Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1910-08-18
LAWYER PLANNED
GIGANTIC LOOT OF
ANOTHER MILLION
additional Agreement Brought
Gut Which Would Have
Given Him Much Larg-
er Sum,

McM,trrni' Okla, Aug. 15.-That ] r
nlans by which, in the sale ~ 'e 1T, IN
Hon oen, ne would receive not only &c
oUU,VVO In attorneys fees. hn+ ~ -
VS. e tnti calling for 81, 300, 900 in fees
was testified to by Georse w az c res
IN investigation of the Isnd ~. scout
the special congressional cor,,,'te
nee To-Day Scott acted as an agent Ut u
SCOTT was regarded AS one ~ -,
MOST important Witnesses IN ~ VI the
t oh growing out of Senate corao
s5o neo tnat ne had been offered
Of ~ oIIoe TO promote the abproyaI
acts In congress-
H'ch Harvest in Sioht
~ al the contracts McN,,rra,, -,
WITH the Indians were succassfiE, held
beo' scott testified. McMnrraV ,.,o' eH,,
SaTa IN IN almost $4,000 600 in fees for tto
gated ooai AZ per cent fee basis of searaI
VOV;OO0 and surplus unaIiottoS az
a leu at $!0 OO0, 900 and what is I,, L"iiu
0oo ooo sed districts. lands valued at CIV
contends a tnese lands, Senator core
aitent without the emplovrnent eSS'eln,
McSEiys. Ielllng of his relations 1ritt
men nurray, Scott said he had % snan
urged thort, ne indians in 1909 and had
biosa,c clen TO sign the contracts So
Ilhself Choctaw. saiJ -. scout,
Ha Snea the contracts because Ne I hd
aros McMurray will have more i
Oklahoma deIa asaitngton than did the
.Dld you ever have am, nefotaI
~ 80. mere you We're released hacaJ,eo |
eSl y4uL conversation with McMnrro, u S,e
Neu chairman Burke oy
Lost His Own Positior
yes. had been secretary - g.,
1lcCurtaln, chief of the CIhoc,o ~ Green
was asked to resign '''o'""s' and
scott identified a Telegram, -
q torneV a. Way Nay to Richard Adams, at
PRESIDENT Sherman and an %l,iG en-. vice
,1ndenS,4 VI Kansas were referred r. 90
wbot sstSahqlng more than anv one eIae
- me indians wanted ei@9
Both Mr.. Sherman and NJ c.-., s
sdlu Scott, long were idar..e Curts, {
1on u1n aHalrs. We believed they k moIm
I rnore ABOUT US than did our co1a naleW 1
was that the only robson ro
TSP" ''lerhlan and Mr. Cur -
yes, we had absolute confdenoo - t
fairs ,, "oillty to deal with Indian an
f, SCOT denied he ever had received INV. tff
sisfaS al ald from McMurrav, He in g
bsSeS ms interest ir the contracts u,ns Fl
Ipassu only on his anxiety 70 90 vas vas
land sold. He told of indSoiu ~ get ms te
t uians 10 send the kilograms to W. IL ye
ing Soh' urging the PROMPT salo ~ 81 of
Wash, LAST May McMurray was lie RI
prevail Of 0T b,s ne said, urging the ap- vi
- ~IteS Gays before Senator Core sas trt
nc a1o pFlpe was offered him McNErSnSSs en-
~ So, apiea TO Scott in Oxlahoma. as
know" we VIII win, I
., 'nterprets the Telegram.
Now, what did YOU take +ba4 4. tw,
heanY Scott was asked ''i"e 10 puI,
- D la you think McMurray was go;no- he
- 6eC MS contracts approved CO.,. ass tim
wen, IL appeared he felt encoIro sees clai
Tea tne situation at Washington - as
rteIerr1ng to the promise of The o., brio
a +ots ocott SAID: out of these sepra- I'm
ated coal and asphalt land the Ts aSsle- froi
nought they ought to got eco aon ms hou
NJ we ala not ask more than son mo- 81
,or.h ne surplus unallotted land was He
istric+ in5 SIo,oOO 1000 and the leased cled
lsIicL land perhaps as much com
:, McMurray was to get 10 ner cer.- iega
lts Ever eI ne got out of it, We he "epu
s ;n9,. McMurray was in a position to man
Apeulte the sale of these IanS 70 thus
ats why 1 signed the contracts and secu
1Hced others to sign" "iio and
iin1 re reason why the Indians were mari
li!ng 10 pay a big fee" Scott Satd presI
that they were afraid +ha r saIu' form
ent would reopen the rolls ard 56' FRI aim
AV'VVO more Indians" '0Ne sagei
Money for Election. husbI
scott said he believed the 1rd;o Sal
thew conId 10 per cent attorneys fees .rous
red that tba ~ O.ce' he also de- StatuI
ltributed 81 ooo M to y law firm scribe
"a. - IN a tribal election. AS treasI1rer for,,ae
'n ne Cnoctaw nation. Scott said he howl 0rt.
Ii was custon,n eA warrants. He was
v ,Ian nj OF MS friends and hold IN WI"
g VINO were not his friends
DO you think that is the nroro
on p" 0ldifs OF the nNK
l er.o l thought it was all right; It
Did you ever visit q +our
bers' Roost?" "h caieo
ne witness said he had nor
lous witness declared RohherSs
y was the center of Operations fo, Del v
cMurray agent Questioned fru
scout admitted he had recaivad
McMurray $500 for expenses hut
ad Kept an account of what NJ
'ay still might owe him. Scott .a
tted MS management of the fnan ss.
aIfalrs OF the Indians was a s,,h Rome
~ ~ eoinplalnt at Washington and Val did
the secretary of the interior ar receptid
ook the payment of warrants ont the omi