The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-11
WARRANT IS SERVED
On Territorial Treasurer
Thompson, indicted
FOR RECEIVING INTEREST
On Public Deposits In
diCtment in Full.
FOR RECEIVING INTEREST

Guthrie o. T, April 1O.-Special)-To-
day at noon Territorial Treasurer Frank
VI. Thompson was served with a warrant
issued under the authority of an indict-
ment charging him with 'wilfuly, IN
lawfully, feloniously and without authority
OF law" appropriating ito his own use
certain money etc, which is the grand
jury method of alleging that the terri
toral treasurer mas been receiving inter
est on public deposits. The Indictment
was returned by the grand jury last Fri
day evening, but except for the pubIica-
uoh IN the Eagle the following morning
us nature and against whom directed was
surrounded with the deepest mystry until
. the warrant was issued today. The section
OF the statutes on which the Indictment
was found reads:
Every public officer, and every deputy
or clerk OF any such officer. and every
other person receiving any moneys on be-
nan Oh or for account of this territory, or
OF any department Of the government Of
This territory, or any bureau or fund Gre
ated by law and in which this territory or
the people thereof, are directly or indi-
Tectly interested, who either. first ammo
PIRATES TO his own use, or to the usa of
any persons not entitled thereto. without
authority Of law, any money received nv
Is as sue officer, clerk or deputy. or other
wise, on behalf OF this territory, or the
people thereof, or in which they are inter-
ested; or, fo,,rtb nil
fully omits or refuses to pay over to fFis
territory or its officer or agent authorized
by law to receive the same, any money
received by him under any duty imposed
by law so to pay over the same, is guilty
Of a felony"
Endorsed on the back of the Indictment
as witnesses for the territory ara the
names Of J w. Mcneil, president Of the
Guthrie National bank. and w. NJ JanL-
ms, secretary Of the territory The in
dictment embraces two counts and is as
follows:
Territory Of Oklahoma, Logan Co., IS:
In the February term of the district
court Of the First judicial district az ok
lahoma territory, begun and held within
and for Logan county, in said territory.
1T Guthrie, IN the county Of Logan. on the
thirteenth day Of February, in the wear
Of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-nine.
The Territory of Oklahoma
vs..
T. NJ. Thompson.
The grand jury duly summoned. chosen
empaneiled, sworn and charged at the
February term aforesaid of said district
eourt within and for the body OF Logan
county, oklahoma, to inquire into and
true presentment make Of all public Of
lenses against the Territory ~ Olylo bo,,,o
committed or triabe within the county Of
Logan, in the name of and by the au-
thority Of the territory of Oklahoma, upon
their oaths present that one F. NJ Thomp-
son, late of the county of Logan, on the
first day Of December, in the year of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety eight, in the said county of Logan,
then and there being, did then and there
Wilfully, unlawfnlly, feloniously and with
put authority Of law, appropriate to his
own use certain money then and there re-
reived by him, the said f. NJ Thompson,
on behalf Of the territory of Oklahoma,
In which said money the people of thetsaid
territory Of Oklahoma were interested to-
wit: The sum Of twenty-eight hundred
and fourteen dollars, he, the said F. NJ
Thompson, at the time of the receipt and
unlawful appropriation of the said money
as aforesaid, being then and there a pub
'lc OHlCer OF the territory OF Oklahoma.
to-wit: Being the treasurer Of said ter
ritory, and the said money so appropri-
ated as aforesaid by the said F. NJ
Thompson, being then and there received
BY him such public officer of the terri
tory Of Oklahoma, contrary to the form
of the statute IN such case made and
provided. and against the peace and dig
nifty of the territory OF Oklahoma.
EDGAR NJ. JONES.
County Attorney.
BY JNO. DEVERAUX,
Deputy County Attorney.
And the grand jurors aforesaid, upon
their oaths aforesaid, do further present
that on the first day of November. in the
year Of OUR Lord, one thousand eight hun
dred and ninety-eight. at and in the coun-
y of Logan and territory of Oklahoma.
one r. NJ. Thompson, then and there be-
ing. was a public officer of the territory
Of oklahoma. to-wit: the treasurer of said
territory. and then and there he the
said +. NJ Thompson. while so acting as
su-h treasurer on behalf of said terri
tory Of Oklahoma. and for the account
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