The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-17
FEDERAL OFFICIALS
ARE CALLED DOWN
falsity of Claims Made by u. S.
Attorney for Utah
Shown Up.
LIKEWISE. THOSE MADE BY
SPECIAL ATTORNEY GENERAL
Senior Gives Facts in Connec-
tlon With Dismissal of AL
legged Coal Land Frauds.

>. Editor Trlbuuc-The Herald Bcpub-
I'can OF November |. 1909. IN com.
mcntlng upon the dismissal of the case
ot myself and others. states:
Slhcc the Indictment was reuincl. tb,
trial Of Che ease has been nnsinnn.,J
FROM time to time. owing ,u ile 'lJI-bs;Itl
ol MI Freed and on account of similar
.3se" bending IN The United States courts
ozra we q'%ihi;isai OF Inc cases Yesterday fol-
ro"Ip = thorough Investigation by Col
onel Hiram L. Booth. United States dis
tilrt Hltorn"y Tor Utah. and Fred \
M M,halhafd Spcci3l assistant 10 the aitor-
ntN general. these tWo officials nayin;.
''"n advised IN telegram from the H,-
t|'brF general that IL was the opiuiuu
, 2i tha' 2ih.i7l that the caso should Inc
dismissed. The report To the altorpcv
general advising the dismissal of liz.
c1SeS, Was mad" II Is said. because ,,r
Sne great dilnCplt% ia establishing q cas,.
- SVnpIeie remedy for The recovery cf
NC land lay IN. the land department ~
S'h' Tho government not only
expects I" recover tho lands bur i've IAN.
department viii retain The purchase price
"l Fl"poo paid by the cutTym"n.
10 my mind. the natural Inference
10 be drawn from the article referred
10 Is, that the parties who for nearly
tGrcc years were held uudcr the rloud
o1 an lndIctmcnt, arc now turned loose.
9"t hecauSc they are not guilty, bui
Tor the reason that ga complete remedy
iand department itself. And having
been deprived of an opportunity TO de-
lcnd myself before court and iury ~
now appears that the learned gentlemen
N control of the district attorurv : Of
nee have taken it upon themselves io
cause auoihcr cloud 10 arise in the
horizon and cast n shadow.
| WIS always confident that could
| but succeed i'm getting the ease 10
trial tn" cloud would roll bv when the
Whoie truth would be known. But the
indictment sent forth through the press
IS III such shape and form that no dc.
tense can ever be made before n court
of justice aud Jury If our fellow.
men, and hence tho occasion for intrucl.
ing through your valuable columns
Case Held Up Over Two Years.
The case WAS never set down for trial
unul last spring. uprc. than two wears
a1tHr tho Indictment had been found.
and NJ MAS then understood between ihr
attorneys for the defendants. (otbcr
than myself( and the district aifor
neys, that no objection would be made
10 Il continuance and that time only.
WaS 2 continuance asked by the attor-
neE for Mr.. Freed. and the ground stat
Cd was his Greed 50 sickness | oh
1ected 10 the continuance, aud asked
the honorable Judge To permit Tho case
u.
stating that The government witnesses
were all within reach. aud there was
no reason for delay. When. however. |
was Informed by the court that | ronId
not be separately tried. ! acduirsccd in
the continuance. From the bcoinnins,
have earnestly cn1eavorcd TO bring
the case TO a speedy trial, which will
appear from pcrusal of the correspond
cnce, of which the following is a COPY:
Interesting Letters.
Department OF the Interior, Washington.
september 60. 1907.
E. w. Senior, l57 Keith Building. Salt
Lake CITY, Utah-Dcar sir: Your letter
10 the secretary dated September el hns
neen received and referred To me for fur
tE.r consideration and action | will brius
II To the attention of the attorney general
with the request that il compatible with
the practice OF his department in trying
cases Of this kind. he grant your request
10 have separate trial. / VIII also call
MS attention To the possible proprietv OF
having IN" United states attorney and tho
special assistant. who had Char-c of pre-
pairing evidence upon which Your indict-
ment was found, look into your case par
10 determine In tho light of yo,u,
affidavit and other Information obtaina-
bic, what disposition should he made OF
your case. Very truly Yours,
O.. w. WOODRUFF.
Acting Secretary.
-nitcJ States Sau1t, Cn,pr,;,,cn g., Ia