Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-28
FIXING FRAUD
/. ON SENATOR
BORAH
DAMAGING LETTERS
PRODUCED IN COURT
Documents Read to Jury Show
Connectionof Murdered Gov
ernor With Alleged Fraudu-
lent Idaho Transactions.

Boise. Idaho, Sept. 27.-Half a
score Of letters which the government
attorneys in the. trial of Senator Bo-
rah declared go to show the compile
ity of former Governor Steunenberg
in the alleged Idaho timber land
fraud conspiracy were offered in evil
dence today and read to the jury
The letters were written by William
Sweet, one of the indicted men, who,
1t is reported will take the stand as
a witness for the United States The
documents were produced by ]. H.
Richards a local attorney, to whom
they were written, and who acted as
legal adviser to Sweet. Most of the
letters were dated from New York
and Boston and several of them were
replies to letters or kilograms urging
him to return to Idaho.
II can't see why | should return
to Idaho. | can't see why / should
come back unless it is in regard to
the timber, and that is all in the gov
ernor's hands," wrote Sweet in one of
his notes. Then proceeding, "As
money is coming to me, put it in the
bank. | have absolute faith in the
governor. He came to my assistance
and helped me out of a bad mess,
never ought to have gotten in. / don't
know what I would have dope if 1t
hadn't been for him.
In another letter Sweet gave the
amount he was ''in" on the tlmber
deal. The total amount was about
$4,000 including a $500 note sign
ed by himself and Steunenberg.
Senator Borah's name was dragged
into the case here for the first time,
just before adjournment, when H. S.
Workman. another local attorney,
took the stand and produced more
letters from Sweet. In one letter to
Workman he wrote:
Richards used his power of attor-
ney to turn all my money, $4,000,
over to Steunenberg and II is like
pulling a cat through a stocking to
-gr' itAhack l. wish YOU Would see
Barah about this and get him to make
a settlement statement of the COVER
nors obligation to me. He is the
governors attorney, but is a first class
gentleman and knows q little state
ment is only fair TO me. Tell him
haven't a scratch of a pen from Steun-
enberg to show that he has $4,000
OF my money. He said the copy of our
agreement was lost"
A. b. Campbell a millionaire, of
spokane, WASH, Salu ne was lntfO-
duced James T. Barber and Sumner
G. Moon, of Eau Claire, Wis. The
governor thanked Campbell for hav-
ing put him in touch with the Wis
consn interests.
Several dummy entrymen," who
made deeds conveying the title to
their lands to George S. Long, were
examined at the morning session in
order to get the deeds in evidence.
These deeds all bear endorsement as
having ben recorded at the requst of
W. Il. Rorah. The entrymen making
them declared that they paid nothing
for recording the deeds, authorized no
one to pay fees for them, never em-
plOyed an agent or attorney, and new
er even saw the patents issued to them
by the land office at Washington.
The entrymen examined today all
declared that they got their mo ey
through former State Senator John
Rinkead Borah's counsel continued
the policy of not putting the allie red
dummies" under cross examination