The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-02-20
PROSECUTION
CLOSES CASE:
Ballinger Pinchot Investigation
Committee Adjourns After Day
of Examination.
PINCHOT MISSING WHEN
SEARCH is MADE
Chief Forester Who Was Wanted on
Stand Falls to Appear-Wlt-
nesses Corroborate Glavle.

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the prosecution in the Ballinger- Pin
chot inquiry practically has been
closed When the committee adjourn
eG today until Friday Mr. Brandcis
stated there was some corroborative
evidence yet to be produced and that
Clifford Plnchot probably would want
TO make a statement before he could
announce his case was ended
Mr.. Pinchot was to have taken the
stand this afternoon. but ho could not
be found in the luncheon recess.
The days proceedings began with
the unexpected announcement that
tho cross examination of Louis R
CLAWS was ended. Henry NJ Hoyt,
attorney general for Porto Rico was
called to the stand TO corroborate
that portion OF Claws testimony. In
which he told OF seeking the advice
OF Mr.. Hoyt in Washington in May,
1893. after First Assistant Secretary
of the Interior Pierce had rendered
an opinion which CLAWS thought
would permit the Cunning claims In
Alaska 10 go 10 patent
Mr.. Hoyt told of how deeply wor-
ried CLAWS seemed TO be at this time
anu bdlu lUdl kolnk W hlluI
ney General Wickersham. he and Gla-
Wis had discussed the advisabillty of
taking the matter up directly with
the president Mr. Hoyt also tesu-
fed to the good character OF CLAWS.
saying he had known him for mum.
Der of years. and he had told the at
torney general that CLAWS was an
honorable. upright young man. The
only other phase OF the case TO which
Mr Hoyt directed his testimony had
II do with the Wilson conl land cases
IN which he acted as special attorney
for the United states. CLAWS tesI-
fed he had henrd the name OF r. AZ
Balllnger, an attorney for some OF
the Wilson claimants had been left
out of the court record by stipulation
of counsel Hoyt said It was at his
personal suggestion and without tho
knowledge OF Mr. Ballinger that tho
stipulation had been entered into. AS
matter Of fac. however. Mr. Bal
liDger's name did appear fifteen or
twenty times In the testimony CIV
en-. Nr. Hoyt said a search had been
made for the alleged escrow agree
ment which Mr Ballinger is said by
CLAWS TO have drawn up. and which.
according to CLAWS, constituted
criminal act, but that 1t could not
be found and the only evidence as TO
It's existence was an informal state
ment by ono OF the witnesses who.
at the trial, denied the existence of
such all agreement The remainder
Of the day was taken up with the In
PRODUCTION Of documentary evidence.
by Mr.. Branders, who read such ex-
tracts as he considered of peculiar
interest to the committee. These
consisted largely of references in the
agents reports to conversations or
interviews with Mr. Balllnger, as
commissioner of the land ofFlco on the
subject Of the Alaska claims. This
was done, the attorney said. to show
that Mr.. Ballinger had been actively
interested In these cases before he
left the land office and acted as at
torney for some Of the claimants
He also read from a statement by
H. H. Schwartz, chief of the field
service. that 1t was at Mr.. Balling
ers direction In January. 1908, that
the Cunningham claims were ordered
TO be clear-llsted for patent This
was Withdrawn after CLAWS had been
notified and had protested.
Mr., Branders accompanied the In
PRODUCTION OF the documents with
sort of summing up statement In
which he said II was claimed Mr.. Bal
linger had acted on favorable re-
port by Special Agent Love. He thon
read letter from Love to Commits
sioner bennett OF the land office In
which Love denied that his report of
August 1907 favored the clear-llst-
ing OF the claimR- This report. ho
said. suggested the advisability Of
further Investigation although pre-
vously he had recommended clear
listing.