The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1913-01-20
MEYER MEYER AND AND FARR||SS FFAARRRR|S
UNDER CHARGES
Attorney General West Makes Serious
Charges Following Dismissal of
Forgery Case.

Oklahoma City, Jan. 2O.--A few
hours after charge of forgery against
State Printer Giles w. Farris, in con.
nection with the publication of the
famous Oklahoma Red Book, had been
dismissed in the justice of the. peace
courts here on the grounds that the
prosecution had failed to make a case
Governor Cruce transmitted to the
house of representatives letters and
documents by Attorney General West
as the grounds for impeachment pro.
ceedings against the state printer upon
the same complaint which the courts
had dismissed, and for impeachment
proceedings against State Auditor Leo
Meyer, also.
The attorney general, in the liter
the governor transmitted, not only
holds that testimony in the justice
of the peace hearings proved the LA
bility of the state printer to impeach.
ment, but connects State Auditor Leo
Meyer with him as an accomplice, and
alleges in plain language that the Red
Book practice" is the least of the
matters that will be presented to the
legislature in regard to the state audi.
tor.
"The entire transaction of the Red
Book, in connection with the testimony
of Meyer Tin the Farris hearing on the
forgery charge" says the attorney gen
erals letter, raised the question OF
whether Meyer was no an accomblice
of Farris in this transaction
More Serious Charges Also.
And l suggest" the letter continues,
that the Legislature consider whether
impeachment proceedings should not
be brought against the auditor on that
account, but we have other items much
greater than that that show the calpa-
bility and criminality of Leo Meyer
which in the near future will be placed
with you"
The attorney generals letter was adj
dressed to the governor, and enclosed
a transcript of some of the testimony
in the Farris hearing before Justice
of the Peace ]. ]. Beall. Governor
Crucce sent the letter and transcript to
the house of representatives with a
brief and Hon-committal message in
which there was no recommendation
whatever.
Speaker Maxey referred the guberna-
torial letter and enclosures to the COM
mittee on Impeachment and removal
of state officers, of which John P.
Crawford of Ada is chairman. Mr..
Crawford Immediately gave formal no.
tice to State Printer Farris and State
Auditor Meyer of the accusations by
the attorney general and set II O'Clock
Monday in the hall of representatives
as the date for preliminary hearing.
In reference to the testimony given
in Justice Beall's court on the forgery
charge which was dismissed. Attorney
General West says: The state proved
by Colonel Stryker, editor of the Tulsa
Democrat, to whom the warrant upon
which his name is alleged to have been
forged was issued, that he had not
authorized the Endorsement on the VAR
rant and that he and the company
were entirely without the knowledge
of how the warrant got there.
4. Presented by Farris.
The state proved that the warrant
was delivered to Giles W. farris in
person and by him was presented to
the City State bank for sale, bearing
at that time the forged Endorsement,
The Democrat Publishing company, by
w. NJ. s."
The attorney general continues that
the City State bank bought the war
rant, paying for it $3.50 cashiers
check that later on the same day. Jan
uary ., 1912, this cashiers check was
presented by Mr.. Farris to the Wilkin-
Hale State bank "in payment of the
sum of $3.50 on $3.50 note then owing
by said Giles w Farris to said bank, "