The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-18
DECLARES DEEDS WERE
PROPERLY ACKNOWLEDGED
Gives GraphIc Description Scene
When indians Signed Away
Their Lands

Senor valdes-Alano, the Mexican
judge who took the acknowledge
ments to the Kckapoo deeds at Mus
utsnioutsdn cmiw
quiz, dealt severe blow to the ln'
dian testimony the government aad
built up In the Kickapoo land fraud
cases and gave the defendants clean
bin Of health
his testimony IL that ne took the
Acknowledgement OF practically all
the Kickapoos who sold their land TO
the Chapman party and tlat the CON
tracts were explained TO the Indians
III his presence; that they understood
them and that all who signed deedA
did so Willingly He described crap.
hlcally the scene in GuaJardos house
waere number OF the deeds were
taken. The Indians In their brlgnt
coors were grouped over on one SIDE
cf the room and the udge, with hi
Interpreter and clerk, was at the otn-I
en- side; between him and the Indians.
the Americans stood AZ each Ia
dams name WAS called, q man or a.
woman stepped out from the rest,
ceMe to the desk, had his contract ek-
planned TO him, made his mark, u he
wished to sell, the contract was aciS.I
nowledeed and he left the room. An
other indian was called In the same
manner and # would hardly have
been possible, said the witness, for
any one Indian 10 sign twice, or tol
sign any OF the other names as thej
we're all present at the beginning OF
the transaction AS to the testi-
mony of the pkroseoutlon that one OF
the Indians had cried and said she
did not wish to sell, the witness said
that nothing OF the kind happened. !
He also said that no deeds at all
were signed at the hotel the night, |
Mack Johnson testified that Indians
mad signed the names Of others. Thel
Indians were not guarded, he said,
hut were absolutely free to do az they !
wished While the sessions of the
we're held In Guariardo's house,
vet GuarjardO himself had nothing 70 u
do with the transactions, as they /
were before the Court OF Letters,
which merely sat at Guariardos
house for convenience AS 10 the fact
that he was paid $500 for taking the
acknowledgements ~ Musquiz, the
witness explained the transaction BY I
saving that II was outside Of the reg +
plar line Of his court 10 meet at Mus.
anlz. that the government allowed no
pay for such sessions and that +
9mount named simply paid the eN'
fohscs Of ih heoriug
As ar Il the Witness lNeNt not
MpAcau officer Ess lhfeffHieu it me +
ialine Of tie KrtHa deeds iluf +
his examination yesterday, II was
brought out that the defendants PAID +
1000 for the Wah-nah-ketahah al
lotment, which Is Just outside oi
shawnee. and tbat large sums were
pand TO number OF other Indians.
important Witness for Defense
:, 49,. :. o..
The corporation commission has
been busy all day with the long dis
tance telephone rate hearing. The
commission is seeking TO establish
the value OF the Pioneer Telephone
property, sv that what are
profits may be ascertain
Cd Telephone companies all over
the state are interested and incident.
ally the people who have to pay the
charges.
Witness is Cross Examined.
On cross examination this morning, T
Judge Valdes-Llano admitted he was
not compelled under the Mexican I
laws to hold court AZ Musqulz, aud
that no regular term vas held there
by him, yet be understood that under
the laws OF Oklahoma Il would be ns-
cessary to have a magistrate acknowl |
edge the Kickapoo deeds, which he I
dId for the convenience Of both par
ties claiming that Il was not unlawful |
for him 70 take the Acknowledgements.
The prosecution tried to get the
witness 10 ccntrgdlct his testimony /
before the senate commission, but
was unable to DO 80 except In a few
minor details. M