The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-09-26
STEUNENBERC, DEAD,
ACCUSED OF FRAUD.
FORMER GOVERNOR OF IDAHO, OR.
CHARD'S VICTIM, is INDICTED
WITH SENATOR BORAH.
TRUE BILL FOR "JOHN DOE"
Haywood's Prosecutor Demands Trial at
Once and Makes Charges Against
United States District Attorney.

BOISE, Idaho, Sept. % Special. j
| Former Gov. Frank Steunenberg of
Idaho, assassinated by the notorious
Harry Orchard during the famous min
ers strike, was one of the men indicted
with Senator William Il. Borah, charged
with conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment of valuable timber lands.
United States District Attorney Nor
man l.. Ruick caused sensation when
he made this announcement in court this
morning when the work of impanelling
jury to try Borah was begun.
The name Of Steunenberg was not eX-
pected as it was not known that he Wa
interested i'll lands with Borah.
Steunenberg is represented in the in
dictment as John Doe"
Courtroom Is Filled.
Te Borah case was called today before
Judge Edward White i'll the United
States district court.
The prominence of Senator BCrah in
the politics OF the stae, his personal
popularity III this. his home town, the
leading part he took in the prosecution
OF William Haywood, charged with the
murder OF Steunenberg attracted an in
tertSt III the proceedings against him
nearly equal to that which marked the
hrst OF the Western Federation Oh Mn
ers' trials here
The circuit court was crowded TO over
flowing when Judge Wilson took the
bench. The array of counsel on either
side was imposing.
Ruick Has Nothing to Do.
The government, whose representatives
here freely predict hearing of u sensa-
tiohal interest, has practically taken the
case out of the hands of District AT
torney Rulck, against whom charges Of
improper conduct before the grand jury
have been filed and assigned the matter
to special attorneys trained in timber
land law and fresh from successful
prosecutions in other western states.
They are NJ. G.. Burch OF Detroit and
:. H. Rush OF Omaha. both special as
slstantS TO the attorney general of the
uited States.
There also was present today Timothy
+. Burk, the United States district
attorney at Cheyenne who was sent to
Boise to assist the special grand jury
now in session in lis investigation of the
charges against kulck. Senator Borah's
attorneys include James H. Hawlcy,
senior counsel for the state in the Hay
wood case; Alfred y. Fraser, 5. l.. Lip
ton and Carl Paine, all local attorneys,
and {. /. Bundy of Eau Claire. Wis
The latter also represents the interests Of
the Barber Lumber company
Borah's Trial First
TNclyc other persons have been indct-
ed with Senator BOrah, but he Will be
the first TO face the federal jury, having
demanded a trial PRIOR To the time he
shah present his credentials as a senator
next December III Washington.
Others Of the defendants have inter-
mr. ,,
and other legal tcchnicalities, many of
which are still pending They nave
charged that Rulck used improper and
Illegal methods while securing the indiCt-
mcnts. But Senator BOrah has simply
entered plea of not guilty and has tor
hidden his attorneys TO take advantage
of any technicallles whatsoever. lie
has stated as his desire that the case
should be tried on Its merits.
Probe District Attorneys Acts.
The conduct Of the district attorney
before ne March grand jury, which re-
turned The Indictment against Senator
BuruA aud Others Is NOW under lnyestI-
CATION by a specially summoned federal
grand jury, WnIle Judge " llsUn, VITO Is
10 preside at The BUran trial, began Sat
uruay u personal inquiry III open court
as 80 MI. RuCk COURSE, summOnlug
IN attendance all the witnesses cited to
appear before the grand jury.
IL has been charged III the atiidayits
of thrce former grand Jurymen that Mr..
kUCk made an argument OF more than
an hours length before the grand jury
and urged that indictments be brought.
1 he district attorney has admitted that
he reviewed for the benefit OF the grand
jury the salient features Of the testimony.
winch covered Il period of tour weeks
declaration, but denied his remarks We're
IN the llue ol an argument.
Charge Undue Influence
1t is also charged that the district at
torney refused to leave the grand Jury
room one day until the indictments were
signed. This charge has been denied in
the counter attidavlts OF nine former
grand jurymen, who say that the timber
land cases were not being discussed
when the district attorney was requested
TO depart
The indictments against Senator
BOrah and the twelve others charge that
they entered into Il conspiracy with los
residents of Boise whereby the latter
we're to take up timber land claims of
100 acres each. They were to pay the
minimum price to the government and
later. when the claims We're finally APP
proved, to transfer the land to the Bar
ber Lumber company, whose principal
officers are residents of Wisconsin.
James I. Barber and Samuel G.. Moon
of Eau Claire, Wis, are among those
indicted. 1t is claimed that the los en-