The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-10-21

Prior TO the last hepu uDnchu county
convention and when it became known
that sheriff W. w. Painter would he
candidate for denomination, a aum.
Der of Republicans Of the county who
knew of some Of his official short
comings, and who desired to save the
party from the stigma of endorsing
incompetent and dishonest officials,
set about composing his defeat before
the convention, and in order to be
armed with facts to back up ther un-
dertaking, and to disabuse the minds
OF any who might suspect them of
personal promptings, they went to the
records and we give the public here
with the findings Of those honest men,
who put party above the Individual,
and the public welfare above both:
Damaging Evidence Against Painter.
l. That w. w. Painter and his dep
uties in collecting the delinquent taxes
have habitualiy violated the law by
charging the poor taxpayer and the
county IN lsags in excess of
that allowed by law. 10y charging each
lnuiNluudi III any Auii
mileage from Guthrie to his place and
return. although only one trip was
made from Guthrie and a number of
collections made on the same trip.
See Oklahoma statutes, section 2S5
That in Iowa township the returns
made by the sheriff show 1928 miles
made in that one township in ten con-
secutive days, or about 1862 miles per
day, in collecting delinquent taxes by
one officer, which at 10 cents per mile
would amount to Sl62. 50, or Stops per
day for mileage alone.
.. That from April 20, 1893, to May
II, 1895. Sheriff Painter applied for
aud obtained eight acquisitions for
the arrest of alleged criminals in other
states and territories and that out of
the eight acquisitions only one arrest
was made, tnat Of a colored man
named stewart, on the charge OF
horse stealing, when IL was well
known that Stewart had bought the
horse that he was accused of stealing
and had made payment on it and had
received possession of the horse from
the owner, Caleb Holt
That the cost OF serving the eight
acquisitions. arresting Stewart who
was afterward discharged without be-
ing indicted, and endeavorilg to ar
rest the others was over 81, 500
4. That at the time the acquisitions
were issued on the governor of Ohio
for Frank Richart; on the governor OF
Illinois for Owen Purvis; on the gov
ernor of Utah for James Kelly, and on
the governor OF California for George
:. McPeak, none of the parties were
under arrest nor have since been ar.
rested, and that the afiidavits upon
which the acquisitions were obtained
were made by an ignorant negro who
knew rothing about the parties, their
crimes or their whereabouts.
That Sheriff Painters sworn
statements now on file in the auditors
Office state that he performed the SER
vices for which he was paid by vouch-
ers No. 234 and No 2i3, in serving
acquisitions for Ri hart and McPeak,
and that the said sworn statements
claim the sheriff To have been in Sac.
ramento, Cal, on the goth day OF Nav,
1898, and Columbus, o., on the 3Oth
day of May, 1893
6 That the said statements and
vouchers shoY that Sheriff Painter
collected mileage at the rate of ten
cents per mile from Guthrie To Salt
Lake City aud return, amounting t.
Sal2 80, in voucher No 2i3; and mile.
age from Guthrie To Sacramento, Cal,
and return amounting to S49i. In
voucher No. 23i, when both trips were
made at one and the same time, ui
made at ALL
That Sheriff Painter in his an-
nual statement for 1898, filed July 20
1894, and sworn TO for him by his son
statea that he received as criminal fee,
for the entire year of 1898, aside from
the fees paid him by the county com
missioners, the sum only of S525.
: That he (Painter) collected and
received in the months of February
March, April and May. ls03 alone II
criminal fees in the following cases al
shown by the docket of the probat,
court, Territory VS.. Sunfield, Charles
Rogers. Tim sullivan, Frank Wyatt
sunfeld, Charles Parker, Ugnglai
Rees Gee. ~ White, j. J. 1earney
william Reaves, Price Wilson. Fret
Rogers, Charles Sneed. Ben Estes
Frank Sharp, +. A. Porter, Charles
Howe, George Columbia, Phillip Lem
mon, William Stafford, John McCune
Patrick Eaton, Martin Creed, Stew,
Harris, Albert Schultz G. cases.) Tha
he collected and received criminal feei
In Morgan's court amounting TO $50. 81
lsee Morgan's October statement and
S2l.s0 for subpmnaing witnesses befor,
the grand jury, and that none OF thes,
items appear In his annual statemen
for 1898, filed July 20, 1894.
5. That Painters statement To-
1913 and fled July 20, 1894, shows tina
he received from the board OF count'