East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-08

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OF the Booth Kelly company. and II
Is said that through these transac-
tions Bridges was made the richer by
at least $4,000 for his efforts In help
ing Kribs TO early knowledge.
Represents Them Both.
Seeing that Krihs was giving hard
battle. the Booth people made a truce
with him. and It was agreed that the
territory should be divided and that
Frank Z. Alley should represent both
Booth and Kribs. II was after this
arrangement was made that Kribs
made the $500 payment to ]. H. Booth
Tor services rendered Bridges in
the meantime became sore. so II Is
said. that his source OF revenue was
shut off. which was one OF the rea-
sons why he gave testimony agains,
the rest OF the gang
Willard n. Jones and his assocl-
ates were indicted for having secur-
ed widows and old soldiers to file up
on land In the Siletz Indian reserva-
tion. He secured a large number OF
old soldiers and soldiers widows
with whom he arranged plan for Sc
curing large tracts OF land in the
reservation. He gave each one of the
| applicants 5000 for the title TO their
claim he so arranging II that he ad-
vanced the money and then took a
mortgage OF about s7O0 on the place.
These claims so secured we're said
to have been sold to Pennsylvania
timber man for $4,000 a claim. Hen
ry l.. Sisler. who was formerly the
city agent of the Chicago, st. Paul.
Minneapolis & omaha, OF this city.
but who has been recently moved to
Seattle. was used as a means OF trans
fer in the scheme. and Is not thought
to have been implicated to any great
| extent.
Made False Affidavits.
Frank Alley. A. r. Downs, Edward
II. Downs and stephen W. Hurnell,
who were indicted for fraudulent ef-
forts to gain government land. are
guilty. as a great many Others have
been OF making false affldavits OF
homestead entry and settlement. AL
ley seems to have been one of the
leading conspirators and influenced
others to enter into the scheme. In
many cases he stood behind the men
who were making out their filing pa
pers and affidavits and told them
what to answer TO the questions ask
ed by the Roseburg land office men
knowing at the time that the appli-
cants had never been on the land.
Turnell Is a preacher and was also
indicted for perjury, but escaped the
return of that Indictment because
District Attorney Heney did not have
time to prepare the document Tur'
nell made an affidavit before Colone
A. X. Greene in which he admitted
, having taken up claim and stated
that he had not fulfilled the law
When he appeared before the grand
) jury he told another tale and was in
, dicted for not telling the truth.
some Perjury Indictments.
The cases of James Benson, Charles
A. Watson, Clarence b. Zacheray ant
Coe ID. Barnard are minor ones AM
of little importance. Benson is 9
druggist at Cottage Grove who per.
jured himself in regard to testimony
before the grand jury. He at that
time denied having had any arrange
ment with the Booth people abou,
! filing on timber land for them, wher
! in reality he did have an arrangement
and had secured money for hi
work. The other men were indicted
for perjury for having made false af
fidavits In the Watson homestead
case. Barnard, OF that group, wal
once indicted for horse stealing ant
was acquitted by means of huns
jury.
, The grand jury was dismissed b,
, Judge Bellinger and has now passed
out OF existence. Mr.. Hopey will re-
main In the city for week CLOSING
, up the ends OF the cases now befor,
: the courts, arranging all matters ol
bail and attending to the other Incl.
dental details Of the coming trials. Ht
. will then return to San Francisco fol
! a short time, but will be In Portland
again in time to prepare for the
opening of the first case. which will
be during the first week OF June
when Senator Mitchell will appear be-
fore the court for his trial.