Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-02
United States Officers Bring Grave Charges Against Man
Slated for District AtOneyshp by the Busum Machine.
for District Of Rio Aiba and San ua-WOud Prevent His
Appearance Before Any Interior Department Bureau.
JUST ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT
IN THE PENDLET0N RECORD
Charges Accuse Him of COIuSOn in Contest Cases, H.
legal and Fraudulent Entries, Giving Pernicious Advice to
Clients Dishonest and Unprofessona Conduct and Other
Things Any One Of Which Is Sufficient to Bar.

the sack, This is the case of one b.
Niblack, of Virgil
1t is charged that in the fall of the
year 1903 PendletOn tried to induce
and did induce Niblack to make out
application papers under the home
stead laws or desert, land laws. or
both for certain lands in San Juan
county. set out in detail in the
charges, and that Niblack paid to
Pendleton the fees. commissions and
filing charges necessary to make en-
try to such lands. The exact location
of the lands are given and the report
goes on to state that the amount OBJ
tanned by Pendleton from Niblack for
filing and other fees and commits
sions was about $230. Pendleton has
admitted having received all of this
money, according to the inspector,
who states that he Is prepared to
prove this charge.
After receiving the money Pendle-
ton failed to have the filings made,
and not only failed TO have them
made but kept the money and kept
making one excuse or another to his
client Niblack, as to why they had
not been made
Later Pendletou had young lady
who was working for him as stenOg
rapher, make filing upon certain of
the land, to file on which Niback had
paid Pendeton the money above re-
ferred to- This was homestead entry
No St3f lad ,was made iR-the Rante.
of Miss Francis Woed, the stenog-
rapher. on August 3. 1906. 1t is
charged that this entry was made at
Pendleton's instance, after he had in
formed Niblack that the homestead
entry of one Oscar A. Cameron No.
6020. embracing the land in dispute,
and cancelled Oh November 1. 1904.
or nearly a year previous, was being
contested on NlbIaclis behalf.
II is further charged that Pendle-
ton. fearing the homestead entry made
by his former stenographer would be
contested by Niback, had a new
stenOgrapher, who had succeeded the
first named young lady, who had re-
moved to Colorado, file IA contest
against the entry of Stenographer No,
/, "collusvely and for the benefit of
and in the interest of said Granville
Pendleton, and to defeat Niblock in
securing said land" after having Sc
cured the money from Niblaok for
filing on it,
1t is further charged that Niblack
filed a contest alleging fraud and coll
lusiOn in setting up his rights. this
contest being drawn by one G. F. FL
lis. an attorney a tlaw Of Aztec, San
Juan county but who, it appears had
not been enrolled as an attorney be-
fore the land office, and who is now
refused recognition there, as the re-
port sets forth for good cause" This
contest of Niblack, it is charged, was
held pending. the result of the con-
test between Pendleton's second stem
ographer against his first stenograph-
er for Niblack's land, and the entire
matter was referred to the chief of the
division for investigation on July 30,
1906, since which time the nvestiga-
ton of Pendleton's operations has
been under way.
The charges set forth that in Mo-
vember or December of 1906. c. V.
Stafford. of Santa Fe. delivered to the
receiver Of the land office, for Pendle-
ton, a REIMBURSEMENT executed by
PendletOn's first stenOgrapher, and
also waiver of the rights of Pendle-
tons second stenographer, and pre-
tended or alleged waiver of the rights
of Niblack, this last waiver being
drawn or alleged to be made by Ell
accom- panying these documents with
an application to enter such land un-
der the homestead or desert land
laws The receiver turned all of these
papers over to the register, who in
formally returned them to Mr. SAT-
ford.
The report then charges that the
waiver of Niblack by Ellis was with
out his authority, was Illegal and
against Niblack's desires.
All of these acts, the report con-
firues were against the interest of
Niblack. as Pendletons client whose
money Pendeton had received and re-
tanned, and being in coluslOn with the
other parties referred TO, and as be-
ing improper and unprofesslon con-
duet
Paragraph No. of the charges
takes up the case of desert land entry
No. $50, Of one Alex Hart, embrace
inc the $. l-2. y. f.. 4, S, l2. n. W..
Ia. section "a. 7. 80. n. r. IL w.
This is the land district on which
Pendleton's stenographer No. . filed q
contest on. March 10. 1905. Pendle-
ton 1t Is charged. filed, or caused to
be filed, collusive contest for one A,
/ Il. Hidebrand who. II Is alleged, is
known as Pendleton's silent partner In
real estate deals, on June II, 1906,
against the Alex. Hart entry pre-
vlously contested by Stenographer No,
| 9 Pendleton and Stenographer No,
| acted as corroboratlve witnesses in
this latter contest Of Hidebrand, In
an effort. 1t is alleged, to prevent a
proper and legal contest against the
Hart entry not TO the interest of PEN
dleton.
The charges further alege that
| Pendleton has for some years past
been guilty of improper and unpro-
fessional conduct having been de-
| nounced openlv by the honorable