The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-27
HERNANN'S CLERK.
TAKES THE STAND.
prooreSS of "EIeVen-Seven"
Land Claims Is
Traced.
IURYMAN GOES TO SLEEP
INV MITCHELL CHANGED A
$1,000 BILL.

u-ssbirgtor. March 26.-Progress of the
- ..t-Ie ZEN Se1 en- claims through the
I'll land office was carefully traced
,bs Hermann trial today when George
OGDEN clerk in the public lands di-
.,r of that office, testified
a. ogden prepared the correspondence
-. c4se. He directed the special land
i'm OREGON TO report on these
ms ON the receipt of the LOOMS
..,,r+ ogden did not feel satisfied as to
\. sboVire made and directed state For
Ser Ormsby 10 report upon the claims.
~, O,rsbv raportN the witness said, was
.rlost identical with the Looms report.
An 0f tine papers IN the claims, he said
arc asked for either by Commissioner
4r,gru ar Assistant COMMISSIONS
Lizards Tile next day ogden was call
"a into conference with Richards regard
= Tho claims He told Richards that
- AID moi feb satisfied with the show
10 made. AIr Richards replied that BE-
"a looked over the papers and Thought
- .5era WAS D sufficient showing 10 justify
III issuance of patents
tzdan said the cases might have been
cached i'm the regular course OF business
,5t5ir three DAYS even If they had NOT
zen made special
letter books of the office We're produced
"a comics of letters ne wrote regarding
,-s elaine identified by the witness.
MitcheH's Secretary on Stand.
u.r-v q Robertson of Seattle. private
..-etarv TO Hermann during the latter
---r, i'm congress in lS96-91 and who held
ike uositIon with the late Senator
TfrneU from 1871 to 1915, testified FOR
-.,c government Mitchell. he said. die
r.-ed ro him the affidavit which Mrs.
Watson laf : a d. Putcr executed. re-
esrIinc the PUter claims in the fur
-rararr, of which PUter testified he gave
Mitchell two Sl.00O bills. \ day or 50
7fe- this DEE said Mitchell was apparently
nervous when robertson went 10 MS
-otel t1 receive the morning dictatiOn-
Mitchell told him ne had given Mr.. Nc
N4v tho hotel manager. some money to
cd changed. Ia an hour or so Mckay
.-77rr-ad Mitchell having gone TO the no
% office 10 look for him several times.
Mckay handed Mitchell a package of So
lis an inch and a halt thick. Robertson
oid DE- net AttOrn@y Mays Of Seattle In
Washington in 1872. at which time Mitch
d made an appointment 70 iHtroduc-
hrs to Hermann
n 1904 he recalled conference az
gIcheITs hotel Between Mitchell and
F-manu The latter had Just returned
,0m Portland. where ne had been Wit
-. in rh, land fraud suit against Puter
hermann told Mitchell he could not ideu-
In Mrs Watson. although a letter of
production was given him in court To
rf-esh his memory. Mitchell said he
rrla not remember her on her affidavits-
Wouldn't Obey Summons.
some tiIl, later Mitchell and Hermann
Entered 10 the presence Of Robertson as
70 whether they should obey a summons
n testify &c another land fraud case III
ircgou. They decided to avail them
eives of their privilege not to. and
Mitchell dictated number of kilograms
g prominent persons in Oregon asking
jar opinions as to what would be the gen
cal Impression did they not testify
Several government clerks testified aEC
aaHfiied certain exhibits in the ease.
he government put in evidence let
iE Importing TO outline the character
u the land operations Of the Hyde-Ben-
W--DimOnd comb nation. The latter was
zgIed a Citizen Of the I. $ and ideE-
tied in the files Of the land office by
" z Walk. a clerk Its admission was
contested by Mr. WoTthington because 81
an apparent erasuTe in the office notation
IN the back Both sides were given Op-
lortUnity 10 examine the letter before
o7urt coave1es tomorrow. Then the mat
'sr Of its admission viii he settled
During court today Justice Stafford
hslted the trial 10 have a bailiff arouse
an apparently siumbering juryman-