Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-22
ROOSEVELT REITERATES HIS
CHARGE THAT CONGRESS
IS PROTECTING
CRlMl NAILS.
contain only from . to II per cent OF
Nnrrnnt In fnnr

contain only from . to II per cen OF
warrant in fact.
Senator Hemenway quoted the
secretary of the interior as the au-
thority for the statement that but one
secret service man was cyer detailed
to the interior department. This
statement of the senator is complete
~ misleading. The secret service men
were used in the interior department
cases at the request Of the secretary
of the interior, but for convenience in
operation they were assigned to and
paid by the department of Justice.
This has been set forth with the ut
most c%lcarness again and again in the
reports of the interior department. As
prosecutions had to be carried on by
the department OF justice, it 4 de-
sirable that the secret service men
should work with and under the de-
partment Of justice officials. BY turn
ing to the list to which | have already
alluded, YOU will see, for example.
that in the year 1907 the department
Of Justice on January ) asked for II
man in n land fraud case; that on
January %, it asked for five men to
be detailed for timber entry frauds;
on January 80, four additional men
to assist in land frauds Investigations,
February II, six @ On March A.,
two more mon; on April ., three men;
on April G, five more men. and on
June 10, two men; on August %, three
additional men. These men were not
assigned to the interior department
but they were used for the interior
department cases under the depart
mcnt Of justice. How such officers
discharged their duty in a previous
case of which | happen to have per-
sonaI knowledge, is shown by the fol
lowing letter:
Department of justice. Dec. 2S,
1906.
ITO the chief of the United states
Secret Service. Washington, d. G..
"'sir;-Thc department Is in re-
ceipt of a letter dated 21st. inst. from
the United States attorney for the
district Of Nebraska. reporting the
trial ana conviction of Bartlett Rich
ards and other defendants on the
charges Of conspiring to derraud the
United states Of public lands. In this
NNHt wv ~ W Ndi nv
have been employed under Operative
Lucien C.. Wheeler and the United
states attorney takes occasion in
making his report to commend most
highly the very able service of the
operative in charge, Mr.. Lueien c..
Wheeler and his secret service agents.
1.-THE department is also in re-
ceipt of n letter from the secretary
of the interior dated the 22nd inst,
expressing his appreciation of the
splendid work done by the United
states attorney. his special assistant
and Mr.. Wheeler and transmitting Il
copy of a telegram which he sent to
Mr.. Wheeler ON the 2ist inst, as fol-
lows:
"I congratulate you most heartily
on the splendid work you have done
in connection with the verdict which
must give renewed confidence to all
those who believe hat the law must
be obeyed. l desire to add to what
has been quoted above the apprecia-
ton OF the department here OF the
work done by Mr.. Wheeler, who has
shown himself to be a conscientious
and highly efficient fundamentally, in
bringing about much desired results
In Nebraska.
90 49,. $500. ftt1l.H