The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-09
BIG SUM Is
INVOLVED IN
LAWSUIT
Two Wealthy CattIemen in a
Contest at Pawnee.
THOUSANDS AT STAKE
History of the Transaction Be-
tween Snyder and StribIing.

Guthrie. o. T. March s.-one OF the
/ largest civil cases in the history OF the
territory OF Oklahoma Is on trial IN the
PaTnee county district court. before As
scciate Justice Bayard It. Hainer. The
case involves $3.50. 900. which sum repre-
sents the value OF cattle pastured in the
Usage reservation. 1t also involves
large ranch in Arizona, several thous
and acres OF feed. and several thousand
head OF cattle also IN Arizona. The case
Is that Of J. C. Striking against +. y.
snyder, and il began on February 26th,
and VIII continue several days longer.
In August. 1900. agents of the parties
interested in this suit, brought together.
y G. Strbling, who owned - 500 head Of
cattle in the Usage reservation. and
George p Omstead and r. y. Snyder al
Kansas City. The latter owned a ranch
and herd OF cattle in Arizona At the
conference "a proposed trade was based
or selling the Stribling cattle az S5ooe9.
Striking was to take in exchange. or
part payment the ranch and cattle in
Arizona at an estimated value OF $3.50 do9
Representatives of all parties were seut
and property. \ contract was made Sep
TENDER !. 1900. Snyder and Omstead as
sumed the payment of liens on The
Stribling cattle, amounting TO sS00.o
On September 8. at Chicago. men were
sent to count the cattle The work was
concluded on September Is. and resulted
L., a report enumerating the cattle 20
1881, of which sos were tally branded
and the remainder. because of immediate
shipment. were not tally branded. The
agent for snyder gave Striking a merso-
randum of the account and wired the
same 10 the Kansas City house having
the matter in charge. Stribling went 70
Kansas City September Is. and two DAYS
afterwards demanded payment from
Snyder for the herd. Several conferences
were then held and the two men went to
Chicago, where a contract was made for
a recount OF cattle On October g. Snv-
der and his agent chattel mortgaged the
cattle To the Interstate National Bank
OF Kansas City, for S356,0e0 Snyder guar
anteeing the loan. The cattle were count
ed in October and 1926 were then f0und
After this report was made. Snyder set
up as defense TO the claim Of payment
that the cattle had been short counted
and that the feed contracted to go with
the cattle was less than one-half con
tracted for. He also stated that the cattle
were not OF the quality contemplated by
the contract. SNYDER further stated that
the delay Of Strlbnng I'm this matter in
jured the cattle, and because of these /
things. he refused to turn over the Ari- I
IONA ranch or any Of the cattle on the I
/. Z
suit against Snyder for Sl55.000 Snyder /
Immediately denied Strihling's claim. and 4
set mp a counter claim 81 s10eoaG
The case was set before Judge BurwelI /
70 December. 1911. but was not called by
aim for long time. The case went over
until it could be tried before Judge
Hainer.
snyder in mis- claim states that he paid
10000 indebtedness against the cattle
making a total of $4,000 more than the
-atue brought on the market. lie FUR
her states that the reason he took them
yas because he assumed the liabilities
md signed the notes.
The ease is probably one Of the most
1otly contested ever tried In an Okla
loma court. Witnesses and others inter
.sted IN the hearing have come from Chi
ago. Kansas City, Fort Worth and Ari-
roma. The reason It is tried IN Pawuee
county is owing TO the fact that snyder
eased land in the Osage reservation IN
500. which IS in the jurisdiction of Judge
3ainers court. and service was secured
'u him in that district. snyder make
lis home in Kansas CITY. while Striking
-esides IN Texas, although abe latter
ESQ leased land in the Usage reserva-
ion Tor pasturage purposes The attor-
leys for the plaintiff in this case are
J. Wrightsman u Pawuee, IS. J.
Hackney 81 Winfield. and Horace Speed
= Guthrie. Gardiner Iathrop Of Kansas
ity. J. Hughes and e. S. Mcclure
g Pawueef are the attorneys for the de-
ndant. Judge Hainer adjourned court
asst uight IN order 20 make out his in-
tructions 10 the jury Owing 20 the
ACT that so many cattle are involved iH
his case and such large amounts o.
money. it is being closely watched by
attie men ali over the southwest Both
nyder and stribling are wen kncwn
mong cattle fnen and many q thei-
riends are in attendance az tie bear
~ Of this action.