Arizona republican., 1910-02-15
Copies of Land Office Letters
 Found in His Possession
 - INQUIRY WARNING UP
Under the Influence of At torney Who Succeeds in Exciting the Chief Wit
 ness in Ballinger- Pinchot
 Investigation to Anger :,

Washington, Feb. 14.-The Ballin- ger-Pinchot inquiry began to bristle with interest when John yertrees. counsel for Secretary Ballinger. under took the cross-examination of L. F. Glavis. the principal witness for the prosecution"
 The climax was reached late this afternoon when vertrees announced , that a box belonging 10 'Glavis. left with the grand jury at Seattle. had been broken open few days ago and q number of letters were missing from the files of the land office at Seattle, copies of which were recently pub lished were found therein
 Glavis angrily declared that if any letters had been found in his belong ings frame up had been prepared for him. His denunciation of federal officials who would stoop 10 such :, trick to win the favor of superiorS called out a demonstration of applause from the spectators
 Throughout the hearings the sym pathies of the spectators. a majority of whom were women. clearly have been with Glavis. and they laughed with satisfaction as he made points against his questioners.
 Vertrees said that A. C. Christian sen. Glavis successor as chief of the field division. would be caller ro tes- tify to the finding of the letters He offered in evidence letter from Christensen giving details of the ai- legged discovery. This caused d long wranSle as to whether the letter should be received as evidence at this time. At the morning session yertrees drew from the witness the fact that he had made no charges of corruption against any one in the land office or the interior department.
 Glavis declared that if he had found evidence of corruption he would have taken it to the grand jury instead Of the president. He said he thought the facts warranted the opinion that Messrs. Ballinger and Dennett had acted improperly. ana he charged them with official misconduct Through the process of elimination the Witness cleared all other principals of wilful wrong doing. He was fully convinced that the facts offefed in evidence warranted the judgment that neither Ballinger nor Dennett was fit to hold an office of public trust
 Vertrees read the demand that Glavis' successor made upon him for certain letters that were missing Glayis said he turned over all the pa pers. The ones said to be missing he declared. ought to have been in the office.
 Vertrees then read some letters published recently in weekly paper. Glavis said they included the list his successor had prepared as missing.
 Didn't you furnish the letters t1 this paper?- asked the attorney.
 No
 Didn't sou leave some af your ef- feots in box in the grand jury room at Seattle?''
 Yes, some bear skins and camp ing outfit"
 Now, isn't it fact that you did furnish the letters to this paper: that you placed all the papers that had been called for by your successor in one of the boxes of the grand jury room, which was broken open on the sth of this month and the letters, and copies found therein?"
 That is absolutely false-its a frame cried Glavis. showing an ger for the first time. Those letters didn't hurt me. Why did want them: They hurt Ballinger.'
 GIavis was interrupted with Gues- tion
 Wait" cried Glavis. Il want to finish If l wanted to steal those let ters do you think would leave them where federal officers could get them? It .makes me indignant to think that government officials. to gain the favDr of their superiors would stoop to such a thing ~
 The hearing will be continued to- morrow.
 Ballinger said tonight that the hear ing was progressing satisfactorily but he declined to comment on the testimony of Glavis.