Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-07
SENATOR WOLCOTT UP AGAIN
Former Lsgi7la'or on Long List Of Indicted
Land Men for Trial
POLICY KING OF CHICAGO IN LOT
=. C. Pettyjohn. Former Register Of
Land once nt Valentine Must
Answer to Uncle
Sam.

United States District Judge T. c. Mum
ger has before him the prospect Of be-
coming thoroughly familiar with the land
fraud Investigations IN Nebras ska aside
from the beginning Of these trials in the
United States district court Monday. with
T. NJ. Huntington, James K Reid, Fred
Hoyt and Ami 3. Todd as the defendants.
While this is the most important case to
be tried during the term, about thirty
other defendants are under Indictment on
similar charges OF conspiracy, conspiracy
TO suborn perjury. perjury, forgery and ille-
gal fencing
Among those now under indictment In ad-
dition to the first named defendants is F.
NJ Wolcott Of Valentine, who Is indicted
for alleged conspiracy and for suborning
perjury. Mr.. wolcott was formerly state
senator from the Valentine district and was
indicted with Bartlett Richards and others
In the recent case under which the princi-
pal defendants we're convicted However,
the jury found Senator wocott not guilty
Of the charges implied in this indictment
and he was discharged for that alleged
offense. However two indictments still re-
main against him for which he must stand
trial.
Several Others I'm the Net
r, NJ. Allen. Byron Hudgel and Daniel
Purdue are also under Indictment for al
legged conspiracy. like indictment is re-
turned against Robert Gillaspie and Jacob
stattler Jointly for conspiracy, and an
other against Robert Gilaspie for perjury.
Jesse Headington will be called upon TO
answer TO an Indictment for perjury. J.
II. Edmiston, former populist leader in Me-
braska, also has TO answer to two indict-
ments Tor forgery In some land transact
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indictment for a scheme to defraud.
]. c. Pettyjohn, former register of the
land Office at Valentine, a prominent re.
publican politician Of that section, and ].
NJ. Tucker, one time a leading attorney
of northern Nebraska, are Jointly indicted
for conspiracy. ]. c. PettyJohn has a Sec
ond indictment pending against him for
illegally fencing public lands. Harry SUIT
ton is called to answer 70 an indictment
for perjury, and Perry A. Yeast must also
answer to an indictment for perjury.
Perry. A. Yeast is additionally jointly in
dicted with Harry Sutton for conspiracy.
sO-Caned Policy King.
One Of the big cases is the indictment
against Lawrence e. King, Patrick J.
King, THE Policy" King, and Frederick
s. Bond, all Of Chicago, for conspiracy in
the big Chicago ranch deal in Sheridan
county, in which large number OF Illinois
people were taken in through the machina-
lions of Policy" King and his confeder-
Rtes.
Charles T. Stewart and Stewart Walker
have also to answer to a conspiracy in
diotment and Charles Stewart On additional
indictment for illegally fencing public
lands. William George has an indictment
for perjury lying against him. and Elias
IL ls1I
perjury and another for conspiracy
ALI OF these indictments pertain to the
land frauds in Sheridan, Cherry and ad-
jaoent counties in Nebraska, and were
found at the June term 1906, of the federal
grand jury. just how many OF the cases
can be reached by the present term of
court, remains yet TO be SEEN However,
the trials will be prosecuted vigorously as
rapidly as they can be reached.
Several Civil suits.
In addition to these criminal cases several
civil suits are pending against numerous
cattlemen Of these several counties for
maintaining unlawful fences about public
lands. These cases have been pending for
twosor three years. Some few Of them are
now In process of settlement on the grounds
that the fences have been or are being re-
moved.
u. M. Holbrook Of Sheridan, wyo., presi-
dent Of the Wyoming Coal Mining com
pany, one OF the parties recently indicted
In the Wyoming coal land frauds was in
Omaha Saturday morning and called at the
once OF United States District Attorney
Goss. Mr.. Holbrook was not disposed to
talk in reference to his indictment He is
here in conference with some Of the at
torneys associated in the defense OF several
Of the Nebraska land cases.
From the fact that Special Assistant At