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Giant Land Frauds Stun Western States
Washington reports a sweeping plot of land frauds across Arizona California Oregon and beyond involving hundreds of thousands of acres of public lands worth millions. Investigations trace a systematic scheme with politically connected conspirators and bribed officials while a dramatic legal battle unfolds against powerful interests.
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Washington
West
Arizona
California
Oregon
Sherlock Holmes
Gome
Hitchcock
Interior Department
Land Office
United States
General Land Office
Mitchell
Lawson
Wall Street
New York
Binger Hermann
Tucson
Ariz
Hermann
Arthur B. Pugh
Harry E. Steece
John E. Wilkie
United States Secret Service
William J. Burns
Secret Service
Burns
J. J. Barnes
B. F. Allen
Los Angeles
Cal
Allen
F. A. Hyde
Trail
Grant I. Taggart
Taggart
John A. Benson
Hyde
Lance
Harlan
Valk
Benson
United States Supreme Court
Knox
Francis J. Heney
Pacific Coast
Heney
Senator Mitchell
Inquirer
Hitchcok
Frank H. Walgamott
Ss. A. D. Puter
Portland
Minnesota
Puter
McKinley
Fulton
Harry
Johnson
Tanner
Grand Jury
John H. Mitchell
Senate Chamber
Notaries Public
State Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
Northern Pacific
Legislature of
Pugh