Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-22
BRONZE FINDS MARES NEST
AttOrue7 for Aqullla Triplett Objects to
Publication Of Facts
he AND cOwS1oCK DENY THE RECORD
Government Books DO Not sustain
Their Allegations, hut Bear
out what The Bee
Published.

J o. NJ Hail. Ulysses, farmer.
Rudolph Sas, Blair, merchant
=. Cassel, Republican City, farmer.
- \. johnson, Aurora, merchant
| Elmer Kay, McCook, hotel keeper.
/ c. e. Boden, sterling farmer
| r. +, Benton, Crete, grocer,
w =. Chittenden, Clatonia farmer.
/ l. X. Meyers, Scribner, farmer.
! NJ. S, Martin, Red Cloud, farmer
! George Heady. Wayne, retired farmer,
J. II. Parsons, Ruskin, retired farmer
/ These men have been selected as the Juf-
! ors to try the case of tho United StatoS
| against VIII @. Comstock. Bartlett Rich
ards, Charles c. Jameson. F. w. woicott
! and Aquilla Triplett for alleged conspir-
] acy 20 defraud the government out of
large tracts Of land in Sheridan. Cherry
and Box Butte counties, Nebraska
| Seven of the Jurors are farmers, three
| of them merchants, one a hotelkeeper and
! one banker. No Omaha man is on tho
| jury. The remainder of the Lanel not en-
| gagged in the trial OF this case has Deen
/ excused by the court until $50 a. m. De-
| eember 3.
Bronze FIinches at Facts.
! AZ the opening Of the court Wednesday
morning II. A. Bronze, one of the counsel
! for the defense and special attorney for
| Aquilla TripIett, called attention Of the
/ court to certain statements published in
stated were derogatory to his client and
characterized the statement ''malciously
false" He asked that the court admonish
| against the publication Of such "deroga-
tory" statements herea fter. Tho item to
| which exception was taken was permitted
to be filed as part of an objection by Mr..
Bronze and to become part Of the record.
Tho objection Mr.. Bronze had to the item
was its tendency to influence the Jurors
against his client
The examination of the jurors was then
proceeded with, each side being given three
peremptory challenges, and at 1915 the
jury was finally selected and sworn.
| Special District Attorney Rush began his
| opening statement to the jury at 1ll0, oc-
cupying all of the forenoon and part Of
the afternoon in the presentation of the
governments side of the case.
In reference to the item appearing in The
Bee bearing upon Aquilla Triplett, In
which Triplett is alleged 20 have fed
TO Mexico after his indictment w. G.
Comtsock, one of the principal defendants
in the case. said:
Il am surprised at such a statement ap-
pearing in The Bee. II is not a statement
of fact Mr.. Triplett has been within the
Jurisdiction Of this court since his indict-
meat and did not fee to Mexico"
Facts from the Record.
The facts In the Triplett episode as
shown by the record. which is a matter
of current and public information, are
that an information was filed against
Auuilla Triplett in connection with MS
participation in the land cases IN
= November, 1905. warrant was issued
h for his arrest by United States Commits
e sioner Anderson November %, but Triplett
could not be found Another warrant was
z issued for his apprehension by Commits
, sioner Anderson on the same general al
n legations February ., 1906, and Secret Serv'
r ice Ofncer Hobbs and deputy United
3, istates- marshal was sent 10 Alliance tc
# serve the warrant but Triplett could not
y be found II was aseertained however
that he was in Chihuahua, Mexico. II
Is March, 1906, Secret Service Officer Hobbs
5 was sent to Mexico to secure the arrest OF
e TrpIett If possible, Officer Hobbs found
- sTriplett. but Triplett refused TO return tC
Is the United States with Hobbs, but afteI
y some two months time, during which tins
? Mr. Hobbs had Triplett under surveillance
Il in Mexico, Triplett received some intima'
ton that an indictment or warrant for for
i gerry had been returned against him, and
- as forgery was an extraditablc offense
. while suborning perjury was not, Triplett
y rather than take his chances OF being AZ.
'o rested and locked up in a Mexican jail
crossed the line at FL Paso, Tex, being
closely followed by Hobbs, and was ar
= rested by Hobbs very shortly after his ar
- rival at lei Paso.
4 Indictment of Triplett.
In the meanwhile an indictment had
n been returned against Tripiett in th'
Is United States court in connection with tho
70 land cases and It was huTledly dispatched
20 10 FL Paso to Officer Hobbs. This was
A personal Indictment against Triplett anC
reached Hobbs shortly after he had ar
is rested Triplett.
: The arrest of Trpett was effected NJ
n, Nav or ), 1906. He was taken before the
70 United States commissioner there and wal
remanded to the jurisdiction of the Ne
braska federal court, in which the indct
- ment was brought, and was brought {,
e. Omaha and gave bond for his appearance
al the November term Of the federal courts
e in the sum Of 5000
Shortly after giving bond MI Tripet
p went to Deadwood and Denver. 10 which
the government officers demonstrated. a.
he had left the jurisdiction Of the Ne
bTaska court.
in About this time Bronze. attorney for Trip
II. lett. filed an injunction in the federal cour
er TO restrain the officers of the government
from hounding and harassing and main
as tanning an espionage upon his client. Thi
a injunction is still pending in. the fedora