The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-12

the aext day. OF only day or So that
Cottingnam called az the Office and he
stated that they were ready TO close
the entire matter Up. and asked wha.
about the parties that were to take the
remainder OF the stock and I told him
chat they were not here, and I stepped
down to Mr. McNeal and asked him to
take tho stock and pay for Il. and with
the understanding that when / wished
that when / determined who I wished
to hold the stock-that ! should give him
an order for Il. that he should give
me a memorandum Of that option to
take the stock az any time. He said
that I've would gladly do g.. and ] was
not there but few minutes and went
back to my Office and laid The memo
randum on the table which he said COW
cred the matter. and when / read it
over / called his aucatlon to the r.ct
that it was not what / had intended
exactly, and that IL know that he in
serted--one thing which he inserted in
II was provision that certain accu-
mutations on the stock, II ] remember
correctly. should be separated from Il
and paid to me- or something Of that
kind. and called his attention to that
and said that Il was not what / intended.
that / had no interest in IT, but pro-
posed that whatever accumulation there
was. II any. should remain with the
stock. But ! did not sign the memoran-
dunn. or insid, on Il. or change IL or
argue with him, nor ] did not insist on
any change, as it was the understanding
that it was to remain in that condition
but short time and Il was left III
just that way.
@. Now what became OF tha. stock?
A. Well In few days. after Mr..
Flynn returned to this city. he came to
me and said that he wanted me to turn
the stock over to him, thnt he wanted
the stock. l suppose that Mr.. McNeal
had told him OF the arrangement that
he had with me, that l was intending
to have it transferred to some one that
I desired to have interested in tfa in
stitution. and / told Flynn thaa / did
not think it was the proper thing to
do and / did not wish to do It, and he
seemed to think It was, and insisted on
IT, and afterwards McNeal came to me
and told me that Flynn desired the stock.
and / said all right, that II he insisted
he could turn over two thousand dol
bars worth OF tho stock to Flynn. He
figured It up and there was .ome ac-
cumulatlons on the stock-it was worth
something over and above the ten per
cent that he agreed to carry T. un-
I'll II was transferred, and he seemed
to want to take that out Of it, and
told him that whatever, II there was
any accommodations on the stock. that
whatever they was they should remain
with II, as I had never any idea OF taxi
ing anything out OF It myself; l wanted
no profit out Of II In any form And he
then, as ! understood and have always
understood. turned over and assigned
two thousand dollars of that stock 10
Mr.. Flynn.
In the meantime I had written Mr..
Jobes. Mr.. c. S. Jobes, who was then
the bank examiner of che state OF Kan
sas. and a man / had grown up with in
Ohio and who had always been ready
to assist me in any way possible. and
who had been here a time or two buy
ing warrants and making investments,
and had asked me 10 look out for some
for him here. that II / found anything
that would be a safe investment here
at any time to let him know and he
would be glad to invest in IT, And /
had; he came to me again when this
matter came to my mind and / thought
he WAS a man and would be a lttle
out Of the political whrl of our local
affairs and that II would be a means Of
steadying and controlling things In the
management OF the institution tina.
would be beneficial all round, and after
figuring on It for awhile and satisfying
myself Of the safety OF the investment
he notified me tbe. he would take IL,
and I sent him an order for H. and about
that time Mr. BIcNeal declined 10 turn
the stock over TO him. heard at first
that he declined TO turn the stock over,
and be was away from town, and when
he returned l sent for him to come to
the office-my onice-and / asked him
wny he had not delivered the stock 20
Jobes. on my order. as he had agreed
TO do, and he asked me whether / was
going TO appoint him territorial treas
urer OF not. l told him that l did not
know what mat had to do with this bus
mess. that ] had not made up my mind
what l was going 10 do about that ap-
poIntment. but that this was a mater OF
business and had nothing 10 do with that
whatever but dhat l had givon he order
TO Jobes for the stock and under the
agreement / wanted him TO turn it over
to him. He seemed to think he had not !
been properly treated IN Oklahoma poll. |
tics, that he had not been rewarded. and |
that he proposed TO be free lance and |
asked me how this matter would look |
IN print
BY Decker fhis matter the Incl
dent in regard 10 the stock. how that |
would look In nrlnt2
A. Yes, sir. ] said that / had noth- |
ing to deny and nothing TO apologize |
for; that had done what l had done /
thinking It was for the good of the in- |
sitution, and that while It was not TO /
be published and made common gossip /
OF, yet il he undertook 10 use II 10 my /
dctriment that IL would be equally detrl-
men.al 10 himself That was about the
substance OF the conversation.
BY Decier' lie was then territorial
treasurer?
A. No, sir
by strngi Did he turn ths stock
oyerg
a. Yes. sir; he then turned the stock
over.
@. Immediately?
A. think so; I heard nothing more
about IT,
Q. BY Decker: Just about six or
seven days after you wrote the order
ne turned the stock over?
A. Il was n short time an,er the con-
versation; do not remember the num-
Der Of days-aobn after. IT. was soon
after this conversation took place.
O. DO you know anything Of the own