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Los Angeles Daily Herald
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
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A pamphlet in St. Louis, purportedly from former Indian Agent John W. Wright, accuses the U.S. Government of unjustly prosecuting him for forging vouchers on Indian claims and implicates Attorney General Williams and the Secretary of the Interior in a scheme to seize his property.
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St. Louis, Oct 25.—A pamphlet has appeared here, purporting to have emanated from John W. Wright, of Washington, formerly Indian Agent and against whom indictments were found, in a criminal court last March, for forging vouchers upon which a number of Indian claims were paid by the Interior Department. The pamphlet charges the United States Government with prosecuting him unjustly, and implicates Attorney General Williams and the Secretary of the Interior in a scheme to rob him of his property to satisfy groundless claims.
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St. Louis
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Oct 25
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A pamphlet has appeared in St. Louis, purporting to be from John W. Wright of Washington, formerly Indian Agent, indicted last March in criminal court for forging vouchers used to pay Indian claims by the Interior Department. The pamphlet charges the U.S. Government with unjust prosecution and implicates Attorney General Williams and the Secretary of the Interior in a scheme to rob him of his property for groundless claims.