The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-29

| himselr. that Mr. O'Brien had written to Son.
| ator warren, roflcctlng upon my duty IN the
matter. ana upon the Investigations wh'cn
! was conducting by virtue OF my office. In
| January, 1904. acting upon this information
| wrote TO Senator Warren requesting him
not TO prcjudge me without giving an oppor-
| tunity TO be heard " the information reach
| me that letters were actually written TO him
| against me was true, To this letter Senator
| Warren replied vory courtcously lator Scnd-
| Ing another letter.
Some time after this second letter received
| n request from Senator Warren TO meet him
| ut his hctel In Denver met the Senator
at the Oxford hotel some time In Juno or
| May 1903, the particular date l cannot now
| state, but at that interview Senator Warren
| made no direct request that / should not
prosecute the Investigation from personal
considerations. but he pointed out the dnn-
| ger or making an enomy OF tho Union Pacific
| Railroad company In Wyoming elections, and
stated that Senator Clarks recollection might
be Jcopardlzed II the enmIty OF the Union Pa
cinc Railroad company should be incurred.
j told the Senator that an investigation In
Wyoming which would make disclosures up-
on the ground would not take place until af-
ter election, but that would investigate the
matter 10 the best Of my ability on the ground
In Wyoming as son as he election was
over.
About three months after my interview
with Senator Warren ] was transferred from
Denver TO Los Angeles, Ca n distance of
about 1900 miles from the State of Wyo.
ming dawny from tho seat Of my opera.
lions. This transfer made al n time
whom | had completed all Of my arrange.
mcnts and perfected my details TO institute
and carry on rigid Investigations in Routt
county, Colo, Immediately adjoining tho op.
erations supposed 10 he had In Wyoming
and which Investigations In Routt county
would naturally hnvo lcd me into tho discov
cry of the operations in tho adjoining State
OF Wyoming. After my transfer to Los An
gccs the contemplated reorganization Of tho
special agents of tho Land Office took place
Several promotions were made, | had head
cd the list of tho special agents for merit
/ not promoted From tho time of my
removal from Denver 10 Los Angeles my
work and always has been criticised.
and obstacles wcro placed in my way 10 oh.
tain efficient means to conduct and perform
the tasks allotted 10 me special agent, TO
the extent even that my request for informa.
ton upon official, legitimate subjects con
nectcd with my work were completely ig-
nored by tho Commissioner of the General
Land once.
In October of 1904 was smbpoenaed as
n witness in the United States District court
at Denver. While in Denver on that occa-
sion rumors reached me that some trouble
brewing for me because OF what
denominated my interference in tho Wyo.
ming cases / learned from o Brien that
Senator Warren would he in Denver shortly.
On December 5, 1904, met Senator Warron
nj the Hotel Oxford. | told him tha, |
had heard efforts were being mado 70 in.
jure me officially. The Senator said he
and did not think that Mr.. O'Bricn had any
thing TO do with it. Senator Warren then
told me that the General Land Office would
not hurry the Wyoming land cases and that
OF course, ] would not hnye 90 concern my
self about them. He then produced from
his pocket copies OF my letters addressed
10 the Commissioner relative to the Wyo-
ming cases which j had been investigating,
] identified these letters as copies Of my let
,ers because Of the fact that tho Senator
held these press-copy letters in front OF him
upon the table and read out Of them ex-
tracts which / recognized in substance and
believed them to have been copies OF my
lotterS to the Commissioner. IL was on the
occasion OF my "trip TO Washington, between
December ; and l5 1904, that | saw C. +.
Pollock. chief OF division "P'' Rt Washing.
alidavits containing information about these
coal land frauds. and he then told 20
either send the aaidavits 10 him or destroy
them