Roosevelt Policies Target Land Grafters in Dakota Scandal
The text discusses anti graft efforts under Roosevelt policy, focusing on land fraud in South Dakota. It details accusations against Crawford as a prominent figure accused of prompting friends to claim government land via false affidavits and misleading filings, with calls for indictment despite political influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford
United States
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Interior
South Dakota
Mr. Crawford
Iath
Huroo
Crawford's Cattle Ranch and land fraud allegations unfold
A judge-like affidavit recounts Coe I Crawford and partners enclosing public lands in Walworth county South Dakota. Wits Lampe Thoms on claim Crawford paid for homesteads to exploit isolated forty acre tracts while denying genuine settlement. The land office canceled Crawford entry for fraud, triggering political fallout and calls for scrutiny of his ethics and motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lampe
Floyd Valentine
Valentine
Lampe
Blount
Bangor
Myself
Crawford
Coe I
Java
Huron
Myelf
Aberdeen
Julian Blount
Mr. Crawford
Julian Blunt Cute
Milwaukee
Selby
Court House
Coe Crawford
Thompson
Doe I. Crawford
Valentine, Blount
Mr. Coe Crawford
Crawford Ranch
Craw‘ford
Sturon
Walworth
Northwestern
South’ Dakota
Beadle
South ‘Dales
H. Thompson
Thomas Thompson
Julian Pleuney
S D.j
Sked
Walworth County
South Dakota
Coe S. Crawford
Crawfords
Coe I. Crawford
Henry C. Lampe
S. Dak
Robinson's Shoe
Doe Crawford
Shelby
Mgr Crawford
Land Department
Peterson
Richards
Webster
Sumner
Crawford's Confession Reexamined in Land Graft Plea
The piece revisits Ericson's guilty plea in the Roosevelt-Taft State League case against Coe I. Crawford and links it to Crawford's prior land graft charge after his gubernatorial campaign. It recalls Crawford's 1901 Walworth county homestead filing and his stated intent to settle and improve the land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ericson
Roosevelt-Taft State League
Coe I. Crawford
Crawford
Pierre Dakotian
Walworth County
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Coe. I. Crawford
Quilty
Rawford
Conessman Mann
Ilinois
Congressional Record
Sperson
Ito
Thomas H. Thompson
Crawford & Tyler
Harry C. Lampe
Agent McEniry
M. D. McEntry
The
Crawford Land
General Land Office
Sioux Falls
Statin
United States Senate
Washington
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company
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