The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-09-26

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fore the United States district court
here. which are deemed by the de.
partment ut Washington OF sufficient
Importance To send some -four or i've
special attorneys general OF the init
ed states To prosecute, aud which In.
volse persons OF the greatest proIni.
nence In the state, II appears that
the government will attempt 20
prove that there were three groups OF
iocators OF timber claims for the pur
pose OF ultimately transferring them
to the Barber Lumber company, the
real beneficiary Of the alleged fraud.
The Northwest Lumber company
OF Eau Claire, Wis, was the original
instiRator OF the conspiracy. accord
Ing To the best Information that eau
lie obtained. James 4. Barber and
Sumner q. Moon, uf Eau Claire, were
the principal owners of this North.
west Lumber company. They are
two OF the men Indicted.
In order to carry out their scheme
TO yet possession OF government tim.
ber Ia various sections OF tho coun.
try, 10 became necessary TO have tin
nocenL" purchasers for entrymen
who, In turn, might transfer their
Interests TO this concern.
There we're three groups, II is al.
legged, operating In this section. The
men IN charge OF this work were Al.
bert u. Palmer, who operated from
spokane; Horace \, Rand, who nov
lives at Burlington, Ia, and who Is .
prominent and wealthy citizen Of
that place, and man named Long.
OF Oregon. Palmer and Rand were
indicted, but Long was not. II Is
said that there N not much desire 10
prosecute Rand. Who was more nor
less innocently connected with the
matter, and who, next 10 John
Doe Is regarded as the least guilty
of any otfonse against the govern.
ment OF any OF those against whom
indictments were returned. II the
dope sheet be. correct. In fact, II
may he stated that there was not
much, II any, more reason for indlet.
lug Rand aud John Doe than there
was for indicting Long. who was not
indicted at all.
Palmer, however, Is regarded "a
having been head aud ears Into the
deal aud Is. therefore, wanted badly
by the government. As stated yes
terday In the Evening Capital News,
Palmer Is In Toronto, Canada, n
fugitive from Justice, keeping away
from the jurisdiction OF the United
States court and resisting eatradl.
tion on the grounds that the offense
Is not an indictable one. Rand has
been served at darlington and Is out
On bail. II Is not yet known what
service has been secured on Moon and
Barber. II any.
This, IN brief, Is reported 10 be Tho
outline Of the ease so far as those are
concerned who are not local parties.
or course the local patries must have
been concerned. II at all, In an en-
tirely local manner. possibly as max
ing locations, as securing Others 10
locate, a. purchasing Claims, as In.
duclng eptrymen to sell. nj dra wing
wrongful contracts or In many other
ways.
II Is reported upon apparently good
authority that Senator norab aud his
close personal friends. are themsely YES
responsible for the spirited prosecu.
tion that will be made against him.
II IL intimsted that Judge Bureb
and MI. Rush, both special assistants
to the attorney general. we're sent
here by direction OF the a.torney
senefal because OF the fuss made by
Borah and because they thought Dis.
tifct Attorney Ruiek WAS Inclined 70
tesi With the senator tIo ienienily.
and not for The purpose OF removing
the district attorney 80 that coat
,f ~bitewasn might be applied.
In fact II Is intimated that the de. |
partmeut at Washington, rather
cared that RBiek would dismiss tic |
'ase against B0fab, and therefore
ient the special assistants to take
;harge 81 tue case and make . yIgos. /
,us prosecution. Had senator Bofah /
md his friends not appealed to VAST
ngt0n for interference. u Is suggest /
d that he might have fared better
u the hands VI District Attorney I
Isuick than he viii al the hands OF /
he special attorneys scot here with 1
'pecibc Instructions 20 push the 4
There VIII be host of stenog raph /
'rs on hand shortly. The govern. 4
nent. deeming the case one of great /
Importance, will have two sets of /
tenograpbers constantly In attend 1
nee upon the trial reporting the {
at the same time, cne
citing ~ check upon the other. i
nd IL Is likely that Senator Borah
sili ask that stenograpber repre-
enting him also take the evidence. /
Leland u. Case. OF Detroit. q rexu.
ar federal court stenosrapher. eiil
. here for the governments. and