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Choctaw nations. This not having
been done, 1t necessitated the bring
ing OF new applications. and nearly
all Of them were denied.
Had the Citizenship Court sustain
ed the United States Court, 1t would
have passed out of existence, for 1t
would have had no business.
filed a petition for injunction be-
fore the Supreme Court Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia in February, 1905.
to hold up the payment of the $780,
600 fee to Mansfield, McMurray and
Cornish. The fee was allowed by
the Citizenship Court in December,
1904.
Weaver and Adams registered at
the hotel in Washington, February
Is. 1905, and remained there until
February %. Adams was in Wash
ington several times after that. The
fee was paid March 8, 1905, $780,
900.
The general character of Spencer
B. Adams in Oklahoma and Indian
Territory is bad. In the latter part
of December. 1904. when the mem
bers Of the court, Adams and Weav-
er. were in Washington, the apparent
business seemed to be to assist the
law firm in collecting it's fee.
In February, 1906. Judge Adams
filed an affidavit in the Injunction suit
l had brought to restrain the pay
ment of the $750,000 fee.
(Deponent here related the quarrel
between Judge Adams and Marshal
Mott. which he witnessed, but on OBJ
lection by the prosecution, it was not
permitted to be read at this time.)
l frequently saw Adams and Nc
Murray together In Washington and
they were apparently in close confer
ence.
Cross Examination.
1 had contract with a large num-
Der of Indian claimants, but I de-
cline to state what these contracts
were. l deny that they were for so
per cent. 1 never told Mr.. Cruise
that Butler was associating with me
In the Indian contracts. He never
associated with me in these cases.
The criticisms Of the court, not only
came from disappointed claimants,
but from everybody who knew any
thing about the court. The almost
universal opinion out there is that
the court was bribed. I did not tell
him that 1 knew nothing against
Judge Adams, but l did tell him !
believed Adams was corrupt.
The Fleming case attacking the
judgements Of the Citizenship Court
Is now pending in the United States
Supreme Court. l have been prac-
ticing law for four years. Before
that I was a newspaper correspon-
dent. Have never been suspended as
member of the Press Gallery. Have
no access there now because I am
not member.
(The cross examination regarding
the quarrel between Judge Adams
and M. L. Mott in Washington was
on motion of prosecution omitted at
this time.
Redirect.
All the $500 court claimants BY
law firm represented are of Indian
blood. (Several judgments of the
court ruling claimants out of citizen
ship are here recited in the deposition
to show that they were admitted to
be Of Indian blood, but were excluded
for not having sufficient residence. J
There Is no act of Congress fixing
residence
In my case where these claimants
were denied, the claimants had been
doubly awarded citizenship by both
the Dawes Commission and the Unit
ed States Territorial Court Several
claimants who were ruled out by
the citizenship court had made great
improvements, one of them as much
as $4,000. And they were turned
out of their homes without a dollar.
Deponent here goes into a detailed
account of the frequent visits of
Judge Adams to Washington from
December 4, 1904, to March, 1905,
when the litigation over the $780,
600 fee was ended and the money
finally paid. 1t recites the presence
/ there at the same time of Mansfield,
McMurray & Cornish and of Judge
Adams and these gentlemen were at
all times in close relations, stopping
at the same hotel part of the time.
Deposition of GustaYus Rosen-