New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-18
rEpgBAL oFFfcrALs IN oKLAHAMA. (
ooSrrlcr OF LOCAL AND FEDERAL NARsuAra
--REPoRT or THE SPECIAL AGENTS.


--REPoRT o,F THE SPECIAL AGENTS.
washington, May IT (speoIaD.-The Secretary Of
the Interior has asked the Attorney General to pre-
,or, his Deputy United States Marshals living on
nroperty which they obtained without warrant Of Law
,om enforcing their claims by The OF their power
under the Federal Law. In the city OF Guthno
MAYOR has been elected and Town Council as well.
and n Board of Arbitration has been appointed to DO
eide titles All this Il done without warrant OF lay.
as Congress failed to provide for any local govcrnnen t
Cor Oklahoma and the organization Of municipalities
.ho. Is entirely unwsrrahted Under these supposed
tights however. tho citizens Of Guthrie appointed
,hroueb the Board OF Arbitration City Marshal. Tho
BOARD of Arbitration, passing on the title OF certain
niece of property decided against the Deputy Uuitsd
statcs Marshal who was In possession Tho Town
Marshal socalled went to the land and elected tbs
Deputy United states Marshal, who was occupying 10
in the capacity Of citizen. The Deputy United
states Marshal awaited HIS chance 10 be reyenged upon
the local Marshal The next day he saw him In ne
act Of eiectinE some people from the socaed streets
Of Guthrie and Immediately PLACED him under arrest,
on what charge is not known. IL was evidently,
however, a trunped up charge and made for the ppr-
nose OF annoying the man and protecting the Dep
uty Marshaps rights as citizen In the land which hs
had illegally obtained. The Mayor and Town Council
NJ Guthrie so-caed autographed 10 the Secretary OF
the Interior ASKING him to interfere and protect their
supposed rights. The Secretary OF the Interior laid
Nh, matter before the Attorney General With request
that he would instruct these Deputy Marshals not 10
use their authority for the purpose OF enforcing sup.
posed claims TO property which they, as citizens had
settled upon Government in tho oklahoma country
must be by common consent. There Is no Law these
except martial l-w.
Tho reports Of the two special agents sent out By
the Interior Department 10 Oklahoma to supennehd
tho opening Of the Territory have been laid befors
the Secretary OF the Interior The Secretary has not
vet read them and will not do so for some days II
is understood, however, that they sxonerate United
statos Marshal Needles from any completely IN hs
land frauds which perpetrated by deputy mar
shaIs but iplcate United States Marshal Jones vef
seriously. The testimony against Jones as II has
been received has been referred by the Interior De-
pariment to tho Attorney General Secretary Nools
bas no Jurisdiction whatever over the United states
Marshals The only action that he can take is IN
deciding titles to lands which have been seoed on oy
United states Mashals IL is practically detcrmined
that the land which claimed by the Dcputy
United states Marshals will be taken nom them By
the Interior Department
Secretary Noble received Q curious telegram nv
days ago. II came from a man In Oklahoma who said
that he had Just settled upon the northwest corner
Of Section 10, public land. This section was .e.
apart for school purposes and nobody settle upon
or lay any claim To Il whatever. The Secretary was
somewhat amused by the dispatch. He said The
man might well have telegraphed me that he had
stolen chickens robbed hen COOP Of COURSE the
can have no claim whatever 20 the properly ana
he will be obliged to vacate the claim as soon -
affairs In Oklahoma are IN more settled state.