Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-15
DENIAL By COLONEL KOSBY
Official Says BE Did not Make Alleged
Charges Against DISTRICT
NATTER RETIRED TO THE PRESIDENT
Former Senator Publishes Letter
froa Nosby. who Thinks Inter
view Wa Manufactured
In Nebraska.

HASTINGS. Neb-. Jan 14-Cspecial)-
About a week ago a Lincoln. newspaper
published what purported to be an inter
view with Colonel Mosby Of the Depart
ment Of Justice. in which that official was
quoted as having said that former Senator
Dietrich had aided the cRttlemen In fencing
and holding public lands IN this state Mr..
Dietrich denied all Of the charges ana took
the matter up with the president.
This morning Mr.. Dietrich made public
the correspondence which ne has had with
the president. and which has brought about
a denial by Colonel Mosby TO the alleged
interview which appeared in the State
Journal Of January 3. Mr.. Dietrich's first
letter follows:
HASTINGS. Neb-. Jan. 5. 1sg7.-My Dear
Mr.. President. / ask g personal favor
that you read the within clipping and give
q personal answer. This Is the second
time that Mostly has been quoted a. making
false statements as to myself. With COM
pltments Of the season, ] am. sincerely
yours. c. H DIETRICH.
To this the president replied:
THE WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON,
received your letter / had no knowledge
Of the matter TO which you refer ] have
at once sent II for report 20 the Depart
ment Of Justice Wishing YOU and yours
many happy New Years. believe me, sin
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
This morning Mr.. Dietrich received the
following letter with correspondence from
the Department Of Justice:
THE WHITE HOUSE. WASHINGTON.
Jan II. 1ad-My Dear Senator. Referring
10 your note Of the 18th instant. with en-
closed clipping, the president directs me 70
se enclosed ~ Ig spop from nq Attorney
General Bonaparte, which will explain it.
y WILLIAM LOEB. JR
Secretary 10 the President.
The following is that portion Of the letter
received from Colonel Mosby by the De
partrnent Of Justice. which refers directly
70 the alleged interview which appeared in
the State Journal:
The correspondent Of the Richmond
Times DispatCh came 10 my room and in
formed me he had telegram from his
paper saying that Mr.. Dietrich had de-
nounced an Interview OF mine published in
the Lincoln State Journal as q lie. The
reporter wanted 10 know what l nso q
say about IL ] replied that ] had not men
toned Mr. Dietrich's name for some years
and had no interview with any newspaper
man ON any subject and had nothing TO say.
which he did This correspondent also went
TO the ONCE Of the Lincoln Journal to fad
out the author Of the dispatch IN that
paper purportinE TO come from Washington.
He was told there that IL was not sent
from or through the local ONCE here. Ny
own opinion is that the alleged Interview
was written up in Nebraska and falsely
represented as a dispatch from Washington.
In making public the above correspond
ence, Mr.. Dietrich said today:
Having 30 often been the victim Of false
charges by vicious and reprehensihle news
papers and certain Of their allies, ! feel
that an apology is due Colonel Nosby for
having paid any attention to the purported
interview which appeared IN the State
journal OF January 3. 1907. which Colonel
Mostly in such strong language brands as
false. Were ] guilty Of the charges made
against me by such papers and persons,
they would not be as wicked and az IN
pardonAble as the malicious. cowardly and
wicked assassination OF character. which
they have been guilty Of in order to gain
political power and prestige The con-
spiracy against myself like that against
Alfred Dreyfus Of France, has been most
cruel. inhuman and wicked, and some day
will be righted 4"