Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-28

hereby. with a conscientious belief
In their truth. make the following adj
ditional and Specific charges:
THE CHARGES.
Ffrst---I charge tho Union Pacific
Coal company and its officers with
fraudulently obtaining title to large
tracts Of coal land In the state OF
wyoming particularly described as
follows. to-wit.
Cash coal entry No. 1856. made Nov.
90, 1908. by one T. W. Spalding,
Evanston, wyo.. for lots and and
east half OF southwest quarter OF Soc
ton IS, township 81 north, range 100
west, 9Th D. m. The said spalding
testified under oath before the inter-
state commerce commission at Salt
Lake City. Utah, on Sept "a. 1905,
that he was an attorney for the Union
Pacific Railroad company, that he
purchased the said land for and at the
instance and request Of the Union
Pacific Coal company that they paid
him for the said purchase. that they
furnished the money 10 make the pur-
chase and took the deed for the same.
That he had never seen the land and
did not know where It was. That he
did not know what oath he subscribed
TO when he made the purchase, but
did everything under the direction OF
the officers OF the said company.
For proof of this charge, respectful
~ refer 10 the record of this transac-
ton now In the archives OF the general
land office and the stenographic notes
taken at the interstate commerce conf
mission investigation as aforesaid.
U. p. PAID BONUS.
Cash coal entry No, 1877 made Nov.
ember 20, 1908. by one Cyrus Beard, now
one of the supreme judges of the state
of Wyoming, for the S. L. quarter,
section 16. township q north, range 102
west. 6th p. m. The said Cyrus Beard
testified under OATH before the inter-
state commerce commission at Denver,
Colorado, on the 9th day OF Septem-
Der. 1906, that he purchased the said
lands with funds furnished him by the
Union Pacific Goa, company who paid
him a bonus of 5000 and took a deed to
the land. He admitted that he had
never seen the land
Cash coal entry No. $50, made Novem-
Der 2. 1903, but Charles Durham. a clerk
In the employ of the Union Pacific Coal
company at Rock Springs, Wyoming,
for the s. Il. quarter section 20. town.
ship Il north. rance 1O2 west 9Th p. m.
This man testified before the said inves-
tigation at Salt Lake city, that he
| purchased the land for and at the In
stance and request OF the Union PACT
| fic coal company, his employers, and
/ that the said company furnished the
| money to make the purchase and that
| he never made any improvements on
| the land or fulfilled any requirements
I of the law
| Cash coal entry No. It's made first
~ 1anI a,.tf ..rx stat Ia.s.
| 1903, and on a later date changed II
to a cash purchase, This land is the
northeast quarter, section Is, township
| u, north range 1902 west, 6 p. m. Frank
/ Briggs testified before the interstate
commerce commission at Denver on
| Sept. ~, 1906. that he took up this land
| for the Union Pacific Coal company
and that he was paid for 80 doing.
Cash coal entry No. 1879, made Dec. II.
| 1903, by August Paulson, foreman for
| the Union Pacific Coal company at
Rock Springs. Wyo,, for the northeast
quarter section 80, township q, north
range l0l west, 9Th p m.
This man testified before the said
| commission at Salt Lake City that he
took up the land for tho Union Pacific
| Coal company and that he had no in
| terest In the said land. that the said
| company paid him for HIS right, fur
nished the money, and took the deed to
| the land
| also charge the said Union Pacific
| Coal company with fraudulentiy ac-
qulrlng title to the land described upon
| pages p and 22 Of the protest filed
| herewith.
| also charge the said company with
| violation OF section $40 OF the revised
statutes of the United States, In that
| fhDu All ~. %
cifc Railroad company and the Supe-
rior Coal company TO defraud the Unit.
| ed States government by It's and their
| agents and employees by false state
| ments. oaths and representa- lions, and
| In this way gained title to large and
valuable tracts of coal lands IN the
state of Wyoming
sUBoRNATIoN OF PERJURY.
Second. / charge Dyer o. Clark,
| George l.. Black. William |. Clifford
and George Mossholder with suborna-
| ton of perjury in that the said Dyer
o, Clark, az vice president and general
| manager of the Union Pacific Coal COM
pany, did at divers times secure the
| services OF numerous men, whose
names appear on pages %, % and "a Of
the protest hereto attached, to go be-
| fore one George |. Clifford, an agent Of
the said coal company and make oath
| to q statement of facts that were UNI
true and thereby defraud the govern
| ment OF large and valuable tracts Of
| coal land In the state OF Wyoming.
| That the said Dyer q. Clark furnished
the money TO pay for this perjured
| evidence and employed the men, Black,
Clifford and householder, and paid them
| for this service. For evidence of this
1 tao, n 40 Ia ttt,,N e,f
| the said Dyer o. Clark. given under
| oath at Omaha, Nebraska, before the
interstate commerce commission on
| September 1906, and now In the custody
| OF the said commission q call special
| attention to this testimony
TOOK FALSE oATHs.
| That the said George l.. Black. as
| superintendent of the said coal COM
| pany, after subborning the aforesaid
men mentioned on pages %, % and a.
| took these false oaths on other docu
ments and went Herewith to the local
land office at Evanston, Wyoming, and
filed coal declaratory statements on
valuable tracts OF coal land and took
possession for and In the name OF the
said coal company and worked them
for coal and kept possession OF the
same and afterwards furnished the
money and secured the services of GER
tain employees of said coal company to
make oath To conditions that the said
| Black knew were false and untrue. and
| thus purchased the said lands from the
| government. That the method OF
| procedure adopted by the said Black
was TO get men OF disreputable char
actor to go TO the coal companies off,
| ces at Denver. Colorado, and by iic-
| titous names and addresses secure
| from them a power OF attorney and
REIMBURSEMENT signed In blank, and
~. Gaia Ilio,Lr artaat With thfa Nrti-