The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-04-07

special 70 the DAILY LeRuer
Tulsa Okla. April 7.-~Creai strides
we're made IN The trial Of Governor
Haskell and co.defendenls IN the ta'
nous Muekogea land fraud cases. the
defense aud prosecution concluding
their examination Of witnesses ane
other preliminary work. and the ae.
senee making It's first argument on
ihe original motion TO auash t,se IA.
dictment against the attendants The
court room Was alive with crowd
Of enthusiastic Haskell admirers and
legal talent when the court was called
20 order
Following the opening OF court,
Judge Juin Marshall Of Utah gave q
lengthy opinion IN which be sustained
the objection Of the prosecution 10
permit s. A. Hawk. grand Juror from
iestiiying what Richard Il. Taylor. spe.
olal officer of the interior department
said 10 ire grand jury which Indicted
GoyernOr Haskell aud tie others. This
objection was sustained on the ground
that q would be- eneroachlng up0n
The sacred precincts Of the grand jury
to allow che testimony 10 be irtro.
duced and also arm the defense With
The evidence Of the prosecution, there
By practically causing two trials Of
the case
8. A. llawk was the first Witness on
the stand Immediately after the ruling
made by Judge Marshall Judge Mar
shnll sail he would allow any such
evidence as would not disclose actual
evidence before the grand jury. and
Judge Siuart for the defense hegau
the examination Of Hawk. who stated
when questioned as to the actions d
Prosecuting Attorney Rush before the
Witnesses at the grand Jury lnyeallsa
tlon tha' IN the examination Of nay
! l0r, Learnord. Dolan and other wilt
leeses. Rush approached the wllneheel
and after asking them their name, cd
dress ard occupation presented M
iidaylts that had been signed before,
that Rush would read The ailldAgits
and then aak the wlsness whether ol
not the c0asants q the same wers
true.
Il vas stated thai she arat witness
70 10 on the stand nflef dinner Woul.
be- wan Cook, another grand Juror
but the order 0f business was changed
end Cook did not 90 on the stand a
all Cook would have made en- inter
estlng witreas, being q member Of th'
grand Jury and q relative Of two o
the men indicted He IL brother
lu.law pf Al Il. English and sun-ln
law 0f CAPTAIN levers, indicted az thl
same time with Governor Haskell
English ~ very III IN Los Angeles. cal,
and cannot be here. but Captain zey
ers rs present 81 this trial
Captain leYera. who Is very nget
man. beara the distinction Of beinl
;he only white man who was eve
adopted by the Creek Nation and madi
G nalusnll2ed citizen Of the tribe III
has been III Oklahoma Tor 50 years
y. n. GAsaIll WAS tbe llrgt witness
on tht ssand after dinner Gasllil
who plays an imneflagl part Ia thl
iaskell trial. testified that he had rf
lcelved Telegram from The Royegnmeu
sppoinilpG hlm hs q special altornt
with Instructions IL appear before III
grand Jury aild takslhe testimony Il
shorthand ind hsk q transcript 0
laama.iifi4au IS iHe t
| u D. Lennin SPECIAL attorney 70
lihe interior department. testified iha
NJ was appointed on December y ipOt
Ito make Investigations III tho Muskr
gre loEn l0l fraNd oazes lSe lesilile
thAl he took slateunAta faRnfsllnN ih