Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-01-17
MANY INDICTMENTS.
For Illegal Fencing and Other crIms'
r. Against Uncle Sam.

Fer illegal Fencing and Other crImss
r.. Against Uncle Sam.
Denver. - Twenty-nins Indictments.
two Of them against millionaires among
the nost prominent citizens Of Colo
rado ami Wyoming. were returned
Thursday by the federal grand Jury
that completed It's labor and submitted
tts findings to Judge Lewis.
The millionaires accused are Edgar
N. BiEgs. prominent lumberman OF
Denver. and Ora Haley. cattle king OF
Laramie. Wyoming. who controls ranch
and range property In all the impor.
tant cattle states OF the West.
Biggs IL accused. with Welch w.
Nossaman. Of conspiracy In acquiring
timber Land for the New Mexico Lum.
Der company near Pagosa Springs.
Haley III accused OF Illegal fencing OF
10000 acres OF range land near tho
Colorado Wyoming boundary.
In addition TO these tho principal In
diotmsnis returned were against VIII
Tam II. Mason and Joseph Wander
Wside for conspiracy to murder Joseph
A. Walker. federal secret service agent.
who was shot by vanderweide At the
Hesperus coal mine near Hesperus.
Colorado. November Sd. while engaged
In an investigation Of the property.
Kemp v. Biselow. the boy bomb
maker. now serving . sentence In the
state reformatory. was indicted on
three charges OF using tho malls TO se-
cure money by means Of fraud. Tho
other indictments with the charges FOL.
low: -. 49,.
Robert ". Bradley. alias Robert ".
Emison. eounterfeitins; eight counts:
bond axod nj 5000.
Noses Fisher. having counterfeit
coins In his possession: bonds $1,000.
Daniel Hansen and one cochrane.
perjury In connection with land frauds
In the southern part OF the state: bonds
for Hansen and Cochrane nxed NJ
$1,000 each.
David II. Muir, violation OF tho olco-
margarine act: bonds $500.
J. Maurice Finn. well known attor.
ncy. Withholding pension accounts:
bonds $500. r
William II. Hawks and J. I. Rawi. II.
legal fencing Of government lands:
bonds respectively $1,000 and $500.
David Mcisncr and William II.
Probst. stealing mail pouch: bonds
$500.
Charles o. Erbaush. usin. tho malls
to dcfrand: bonds $500.
William wheinn and James Murphy.
using tho malls To defraud: bonds
$1,000 each.
Charles ]. Kccscc. sending obscene
matter through the mails; bonds
$1,000.
Charles Shawl. forging money order
Endorsements: two counts: bonds 5000.
William II. Hiidrc,h. postmaster al
Basai,. cmbcxxiing money order and
postal funds.
Claude l.. Meyer. making false AN
davit: bonds $1,000.
Max Kaplsn and J. n. Princeton. do.
stroying evidence In federal case:
$500.
One Buckley. sending obscene matter
through the mails. three counts: bonds
$500.
oae ...suskirk. breaking car seals:
bonds $3.50.
d. ormond and Abbott: bonds 500
each.
The Indictment OF Ora Haley. Hawks
and Rnwi marks the bcginnin. In this
state OF the crusade planned by tho
government against tho big ranchmcn
In all sections of the country who have
taken tho liberty OF fencing grazing
lands for their herds or nocks. which.
IL carried out according TO the plans
mapped out In Washington. VIII
bring TO life again the old .conditions
Of range riding and real cowboy herd
ing thit Is now practically obsolete.
Millions Of acres Of government
land. II Is reported by the land oficc.
has been fenced by the cattle barons
to keep their herds within a short dis
tance OF tho home ranches. that the ex'
pcnsivo roundnps and shipping drives
might be done AWAY with. This land.
Il Is contended. Is open range, and un'
less the cattlcmcn see ft to purchase
II under land ONCE regulations they
have no right to SGT It aside rs n prt
vate preserve.