The Detroit times., 1910-01-27
CLAWS TELLS OF PLOT
TO GRAB COAL LANDS
CONTINUES From Page one.j


committee he WAS al prgsont fruit
grower 'md until his dismissal Oh Sept.
10. 1893. had been In the general lahA
Office since September, 1902
When Watson Allen was examined
by n NJ HOVE, government COUNSEL,
he said Ballinger's name appeared as
the mar who had drawn mp papers In
the WILSON Coal Cos case.
CLAWS SAID IN answer 20 questions
fby senator Nelson. that Allen did not
eign the steaOgrGpher's report OF that
Ntatoment, but tina, the statement was
IN the posscssiun Of the United States
district attorney.
CLAWS then said that when six
months later. Aliens deposition was
fled IN court, Ballinger's name was
omitted by stipulation made b. the
counsel fur the government and the
claimants. Senator Sutherland want
ed 10 know how Claws knew that there
was a stipulation. CLAWS said that he
vas told so by p. c. Richardson, who
is resident of Seattle Sutherland
asked whether Richardson had told
the source OF his Information. Claws
said he had not.
Hoyt Was Government Counsel.
If there was "A stipulation" said
Brandei5. 1T was entered into by the
government counsel and the attorneys
for the claimants. The government
counsel | believe. was Henry NJ. Hoyt
and r. c. sullivan.
CLAWS confirmed that statement aud
n seemed 20 promise n call upon Hoyt
and Sullivan regarding the alleged
stipulation 10 leave Ballinger's name
ont Cf Aliens deposition.
Then, taking up the Alaska coal
claims CLAWS said there were Two large
! fields in southwestern Alaska on which
I filings had been made on about 900
claims The Cunningham group held
/ thirty-thlee claims covering about
500 acres. CLAWS also mentioned
other groups holding from u to s.
l!mms.
CLAWS said that the Cunning
ham claims had first been brought
TO his attention by reporter
On the Seattle Star. who re.
lated 10 him some Of the alleged
, fraudulent methods OF the claimants.
CLAWS was ut this time in Seattle -
see Henry VI. Hoyt then district at
torney there and subsequently solicit
/ tor-gereral of the United States
Claws az this point giving Indications
OF many qualifications the committee
decided to have Attorney Brandie3
make a snort statement of the facts
he expected to prove. He said that
Special Agent Jones under special in-
structions from Assistant Land Com
missioner Dennet Cnow commissioner
discussed the Alaskan cases with
Claws. Jones went TO Alaska On
his return ne called on Ballinger. ut
that time commissioner, and received
a modification OF his original orders
Ballingcr told him. 50 Rrandies
averrCd, merely 10 investigate certain
parts of the case. This was In August,
1901 and CLAWS, in the meanwhile,
had become chief Of the field service
q Seattle.
Says Nothing Was Done.
CLAWS transmitted, as Jones super
ion, the lqtters report Meanwhile
BrGndies said there was a general dis
CGsslon In Washington state that there
would be no action on the suspicious
Alaskan claim. Brandies said that ne
desired TO bring out this fact TO show
that there was nothing done despite
reports by Claws and Jones tending
to SHOW fraudulency
Next, Brandies said, Charles G..
Davis, then interested ia some claims
IN Alaska under suspicion cold Claws
some facts regarding these claims, but
when the latter requested him TO make
affidavit Davis refused, giving as his
reason that he had seen Commissioner
EglliuEcT at Seattle and he'd been ad-
ylSed by him not to make affidavit. but
To await the government charges.