Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-04

90 defraud the government OF the title
to public lands In Mcpherson county,
Neb. also indicted for maintaining an
unlawful Enclosure OF the public lands.
and also under indictment for per-
jury in connection with final proof sub
mittsd by ham OF lands filed on by him
az a homestead. In his final proof he
swore that he and his family had re-
sided on the lands In Mcpherson coun-
~ (Which are within his unlawful in
closure). when as a matter OF fact his
family has at all times resided IN
Council Bluffs. Ia. lie is engaged In the
wholesale grocery business, his store
being located IN Omaha in the whole
sale district there. He Is reputed to be
quite wealthy. Stewards attorneys are
Harl & FINLEY Of Council BLUFFS, Ia.
who are also the attorneys At that
place for the Omaha and Council Bluffs
Street Railway company in which COM
pany Har holds considerable stock,
Stewart being also stakeholder and
possibly a director OF the company. He
Is also represented I'm Omaha by W. j.
Council. one OF the attorneys there for
the same company Stewart Is also rep
resented IN his perjury case by "Bnl'
Gulley Of Omaha Neb.. who at one
time was quite closely connected in a
political way with the l.. p r. n. COM
panyi stewart Is also closely associat-
ed with G b. Hazlcton. postmaster at
Council Bluffs. Harl y FINLEY and Ha-
zloton are all members OF the same
lodge. Another close personal friend Of
Stewards Is Ed Hart. alias water
works Hart. president OF the Council
Bluffs Water company. and interested
Ia the street railway. Stewards father
was interested IN, and practically own
ed and controlled, during MS lifetime.
largo ranch along the 4. T. railroad Ia
Nebraska, and did a greet deal Of bust
less with that road"
Concerning this case tho United
states attorney at Omaha states
There are three cases against Stew
art one for fencing. one conspir-
acy one perjury an good cases
and chances ~ conviction good
LAND GRABBING CASES.
In connection with the Nebraska
prosecution the government has by de-
groes secured the return TO the govern
ment OF over a million acres or graz
ing land. in Colorado of more than
1000 acres Of mineral land, and suits
are now pending Involving 10000 acres
more
An these Investigations IN the land
cases were undertaken in Conse-
quence OF Mr. Hitchcock the then
secretary OF the interior becoming COM
WINGED that uhere were extensive
frauds committed In his department,
and the rlmincatiOns OF the frauds
werc so far-rcaching that he WAS
afraid 90 trust his own officials 10 deal
in thoioughgoing fashion with them
one OF the secret service men accord
inglv resigned and was appointed in
the interior department 90 carry on this
work The frst thing DE discovered
was that the special agents division on
CORPS of detectives OF the land office OF
the interior department was largely
under the control II the land thieves
and In consequence the investigations
above referred to had TO be- made hy
secret service mon.
n the present law. for which Mesers
TaWuoy. Smith, and the other gcntle-
men I have above mentioned are r.
-nonslhlc bad been Don effect. this
action would have been impossible. ANA
most of the criminals would unques-
uouanly have escaued. so more strik-
Ing instance can Boz imagined uf the dee
stability off hoN'us central corps
0f skilled investigating agents who can
ut uuN tiuc De assigned. u necessary
iu largo numbers, to investigate some
violation of tho federal statutes, boz
no matter what branch of tho public
service lu This particular case most
of the MON Investigated VINO were pup-
/ Hc servants were in the executive
l hmrch of tha government But Don ore
/ -on. whore an enormous acreage of
! frludulenuy aI .nafcd public land Naf
| recovered Tor the government United
/ states saaiog Mr Mitchell and %
| member ol iho loN.g house. Mr. VIII
! Nmsur. Ncre convicted on evidence
| obtained hy men transferred from thc
| eDDrot service. and another member of
] louErcss WAS indicted.
NATURALIZATION AFFAIRS
From io0l tu 1904 successful iAyest-
I cation uf naturalization Affairs Wla
/ mado hy the secret service. With the
result nf obtaining hundreds of cone
/ YicUons of coneurat0rs who were c0n-
| Yicfed of selling fraudulent papers 81
/ naturalization consequently. tunEroha
/ panrd very wise ilW providing IA
/ sproIni service ANA appropriation COR
/ tho prevention of naturalization fraudsi
but unfortunately at the saline time
that tho action against Che secret SER
| slice WAS taheu. Congress also enc
down the pgopflauon for thiH spsclal