The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-15

Kiowa and Comanche counties to &c
80 Snyder and Mountain Park.
Moutain Park. Okla, Feb 14-At
meeting Of The county commission
ers, held in the county jail Of Swan
son county Monday, following the
arrest Of c. e. Bull, j. r. Armstrone
ana G. B. Bristow on charges OF
teloniously moving the records of the
lew county from the legal county
seat, the bond OF Sheriff w. A. Bras
hears, once disapproyed by the coun
ty commissioners, was approved by
them, according to dispatch filed
here purporting to be signed by G
+ Bull, chairman Of the board, and
attested with a signature purportine
tc be that Of G. Il. Bristow county
clerk The arrest of Bull came early
Monday morning, and at tho time OF
his arrest Wyatt l.. Staples, a man
employed by him, was killed by one
of the arresting officers, who claims
that Staples was resisting The OF
ficers at the county jail will not tell
who made the arrests
Sheriff G. w Daniels, of Kiowa
county who reached Mountain Park
about o'clock Monday night in re-
sponse to a telegram from Governor
CTuce, insTcting him to take the sit
uation in hand, declared that he did
rot expect to make any arrest in
connection with the case for the rea-
son that he did not believe it nee
essaTy." He said frther that though
he had been instructed in the tele-
gram from Governor Cruce that
swanson county no longer existed,
he would not remove any prisoners
from the Jail at Mountain Park.
.l0NFcsrs Refuse to Talk.
The officers who arrested Bull, ap
reared at his home about 4;30 O'Clock
Monday morning, and according to
reports meager for the reason that
the Mountain Park officials refuse to
talk, ordered Bull to consider himself
Under arrest Some say that the
men were disguised. while others DE-
care they were not. w A. Brashears
supposed TO be sheriff OF The new
county for a time, whose bond is
said to have been approved at a meet
ing Of the commissioners i'm the jali
at Mountain Park, declared that the
men wao made the arrests were dep
uties of his He stated that he will
rot care to have their names get into
the newspapers. He stated further
that he was not particular about any
OF the trouble being made public
At 2 recent meeting the county
commissioners refused to approve the
bond Of Brashears and the bond Of
+. l. Davis was approved By them.
After the men arrested Bull. Wyatt
L Staples, hired man, entered the
room, it is said What passed is NOT
known, but Staples was shot and
killed
About the same time another party
Of three men entered the home Of J
Il Armstrong, another county com
missioner, and arrested him on the
same charge on which Bull was ar
rested feloniously removing the rec
crds Of Swanson county from the le
gal county seat. G. B. Bristow, coun
ty clerk, also was arrested.
A rumor to the effect that war
rants are out for many other county
officials, SO far is unconfrmed,
Early last evening, farmers began
struggling into Mountain Park, and
before night more than 100 We're here
al armed These farmers come from
the Mountain Park section Of Swan
son county, and are prepared to fight
in order to keep the records here and
prevent the release of any of the men
arrested it is said
The arrival of Sheriff Daniels OF
Kiowa county, with four deputies and
authority from Governor Cruce will
prevent any violence, ii is believed.