The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-01

A. There has been a good many
subroonas went through my office
which were served by my deputy
@. Oh. yon have deputy have
your l wgs not aware you had a
deputy.
A. Yes sir.
@. Are you sure YOU served one
yourself on the couny clerk during that
time?
A. II feems TO me that ! did. I
could tell by looking at my day book.
O. Have you got your day book
a. no. sir. il Is in my office
O. Have you got ay records in your
office with reference to the election
In any way2
a. No sir
@. DO YOU remember during the
sitting of the grand jury seeing any
ballot boxes or election supplies that
seemed TO be pertaining to said elcc-
tion carried 60 the grand jury room?
a. No SIR.
O. You knew It as O matter OF gen
eral Information?
A. My attention was called to moth
ing OF the kind
O. You do not know anything about
the records being carried there?
A. no sir.
O. You do know that committee
came up here on the part of the legis-
lature to investigate the election con
test of Murley VS.. Allen. do you?
A. ] heard there was such com
mittee IN town.
O. Did gu meet either one of the
men?
A. Yes sir.
@. Did you meet tho sergentat-
arms or assistant sergeant-ata arms?
A. ! do not know the assistant ser
geant.atarms.
O. Did you meet any man who
claimed to be serving for the election
contest committeeY
A. met one Wilson A. Hobson.
He introduced himself to me as cnief
sergeantatarms of the lower house Of
the legislature at Guthrie, Okla.
Q. You were not aware that George
Woods was scrgeant-atarms for this
particular committee2
A. No sir.
Q. Did he talk to you at any time
about the matter? About this election
contest?
A. No sir.
Q. | will state for your information
so that you may know now that w. A.
Hobson, George Woods, c.. T. Byrd and
j. w. Jenkins are together with some
others assistant sergeant-at-arms. Hob
son being chief of the House OF Repre-
sentatives Of the First Legislature of
the State of Oklahoma. That any writs
or processes being served relative to
the contest of Murley VS.. Allen signed
by the Speaker of the House or by
Charles M. London, chairman of the
committee on privileges and elections,
are authorized by the House of Repre-.
sentatives and as sheriff OF Alfalfa
county you win not Interfere with
these writs on penalty that you will sub
iect yourself to contempt to the House
OF Representatives. Twill ask you now
again If you know anything about the
keeping of the ballot boxes of the last
election in the county clerks office
Have You seen any there?
A. Yes sir.
g. Aren't these boxes in different
colors?
a. think so.
Q. AS a matter OF fact was not the
ticket last fall voted on three different
forms for the costitution and
prohibition, one on which was voted
the county and municipal ticket and
the other the state ticket and each
had a different color2
A. | suppose it was,
Q. Have you not observed that
some OF these boxes have been
changed from the place where they
have been kept9
A. They might all have been moved
for all I know.
G. You have not been in the
clerks office in the last few days?
A. | don't remember.
Q. This day and yesterday
A. cant remember that I was
Q. Don't you know whether you
were IN there day before yesterday?
a. No sir.
Q. ! VIII state 10 you you can an
swer these questions You are an in.
tollgent man and want to get
through with this business.
Q. You don't remember Keeping the
county clerk few days ago at your
Officer
a. No sir
Q. DO you remember few days
ago the judge issuing temporary
restraining order against the members
Of this committee and against the
sergeantatarms?
A. Yes sir
q. You served it?
A. Yes sir
O. Don't yeu know that was done
for the purpose Of obstructing the com
mlttee ia the Investigation?
A. AS sheriff of the county when q
writ is put in my hands TO serve
serve IT,
Q. Il Is your duty to do so IL Il
does not conflict with an authority
higher than your own. You served
these writs2
A. / did
O. ] win ask YOU il about that time
the sergeantat-arms did not make a
search for the county clerk and find