Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-26
Gould Not Recall Details

Asked to detail the conversation, the
witness declared he could only remen-
Der that Christensen said everything
was o. X,
He told also of visiting the storage
room with CLAWS, but said that nelther
he nor CLAWS put any letters in the
box. ...o4,.,,
II came out on ross-eXaminatloh
that CLAWS was assisting Barr to get
possession of some timber lands
claimed by the state of washington
but to which Barr says the state mas
no right. CLAWS was to share equally
in the profits. The witness could not
detail exactly all that CLAWS nao
agreed to. His memory was bad and
the memorandum of agreement had
been left in Seattle
Although he and CLAWS had been
chums for some years, and he had
been a dealer in timber for seven
wears. Barr denied that CLAWS had
ever given him any benefits of his
connection with the field service OF
the land office.
To Pay with Scrip
He said CLAWS picked out lands
which he and Barr are trying to OBJ
tain. Barr said he proposed to pay
for the lands with scrip issued by the
government to the Northern Pacific
railroad for lands passed back by the
railroad into forest reserves.
Andrew Kennedy was the third wit
ness of the day Testifying to what he
knew of the box in which the alleged
missing letters were found, he said
the box had been left partly open all
the time it was in the federal building.
This testimony was introduced by
Brandeis in advance of the testimony
that is to be offered by the defense as
to the finding of the documents.
The ''prosecution" will proceed to-
morrow, with the likelihood that Gif-
ford Pinchot will be the star witness.
He will tell of his experiences with
Ballinger in relation to the conserVa-
ton of natural resources.
Kennedy said he left the service
some time ago and is serving govern
ment clients as an expert. He was
called as a witness in connection with
the alleged finding of twenty-four
missing official letters in a box of
Claws effects in the grand jury room
of the federal building at Seattle.
Had Lived with CLAWS
Kennedy said he had been living
Kennedy said he had been living with
to go to Alaska in the spring of 1909
he hacked UP CLAWS effects in a box
and shipped it to the federal building
in Seattle When he returned from
Alaska September 90, 1909, he went to
tell the custodian of the building to
ship the box to storage for Mr.. CLAWS.
The box was partly open, said Ken
nedy, and seemed to be filled with
books. Part of a camping outfit was
scattered about the room. Kennedy
said he put the things back in the
box and shipped it to storage.
Before he came to Washington Ken
nedy said he went to see the custodian
of the federal building in Seattle, Mr..
O'Neill, and had a talk with him, say
ing it was strange about finding the
letters.
''I told him I had not put the letters
there and that CLAWS had not given
me any papers. I asked him If any
body else had been in the room. He
said Sheridan used the room some
times and that Special Agent Parks
had been in there looking for the pa
pers a few days before they were
found in CLAWS box"
Wanted Reports to Agree
On cross examination Kennedy said
that when he was in Alaska last sum-
mer making a field examination of the
Cunningham group he received a letter
from CLAWS saying that Gabriel Win
gate. of the forest service was coming
up also to make an examination. The
witness said CLAWS wrote to him to
make an effort to agree with Wingate
in his report.
The witness said he did not agree
with Wingate, because Wingate re-
ported that as a commercial PROPOSE
tion the whole Katallala field, including
the Cunningham claims, was worthless
1t was recalled in this connection that
i'm one of Claws letters to the forest
service he suggested that if the forestry
could get control of this field it could
nave the same supervision of the i'm