Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-25
JURY COMPLETED
IN BORAH CASE
Government Counsel ArralunS
Late Gov. Steunenberg as
The Central Figure.
SENATOR WAS AN ATTORNEY
Prosecution Claims His Case Comes
Under Head OF Misdemcanur
And Not Felony.

Boise Ida. Sept. 2i-The government
today revealed its charge iu the ease ~
United states Senator Borah. charged
with timber land frauds. The jury was
completed at the morning session and
during the afternoon Judge NJ. C..
Burch Of Detroit. Mich. special assist
ant TO the attorney general made the
opening statement or the prosecution.
He arraigned the late Gov. Franz, steu-
nenberg as the central figure iu the
alleged conspiracy hy uni.n Do
claimed that more than 1900 acres Of
virgin forest lands. thick with tower
ing pines, came fraudulently into The
possession Of the Barber Lumber com
pany. "a wisconsin corporation uperat-
ing 1 ulaut in this city.
MT BUrch connected Senator Rorah
with the land transactions only as at
torney first for Stcunenberg and then
for the lumber concern he declared
that Senator Borah interested himself
lu all matters having an outward bear
Ing on the lands claimed by dummy
entrymeu, turned over to dummy
trustees and by them decided over TO the
Barber company.
Ali of the deeds went througn sena-
tor Borah's Office and stand I'm the
courty clerks office as being recorded
3t HIS request. IL is claimed Senator
b1~Ih approached the register cd ne
land office with regard to several
claims which were held up and was
warned by that official that the claims
we're fraudulent and should be let
alone.
The Jury as completed IS as follows:
Jules c. Miller farmer: J. +. Yates.
president " The foise bank of COM
merce. J, S. d. Manville. wool grow
en-: Thomas b. Cess, real estate; A. C.
i,oo'' printer ana publisher: Ora c..
Cox. carpenter; T, W. Randall farmer:
c. p. Bilberback, president First Ma
lioual Bank Of Emmett. Ida: Peter
Heth. tnncheri Albert Beck rancher.
and f. 5. Cushman. retired rancher.
jury which acquitted William d. Hay
"nuu ui the murder ct iOv. Steu-
ncnberg. I'm which case Senator Koran
appeared as prosecutor
Charles II. Meyer. president Of the
Western Federation OF Miners. who ~
out ON bail awaiting trial In the Steu-
nenberg matter was an Interested list
encr 10 Prosecutor Burch's ARA ignlnent
OF Senator Borah today.
Dummy entrymen. who claim they
sWore falsely FOR money in the inter-
est OF the members of the timber con-
spiracy, and George s. Long. one Of
the alleged dummy trustees viii take
the stand, according 20 Mr.. Burch. and
lay bare their part IN the transactions
which form the basis OF she indictment
against Senator Borah and AZ code
PENDANTS.
Gov. Steunenberg and William Sweet.
mining man. Mr.. Burch declared, put
up the FIRST money-s7. 5OO-to carry on
the alleged fraud GOV. Steunenberg
openly stated that he was interested
Ia securing timber claims as a specu-
lation and induced others 10 go in with
him. One man approached wis the
present governor Frank r. Gooding.
who. however when he heard the de-
tails Of the scheme. refused % have
part In IT,
Through A. b. Campbell. mine
owner he met during the famous Occur
d'Alene troubles, Mr. Burch declared,
Steunenberg and his local associates
We're introduced TO j, 4. Barber and 6.
O.. Noon. OF Eau Claire Wis. The lat
ter uut up S3S 900 which IL - alleged
Steunenberg disbursed as agent
Altogether % o. claimed three groups
Of land We're secured by means Of three
sets OF dummy eutrymen and three
dummy trustees. Tn an these cases
the deeds ~ transfer were handled in
the Office and IN the name OF Senator
Borah as attorney
Senator Rorah Is claimed 20 have
sought information OF former Gov.
Morrison as 20 what lands the state OF
Idaho was taking out for school pun
poses The information desired reached
The Barber Lumber company which had
been newly informed. and was Jutted
down on it1 books. on the day for NJ
Ing as men standing I'm line claimed
lands which are now held by the lum-
her company and which strangely. Ola
not overlap the states claims or tha
claims OF each other according to Mr..
Euucb.
The government attorneys claim
senator Borah's case comes under the
head of misdemeauor and mot fell
ony. the maximum penalty upon con
NiCti0u being "a fine up 90 $4,000 or im-
prisonWeut up 20 two years.