The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-21
-urpAL OTHERS IMPLICATED
sy GOVERNMENT IN ALAS
KA IRREGULARITIES
..,eed Are Charged With Having Con-
.,ired Against the Government by
Means of Dummy Entries in Various
croups-lnvestigation Wide in Its
Scope.

oondS formerly d Judge III COLORADO,
ND Cornelius Christopher, a mining
aromoter. were arrested Friday by
ponutv United States Marshal George
. Dpvenpeck, on bench warrants is
snod by Judge George Donworth at
Tacoma. charging conspiracy to de-
trsud the government out of Alaska
coaI lands valued at $100,0OO,00O.
Trials Next Month.
The accused men gave $4,000 bail
each for appearance before Judge Dom
worth at 10 o'clock Monday morning.
IL Nunson and Allen B. Simmonds,
son of the accused, signed the bond
Of Simmonds; Cornelius Christopher
gsvp cash bail, while n. H. Latimer
and N. W. Peterson signed bonds for
unndav. The cases will be tried at
the November term of the federal
court in this city.
Dummy Entries Charged.
The accused are charged with hav-
inc conspired to defraud the govern
ment on fictitious entries in what is
known as the christopher group"
cOnsisting of seventy-four claims, and
the English" or "Stracey," group of
eighty-two claims, located in the Ber-
ng river coal fields, between Boring
| lake and Kushtakah glacier.
Others Implicated.
The charge against Munday is for
alleged conspiracy to defraud in the
English group" and warrants were
+ issued on similar indictments for the
arrest of Algernon H. Strategy and
Ache W. Shields. Christopher and
Smmonds are charged with irregu-
laities in the so-called Christopher
group"
Heney's Secretary Indicted.
bench warrant was issued for the
arrest of Earl E. Siegley, private Sec
reary to Contractor M. J. Heney, who
is now on the way from California to
Seattle with the body of his late en-
pOyer. He will be arrested immedi-
ately after the funeral services. The
vhereabouts of Strategy, an English
man who has never taken out final
papers, is unknown, but he will be ar
rested as soon as found. 1t is believed
he is in Vancouver, B. C. Shields is
in Alaska and the machinery of the
federal government was set in motion
last night for his apprehension.
Investigation Of Wide Scope.
The probe has been inserted far
into all the coal claims of Alaska and
i is declared at the land Office that
few, if any, Of the so-called groups"
will escape contact with the criminal
courts at some angle. A mass Of evil
dence was submitted to the grand jury
BY Andrew Christensen, special assist
ant United States attorney and chief
Of the Seattle field division of the
general land Office, and B. D. Town
send, Of Portland, special assistant
storney general, who was detailed
nom Washington to take charge of
he prosecution of the cases in the
Criminal courts.
Covers $4,000 Acres.
Special Prosecutor Christensen said:
Inc cases wherein the grand jury
elurned indictments involved about
10 entries and approximately $4,000
.cres of coal lands in the Boring river
leds in Alaska.
No special instructions have been
gwen by my superiors in Washington
WIN reference to any of the Alaska
"al cases. have general instruc-
uOns to investigate thoroughly all
pFadlng entries, with a view to de-
|nlnlng which shall be Cancelled and
salch allowed to go to patent. II
aarng such Investigation facts were
IScoVered which would warrant Grim
val Prosecution, I was to proceed
Ols these lines. There is no diff
,.ence SO far as the special agents
Sue general land office are concerned
Tween the frauds involved in the
.saSha coal cases and those involving
sIef violations of the public land
s ,."s' 1t is our duty to present all
~ ,sseS to the United States attorney
usfeln it appears that the pubic
y. ,sau laws have been violated. I was
FS,y assisted in securing and marshal
The evidence in these cases Dy
psYeclal Agents John Asmeth and J