The Detroit times., 1908-09-28

he has wronged are striving to have
the courts so deal with him. M. l..
Mott. national attorney for the Creek
nation, writes me as follows:
In October. 1906. Mr.. Foulke, OF
Richmond, Ind. was sent to investi'
gate, the matter OF the town site
frauds in the Creek nation. Mr..
Moulke.s- report Is In the hands OF
the secretary OF the interior. All par
ties connected with these town site
frauds have used the same means and
methods. Upon the report filed by
Mr.. Foulke, /, as attorney for the
Creek nation, was directed by the
secretary OF the interior to file suits
In equity for the cancellation OF all
demands to town lots In the Creek
nation where the same had been Sc
cured by fraud
| Conspiracy Case.
| Proceeding upon instructions and
after full Investigation. found that
Gov. c. N. Haskell, anon gothers, had
secured deeds to quite a number OF
lots In Muskogee by conspiracy and
fraud: that he had had these lots
scheduled In the name OF dummies
or straw men who lived In Ohio and
elswhere. and then had them quit
claim back to him without considera-
ton. BY this dishonest means he
succeeded In etgtin deeds to a largge
number of lots belonging to the Creek
Indians at one-half their appraised
value.
! 81 have filed quite q number OF
tsuits against Gov Haskell in which
conspiracy and fraud is charged and
Nthe maner OF concentrating 1t is set
tout In detail. Haskell has not fled
any answer In any OF these case. He
has simply through his attorney filed
dilatory motions, such as demurrers,
pleading to theF Jurisdiction, etc. He
dare not answer and deny the alleag-
lions set up In our bill; such an
answer would be a sworn lie and
known to be by the large number of
straw men and dummies he used
In perfecting the fraud
| For this particular act of the man
whose public record you indorse, you
may rest assured that the interior d.
partment will endeavor to see that the
counts do Justice to him.
When Mr.. Haskell was in New
York various judgments were fled
against him. The records Of the coun.
ty clerk Of New York show that Feb
ruary 2. 1900, a judgment for damages
and costs amounting to $42,235.43, re.
covered In the supreme court Of the
county, was fled against Charles N.
Haskell April 2, 1900, this judgment
was returned on the sheriffs execu-
ton and satisfied to the extent of
only $3.50. and the remainder Of 1t
remains still unsatisfied In this In.
stance your proposal that Mr.. Haskell
be left to the court does not seem to
have produced thorough-going justice.
Neither shall l touch upon the vari-
Gus suits OF all kinds now pending
against him for all kinds OF reasons.
Further Exposures.
| Thus II Is reported in the press
under date OF Sept 10. 1905, that a
$500 judgment had been obtained
against Mr. Haskell by an attorney
Of Arkansas who was employed by
him to lobby before the city council
OF Nuskogee to get through fran
chise. The attorneys fees were never
satisfied, but the franchise was grant
ed. Nor again shall touch upon the
facsimile published In the press of
Sept. 25 last showing Mr.. Haskell's
having three years ago joined an or
ganization to prevent union labor from
entering the city in which he lived.
Indeed, as regards this alst statement,
wish distinctly to acquit Mr.. Haskell
Of being opposed on principle to either
trade unions of corporations; for
wish to acquit him Of being opposed
on principle to anything.
Nov as to Gov. Haskell's connec-
ton with the Standard Oil company IN
Oklahoma. Gov. Haskell advances the
fact that the United States govern
ment permitted the Standard Oil COM
pany, on the same terms as any and
all other companies, to enjoy the legal
privileges to which II was entitled On
the Indian Justification for having CIV
en- It illegal privileges to which 1t was
not entitled In the state OF Oklahoma.
Measure OF His Morality.
The excuse furnishes the measure
of Gov. Haskell's moral quality. The
| federal act Of March IL, 1904, con-
ferred upon the secretary Of the In
terror Their light to grant permits for
oil and gaspipe lines to cross Indian
reservations. Regulations to carry out
the law were drawn up by the Indian
Office and approved by the secretary
of the interior April IL, 1904. In com
pliance with the law and the regula-
| tons the department of the interior
permitted the Standard OIL Pipe Line
company, the Prairie OIL & Gas Co.
and the various pipe line companies
all on the same terms and under the
same conditions. the right Of way
across the Indian reservations. Nc
preference or privilege was granted to
any company that was not also grant
ed to all the others. Any other action
than that actually taken by the In
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