cir truth. make tho following additional


scribcd as follows, to-wit:
Cash coal entry No. 1876. made Novcmbe
go 1903, by ono ?. w. Spauldng Evans
OF S. w. Il OF section is. township 81 n,
1o2 w. 9th p. NJ. Tho said Spnuldinl
testified under oath before tho Interstate
Commerce commission at Salt Lake City
Utah, on September ID 1906. that he wa,
M attorney for the Union Pacific Rajlront
company, that he purchased the said land
for and NJ the instance md request OF Tho
Union Pacific Coal company. that they paid
nm Tor tho snid purchase. that they fur
nishod the money 20 make the purchase and
took The deed for ,he same: THAT HE Had
NEVER SEEN THE LAND AND DID NOT
KNOW WHERE 1T WAS That he did moi
know what oath he subscribed 10 when he
made tho purchase. but did everything under
the direction OF the officers Of the said com
pany.
For proof of this charge, l respectfully
refer to Tho record of this transaction now
in the archives of the General Lnnd Oilice
and the stenographic notes taken az the
Interstate Commerce commission invostign.
ton aforesaid.
Cash Coal Gentry No. 1877, made November
90. 1909, by one Cyrus Beard. now ono OF
tho supreme Judges of the State of Wyom-
ing, Tor the S. l.. Il, section Is. township
2l N, r. 1o2 West. 9th p. NJ. The snid
Cyrus Bonrd testified under oath before the
Intorstnte Commerce commission NJ Denver
Colorado, on tho 2Tsh day Of September
1905. that he purchased the said lands with
funds furnished him by the Union Pacific
Coal company, who poid him a bonus of
s2oo and took decd TO the land. lie ad,
mitted that HE HAD NEVER SEEN THE
LAND.
Cash Coal Entry No. $50. made November
2, 1903, by Charles Durham n clerk in the
employ OF the Union Pacific Coal company
al Rocks Spring, Wyoming. for the S. T.. u ,
section 20, township 81 n, r. 1o2 w, 9th
P. NJ, This man testified before the snid
Investigation Mt Sal; Lake City that he pur.
chased the land for and nj The instance and
request Of the Union Pacific Coal company,
his employers, and that the said company
furnished the money TO make tho purchase
and that he never made any improvements
on The land or fulfilled any requirements of
the law.
Cash Coal Entry No. 175, made first by
Coal Declaratory Statement January o, 1908.
and on n later date changed il TO cash
purchase. This land is the \. E. u. sec
tion 2s, township II ~, r. lo2 W, 9th P.
NJ. Frank Briggs testified before tho Inter.
state Commerce commission at Denver, on
September 27, 1908, that he took up this
land for the Union Pacific Coal company
and that he was paid for so doing.
IL, 1908, by August Paulson. foreman for
the Union Pncihc Coal company Mt Rock
Springs, Wyoming, for the \. z. 4, section
so, so; township .,d ~ ~ r; lo2 W. 9th P, N.
sion at Salt Lake City that he took up the
land for the Union Pacific Coal company
and that he had no interest in the snid land;
that the said company pa:d him for his
right, furnished the money. and took tho
deed TO the land.
I also charge the soid Union Pacific Cool
company with fraudnlently acquiring title
10 the land described on pages 21 and &c
OF the protest filed herewith.
also charge tho snid company with vio-
la'Ion OF section 5440 OF the Revised Stat.
utes OF the United States in that they did
conspirc with the Union Pacific Railroad
company and the Superior Coal company to
defrnud tho United States Government by
its and their agents and employees by false
In this way gained title to large valuable
tracts OF coal lands in the State OF Wyoming,
Subornation of Perjury.
Second: I charge Dyer o. Clark. George
L, Black. William ] Clifford and George
that the said Dyer o. Clark, az vice-prcs
dent and general manager OF the Union Pa
ciAc Coal company, did at divers times Sc
cure the services OF numerous men, whose
.he protest hereto attached, TO go beforn one
George 1. Clifford, agent of the said coal
company, and make oath to statement OF
fncts that were untrue aud thereby defrnud
he Government of large and valuable tracts
of coal land In the State Of Wyoming. That
he snid Dyer O. Clark furnished tho money
,loyed the men, Black, Clifford and Moss
holder, and paid them for this service, For
evidence OF this transaction, refer to the
of the said Dyer o. Clark, given
Interstate Commerce commission on Septem-
,er, 1906. and in the custody of tho
aid commission. Il call special attention
o this testimony.
ntendcns OF the said coal company. after
the aforesaid men mentioned on
pages %. % and 3D. took thcso false oaths
md other documents and went Herewith to
he local land Office at Evanston: Wyoming.
md fled coal dcclaratory statements val
liable tracts OF coal land and took posses
ion for and IN tho namc OF the said coal
company and worked them for coal and kept
possession of the snme and afterwards fur
,ished the money and secured the services
II certain employees Of said coal company
o make oath to conditions that the snid
3lnck knew were false and u9true, and thus
purchased the said lands from the Govern
nent. That the method of procedure adopt
ID by the said Black was 70 get men OF
,any'h Offices at Denver. Colorado. and by
fictitious names and addresses secure from
hem a power OF attorney and relinquish-
mont signed in blank, and the said Black,
md other papers, on January 5, 1908, fled
light declsratory statements on 1880 acres
" land and on tho 2sth day OF January,
9o3, he flod IS coal deciarntory statements
IN 24S0 ncres Of lnud. That the man
Black we'll knew at this time that these
ilings were fraudulent and void That he
eused 20 be paid 10 these men who
nittcd perjury sums OF money ranging from
bo time OF making application TO purchase
he said Black produced the blank relin,
luishmcnts. and after filing them out, filed
hem IN the local land Office and caused the
aud to revert TO the Government, and there.
,pon he procured the said employees of the
.oal company who took the required onth
hat each was In actual possession, or In
no exact language OF the oath, 'nnd ] sol
.mnly swear that portion of said tract is
n the possession OF any other party, and l
10 further swear that l am we'll acquainted
III ~ - .I.l
md with each and every legal subdivision
same Several OF these witnesses. on the
stand under oath, before the Interstate Com
ncree commission Investigation, notably p.
w. Spaulding and Judge Beard, testified
hat they had never the land and did
lot know where it
The land thus purchased by P, w. Spauld-
ng was first entered filed upon by Abra-
lam L. Roberts, who gave his address as
500 Blake street. Denver, Colorado this
vas one of George L. Blacks subborned
men. Recent Investigations reveal as fol
ows: No such number IN Denver; Blake
runs only 20 18th; the smallest number is
1900 on this street.
The land thus purchased by D. o. Clark,
of the Union Pacific Coal
first entered by William M
Boil, who gave his address as 2T12 Laramie
street Denver, Colorado revealed the fact
hat there was no such man at that number
This was another Of Blacks subborncd en-
,rymcn.
Testimony Was Refused.
During the investigation of tho Interstate
Commerce commi ssion at Salt Lake CITY the