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The trial of the Blue Mountain case was notable in several essential particulars. It holds the record for being the longest of any land fraud case ever conducted in Oregon, lasting from August 20 to September 12, 1906, with night sessions. The jury brought in a sealed verdict at 1 :45 o'clock on the morning of September 13, finding all three defendants guilty as charged in the indictment. On May 3, 1907, Judge Wolverton sentenced Mays to pay a fine of $10,000 and serve four months in the Multnomah County jail at Portland, while Jones was given a fine of $2,000 and a term of ten months in the County jail. The United States Circuit Court of Appeals sustained the verdict of conviction, and defendants Mays and Jones were remanded to the custody of Marshal Reed, but have thus far Page 356