New-York tribune., 1909-09-08
HELD FOR LAND FRAUDS
-Four arrests Here on Federal In
dictmentS an Wyoming.

on indictments found by a federal grand jury at
Cheyenne. Wyo., May q of this year. four
rests made yesterday on charges of conspir-
acy to defraud the government in falsely obtaining
coal lands at Lander. in that state, by means Of
dummy entrymen and entrywomen. The four men.
Wilberforce Suy, Frank T. Wells. Rufus Ireland
and George W. Daily, were brought TO the Federal
Building in the afternoon by their counsel, Lewis
J.. Deafied. United States Commissioner Gilchrist
held them 5000 bail each. which they furnished
The eXtraditon proceedings will begin on Tuesday.
Mr.. Sully is vice-presdent and chairman of the
boards of directors of the American Malt Company
and American Mailing Corporation which have
combined capital of S45.OOOOO0.
1t said yesterday that there would be sharp
legal fight to prevent the removal of the men 10
Wyoming The indictments charge the men arrest
ed and others not yet apprehended with having de-
frauded the United States June /, 1906 by OBJ
tanning for the Owl Creek Coal Company excess
title to 1850 of vacant coal land and for the
Northwestern Coal Company excess title to 4,3l2
acres of the same kind OF land. Dummy entries
1t was said. were made and the land thus acquired
turned over to the companies all four receiv-
ing the land for the former and Daily and Wells
for the latter.
According 10 the government laws title to only
a quarter section. 100 acres, is allowed In
this case it is charged that the dummy entries
made il appear as if person acted for himself
but that. I'm fact, the dummies acting for the
companies. Money, it alleged, was furnished
by the men indicted and others not yet arrested to
the dummies that they might acquire the land
and that by doing this the four men perverted and
prejudiced the administration of the laws through
which the land obtainabe "by deceitful and
fraudulent practices
timothy +. Burke, the United States Attorney at
Cheyenne. was present when the prisoners were
arraigned. Abel I. Smith, assistant to United
States Attorney Wise. made the application for
the arrest and will have charge Of the case as
long as it Is before the authorities here
Mr. Sully, in addition to his interests in the two
mailing concerns. which New Jersey corpora
tions. is a practising lawyer He is said to be a
brother OF Alfred Sully, who interested with
the late Austin COrbn in the development of Long
Island. Mr.. Wells is a lawyer at Amityville and
Mr.. Ireland lives there. Mr.. Daily was said to be
a stenographer for Mr.. Sully.
Arrests have been made at Cheyenne in conec-
ton with the case. A lawyer. Samuel w. Gebo,
who. 1t was alleged. acted for the dummies in the
transactions with the Land Office authorities was
indicted and arrested. Others arrested as having
had hand in the transactions were Thomas P
Macdonald, John B. Wight and John Nelson They
all pleaded not guilty at Cheyenne and were held
for trial
Inc FEDERAL authorities learned that most of the
persons who made the dummy entries were bar
bers and bartenders. The government has insti-
tuted civil proceedings have the land entries
cancelled, and testimony regarding this phase of
the case will be taken in this city soon.