The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-04-23
FORMER SALOON MEN
INCLUDED IN. LIST
Three indictments Each Against
District Judge and
County Attorney
special q tho Daily Leaaar.

~peckAb ~ tn0 Dolly LehUef.
Shawnee. Ok, April 2S--After hear
ing the testimony Of SO witnesses dur
ms the rast week. the special grand
jury called to investigate bribery
charges against city and county on.
clals, last night returned eight in-
dictments against officials and citl.
gems Of Shawnee, Three indictments
each were returned against District
Judge w. N. Mabcn and County At.
torney Virgil Blggers and one each
against Bert White and d. o. Johnson
former saloon men OF this city.
This investigation was tho out.
growth az sensational charges made
BY Evangelist Bulgin from The plat
form during eyangellstlc services in
which It was alleged the officers in
both city and county were receiving
bFibes from booteggers and gamblers
After the charges We're made Judge
Maben requested an investigation and
Judge CarTuthors was sent hy Chief
Justice Kane 10 hold a special term
Of court and The Investigation was
placed IN charge q Attorney General
West,
OF the three Indictments returned
against Judge Muhnn two allege hrib
cry while district indgn and the third
charges ambezxlcmpnt while probate
Judge OF the county The Indictments
charge Judge Mahen with having re-
ceIved $50 on September Is, 1908
from u @. Johnson and Il b Howell
and $4,000 on January %, 1900. from
Bert Bond and others. The third
charge dates back to 1907, when d Is
alleged AZ probate Judge he embeE1led
S2.4S230 frsm the estate Of Isaac Geer
All Of the three indictments against
County Attorney Blggers charge brlb
cry In the amount OF SSe0 ais Il Is
alleged he solicited and accepted thar
much money from Frank Wlherisoon
In LIQUOR eases
In The cases 81 White and Johnson
he Indictment charges them with hav
Ing offered brlbes to different oiIic-
lals. Both are fusmer saloon men
and We're apparently leaders IN the
effort 10 secure immuniIy sf0m the
law.
Il is further reported tbat thirty.
Six indictments have bsen s1und by
the grand jury but only the above
have been returned but It IS expect
I'd that the others viii be- returned
today and other officials included
The jury Is stll making It's inycatl'
cations and It la not known when
they expect to conclude their work
The officers Indicted have not as
yet been Gubpoenaed, but action will
probably be taken very soon. All were
required TO give bond IN the sum OF
$4,000 for each account Many promi.
nent business and professional men
accompanied the judge and attorney
10 Tecumseh and furnished ghe
amount ef bond required. Il rs stat
ed that d request was niado By
friends Of the defendants that their
bonds be lett open aH others desired
to 20 on their bond and 1t Is expect.
"a that those signing the bonds VIII
be able 10 qualify 10 a total amount
ol half q million dollars.
Beth Judge Maben and Attorney
BIggors desire trial at rs early q
date as possible ~ they desire 10
face their accusers In open court,
whore they claim they can clear them
selveb Of the charges.
Fhe many friends OF Judge Mabeu
IN Guthrie are loathe to believe him
guilty Of the charges preferred aud
do not understand how "a district
Judge could be implicated Ia ylolat
tlDns Of the prohibition law when bis
court has no Jurisdiction ever sucn
eases aud an appeal lies only 10 The
Criminal Court q appeals. Or 10 the
Superior court which has peen oslab'
llshed only N Logan county go far
In explanation Assistant Attorney
" O. Reeves wsla assisted Attorney
General West II drawing he lndiel
menia against aHc pntlawainmle cpuu
y officials. stated q 4 Leader report
er this mofnlng that Il Is alleged
The grand jury haa evidence brought
Il them to lhe eject that Judge Nj
ben had been als6harsiEg bootleg
gers who we're arfalgned before hin