The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-14
MAKE DEMAND FOR CERTAIN
PAPERS AND LETTERS
Alleged TO Relate to Transfers
Of Certain Lots In Town.
site Of Muskogee

Attorneys for Governor Haskell
have filed cross bill or complaint IN
the Creek land suits pending in the
United States circuit court Of the East
srn district for the production of GER
tain papers and letters which are al
legged TO have bearing in the Muskogee
town lot cases set for hearing begin
Ming September 26. The letters came
to light during testimony recently
taken before a special master In East
-ern states in the civil suits. One is
letter alleged to have been address
ed to Henry Nj. Daugherty of Colum-
bus, Ohio, and another to James King
Duffy of New York relating to trans
fer Of certain lots in the townslte OF
Muskogee and upon which the pend
ing town lot cases are predicated. The
documents are said to have been de-
livered TO government officers.
II Is the general understanding that
the criminal eases will be called at
McAiester, beginning Monday, Sep
tember 26, and that Governor Haskell
so believes is shown by protest
which his attorneys filed before the
Federal court at Enid in the civil
suit of LOder against Haskell pend
ing there for about two years. AT
torneys for the governor claim that
the Enid term is for the transaction
of criminal business only. but that at
torneys for Loder, learning there were
to an idle day or two by reason of con.
tinuance of certain criminal eases,
ASKED to have the civil suit set for
hearing, otherwise 1t would not be
reached until the January term In
Guthrie. language OF the motion filed
by the plaintiff is: The plaintiff Is
now aud has been at all times ready
and anxious for trial of the said cause
and. therefore, moves the court that
said matter be assigned for trial
during the latter part of September at
the Enid term"
Protest filed by the governors at
tornegs created something of a sensa-
ton since II delivered an attack upon
the methods alleged to have been re-
sorted to in finding the Tulsa indlct-
ments in the town olt cases, and
charges that the prosecution Is the re-
suit Of conspiracy ITO injure him and
to damage his usefulness as public
official in the state OF Oklahoma"
Ii rectes that the third degree" com
mittee OF the United states senate,
which is probing the Muskogee town
lot indictment methods as the result
of an amendment offered by United
States Senator Gore, would soon be in
the city of Muskogee for hearings and
that the governor has been requested
70 appear there and relate certain
information in his possession showing
the extraordinary and corrupt meth
DDS resorted to In order 10 procure
said Indictment
Charges in the protest are only gen
eral in their nature. and the matter
has been taken under adyisement by
Federal Judge Cotteral.
w. A. Ledbetter OF Oklahoma City,
attorney for Governor Haskell. in dis
eussing the document filed at Enid.
which he says was merely a protest
against making an example Of the
Haskell case, made the following state
ment:
WE have political campaigp on
this fall and the activity of the plain
tiff in this case is probably due to the
desire to have Governor Haskell dis
credited by directing public notice TO
the fact that he did not want this
case set down for hearing at an un-
expected time"
It is not known whether Governor
Haskell will be ready for trial when
the cases are called at McAlesler. al
though II Is generally understood that
the other defendanst are anxious to
haze them heard.