The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-02-28
GOOD MAN GONE WRONG.
Tough Rider Rhodes Repudiated by
Live stock Sanitary Board.

The investigation which has been
conducted for some time by the at
torney general and members of the
Live Stock Sanitary board relative to
certain alleged unbecoming conduct on
the part of John d. Rhodes. under
sheriff of Comanche county, culmin-
ated last evening in the adoption Of
the following resolutions by the Live
Stock board:
Whereas. II has come to the knowI
edge Of the Oklahoma Live Stock San
itary commission, hat one John d.
Rhodes. under sheriff OF Comanche
county. Oklahoma. has represented to
persons at Vernon. Texas, that he had
authority from the governor OF the ter
iritory of Oklahoma and from thi. Live
Stock Sanitary commission by Texas
cattlemen that Rhodes had accepted
large sums of money from them to
compromise with men who Wee guilty
of a violation Of tha qaarantine laws Of
Oklahoma. oy driving their cattle
across from Texas into the territory
of Oklahoma without inspection, and
Whereas. II has also come to the
knowledge Of the said board that the
said John d. Rhodes by reason of such
presentations and other representa-
.tions made TO stock men in We non,
Texas, had obtained large sums Of
money from them as compromise OF
the ohenses committed by them in vlo.
.lating the quarantine laws Of the ter
.ritory of Oklahoma.
Now Therefore. oe I, resolved by
THIS board that The representations of
said Joha d. Rhodes, so made. were
wholly without foundation that this
board has never given said John ID.
Rhodes any authority 20 compromise
such matters and that this board has
no authority in law to authorize said
John d Rhodes to compromise said
matters and that the statements of
said John d. Nhodes to that effect
were simply misrepresentation made
by said Rhodes for the purpose of i'm
posing upon the cattlemen and secur-
ing money by way of compromise of
their alleged offences; that this board
mot only has not given such authority
bat would not tolerate in Rhodes or
anybody else any such action and de
sire hereby to declare TO the people
OF Texas and along he border Of the
lted river and elsewhere along the
border OF Oklahoma, that any person
or persons who make such representa-.
tons are frauds and their representa-
tious are false and fraudulent and
made for the criminal purpose, Jo-wit:
the purpose Of obtaining money under
false pretenses.
The cattlement have made complaint
against Rhodes and have commenced
the proceedings to prosecute him al
Vernon Texas. where he is now sup
posed 20 be under arrest.
Rhodes secured his appointment un
der Sheriff Painter az the hands OF
Governor jenkins, at the special re
quest it is said of Theodore ROOse
Welt al that time vice president Of the
United states Rhodes Is a resident
OF Hennessey. Kinghsher county. and
was Rough Rider under Roosevelt
in Cuba. He was wounded at San Juan
J Hin and after the war remained In
Cuba for two years in the federal sery
fee When the Kiowa and Comanchs
country was opened to settlement he
] was an applicant for postmastersniI
. lin one OF the county seat towns, bu
J accepted the place of under sheriff o'
icomanche county