Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-12
GRAND JURY REPORTS TODAY
Federal Court Body winding Up n
Batch Of New Iudlct-
ments.

owing to the desire OF the tederal grand
jury to finish the examination Of a number
Of out-of-town witnesses In some Of the
minor cases Friday evening. which con-
tinued until after O'Clock. II was decided
TO make no report until noon Saturday.
The bills likely to be returned are seven
pOstoffice indictments three pension indct-
ments. one counterfeit indictment, where
William 10y is alleged to have passed
bad silver dollar on one Clarence Davis at
Lincoln.
Contrary to the general expectations. SOY
Of the fraudulent land fling Gases wei
under investigation Friday afternoon The
special cases under investigation are those
against the Mahaftey brothers, who were
bound over to the grand jury on the al
legged charge Of subornation OF perjury and
perjury in the matter of securing certain
final proofs on some soldier filings within
their enclosures in Thomas and Hooker
counties. The witnesses examined are
mostly old soldiers from Iowa. whom It Is
alleged. made the filings at the instance OF
Reason Hudgell Of Iowa and Frank Lam
bert of Nebraska, with the promise Of re-
ceiving 500 or $50 upon the completion Of
the final proof and deciding the land over to
the cattlemen. The testimony is in many
famous Ware case in February last.
While the matter of taking liquor onto
the Indian reservations is being looked
into by the grand jury, it may be possible
that no bills will be returned because of the
Fishtsil Lincoln case now pending in the
United States supreme court to determine
the status of the Indian Offenders as citi-
zens.
The general purpose Of the grand jury at
this time is to get all the minor cases out
Of the way before taking up the fraudu-
lent land filing cases from the cattle coun-
try, and the further desire OF disposing of
all cases where the accused parties are
either in jail or under bond.
The fraudulent land filing cases will be
taken up Monday. Frank Lambert will be
here to testify.
Reason Hudgell Of Iowa also is under
summons to testify to similar practices
as an agent for Lambert 1t is also ex-
tremely probable that some of the al
legged acts of certain members OF the last
grand jury may be brought up for in
vestigation.
Grows Out of Lambert Case.
This story grows out OF a report that
during the last session of the grand jury
some of the jurors were averse to bring
ing an indictment against Lambert for
his completely in the U B. /. ranch filings,
which resulted in the indictment and con-
viction of Rev. G. @. Ware. The resuscita-
| tion Uf the story comes from the further
fact that Harry Welsh's term Of imprison.
ment in the Douglas county jail will ex-
! pire about July 1. Welsh was the third
! one of the alleged conspirators indicted
1 for the fraudulent filings within the U. B
/. Land and Cattle company's enclosures
In Hooker county Ware was convicted
/ and sentenced TO one year in the Douglas
county jail, and TO pay fine of $1,000.
! This case is still pending on appeal tc
the United States circuit court of appeals
and Lambert is still under 5000 bonds
! having never been brought TO trial, though
under indictment. has pleaded guilty, but
is not yet sentenced. 1t appears that after
the adjournment OF the grand jury last
fall that some one or two members Of thai
jury manifested an interest in Lambert's
case and sought to befriend him and advise
with him as TO the character OF the testi.
mony he should give in the trial OF tn,
case against Rev. G. q. Ware These re
ports were widely circulated at the time
and II was then that the intifnation was
given out that the alleged suspected Jurors
would be investigated by the next grand
jury.