The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-24


Washington, D. C., Dec 24.-The re.
port of F,4ncis e. Loupp, giving in de-
tail the result of his investigation of
the charges made against Agent Rand
lett and the allottng agent in the Kio-
wa. Comanche and Apache reservation
in Oklahoma, which has just been
made public. is an absolute refutation
OF practically all Of the charges OF 1
corruption preferred against the pub
lie officers. The report, however, cen
sures Major Randlett for his intemper-
ant language used to members of the
tribes. The salient features of the
report are herewith given in full as
follows
AS the result Of my campaign Of
thorough scrutiny found two cases OF
arbitrary allotment, one case OF what
seems to have been a double allot-
ment and two cases that look like al
lotments to Indians already dead,
though about one of these there is per-
haps room for a difference of opinion.
AT this point it is necessary only to
say that the arbitrary allotments were
never concealed, or made the subject
of attempted concealment from the
department; that both appeared to
me to be abundantly justined; and
that one of them was afterward can
celled. for reasons which 1t Is not my
province to critieise OF the double
allotments and the allotment which l
suspect to have been made to dead
nerson. / have only to add that one
had been already suggested to me as
2 possibility by the .allotting agent
himself while the others were discoy-
cred at the pay table. made pos
sible discovery Of two on the Wichita
reservation. also, which / have asked
the grand jury to help me straighten
out. That paucity Of results did no'
preyent the local circulation of re
ports that / had discovered as many
as 700 misallotments. Neither was Il
any measure 5f the information pour
ed in upon me by interested parties
For example, l received one day
warning that had better put Quanal
Parker the chief of the Comanehes
through a very rigid examination, a
it was understood that he had cause'
oanotments TO be given to ten Indian
who never surrendered and are yet y
Mexico
I accepted the warning in the spiri
in which | assume It was offered bu
with all my searching, including II
oniry of Quanah and everyone els
who presumpuyely would or coul
know Of such transaction, hay
been unable to find any trace OF l
Inst what sort of a Surrender" an
of the allottees could have made
thew wanted to. | cannot yet conceiv
The only allottee who resides in Me
loo is Yenacic Portillo, a Comancf
indian about 2s years Of age. III
only surrender he was ever asked
make as far as | can learn, was thi
70 a measure of his personal liDer'
when he undertook the support OF
wife and children on nothing yea
he is now clamorous to get back
the United states, il his fathers stat
mont to me is correct, but he cam
meet the expenses of the journe
When he can satisfy the agent OF b
identity and intentions. arrangemen
vnl be made with one Of the railro'
companies to bring the whole Portil
establishment home, and they VIII
installed on his allotment
AGAIN. Ned Brace, a Kiowa India
TOOK mis- allotment of 800 acres, und
sbe old 4headright" provision Of I
treaty of 1868, before the reservati
opened. One Of the cleverest lawye
IN Anadark6 assured me that he hi
self knew. and could prove. that Bra
by a collusive triei, on the part OF {
allot,ing force OF the agency stan.
ceiNed a second headlight Gllotme
in consideration Of giving up his fl
one to white man who wanted
and that to conceal this fraud,
second patent was dated back 20
time Of the first one and the COVE
ment's record smoothed over TO cor
spond. This looked like a large
coyery tsi 1 got hold Of the histori
facts These showed that Braces a
ailo. meat. dated April p 1897 y
made close to the 9sth Meridian wh
forms part OF the boundary .betw'
Indian territory and Oklahoma w