The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-10-03


|cover up the facts in the lane
buds conspiracy cases that The Re-
fder devotes more space to the his
w of this case than it otherwise
|uld. We do this without preju-
De, but that the readers may know
d who and to what extent the
fties are wno have been indicted
1.-THE government. The only com
be history of the case we have seen
print is from the pen of David X.
timer, special correspondent OF
Salt Lake Tribune, and appear
in that paper of the date of the
inst.
oise, Ida. Sept. 24.-In the early
IS of January, 1906, new. grave
opened in the cemetery at Cald-
D. and the mortal remains of
nix Steunenberg. twice governor
Idaho, were consigned to earth.
sorrow of a state followed him
bis last resting place, not alone
luse Of the tragic manner of his
BIZ Of, but because he was en-
med in the hearts of all Idaho
and represented to them the EN-.
ment of public virtue and private
grity.
bit from that Cal5well grave to-
Is radiating the greatest scandal
public affairs which Idaho has
known. Three intimate person.
fiends and close business associ-
Of Frank Steunenberg-one of
b a senator OF the United States,
|her a former encouragement of
State and the third an ex senator
b facing the bar of Federal JUS
indicted on a charge of conspir-
with Steunenberg to defraud the
Jed States out of 81. 900, 900 wort b
5 public domain. Monday morn.
pf this week District Attorney
4. Ruick stood up in the Federal
troom in Boise, and said:
lay it please the court, l deem
toper to say that the John Doe
ded in this Indictment will be
n by the evidence to. be pro-
h to be Frank Steunenberg.
er Governor of this state. -
is statement, creating, as it did,
pfound sensation, even though
e Rumor had discounted it, was
at the opening OF the trial OF
Jed States Senator William E.
h, one OF the men accused of
ederating with Steunenberg and
IS to defraud the government.
Ruick betrayed in his manner
lance to drag into the case the
of the honored dead, whom
b still mourns, but this story
Dt be chronicled, either 10y news
or by prosecutor, without the
lse of that name, for it is inter-
p inextricably with every phase
1etail OF the case.
lat will be written here will be
ly the story of the prosecution.
a story which has never been
ZEN before. In fact, the agents
E government, who are respon-
:or the finding of these indict.
5, charge that systematic con-
cy has existed ON the part of
newspapers-the owner of one
lich, 1t Is said, narrowly escaped
tment himself-to suppress the
and conceal them from the pub
AT the outset, therefore, ii is
|r to state who are indicted ard
ehat they are indicted. The
P men accused are Senator ".
Borah, Ex-Attorney- General
Martin, Ex-State Senator John
bid, John l. Wells. Patrick II.
IS, l.. NJ. Pritchard. James L.
Pr, 5. Z. Moon. Horace S. Rand,
Palmer and William Sweet.
|ese, Senator Borah has demand
has been granted a separate
which was commenced Monday
ng before Federal Judge Ed
Whitson, sitting for Federal
+. 5. Dietrich, of the district
hho.
brief, the accusation is that
a period covering from 1901 to
|and practically up TO the time
Rnk Steunenberg's death. which
fed or Dec. II, 1905 these men
rerated and conspired together
raud the government out of
p valuable timber lands in the
basin in Boise county, Idaho,
forty or fifty miles north of
y OF Boise. This timper land,
lleged. was taken from the gov
fnt fraudulently for the use and
of the Barber Lumber conf
a rich Wisconsin corporation.
operates the largest sawmill
mher mandatory i'm the Unit-
tes near Boise. The presiding
OF this concern, ]. T. barber.
lilionaire lumberman OF Eau
Wis, is one OF the men in
In the indictment, as is 5. j..