The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-05-24


81 aid not"
1n the second count dld you testify
to any facts IN the second couut?'
~ did not"
Did you testify before the grand
jury as to any facts ia the third count
wherein A. C. Sharp Is charged with
soliciting sG.5O0 from anyone to in.
auence his official action in the mat
ter of leasing the Ponca and Otoe and
Missouri pastures? Especially to G.
II. Ogden?"
~ did"
state what You swore to-
II think. as near as can remember,
that was at the Ponca agency and
so testified. that Mr. ogden and Mr..
sharp had a conversation in my pres
ence in reference TO the leases i'm
which Mr.. Sharp asked Mr.. ogden If
the money was an right, and ogden
replied that it was. This had a refer
ence to the lease"
c. H. ogden was next called and
asked ii he knew anything regarding
the $1,000 alleged to have been paid
sharp by the agent Of Witherspoon to
influence him in making the leases to
the pastures He replied that he did
not. His reply was the came in re-
gard to the second count. \ regard
to the third count. charging Sharp
with soliciting s6,5OO from him to
make the lease he swore that there
was to be put up in the comuierciM
city the sum Of $500 to secure tEcse
leases, and that he understood the
money was to go to Mr. Sharp. He
further testified that he had conver-
sation with Mr. Sharp in which Sharp
asked him if the S6,5O0 was put up,
and that he told him that it was
Special Agent Jenkins was then re-
called.
Were you before the December
grand jury and did you have the
leases made to witherspoon and
Smith for the Otoe and Missouri pas.
tures?"
II was there but had no leases"
"Who had the leases?'
u can not state. suppose the de-
parment of justice had them"
do you know to whom the leases
were made?"
Il do not"
Horace Speed United States at
torney for Oklahoma, was then call
ed.
Have you an affidavit Of w. H.
Morris, made before the grand jury
in the case of the United States VS.
A. c. sharp?"
Il have"
"Will you produce it?'
The witness said he would If the
court so ordered, but that the affidavit
was wholly immaterial at this time
The court required all the affidavits
in the case to be brought into court
and that their competency would be
passed upon by him.
what anidavits were read to the
grand jury room in regard to this
case?'
None, except those that were
made by witnesses. and these were
read in the presence Of the parties
who made them only for the purpose
of establishing the fact that they
made them The only exception was
the affidavit of the agent of Wither
spoon and Smith which was read, but
the jury was instructed to disregard
this. This referred to the payment Of
the sl.5OO"
United States Attorney Speed was
subjected to searching examination
as to the documents and evidence sub
mitted to the grand jury in regard tC
the various counts in the indictment
He could not remember whether h,
mad produced all the documentary evi
deuce submitted tl the grand jury bu
thought he had
George Masters swore that he wa
the foreman that returned the lndiot
ment. He had evidence Of witnesse
in regard to documentary evidenc
read before the grand jury. He test
fed to the manner of finding the In
dictment and gave detail of routin
work Of grand jury In returning indict
ment
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