The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-10-21
MAY ALSO RESULT IN
| PENITEATIARY RESIDENCE
SpITltIng Away Of Witness in
Rick MESSIAH Case
Brings Issues
speclal 10 the Daily Leader.

Special to the Daily Leader
Enid, Okla, Oct. 21.-R. Il. p. Mes
sail, d. w. Buckner, Charles Gran
vile, Frank Prouty. jeff Courtney and
Jim Jennings. negro, are under ar
rest In connection with the alleged
bribing OF Russell Mill to leave Enid
when he was wanted as witness In
the Messall case.
Mill was returned from Sake City,
ia. by Deputy Sheriff Chas. Campbell.
and the officers declare that yester-
day morning he made a clean breast
that he had been paid $l00 In the Of
lice of Attorney Buckner and furnish
ed suit of clothes upon the promise
that he would leave the state until
after the trial As a result of the
sworn statement of Mill warrants for
the above named persons charging
them with inducing a witness to alb
sent himself from the jurisdiction OF
he court during the time he had been
subpoenaed TO be in attendance upon
court as a witness was issued Offense
punishable by Imprisonment IN inc
pententiary.
The case against r. T. p. MessalI
has excited more attention probably
than any other criminal case tried
either Ia the county or district court
for some time Messall was former.
ly the president Of the city council
and now represents the fourth ward
as alderman In the city council lie
H. alleged TO have operated place
where intoxicating liquors were "
legally disposed of in the Grand Ave
nue. hotel AT the last term Of the
county court he WIS convicted OF he
charge. but owing TO irregularities Ia
the trial OF the cause he was granted
q new trial The trial Of Mcssall on
the warrant charging him with this
0ffense Is set for October 2Sth.
The Messall case was set for trial
some time ago and while the aitor.
neys were arguing preliminary mo
zion to the court young Mill asked 20
be excused from the court room for
a few moments. lie was not seen by
County Attorney Mckeever from tnat
time until yesterday when Mckeeyer
interviewed him In the county jail.
Subsequent TO the disappearance Of
Min the officers suspected that MIL
was induced to leave the county and
search for him was Immediately IN
augurated He was located III SAKE
city. Ia, and Deputy Sheriff Camp
bell left for that place Saturday morn.
ing 10 take him IN custody He had
already been arrested by officers there
upon information received frOm.the Of
ficers Of this county
When Deputy Sheriff Clmpbell
went 10 SAKE City for Mill he took
with him the father OF the boy 80 that
If the boy resisted being brought back
10 the county his father could order
him returned, Mil being under age.
The warrant charging Measall with
maintaining a place where intoxicat.
ing liquors we're illegally disposed or
Is based on information gained by the
sheriffs office several months ago.
Mill was captured by one Of the
sheriff's force near the Grand Ave
nue. hotel The officers attention was
attracted to him by buldging coat,
Seafehing The boy he found mum.
ber OF bottles OF whiskey concealed I'm
his belt After being locked In the
county jail he wrote a not to be sent
to Messall which was in substance
as follows. mir. Messall: ] have been
caught with that Junk on me. Can you
get me Outas
Mill was closely questioned by the
officers and finally admitted that he
had been employed by Meesall to
iandle booze" The arrest Of Messali
followed and he was convicted at the
last term OF court There were irreg.
uiariies in the trial OF the case. how.
ever, and a motion for a new trial
was granted The case il set for
October 18th and is to be tried be-
county Jail he wrote note TO be sent