Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1910 — GOAL LAND GASES TRIED [ARTICLE]

GOAL LAND GASES TRIED

Titles Were Secured by Fraud, Government Charges. Most Important Land Fraud Cases Yet Brought to Trial—lo,ooo Acres Involved. Lander, Wyo., Fob. 11.—Sixty-four persons from Amityville and New York appeared at the United States land office in this citato defend their titles to 10,000 acres best coal lands in Wyoming valued at nearly $2,000,000. The government charged fraud in securing titles to the property and served notice on the holders to appear §nd give reasons why their titles should not be cancelled In connection with the civil suits which have been started against the defendants many of the latter have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud (he government by making dummy and fraudulent filings on the coal lands in question. Many witnesses from New York and Amityville are here to attend and give testimony in the hearing. The feovernment secret service has spent three years working up the case. It is the most important land fraud case yet brought to trial.