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KERB JELLS
OF S DEALS
Coquille Man Testifies In Land
Fraud" Case In
Portland.
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 20. Attor
neys for the United States in the Fed
eral Court furnished testimony to
demonstrate that the Pacific Furni
ture and Lumber Company did enter
into contracts with entrymen In Cur
ry county prior to their filing on the
land In the government office at Ro
seburg. The exposure started when
the examination of Witness Kerr was
drawing to a close. District Attor
ney McCourt took hold of him and
tore large holes In the fence which
has obscured the actions of the fur
niture concern.
Examination of William Kerr of
Coquille, former land agent for the
furniture company was conducted
yesterday afternoon and proved al
most sensational. Prior to that time
the letters which he admitted writing
gave the Inference that a conspiracy
had existed. Before leaving the stand
the District Attorney brought out
the admission that Kerr had person
ally made contracts with Thomas D.
L,ane, B. W. Dean and A. J. Marsh
whereby they were to enter land and
turn it over to the company. This
evidence was followed by statements
that by instruction of Jones he had
paid sums of money to Grant Por
terfield, W. E. Burrows, Mrs. Coy and
Mrs. Roby and was Informed that
they were working on the same un
derstanding as those with whom Kerr
made contracts.
On cross-examination Witness
Kerr's story was not shaken in any
particular. He said he quit the com
pany as soon as he learned that their
methods of handling the land entries
were in violation of law, and that he
pleaded guilty upon the advlee of
his attorney and without any promise
of immunity from sentence. It was
brought out that when he went Into
-the plan with Jones he had no in
tention of becoming a party to a con
spiracy to defraud the government.
The government has not yet devel
oped evidence showing to what ex
tent Defendants Hedderly, Hynes and
Myers were Interested in the conspi
racy, but is endeavoring to make it
plain that Richard D. Jones and Will
iam Kerr were working together in
procuring entries to be made by Il
legal methods.
Jeremiah Huntley was connected
with the case through the introduc
tion of bills for services rendered
under a contract with the furniture
company whereby he was to receive
a fee of ?25 for the first 50 claims
filed. His defonso will be that these
fees concerned his services as an at
torney, and not as United States Com
missioner. Kerr Is Hlnmcd.
Thomas Lano, of Curry county,
and a brother-in-law of William T.
Kerr, was the opening witness. He
said that at the solicitation of Kerr
ho entered a tract of land, and that
Kerr supplied all the money, witness
giving his note, for its repayment.
The note ran to tho Pacific Furniture
nnd Lumber Company, and when he
deeded tho land in 1903 the note
was returned to him. At that time
tho company seems to have been
short of money, and was unable to
pay Lano $400 as his part, so Kerr
gave him a noto for that amount.
Later ho did work for tho company,
and ho took a new noto for tho en
tire amount in payment.
On cross-examination it was
brought out that he did not havo nny
acquaintance with tho defendants
Hedderly, Myers and Hynes, now on
trial, but that the entlro business
was dono through Kerr as agent for
tho furniture company.
Dt'im Corroborates.
Bradford W. Dean, a Curry county
farmer, followed Lano on the stand,
and told n Blmllar story.- Ho was
employed ns a blacksmith and ma
chinist at tho Port Orford sawmills,
nnd was asked by Kerr to file on a
claim, for which Kerr agreed to fur
nish tho money. Ho did all his busi
ness through Kerr, 'as ngont for tho
furniture factory.
Tho last witness was I. N. Marsh,
a carpenter, living at Los Angoles.
Ho stated ho bought two shares of
stock In' tho furnituro factory and
that ho transacted tho business
through William II. Smith, who
promised him a job at tho Port Or
ford sawmills, nnd suggested that ho
take up n claim which ho could sell
to tho company. Uo said Smith wns
carofttl to explain that It would bo
a violation of tho law if tho company
ontorod Into a contract with an on
tryinnn boforo tho land wns filed on,
hut as n stockholder that difficulty
would bo overcome- because ho would
HISTORY OF NOTED CUflRY I
COUNTY LAND FRAUD CASE
Concerning the noted L03 Angeles
timber land fraud case in which
Frank A. Stewart of Port Orford,
Win. T. Kerr of Coquille, and John
R. Miller and Ames S. Johnson of
Curry, pleaded guilty at Portland the
other day, but which Jeremiah Hunt
ley is fighting, the Portland Tele
gram has the following story:
"The story Is that of what the Fed
eral officials claim is the third lar
gest attempt to secure tainted for
tunes by the use of credulous and
often ignorant entrymen and dum
mies in locating Oregon's heavily
timbered hills for the profit of an
unscrupulous band of conspirators.
It Is a tale of wrecked hopes and
crumbled reputations, and the scene
shifts repeatedly, from Curry county
to the Golden Gate, thence to east
ern homes of "little fellows" who
were pawns in the game, and again
back to the sawmills and hills of the
Beaver State. It will reveal, It is
elalmed, the methods used in induc
ing artisans, mechanics and laborers
to Invest their savings from a life
of toil In the stock of a company
which held out no promises except
the profits expected from the sale of
lands which the entrymen were re
quired to obtain by false affidavits
submitted to "fixed" agents of the
government, and when the curtain
falls on this act it is thought the
naxt scene in which some of the char
acters will participate will be set on
McNeil's Island.
The prosecution will attempt to
show that Richard D. Jones and Will
iam H. Smith, who then resided in
Portland, organized a" conspiracy to
loot the public domain in Curry
county, Oregon, about 1901, and that
their operations closed only with the
interference of Special Agent Thomas
B. Neuhausen in August of 1904. It
was planned to get' possession of
about 30,000 acres of heavy timber
In a contiguous body. The general
scheme was to contract with indi
viduals to file upon the land under
tho timber and stone act, with an
understanding that it was to be turn
ed over to the ring of conspirators
as soon as patents were secured.
In carrying out the plan It was
thought advisable to create a holding
concern to which the lands would be
deeded, and as a result the Pacific
Furniture & Lumber Company came
into existence, with Jones and Smith
in full control of Its affairs. It is
charged that these men then Inter
ested a number of Los Angeles finan
ciers in the corporation, as well as
arranging with stockholders to come
in on the ground floor as promoters.
The Los Angeles men were Glllelan,
Kenny and Cross, officers of the
Broadway Bank & Trust Company,
one of the most powerful institutions
In California, and Drs. Hedderly and
Goodwin, friends of the institution.
Illnesi Myers and Riley were to place
tho stock.
At this point It was decided to be
gin sending individuals into Oregon
to locate lands. Agents of the con
cern picked up men wherever they
could be found, but It was more dif
ficult to find them in this state than
in former years because people wero
becoming Informed on the danger of
the game, and hesitated nbout plac
ing themselves In the shadow of a
Federal prison. Then the conspira
tors sent men among laborers nnd
workmen employed at different
points, many of them being lured into
tho plan under the belief that it was
all straight.
In some instances it was found that
tho stoolplgeon had saved a few hun
dred dollars. Then they promptly
sold him stock In tho furniture com
pany before sending him to Curry
county to bo "located." It is said
that no amount wns too small for
Jones, Smith nnd the managers of
(ho company to pass over. Letters j
will bo Introduced showing that Cur
ry county agents of the company
wero notified of what men had been
still havo an interest in the land after
ho deeded It to the company. On go
ing to Port Orford ho was not given
u position, but took up a timber tract.
Korr and Georgo Curry wero his wit
nesses in proving up, but refused to
sign tho papers until ho paid them
for locnting him on tho land.
All tostlmony thus far Introduced
seems to Indicate that William T.
Korr wns tho man who engineered
tho deal on Oregon soli. Ho claimed
on tho stand thnt he was ignorant of
the law nnd that ho had no Intention
of defrauding tho govornmont, but
tho ovldonco of each witness Is thnt
ho olther procured their consent to
enter tho claims or handled all those
who wore sent In by tho officers of
tho company.
loaded up with stock before going
into the hills.
It was such slow work along these
lines that finally Jones and Smith are
said to have purchased saw mills at '
Eureka, Port Orford, Humboldt and '
Frankfort, which were to be used as '
a blind to decoy entrymen by offer-1
ing them employment. Agents were j
able to procure men from Colorado,
Kansas, Nebraska and California by ,
this means, it is said, and upon ar-,
rival they were sent on to the mills.
On reaching the places they found
no work, and were soon willing to
listen to a proposition involving the
"safe" entry of timber lands, which
could be immediately disposed of foi
sufficient money to get the victim out
of the country. The illegal entrymen
were then turned over to some of
the Curry county residents, whose
duty was to point out the vacant
lands and their corners. It is prob
able that Stewart, Kerr and Miller
will be charged with this portion of
the conspiracy.
Entries and proofs would be made
with the assistance of Huntley and
Johnston, who are charged with
using their official positions in the
certification of papers and statements
which they knew to be false, for
which they are said to have been
paid by the Furniture Company. i
Special Agent Neuhausen learned
of the entry of Immense areas of con
tiguous timber land along Lobster
and Euchre Creeks, In Curry county,
and with the assistance of Inspectors
Jones, Watts and Meyendorff, proofs
of a conspiracy were soon uncovered.
One agent posed as a traveling sales
man, while In that county, while
others are said to have gone in as
timber cruisers. Anyway, they got
the proof, which will now be pres
ented to the Jury. j
Of the defendants originally alleg-'
ed to be implicated in this gigantic
conspiracy, a number will not face
the tribunal' of justice at this time.
Death has dismissed the Indictments
against Richard D. Jones, of San
Francisco, and David M. Goodwin, of
Los Angeles. Jones was the man
who was accused of having joined
with William H. Smith as the arch
conspirators of this effort to get rich
quickly. David M. Goodwin was one
of the prominent physicians of Los
Angeles, and had built up a large for
tune from the income of his practice.
He was an Intimate associate of the '
officers of the Los Angeles Broadway
Bank & Trust Company.
All of the Los Angeles bankers
have successfully resisted efforts to
remove them to the jurisdiction of ,
the Oregon courts for trial. Federal ,
officers are confident of their ability
to show that Warren Glllelen and R.
W. Kenny, respectively president and
cashier of the Broadway Bank and
Trust Company, as well as Jacob C. ,
Cross, one of Its directors, Invested in
and financed the organization of the
Pacific Furniture and Lumber Com
pany, with full knowledge that it was
to be made the holding concern for
lands and timber fraudulently obtain
ed from the government through its
dupes, who would be brought "from
the east to be planted on Oregon
lands.
George L. Stearns, a former presi
dent of the Pacific Furniture and
Lumber Company, will not be prose
cuted, the charges against him hav
ing been dismissed. Will D. Gould,
of Los Angeles, has thus far been
able to prevent extradition, but it is
anticipated that the revelations of
this hearing will so strongly Impli
cate him that he can be forced to
trial at a later date. Gould Is a prac
ticing attorney among the Angels
and is said to have been the legal
adviser of the California end of this
deal.
Fred W. Dennis, a real estate deal
er and stock broker of San Fran
cl3co, became alarmed when ho re
ceived news of the government's in
vestigation of Curry county land en-,
tries and skipped the country. He .
has not been apprehended so far as
the public is advised, although It is
hinted that tho government may be
ablo to placo him on the stand as Its
witness beforo the case is concluded.
Those who had to face this In
quisition are William H. Smith, Jere
miah Huntley, who was a commis
sioner for the United States for Cur
ry county, with power to receive and
approve final proofs of homesteaders;
Ames S. Johnson, formerly Deputy
county clerk for Curry county, with i
powors similar to those ot tno com
missioner; Frank A. Stewart, mer
chant at Ohplr; William T.Kerr, of
Coquille; John R. Miller, of Port
Orford; Dr. A. II. Hedderly, a phy
sician of Los Angeles, Cal.; Richard
Hynes, M. M. Riley and Lee R. Myers,
stock brokers of San Francisco.
REALESTATETRANSPERS
Daily Rcnl Estate Report Furnished
L'y Title Guarantee nnd Abstract
Co. Henry Sengstnckcn,
Manager.
October 3, 190S.
L. D. Kinney et ux, to A. J. Stew
art, deed. Lots 1 and 2, blk 15, Koos
Bay Plat E. Consideration, $200.
A. J. Stewart, to August King,
deed. Lots 1 and 2, blk 15, Koos
Bay Plat E. Consideration, $10.
Belt Line Railway Co., to A. J.
Stewart, deed. Lots 1 and 2, blk 15,
Koos Bay Plat E. Consideration,
$1.00.
Homer West et ux, to Hattle M.
West, deed. Lots 3 and 4, blk 39,
Coos Bay Plat C. Consideration,
$500.
Thomas VIgars et ux, to Bird M.
Reynolds, deed. Lots 20 and 21,
blk 5, Bangor. Consideration, $10.
I. S. Kaufman, trustee, to Thomas
Vigars, deed. Lots 1 and 2, blk 16,
Bangor Plat A. Consideration, $10.
Thomas Vigars et ux, to Louisa E.
Elsimlnger, deed. Lots 1 and 2, blk
16, Plat A, Bangor. Consideration,
$10.00.
E. D. McArthur et ux, to Alvin
Smith et al, deed. N of NE , sec
13; E and NW, N and SEVi'
of SWVi of sec 12; EV and SWVi
of SWVi and W of SEVi, sec 1,
twp 25, R 12. Consideration, $10.00.
R. B. Herron et al, to W. H. Ken
nedy et al, deed. NV6 of NEVi, sec
13; EV of NWVi, X and SEVi of
SWVi of sec 12; EVa and SWVi of
SWVi, WVfc of SEVi, sec 1, twp 25,
R 12. Consideration, $10.
October 5, 190S.
C. S. Wlnsor et ux, to J. Virgil
Pugh, deed. Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, blk
14, Coos Bay Plat D. Consideration,
$10.00.
Simpson Lumber Co., to E. B. Mi
chael, deed. Lot 6 and S 20 ft. of
lot 7, blk 57, North Bend. Con
sideration, $5.00.
C. A. Metlin et ux, to Chas. G.
Magnus, deed. S 48 ft. of lot 13,
blk 14, South Marshfleld. Considera
tion, $1,600.
October 6, 190S.
John S. Coke et ux, to Sarah E.
Chase, deed. Lots 15 and 16, blk
7, Coos Bay Plat A. Consideration,
$500. '-
Thos. Vigars et ux, to Wm. Mc
Neill, deed. Lots 26, 27, 28, 29 and
30, blk 2, Bangor Plat A. Con
sideration, $10.
Thos. Vigars et u'-, to Fred A.
Almgren, deed. Lot 7, blk 12, Coos
Bay Plat A. Consideration, $10.00.
E. O. Schultz et ux, to Fred A.
Almgren, deed. Lot 7, blk 12, Coos
Bay Plat A. Consideration, $1.00.
Ansel Collver et ux, to S. M. Coll
ver, deed. V Interest in following:
Parcel of land beginning 3.14 chs.
E. of Vi corner between sees. 5 and
8, twp. 26, R 12, IS. 18 acres; NEVi
of NEVi and WV of SEVi, sec. 5,
twp 26, R 12; parcel of land begin
ning at NE corner of SEVi of NEVi,
sec. 8, twp 26, R 12, 20 acres. Con
sideration, $10.00.
Crawford Point Land Co., to
School District, No. 16, deed. Lot
12, blk 6, Crawford Point addition
to Coos Bay. Consideration, pres
ent school lot.
School District, No. 16, to Craw
ford Point Land Co., deed. Parcel
of land beginning 13 chs. N. of SE
corner, sec 13, twp 25, R 13. Con
sideration, new deed.
Lee W. Culbertson, to Thos. Rob
inson, deed. Lot 2, blk 8, North
Ferndale. Consideration, $10.00.
October 7, 190S.
Abraham Van Zile et ux, to Nellie
Weltzel, deed. Lot 9, blk 32, North
Bend. Consideration, $600.
E. L. Bessey et ux, to C. W. Tower,
deed. Parcel of land in lot 6, sec
32, twp 25, R 11. Consideration,
$1.00.
October 8, 190S.
Elizabeth Condron and hus, to
Geo. A. Thomason, deed; EV6 of lots
1 and 2, blk 24, Railroad addition
to Marshfleld. Consideration, $150.
A. K. Pidgeon, to Wm. T. Totten,
deed. Parcel of land beginning at
Vi corner, between NEVi and NWVi
sec 19, twp 24; R. 11, 8 and
acres. Consideration, $10.00.
U. S. of A. to Annie M. Moon, pa
tent; SV& of SEVi, sec 28, and E
of NEVi, sec 33, twp 26, R 11.
October 9, 1908.
U. S. of A. to Edward Heydon, pa
tent. NWVi, sec 12, twp 26, R 10.
D. S. Cameron et ux, to Geo. Ca
ble, deed. Lots 5 and 15 to 21, blk
15, Edmonston First addition to
Marshfleld. Consideration, $10.00.
A. T. Andrews et ux, to Geo. W.
Leslie, deed. Lot 11, blk 45, North
Bend. Consideration, $10.00.
Marshfleld Land Co., to Geo. W.
Leslie, deed. Lots 11, 12, 13 and
14, blk 12, Bay Park. Considera
tion, $10.00.
Marshfleld Land Co., to Louis Nel
son, deed. Lots 5 and C, blk 12,
Bay Park. Consideration, $10.00.
October 10, 1908.
Simpson Lumber Co., to Syver
Backey, deed. Lot 25, blk 36,
North Bend. Consideration, $5.00.
W. W. Graves, to Frances Z. Ni
chols, deed. Lots 1 to 6, blk 7,
Graves addition to Marshfleld. Con
sideration, $10.00.
October 12, 190S.
Geo. J. Schaefer et ux, to Wm. C.
Olsen. deed. Lots 16, 17 and 18,
blk 3, Schaefers addition to Central
Place. Consideration, $250.
Rocco Biasca, to Antony Biasca,
deed. Parcel of land beginning at
corner of sees. 2S, 29, 32 and 32,
twp 25, R 12. Consideration, $10.
October 13, 1908.
Lota Hines and hus, to C. J.
Keane, deed. Lots 1, 2 and 3, blk
45, North Bend. Consideration,
$10.
October 14, 1908.
Jesse A. Smith et ux, to StandiBh
Hlckey Timber Co., deed. NWVi of
NWVi, sec 29, twp 25, It 11. Con
sideration, $400.
October 15, 190S.
Alice Kruse et al, by referee, to
Geo. Witte, deed. NEVi of SEVi, sec
33, WV4 of NWVi and WV4 of SWVi
and SWVi of SWVi, sec 34, twp 25,
R 11; and lot 4, sec 3, twp 26, R 11.
October 16, 1908.
Wllhelm Dorbeck, to Paul Wes
slnger et al, deed. Lot 24, blk IS,
Idaho addition to North Bend. Con
sideration, $200.
R. L. Edmonston, to Chas. M. Ross
deed. Lots 3 and 4, blk 10, Edmons
ton First addition to Marshfleld. Con
sideration, $10,000.
East Marshfleld Land Co., to
Ceary Pederson, deed. Lots 12 and
13, blk 45, East Marshfleld. Con
sideration, $330.
October 17, 1908.
Gordon Farr, to Myrtle Farr, deed.
Lots 12 and 13, blk 29, North Bend.
Consideration, $10.00.
Merchant Land Co., to Frank
Flaten, deed. Lots 11, 12, 15 and
16, blk 7, Bay Park. Consideration,
$10.00.
MASQUERADE BALL at Sumner
Saturday evening, October 31.
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed bids for an addition to
school house in District No. 85 will
be received up to 8 p. m., Saturday
October 24. Plans and specifications
can be seen at the office of J. D. Mc
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OBITUARY.
On Wednesday, Octnbor n ou.
community was shocked to hear that
death had again entered thp home of
S. B. and L. A. Cutllp and this time
claimed for Its own Mary Mabel, their
flfteen-month-old daughter.
Six weeks ago, little Mary Wag
stricken down with one of our dread
ed enemies (diphtheria) from which
she never fully recovered, paralysis
setting In to stay Its progress.
Just three weeks before darling
Mary's death Louis Jerome, her
seven-year-old brother, was takea
from their home, and now she Is gone
also.
A short time before she was takea
from us she raised her little weak
hand and pointed to one side and
who of us who have never crossed
the valley that seems to us so dark
can say what the dying ejes saw as
she gazed in that direction. We only
know that from that time all suffer
ing seemed to leave her and she
rested tranquilly until her spirit took
its flight.
And now sweet babe, while we aro
passing through the shadow that
hangs so dark over our way and
seems at times to hide our path, still
will we not grieve for thee and thy
beloved brother, or wish thee back
to these earthly sorrows but will toil
on until we too shall be transplanted
and reign with thee In God's own
city, for Jesus has said, "Be thou
faithful unto death and I will give
thee a crown of life."
A LOVED ONE.
ROD AND GUN CLUB MEETING.
There will be a meeting of the
Coos Bay Rod and Gun Club, Thurs
day evening at 7:30 in tho office of
Hall & Hall, for the purpose of elect
ing officers and transacting other im
portant business.
J. W. BENNETT, Pres.
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