The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-01-11

tious ia The nast. This condition Of
affairs. according 10 Mr. Powell viii
make eonpress very careful In their
promises The Kickapoo land frauds
ia h.s opinion wiz alsa help to pre-
hdios inc ealse. Another instance Of
fhe whlto mans rapac.iy i0r the IN
dans land may be found la the Semi
MOLE nation near Wewoka, where over
1888 deeds wo5e obtained 20 lands
anywhere from Sis to $f5 per deed
OF 1856 acres So papAlle nave been
the frauds. that Secretary Garfield IS
thinking seriously O. employing spec
conrts and attempt to make vacant
I iaI counsel Go carry the fight into the
lali the irardulently acquired deeds.
iThe principal chief of the Seminole
nation. J. r. Brown, was recently IN
I Washington and conferred with the
secretary about the matter. He has
I Promised 10 assist the department IN
leyory possible way 20 clear and purge
tht Seminole nation from rs grating
lelement
McHars 70 Prosecute.
The man who viii represent the
government IN the Kickapoo prose
tuuons. win be Ormshy McHarg, q
Young North Dakotan. who for years
was private secretary 70 Senator
4 iNeCumber of the same state. MT
McHarr acquired his legal training
ia biz native state and in the law
schools of WayhinFtoa. He aspifen
90 n federal julgship IN Alaska ana
was promised the berth. bw his youth
finally lost for him the appointment
! An unfortunate political miNup also
contribated 10 his defeat Ia this con-
aection He was soon afterward ap'
lpoinfcd special counsel for the gov
trumcni in Washington state, where
he was out 20 work iu the land mad
casss thcn attracting public attention
- .sas .taiinrmaly sac eesslul In the
preparation OF HIS cases ana can shON
large number of indicments and
/ couticuons Es q reward fef his labors.
From there ne WAS sent 90 New MaXi'
co where the graft germ had also
mhdo its appearance Ia icveral ways.
! Hero even q worse system OF plunder
was uneafthcd The territorial form
Of government was peculiarly Well
adopted for the operations of public
( land thieves with the result that
many thousands of acres of the public
dOmain was gubbled up by land sharks
Iby means Of false aud dummy entry
men A large ucreae OF valuable
I timber and mineral land was also
absorbed iu This manner After much
hard work ON the part of secret ser
Vice AGENTS and government sleuths,
/ flc department of Justice took "a band
Iin the matter and turned the papers
aud evidence INTO the hands OF its
Ialt0fneys Mr MGfargs record WAS
Iamonp the best judging from the
mannpr in which the courts acc pied
mis- gases Not q single indictment was
ouashed which ls D striking fact com
Z lpared with the Colorado cases ~
which Iujee Lewis recently was the
llriehi and STIMULATING star The
oHicial numed. strc kirom the court
| calendar dozens Of indictments on
fthe grounds OF one technicahty az
/ the other
Z Cafchec 'em ANve
"A vin thps be- seen that the depart
mtnt has selected one Of its very
/ best men i0 conduct the kickarOc
cases. This man Is expected 90 hrine
action in the courts 60 sei asidf
Every dcei that wat procured through
irauG SAID thee are q great many of
4 them according 10 the report receat
! ly made public by the seeate commit
Gee. having in charge the matter
no catches fm alive When on,
ltalk about catching 'em alive tht
man does noi hesitate 0r refuse 20 aci
hnt nslral records ai once the nam,
of John Abernathy United states
rfarshal 81 tbe Western district ol
oklahoma
tlttl, ana lor0a ctoiehn hat q lo
sombrero fashion. the catch cm alive
marshal. aitacta eood bli of az
tontlon al the national capital Nhicl
<r-1.....s e. $50,