The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-09-17
MURPHY OPENS
/ The SCANDALS
Il. Louis Republic Tells His
Version Of Story.
|RYING TO QUIET HIM
lharges Are Made That His
Witnesses We're Gagged
and That Certain Con-
ditiOns are Dis
nranmfml
|RYING TO QUIET HIM
graceful.

THE appended extracts were culled
Mom an article published in the St.
Aouis Republic of Friday, and speak
nudly for themselves The article
Rals with the relations OF Arthur p.
Hurphy Republican candidate for con-
kess from the 10th Missouri district,
9TH certain territorial ofiiciails.
Hurphy has suit pending against
Hen. Pleasant Porter chief Of the
NFeek nation, for $50, 900 damages for
hleged breach Of contract. The Re-
public says:
Politically, Murphy is In CSculiar
Aosition. In the atiidavits that are
u file here facts regarding the gov
Eminent Of the Indian TERRITORY,
#hich are disgraceful, are shown.
Murphy, appealing to the higher au-
horities, was told to make charges
BE did so. He was not sustained, and
bst his position"
1 According to the deposition on file
sere Murphy had gone to Washington,
Ihere Secretary Hitchcock OF the In
krior Department asked him concern
hg conditions in the territory.
Murphy talked OF drunkenness among
pme OF the appointees
"The first result was the loss Of
Clarence b. Douglas job He was
Elerk to Indian Agent J. Blair shoen-
leIdt and crony Of Shoenfeldt and
Porter Shoenfeldt and Porter were
kp in arms. A telegram was received
81 Murphy, while In Washington,ask-
big him why be had made the charges.
Murphy told Charles J. Bonaparte
when he went into the territory that
Porter did not know what he was do
hg when he signed the telegram.
From that time on there was tFou-
bic. Murphy found himself In fight
with the strongest organization OF pol
kicians imaginable. He found that
khoenfeldt was backed by the late
Senator Quay OF Pennsylvania, and
Senators Clark and Warren OF Wyom-
big. and a string Of their friends, who
bad investments in the territory.
"As the Indian Territory scandal
Became better known, President |
Roosevelt sent Charles j. Bonaparte
Ind Clinton r. Woodruff there 10 in
festigate The depositions in the
hurphy- Porter case tell how this in
festigation was carried on. The two
Investigators went only to Muskogee
fhere they spent three days in COM
4any Of Shoenfeldt and Douglas.
THE deposition Of James II. Har-
is, vice president Of the Wagner, /.
g National bank, tells Of this investi-
alton. He was a witness to prove
$at the conduct Of Shoenfeldt and
Douglas was not Of the sort to
Rstify their retention In the FEEDER
service
Two Indian police guarded the room
II the Indian Agent where the inves-
|igation was held. When Harris went
% the ofice subordinates tried to per-
|uade him TO 90 away, while others
Iried to persuade him that he would
be contradicted on the stand.
According 20 Harris, Shoenfeldt
ook him into a private room and ar
|ued with him before he was permit
b appear before Bonaparte and Wood
ufI. When Harris had finally testi-
led. he asked that other men sub
tantiate what he had said, but the
commission refused. Practically the
lnly witnesses who were examined in
he case were Shoenfeldt, Douglas
nd one or two Of their friends.
durphy's friends were excluded
To show what he could have prov (
d before the commission, Murphy !
las filed the depositions Of. a dozen or
aore witnesses corroborating his
harges Of drunkenness and miscon.
net. These witnesses, according to
heir afidavits, were taken from all {
lasses Of citizens. a
Efforts to ocompromisethe suit have d
en- made. but Murphy Insists that