The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-30


s. b. Riddle.
D. S Riddle
l. A. Riddle.
Elizabeth Casey.
Joshua Casey
Andrew y. Hin,
l.. T. Hill
James w. Balthrop,
T. d. Arnold and
John VI Bratcher.
for themselves and as representa-.
tiyes of all persons similarly stu.
ated. claiming to be members of the
Choctaw or Chickasaw Nations or
tribes OF Indians. by virtue Of al
legged DEGREES of the United States
court for the Central and Southern
districts Of the Indian Territory.
sitting respectively at South Nc
Alester and Ardmore, and common
" known as Court Claimants" de.
PENDANTS.
The President Of the United States:
To S. B. Riddle. d. S. Riddle, L. A..
Riddle, Elizabeth Casey, Joshua
Casey. Andrew B. Hin. L. T. Hill.
James W. Balttrop. T. u. Arnold and
John II. Bratcher and al persons not
made defendants. by name in the
above entitled action, bnt similarly
situated TO the ten persons named as
defendants. as representatives Of the
entire class OF persons So situated,
and claiming to be members of the
Choctaw or Chickasaw Nations or
legged DEGREES of the United States
court for the Central and Southern
districts Of the Indian Territory, sit
ting respectively at South McAlester
and Ardmore, and commCnly known
as Court Claimants You are
hereby warned to appear ia this court
on the first Monday in December.
1902. the same being the first day Of
December, 1902. and answer a bin in
equity filed by the plaintiffs the, Choc-
taw and Chickasaw Nations or tribes
Of Indians.
The nature Of said bill is that the
Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations or
tribes of Indians own their lands in
common. so that each and every mem
ber OF either tribe shall have an
equal, undivided interest in the whole:
that the United States court for the
Central and Southern districts Of the
Indian Territory, sitting respectively
at South McAlester and Ardmore. and
proceeding under the act Os congress
approved June tenth. one thousand,
eight hundred and ninety-six. upon ap-
peal from the Commission to the Five
Civilized Tribes, rendered alleged de
crees purporting to admit several
thousand persons to citizenship or TO
enrC llment as such citizeRr in the
Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations. re-
spectiyely. without notice of such
proceedings having been given TO each
of said Nations that such notice was
indispensable, and that judgments are
therefore void; and also that such
proceedings should have been con-
fined to a review Of the action Of the
Commission to the Five Civilized
Tribes, upon the papers and evidence
submitted to such Commissions. and
should not have extended so a trial
de novo Of the question of citizenship;
that such proceedings are, for that
reason, illegal, and that all of said
judgments are therefore void and
also that If said judgments are en-.
forced property of the tribes of the
value of many millions OF dollars will
be taken, and the snare of each
member of either tribe will be
thereby proportionately diminished,
and that the plaintiffs have no ade-
quate remedy at law.
The prayer of said bill is that all
of said judgments be annulled and
vacated, and that all Of said proceed
ings in the trial Of said cases de novo,
upon appeal from said Commission to
the Five Civilized Tribes. be declared
null and void.
Witness, the Honorables Spencer B.
Adams, Chief Judge, and Henry s.
Foote and Walter l.. Weaver, asso-
ciate judges of said court and the
seal thereof, at South McAlester, In
dian Territory, this twenty-sixth day
OF September, 1902.
tSigned) JAMES s. CASSADA.
Clerk.