Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-05-12
STATE is BLAMED
IN N BRINE CAS-.
BANKERS DECLARE THEN ARE
MADE no SUFFER- ON AZ
COUNT on INACTIVITY.
ADOPT STRONG RESOLUTION
Oklahoma Treasurer viii Not Pay
Outstanding Warrants ON Ground
They Were Fraudulcntly Issued.

With the adoption of a resolution
scoring the state administration for
its failure to procure the arrest OF
former Assistant State Auditor II. G.
McBrine for the alleged forgery of
state warrants the Oklahoma State
/ Bankers Association yesterday morn
ing went on record in the most dras-
tic terms as opposing methods used
! by the state IN this matter, to the
injury of the Okiahoma bankers.
1t was rumored the night before
/ that a resolution of this kind would
be offered and a fight on its adop-
/ ton was looked for. on the other
hand the resolution seemed to meet
with the approval of every one Of the
$50 or more bankers present when II
was unanimously adopted.
There are a number of state war
rants outstanding at the present time
which the state treasurer will not pay
on the grounds that the amounts Of
the bills for which they We're issued
were raised fraudulently by T.. C.
McBrine, a former clerk of the state
auditors office. The total amount Of
these warrants Is said to be about
$40 900, and numerous banks OF tho
state are holding them to their di-
rect loss.
Dcplorc States Action.
The bankers In their resolution de-
plored the fact that no effort had
been made by the state to apprehend
McBrine and bring him to justice for
his alleged crime. 1t is pointed out
that frequently large rewards are Of
fered for the apprehension of persons
who have committed less serious Of
fenses, but that the state has made
no reward offer of any kind for the
arrest or conviction of McBrine.
The bankers further decided to ask
the state to offer a substantial re-
ward for the arrest of McBrine and
his return to oklahoma.
The Resolution.
BE 1T RESOLVED, BY the Bank
ers Association of the State of Okla
homa, assembled at Tulsa in said
state, on May lst, 1912, that,
WHEREAS, There are numerous
state warrants Of the State of Okla
homa outstanding and which the !
Treasurer of the State is refusing to
pay because 1t is claimed that one
f., c. McBrine. a clerk in the audi |
tors office, fraudulently raised the |
amounts Of the bills for which these |
warrants were issued, making them !
appear on their face as signed or al |
1apaH 70 ha uf h,s ha tt1l
many times their proper amounts,
and,
WHEREAS, McBrne has not been
arrested and called to account for
such a crime as this, which is openly
charged by the high authorities OF
the state, and
WHEREAS This body Is advised
that McBrine could be apprehended
and brought to trial upon this charge
and the truth ascertalned with refer
ence to 1t II small reward were Of
fered by the state. and
WHEREAS, The State Of Oklahoma
is frequently offering substantial re-
wards for the apprehension OF per-
sons charged with no more serious
crime than this,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,
That this Association requests that
the State Of Oklahoma offer a sub
stantial reward for the arrest and re-
turn to Oklahoma Of said McBrine,
upon this charge Of such falsificltlon
Of the public securities Of the state
that he may be promptly tried. and
IL guilty. that the culprit may be
speedily and adequately punished;
hat the state and country at large
may know that the state securities of
his state are sacredly guarded by its
and there shall be no de-
ay In determining such accusations
against the state credit. and that the
purchasers and holder of such secur-
ties may know that nothing will be I
eft undone by the state authorities
% fully protect them. s