The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-02-14

tail as given by the Oklahoman this
morning:
The dispatch signed by C. e. Bull
and addressed to the Daily Oklaho-
man, is said to have been filed by
l.. c. torrance, notary public in
Mountain Park.
Indiahoma, OKLA, Feb. ia coro-
ner's jury Monday returned YER
dict finding that Wyatt l.. Staples
came to his death by gunshot wounds
fired by some unknown parties. The
verdict did not say whether or not
the killing was with felonious intent.
Mountain Park, Okla, Feb. 13.
Oklahoman
Following is a copy of the COM
missioners proceedings held here to-
day. Board of county commissioners
met with following members pres
ent: T. Armstrong and c. f. Bull.
Bond of Sheriff w. Brashears in the
sum of $4,000 as sheriff, filed. Mo
tion made and seconded that bond
be approved. Motion carried. Clerk
was instructed to wire a copy of
these proceedings to the Daily Ok
hhoman.
Attest C. E. BULL,
G. B. BRISTOW, Chairman
County Clerk.
Mountain Park, Okla, Feb. 13-At
a meeting of the county commission
ers held in the county Jail of Swan
son county Monday, following the
arrest of C. e. Bull, ]. T. Armstrong
and G.. B. Bristow on charges of
feloniously moving the records of
the new county from the legal coun.
ty seat, the bond of Sheriff w. A.
Brashears, once disapproved by the
county commissioners, was approved
here to the Oklahoman, purporting
to be signed by c. E. Bull, chair
man of the board, and attested with
a signature purporting to be that
of G. B. Bristow, county clerk. The
arrest of Bull came early Monday
morning, and at the time of his ar
rest Wyatt l.. Staples, a man EN-
ployed by him, was killed by one
of the arresting officers, who claims
that Staples was resisting.
A dispatch from Indiahoma Is to
hn off hot vi Co
McNeal fired the shot that killed |
Staples, but at Mountain Park moth
ing could be learned. The officers
at the county Jail will not tell who
made the arrests.
Daniels at Scene
Sheriff G. w. Daniels, of Kiowa |
county, who reached Mountain Park |
about 8 o'clock Monday night in |
response to a telegram from Cover
nor Cruce, instructing him to take
the situation in hand, declared that |
he did not expect to make any ar.
rests in connection with the case,
for the reason that he did not be-
lieve it necessary" He said further
that though he had been instructed
in the telegram from Governor Cruce
that Swanson county no longer ex-
ised he would not remove any pris.
oners from the Jail at Mountain
Park.
A telephone call to c. E. Bull,
about half an hour after the tele.
gram to the Oklahoman was sup
posed to have been filed, drew forth
the information that Mr.. Bull was
under arrest and could not talk.
Officers Disguised.
The officers who arrested Bull, ap
peared lat his home about 4:30
O'Clock Sunday morning, and accord
ing to reports, meager for the reas-
on that the Mountain Park officials
refuse to talk themselves and re-
fuse to allow Bull or any other
of the arrested men TO talk, ordered
Bull to consider himself under ar
rest. Some say that the men were
disguised, while others declare 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 meeting of the
commissioners in the jail at Noun
tain Park, declared that the men
who made the arrests were dep
uties of his" He stated that he
did not care TO have their names
get into the newspapers. He stated
further that he was mot particular
about any of the trouble being made
public"
After the men arrested Bull, Wy
att L. Staples. a hired man. enter
ed the room, it is said. What passed
is not known, but Staples was shot