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Heney charged that Mitchell had illegally used his position to aid a client in the acquisition of patents to fraudulent land claims. Mitchell's law partner and personal secretary both testified against him and, on July 3, 1905, the jury found him guilty. He was sentenced to six months in prison
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of 160 acres (64.7 ha) at the extremely low price of $ 2.50 an acre ($ 100 in 2023) to encourage people to settle along the line, in order to foster development. In 1915, 2.4 million acres (9,700 km) of the original lands were reclaimed by the federal government and are today managed
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for not aggressively pursuing the investigation. Heney charged Hall with failure to prosecute fraudulent land companies and for using knowledge of the fraudulent activities for his own political advantage; a jury convicted Hall in 1908. Hall was later pardoned by President
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Since much of the land was unfit for development, it did not attract many settlers. However, the land was very rich in timber, which meant that timber companies would pay much more than $ 2.50 an acre. To circumvent the requirements of the land grant,
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Mitchell was convicted under Rev. Stat. §1782 (enacted 1864) which prohibited Senators and other officials from engaging in compensated representation in matters in which the United States was interested. The year before, in an
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These looters of the public domain—working with crooked federal and state officials—through rascality and fraud, gained title to thousands of acres of valuable, publicly-owned timber lands, and at minimum prices.
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reporter, Puter turned on his former boss, testified against him, and wrote a scathing exposé about the scheme, while imprisoned. The exposé would become chapters one through 25 of
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In 1907, Hermann was found not guilty of destroying public documents. His second trial for collusion with the actual land fraud was postponed until 1910, and ended in a
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Congressman John N. Williamson (left), Senator John H. Mitchell (middle), U.S. attorney John Hicklin Hall (top right), and Congressman Binger Hermann (bottom right).
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being illegally obtained with the assistance of public officials. Most of Oregon's U.S. congressional delegation received indictments in the case: U.S. Senator
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How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda
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Crouch, Jeffrey. "The Law: Presidential Misuse of the Pardon Power". Presidential Studies Quarterly , December 2008, Vol. 38, No. 4 (December 2008),
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as a settler, and then transfer it to Puter's men. The accumulated parcels were then sold in large blocks to the highest bidder for timber harvest.
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O'Callaghan, Jerry A. 1952. Senator Mitchell and the Oregon land frauds. The Pacific Historical Review. University of California Press 21: 255-261
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and a $ 1,000 fine. Mitchell appealed, but before the appeal could be heard, he died from complications associated with a tooth extraction.
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Harriman eventually had a dispute with Puter and fired him. Later, when a lumber company bookkeeper exposed the scheme to an
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in 1905. The prosecution argued that the three defendants had attempted to illegally obtain land claims under the
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Messing, John, "Public Lands, Politics, and Progressives: The Oregon Land Fraud Trials, 1903-1910,"
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3.7 million acres (15,000 km) of land to build a line, from Portland south to
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Initially, more than 1,000 indictments were issued in the case. U.S. District Attorney
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narrowed down the list to the 35 most egregious offenders, including U.S. Senator
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waterfront district, escort them to the land office, have them register for an
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of the early 20th century involved U.S. government land grants in the
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Terry, John (October 14, 2007). "Rail scam tainted lots of officials".
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Saving Oregon's Golden Goose: Political Drama on the O&C Lands
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of Kansas had become the first U.S. Senator convicted of a crime.
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In 1870, the Oregon and United States governments granted the
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Federal prosecution of public corruption in the United States
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along both sides of the railroad's right of way, was then
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Index


U.S. state
Oregon
John H. Mitchell
John N. Williamson
Binger Hermann
Charles William Fulton
Oregon and California Railroad
California
checkerboard pattern
sold to settlers in parcels
United States Bureau of Land Management
Edward Harriman
Southern Pacific Railroad
Stephen A. Douglas Puter
Portland's
O&C parcel
Oregonian
Looters of the Public Domain
Oswald West
Francis J. Heney
John H. Mitchell
John N. Williamson
Binger Hermann
unrelated case
Joseph R. Burton
subornation of perjury
Timber and Stone Act
U.S. Supreme Court
hung jury

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