The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-02-19
FORMER AUDITOR OF
STATE ON STAND
Trapp Testifies as to the NibIack
Printing Bills Stryker Tells
More About the Red Book
Publication
speclal o the DaIIy E1 preAs.

Special TO the Daily Express.
Oklahoma City, Feb. ig..-Leslie~ ~G.
Niback, editor Of the Guthrie Leader,
wanted as a witness in the Farris i'm
peachment case before tie senate, had
not shown up al noon today although
when he passed through the city few
days ago enroute to San Antonio, Tex
as. he left note saying he would be
here today An attachment for him
has been issued, but il has been i'm
possible to serve it.
NJ. L. Trapp, former state auditor
was an important witness last night
lie testified that Niblack had attempt
ed to sell quantity OF copies Of the
state constitution to the state twice.
The first time he had received pay
for the entire quantity bot later Trap
said, Niblack had tried to sell to the
state a portion Of them which he had
not delivered the first time
Trapp testified that he had refused
to approve Niblack's bills for this
printing but later Meye, had approx
ed them Asked il he ever had any
personal disputes with Niblack, Trap
replied that ne had because he had
refused to approve Illegal claims.
Niblack Is wanted to testify regard
ing different claims he has made
against the state in the name Of the
Guthrie Leader Publishing company,
which aggregate between $4,000 and
$1,000, and are referred to in the arti-
cles OF impeachment charged against
Fagris.
It was brought out in the testimony
that the date of the claims made by
Niblack for some work he has done
for the state antedate the time the
forms on which they are made were
printed Most Of the claims in ques-
tion bear different dates during 1910
while it was testified to by several
witnesses. among them former State
Auditor NJ. E. Trap former State
4 Treasurer j. A. Menefee, and r. J.
Allen. former chairman Of the board
Of affairs, that the blank form on
which the claims were made were not
printed until during the early part OF
1871. Some q them it is said, bear
1 the printed name Of Leo Meyer as
cate auditor, and Meyer was not in
ducted into office until January, 1911
The dates on these claims, 1t is asid,
also antedate the induction into office
of Farris, but bear his signature as
approving the amount specified in the
claims. Nearly all Of these claims
which disclose this alleged discrep
ancy in dates are sworn to by Mo
lack.
Farris contends these claims were
among the business OF the office Of
state printer which he inherited from
his predecessor and that in signing
them he merely approved the price
and that his signature under thos'
conditions did not carry with it Al
approval Of the work on which thl
claim was made
More or less OF sensation was sprunl
when warrant which it was CHARGE
had been raised from Seo.60 to $500
and cashed by Giles Farris. was intro
duced by the house managers. a nc
tary public by the name Of Foreman
from Gore. Okla, testified that he ha
/. taken the acknowledgement Of th
]. claim when it originally was mad
J. cut for s6C.60, and that it had bee
S raised since then to $500 He ais
; testified that the words FOR steno:
rapher's services for five days. S25
v had been interlined in the claim sine
j. il was sworn to before him and ths
a il had been raised accordingly
. $500 The claim was made out b
n Seth K. Gordon. Murray Haskell {
}. Muskogee was called BY the state an
Il testified that the interlining was nt
n ia the handwriting Of Gordon viii
which, he said, he was very familia
state Examiner and Inspector Ere
4 Parkinson stated positively that Il
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