The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-12-28
STATE PRINTER
IN The TOLLS
State Printer Arrested on Forqery
Warrant And Bond Provided.

State Printer Arrested on Forgery
Warrant And Bond Provided
Oklahoma City, Dec. 2S.-State
Printer Giles w. Farris was arrested
Friday morning on warrant based
upon the complaint filed Thursday aft
ernoon charging him with forgery of
an Endorsement upon state warrant
ISSUED in part payment for printing the
lOklahoma Red Book.
Bail in the sum of 81 200 was fixed.
and Immediately furnished e. ]. Gid
dings, attorney for the accused state
ohcer, requested twenty-four hours in
which to enter plea. This was grant
ed by Justice of the Peace Robert w.
Maupin, who issued the warrant for
arrest. Giddings also served notice
Of his intention to file a demurrer to
the complaint.
State Printer Farris was arrested in
the Office of his attorney, Mr.. Gid
dings. He was not taken before the
justice for arraignment, or to make
bail His appearance bond was made
and signed at Mr. Giddings' Office and
sent over to Justice Maupin's cham
bers and there approved. Mr.. Giddings
then requested over the telephone that
he be allowed twenty-four hours in
which to plead, and prepare a demur-
rer to the complaint.
Before the arrest, Mr.. Giddings had
seen the justice and ascertained the
amount of bail that would be de.
manded The appearance bond was
signed by Dr.. w. R. Kelly of Watonga
and H. r. McGill, assistant state prin-
i ter 1t was sworn to before Mary S.
Hill, as notary.
The warrant was served upon State
Printer Farris by Constable J. w.
Pinckens.
Status of Warrants.
State Examiner and Inspector Fred
Parkinson Friday forwarded Governor
Cruce a supplemental report to the
investigation of the state printers Of
fee, which shows the present status
Of the $21,790,50 OF state warrants
which are alleged to have been Illegal
ly issued for that department.
/ Of the total, $5,6S406 already has
been paid out of the 1912 levy accord
ing to the report; $63.S4 out of the
1913 levy; and $4,000 of the 1918 war
rants have not been paid; while $13,-
l948.15 Of the 1911 series are included
in the $S,0O0,0OO of warrants the state
is now preparing to refund with 4
per cent bonds.
1t is understood that copy OF the
report goes to Attorney General West
also, and that the $13,94S.15 may be
cut out Of the refunding bond opera
tions.
Stryker's Affidavit.
A copy Of the deposition which Col.
IStryker furnished the state examiner
land inspector at Tulsa as to the three
warrants aggregating $2,5OO which he
did not receive, is as follows:
Personally appeared before me,
Fred Parkinson, state examiner and
inspector on this twenty-first day of
December, 1912, William Stryker of
Tulsa, Okla, who after being shown
state warrant number II 1853 for 81 900,
made payable to the Democrat Pub
fishing company, one state warrant
number 1850 made payable to the
Democrat Publishing company for
$500. and one state warrant number
III, 1858 for $1,000, made payable to the
Democrat Publishing company, all of
said warrants bearing the purported
Endorsement of the Democrat Publish
ing company by William Stryker, and
a further Endorsement by G. w Farris,
states as follows;
That the purported claim covering
the issuance of these warrants were
not made by him or the Democrat Pub
fishing company, and that the indorse-
ment on the back of said warrants are
not in his hand writing, and the in.
dorsements were not authorized by
him and that he has received no
money on them, and was interested in
no wise in them"
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