The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-02
MORE EVIDENCE IN
COAL LAND CASES
indictments Against Local Fuel
Companies viii Go Back
to Grand Jury.
DEMURRER ARGUED TODAY
DENVER ATTORNEY APPEARS
FOR DEFENDANTS.

Uncle Sans probe is going deeper and
deeper into the alleged coal land frauds.
and as the result of obtaining new evil
dence concerning the qualifications of tha
system, which it is asserted has defraud-
ed the government OF Of thousands OF
acres of valuable land. it has been de-
cided TO rcsubmit the indictments re-
turned against the Utah Fuel company
and the Pieanaut Valley Fuel company to
the federal grand jury for further con-
sideratioD.
This change of plans was announced
by the district attorneys office yesterday
morning before Judge John A. Marshall,
while final arrangements were being
made Tor the arguments on the demur-
rers in all the land fraud cases Be
cause Of the announcement the argu-
ments on the indictments against tho two
companies referred to will not take place
this morning as expected.
The nature Of the newly discovered evil
deUco against these concerns is not,
known. but it is thought that an effort
viii be made to connect them with a
gigantic system Of land sWndling which
1t is charged has existed throughout this
section Of the country. other companies
it is understood may be implicated before
the investigation is over.
Arguments Today.
indictments against r. W. Senior Don
{. Robbins ". G. Filler and G. NJ. Freed
viii. however. take place this morning as
scheduled All are charged with cOnspir-
acy to defraud the government and they
will insist that the indictments are not
sufficiently explicit to warrant prosecu-
ton. The argument in all the cases will
I be made by John NJ Waldron of Denver.
who represents the Utah Fuel company
and the Pleasant Valley Coal company in
the civil suits brought By the govern
mentS for the surrender OF some of the
/ land which il is alleged they obtained
unlawfully- These cases came up last
January and were decided in favor OF
the government. Mr.. Waldron came here
this time to represent the same concerns.
but owing to the postpOnement Of their
cases the other defendants decided to re-
tain him 10 appear for them jointly. and
notice to this effect was served on the
1 district attorney yesterday.
/ Each Of the defendants will also have
an attorney to represent his personal in
( terests. :. 5. Narian Will appear for
( Mr.. Freed, r. b. Critchow for Mr.. Filler,
and W. H. Dickson for Mr.. Robbins Mr.
/ Senior being an attorney himself will
/ look after his own interests.
Sweet Case Later.
The civil action brought against Arthur
I T. Sweet TO compel him to relinquish his
/ title to coal lands secured by him i'm
| Emery county will not be argued for
some time. This is the case in which the
state is so vitally interested and for
/ which the legislature appropriated 5000
/ to aid Sweet in defending his title
The action involves the title to all coal
/ lands which have been secured by the
state as part of the school selection from
/ the national appOrtiOnment
! The government claims that the state
! never secured title to any of these lands
/ and therefore could not pass title to pur-
/ ChaSers from il. Sweet belongs to this
/ class The state board of land commits
| siOners acting by legislative AUTHORITY
/ has just appointed W. H Dickson as a
( special attorney to represent its interests
/ IN this suit. It is probable that IL will
Z be decided to allow Mir. Dickson to take
/ charge of Sweets interests from the he
/ ginning and not ask to be allowed 10
| intervene in the case