Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-30
SENATOR BORAH'S CASE
Second Week of Trial Begun at
Boise Today.
THE GOVERNMENTS TASK
Trying to Connect Defendant With
Alleged Land Frauds.
SPECIAL GRAND JURY TO PROBE
Allege Borah Indictment Was Inspir-
ed by Western Federation Of Min
ers-Steunenberg a Feature.


! Special Dispatch to The Star
! BOISE, Idaho September 3o-When the
second week of the trial Of Senator BorAh
! charged with completely in Idaho land
! frauds. began today before Federal Judge
| Nhitson. the government attorneys were
still confronted with the task of connecting
the defendant on trial with the alleged UNI
| lawful combination. During the first six
days or the trial the name of Senator Borah
was seldom heard, and the evidence ad-
! duced in behalf OF the United States had to
! do mainly with the activities OF Former
! Gov. Frank Steunenberg
AS far as this evidence has gone II has
| been admitted without any objection on tho
| part of the defense, on the promise of tho
prosecuting attorneys eventually to connect
Senator Borah with the alleged conspiracy
| Senator Borahs counsel have adopted the
1 general policy OF not cross examining any
of the witnesses who contine their testi-
mony to the alleged conspiracy between
| Steunenberg. Wells. Kinkaid and others
The special grand jury investigating the
! charges Of misconduct against District At
| torney Ruick has decided to make inquiries
into allegations that the Western Fedora
ton OF Miners had something to do with
me Indictment Of Senator Borah. Fred
Miller OF Spokane, Wash. one Of the Hay
wood attorneys. arrived here today In re-
sponse to a grand jury subpoena He will
| be witness tomorrow.
Peter Meth. one Of the Jurors empaneled
to try Senator Borah. was taken seriously
| Ill last night. One OF the governments
counsel said he believed Meth to be suffer-
ing from temporary mental arrangement.
Que TO the excitement Of the trial
Tacoma Man Testifes.
George 8. Long of Tacoma Saturday
| took the witness stand in the Borah
| trial for alleged conspiracy to defraud the
United States of timber land and stated
| that In response to a request from James
| I. Barber Of Eau Claire. Wis, he had al
lowed his name to be used as a trustee
In the acquisition OF Idaho timber lands.
he produced letter from Barber re ading:
| Exigencies have arisen which maks Il
desirable to pass title to certain lands In
| ldaho through some party entirely removed
from association with the Barber Lumber
company. the circumstances being similar
| to those which made 1t desirable to use NV
name In connection with some OF the
Weyerhauser Timber Company's property
have. therefore, taken the responsibility
OF directing the placing of title to certain
| lands in you"
Asked About "Exigencies."
Long said that he had been personal
friend Of Barber for seventeen years. He
received compensation for services as trus-
l
employ Senator Borah as counsel, and, In
fact. never met the senator until this year
| The attorney for the defense asked Long
what the "exigences" referred to by Bar
| Der meant.
| Il suppose" replied the witness, they
| were the same as arose In Washington
| when l was purchasing property for the
| Weyerhausers and when I used Mr.. Bar
| bers name. If l used Weyerha users name
| In any locality 1t always sent the prces
| up and brought competition"
More letters tending to show former Gov.
Steunenberg's interest in timberland specu-
| lation were read to the jury. In one letter
| to WORKMAN, Sweet wrote: Richards used
| his power OF attorney to turn all Of my
| money. $4,000, over to Steunenberg, and it
| Is like pulling cat through a stocking to
! get back. l wish you would see William
| E. Borah about this and get him to make
little statement of the governors obiga-
| ton to me. He is the governors attorney,
but Is a first-class gentleman and knows q
little statement is only fair to me. Tell
him l haven't the scratch of q pen from
Stenenberg to show that he has $4,000 Of
my money. He said the copy of our agree
ment was lost
Put in Touch With Wisconsin Inter-
c. B. Campbell, a millionaire mineowner
| Of Spokane, said that he introduced Steu-
| nenberg to Albert E Palmer who, in turn.
| introduced him to James T. Barber and
| Sumner G. Moon OF Eau Claire. Wis. The
| governor thanked Campbell for having put
| him in touch with the Wisconsin interests.
Mr.. Campbell Identified all letters which
| he had received from Steunenberg. bring
| ing former Senator Foster Of Washington
| into the situation. One of these letters
read:
Senator Fosters letter has been for
warded to my eastern associates. The tie
up of twelve of the claims continues, but I
have faith that through the work Of your
self and friends We can soon find solu-
ton that have a pointer on the in
spector and those that are responsible for
his appointment.
Timber Deals in Bad Shape.
ANY time you can make an appointment
with Senator Foster 1 can come. This
feature OF the timber deals is getting into
bad shape. Sharp. the inspector, ana the
land office people have worked secretly
and used 80 much deception with their
friends that have not been able to learn
the true situation. l think you had better
ask Senator Foster to hold Sharp on until
l can see the senator"
Campbell said he visited Boise soon after
this and saw Senator Borah two three
times. He thought their conversation had
to do with the timber matter, but could not
recall what 1t was.
Campbell told of meeting Steunenberg in
Washington D. c.. late in 1902. Steunen-
berg told Campbell that many Of his TIM
Der claims were held up He wanted Camp
bell to see Senator Spooner o; Wisconsin
and Mark Hanna. Campbell did not see
either Spooner or Hanna.
Former Senator A. q. Foster of Tacoma,
Wash was on the stand for few NM
utes. He said that Steunenberg called at
his office and asked him to see Sharp.
special land inspector, about certain claims
that were held up. Foster sad he sent
Sharp to see Campbell and that was the
last he saw or heard of Steunenberg.