The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-28
To PROBE MYSTERY BLAZE
What Was the Motive 10 Set.
ting Fire to Court House
Records

Witnesses f9r th4 defense Ia the
election contest ease of s }. Fayors
against b @urphy were put Oh the
stand ioday ana Iae tedious hear
las Is drawing io close TAe caae
involyes TIE oamm aonershlg is tha
second district The ballots laliy
sheets ard poil oooss of aalf 8oz-
EN- townships aye IN dispute
~ sprlngvale township I'll p elaim
ed somebody altered the returns so
that l8o aas gained t0r TWO Demo
erats ana one Republican.
Z. . Maxlos. sitneas for tas Ia.
fenss testified 90 seeing somebody
moving around with matches in the
offices ~ she election board aa0at
ii O'Clock 0n the night ~ November
g lG ig claimed the ballots wefe nat
in tAe cgstciy 81 me bonded 0fHcEais
ff0m November 90 November ag
ana Chat laag omld eas.ly 8ave neen
tempered a.tL b. anybody
&hset lnvestiga of lh# crcam
stances surrounding she fire In she
record room of tae coantg clerk
@silee a' rAe county a8'aing We9nes.
aaF Might are going forward. ama
aA are based oa theories faaf s0ae
party interested in the destruction
~ fae records se aae fs@e a} meaaB
q e1g s'ie& ard kerosene fag an
Piled go STACK 81 elec l0n 8aper
4Ae iaYesileatl9ue are Balag made
9g iae saer.H aaa afaer 0fHclal#
81 record fp3m IA ahlca & Mgs
ieFioas flee H4s discovered az ho2f
aE more after u Mas set Weanescme
night taFa1ga basement aindom
contained q VAR fl0e eg grsfe
lafe~ Humaet county papers. a
csaaln4 E s gsSefasiF th6ashf.
report gg the exau nation reoeasiy
ma&e 6f county offices 5f member
81 the staff ot The state examiner.
fhe returns from several tree nrts
.n tbe November eSeeti0n the roo.
8f8@ US iae county clerk fgr t6e ea
GHe period fToB the 8oenine ard
iarse .H or a8lacesiansQ8s rergvfs
what Fecgf8s @ege objects os at
taeA 81 Esns aeeniagiy mystery
FHe k0gfaA bsfwsen 3 rav0rs
aHa j D Murphy over the nonwls
.pnsgip 0f the second dsmnef aa
,seAgs go haFe Dee1 Jess sffecsed bar
4nY @nef contest Taree saekv con-
'alalag ,ae crucial records 4afe ast
la stack b. the stairway where sbe
'lE WAS @ agt ware at a safe aIs i
iAale @na @@re n9t touched staf8
9taeF resafts beating an the confess j
aaa aeea tsy& .g q safe in t8a office /
VI fAe slg#riag a6arl fne rae0e8s
n tae election we're tafHe4 8vef 10 i
.he clerk q tba court then James /
AirkwG08 or &0we m1ser 2s lass fhe I
iAte 0f tAe sllag oi Fav0r suif /
EaieA Is on tr.al "a Superior ecass /
Tine STATE pG ne paFers bearing or !
lsa@F cases has ngl been 8acl0sed 4
4 gfAHG lQFF lave ,igagldn IN Mka
y % Be called s0r The county at
i9Faeg said t94ay taa1 he had nos I
aken aafsaa ans Ras awaiting devel i
Sheriff Murphy aud ChleF +
II pgNce Mitchell have each taken 1
~ sfnt& R@@N% hk4t@A% sf&Ff4#N e
age al4a af Ngrk on ihe ca4a
Exposed 81 the fames started in
he ballot Rlle wefe TIRE eoanfv fllas
,orefiag psaciieail all lis nnslaaa
.esetAsl Wfsa a aefalied report by 4
-xan aeF Mercer Oh the condig ion By +
soanfy finances
Waas seems strange sA8 an a. 4
aeiai today -ls the fses that all the
laIloia 8ate ~ 8 saie distance from
ne tire
s'pfld any one man 81 set ~ meu
le Interested in destroying The pro
'sssdiags d the eomn sloaegs.
warrant Stubs ese inelad
ng fhe examiners report Il u MA
'efy strange