The Washington times., 1907-09-25
JUSTICE HELD UP
BY LACK OF MONEY
District Attorney in Need
of Funds to Prosecute
Big Cases.
Land Fraud, Bradley and
Philip Trials Demand
Large Sums.

The District Attorneys Office still is
busy figuring out where It Is going to
get sufficient funds to prosecute some OF
.ihe cases that have been on the calen-
dar for The last two years.
The failure OF Congress TO appropriate
s necessary amount to try some OF the
Dig criminal cases has temporarily
stopped the wheels Of justice. so far as
the Supreme Court Is concerned
Notable among these cases Is the
Hyde Dimond-B Benson case, involving
rearly 900 persOns-principals witnesses,
detectives, lawyers. and judges. OF this
number at last $50 are witnesses whose
homes are in the distant West, some In
the cities others IN the logging and
mining fields OF the far Northwest. A
number have never seen San Fran
cisco, some have spent their entire life
among the big frs and cedars in the
Businesses OF the Washington and Ore
gon mountains. Representatives from
nearly every far Western State will be
called as witnesses, for the operations
OF the Hyde DinIond-Benson land ring
extended wherever the Government pub
lie domain was situated.
Witnesses Will Cost $500 Each.
The case has already cost the Govern
-nent $4,000 in bringing the principals 70
a bar CT justice. How much the ex-
penses Of various trials which have oc-
CURED in san Francisco and other places
amount to could not be estimated. II is
figured that when the case pending
against the defendants is called in this
jurisdiction, a special Appropriation viii
be needed from Congress. All the ex-
penses of WITNESSES, which viii amount
10 $500 or $500 each, will come out OF the
Supreme Courts appropriation.
The case was set for trial last June.
and the various witnesses summoned
for appearance on that day. Justice
stafford, considering the right OF the
accused to 6 fair and impartial trial.
concluded that the time 10 be allotted
v as entirely too snort, and would run
too far into the vacation term. 1t cost
the United States another $1,000 and
was put on until Congress would con
vene. when the intention was 10 ask
Tor an emergency appropriation of
$4,000.
This case. II is expected. will cost the
people more than any case called in the
District for many years.
About 100000 on Docket.
The dockets OF the Supreme Court.
which have been unusually crowded
with important cases for the last four
years. show an expenditure of about
S5.000.0Oo. Some of the cases which helr
10 swell the amount are the Postoffice
cases, including those against August
w. Maehen. Samuel A. and DIIler B.
Groff, State Senator George e. Green
Of New York, William Z. Crawford.
George ". Beavers, Willard d. Dore-
mus, and George E. Lorenz. which
brought TO this city witnesses from all
over the United States, at an estimated
cost Of $4,000.
AS Is usual in all the cases. each wit
ness IS questioned closely as TO his resi-
oehce ana where he could be located IN
tne CITY. One man from PenpsvIvanis
VINO was witness in one of the cases
AGAINST Senator Green. replied TO the
clerks question:
m from Goose Crick. sir. AfaupunI,
y A. now living in grand stvle al fba
mere Observation-Disclosures hotel o.
ennsuVanny avenoo."
me case against ex-Raprese1t.+i,,s
HIh6er Herman cost the people the y,od-
est sum Of $1,000. and IT is thought the
bIauIey trial viii cost nearly $40 nO0 &c
VIII the Philip case. '''V' &c