New-York tribune., 1909-02-04
HASKELL INDICTED;
CONSPIRACY CHARGED
ND JURY ACTS IN NUS
KOGEE LAND CASE.
qsio5oma'S Gouernor Charged 5cjth
Conspiring scith {. ". Turner to
Dcfraud the G0rernmcnt.
-Rr -elsEraph 20 The tribune.

rrsv telegraph 20 The Tribune.I
,e-,el-oeee Okla Feb S--t:overnor Charles
= 4-ssls77 Of Oklahoma was indicted by the
---.5 states grand jury this afternoon for
--srv TO defraud the government in
-s~-fo-, with she scheduling Of Muskogee
-ss+a lots. The indictment was returned
saorion 544e federal statute and
=. -,-xfr,,urn penalty is Slo.o00 fire and two
- fn rne peniJentiary. Others indicted in
S., "a Governor Haskell are c. ". Turner
a english F y sewers. Walter r Eaton W
= z5r,~5snEs and Jesse ". Hill all wealth.
- 1fr9szogee English Is now at Los An
n ,-ar The bond in each case was fixed at
5000
--sare fs hut one Indictment against GOverno,
,--i-srr T charges ccnspirinE with Walter r.
r.-rn ana Clarence W Turner to defraud the
--sr-7rnert- There a-e two indictments against
-r-ne- and one each against the others indicted
y,-sj-ar 2 Eaton is the secretary OF the Indi
s,ole Contracting Companyssof which Governor
-,.sle7r IS president and which it is alleged
.,basuIed the names Of many dummies" TO
cure town lots.
governor Haskell was notified Of his indict-
-,art At Guthrie by telephone. He viii start for
,,,saoree Al once and viii not be formally
r1.oe5 under arrest. He viii be represented by
5ss-r, Ash and Thomas owen. All the men in
1sr gave bond tonight.
THe indictments charge that the conspiracy
KS started in May. 1901. and ended on Febru-
s-y 7 1905 This prevents Haskell from setting
San g r,ea based on statutes OF Limitation. He
,-sis4a6 tonight that President Roosevelt and
,,-r7sr- p Hearst are responsible for the in
5fr+r1err- Nuskogee and all Oklahoma is wild
v7rb excitement The men viii be tried before
Ju6ge Campbell al this term Of court ". c.
Cook. one Of the jurors returning the indict-
-,eor is 2 son-3n-law Of Sewers and a brother
in-lav of English
LATE tonight 3 distinguished dinner party
riren here vas interrupted BY the news OF Has
keIrs Indictment and the party adjourned.
TWENTY Of the men, in evening clothes. marched
n rrs courthouse to sign the Governors bond,
which was prepared. anticipating his arrest
T5e men OF his bond are Judge W c. Jackson,
Nm Patterson. Walter Howard. J. NJ Givens,
: : Weeks. J ] Brotherton, Edgar Smith,
Thomas P Smith. ". T. TiIey. Thomas F. o
ssns7n. J. Hutchings White and J. W. Zevely.
Special Attorney Rush. Of Omaha says the
Investigation IS over. and he left tonight for
Omaha Assistant Attorney General Pagan. who
drew the indictments. viii leave for New York
to-mo-row- Attorney General BOnaparte has
been wired Of Haskell's Indictment.
Il RAD been hI1ce6 ever since the investigation
heraz tpro weeks ago. that Haskell would be
indicted. and he spent several days At Muskogee
recently among friends and witnesses The
grand Jury u t. this afternoon had returned
SIX indictments and had examined four hundred
witnesses from all parts Of the Middle West and
The East The witnesses examined to-day were
from Nashville Tenn. and Ohio. Easkell's former
home
Il Is charged by attorneys representing the
government that Oklahoma citizens obtained lots
u manipulating dummies" and forging sig
natures 70 Quit claim deeds Haskell has said
g. various times that the investigation was a
plot 70 ruin him. and that If indicted he would
nske some starting statements.
Assistant Attorney General Mott has been con-
Quoting the case for the government. There
were reports z few days ago that an attempt on
N0rts life would be made, but no violence has
ret been manifested. 4 score Of federal Secret
Service men have been guarding the jury.
About four hundred persons whose names are
sad 70 nave been used dummies testified
ehio, West Virginia, Tennessee. Michigan. /
Fenasylyanla, Missouri, Virginia and Arkansas !
ne Indlanoa Contracting Company, Of which !
eoTern0r Haskell is president. owns many town /
lots. These lots embrace from one-fourth of an F,
acre 70 four acres.
Guthrie, Okla. Feb. 3.-Governor Haskell is- /
sued the following statement tonight:
hare Just heard Of the indictment for con
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