The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-21
ATTORNEY FOR FARRIS
ANSWERS WEST
Declares Charges CrOundIess--
Auditor Meyer ExpIains Trans
action on Which Perjury
Charge is Based
Special to the Daily Express.

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Oklahoma City. jan p Whether
articles Of Impeachment viii be pre-
ferred against State Printer Farris
and Auditor Meyer, as suggested by
Attorney General West, win be deter.
mined BY the house committee OH im.
parchment iii executive session. II
was decided today that the investiga-
tion 81 the charges viii be made IN
secret session but the fullest oppor.
tunity will be given to both sides 10
present evidence. Following the com
miitee hearings and report, the house
win decide what the future action il
the cases win be The committee be-
gan its session today
In a seathing arraignment Of Attor-
ney General West. charging him with
indiscrln.nate prosecution Of men or
character, Attorney Il. , Giddings Wig
orously upheld the lower court which
exonerated State Printer Giles Far,is
and carried on his defense before the
impeachment committee OF the house
OF Representatives Monday
He said to bring charges ct inn
peachment after the trial was over
was a complaint rather against the
court than Nr. Farris. THE presumD.
ton IS that the judgment ol the court
is Incorrect. said Mr. Ciddlnga If
the evidence shows what the attorney
general contends Il shows end the law
is as he says it is, Il is passing strange
that a ecurt presieed oyer by a gen.
tleman of ineorruptlbe Integrity ann
ability, should find Otherwise
The court. he said held that there
, was not even probable cause for be
lieying tie defendant guilty Mr.. Gid
dines then vent over the citation Of
cases made b. the attorney general
tending 10 show that thars was error.
He said that the criticisms Of Auditor
Meyer for his testimony were late be.
cause tile transactions occurred IN
January, 1912. and that Alf Meyer WAS
the attorney generals witness and
was youehei for at that time eAna
now said Mr Giddlngs, he proposes
to lmpeach his own witness and claims
that Notwithstanding Ne knew that his
own witness was cnlpable snd Grim
mal, palmed linn off on The court as
~ credible witness
Mr. Giddinss further stated that one
Of the attorney generals own wit.
nesses said that the alleged forged
instrument was not che Land writing
OF Mr.. Farria. air Celdwell who
cashed the warrant testified that it
was the custom OF the bank to require
state officer under such clfcum-
stances to iidorse the warrant
He stated that the defendant at tha
trial raised few objections and let the
court hear the whole case He statei
likewise that in the McBrlne case thai
the auditor did everylhin4 10 his-pow
er to bring the guilty to justice. bui
that in this case the attorney general
seemed more willing TO accept tic
version Of self confessed efiminal
than al officer OF the people
Mr.. Giddinea vent at some lenggl
into the prosecution OF public office
holders by the attorney general. whiei
he said. had failed to bring any result
except making innocent men with th'
9stIgma Of having been accused O.
crimes He said Ne had inentione.
! these things to show that the recofs
OF the attorney general hasSSeen hast,
in filing criminal charges and that al
sides Of the controversy should d
given before the committee shout
reach a verdict
Charges Against Meyer
The charges filed nv Attorney Gen
eral West against Meyer are to thf
effect that On April If 1911,
became and was a material question
which said auditor was by law thel
and there authorized to determin
whether Leo Meyer therefore had eS
pended III cash the sum Of $240 to on
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